It is always suggested to quarantine a new bird. I have heard that if the new bird has been an only bird, some do not quarantine. In the example, I gave about my own bird, I went and bought 2 baby tiels newly weaned, about 12 weeks old. This was almost 15 years ago. I did not know much about quarantining them. I brought them home, the 2 babies started chirping, my older tiel, Buddy heard them, he started to chirp. I introduced them right away. Buddy is still very bonded to one of them and they share a cage. I needed another bird also, just as Buddy did. We were both grieving.
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