Hello,

I am expecting a hand-tame cockatiel sometime this week, he was meant to be ready for pickup two weeks ago but I guess a language miscommunication got in between. (I live abroad and do not yet speak the language).

But with this new tight schedule before the holidays I am concerned that my coming bird’s health will suffer from very little time to bond with me before I need to go away for a week for Christmas. Seeing as I will need to travel back home from my current abroad residence. I have arranged bird watchers to come and make sure he has some company during the time I am gone every now and then but I feel that it is still not enough, and that he might grow to hate me for leaving him like that so early.

Are my concerns valid, and does anyone have any suggestions for how to make this time away less painful for my bird?