How to Introduce Two Parrots
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- Parrots kept as pets need a companion to be happy and healthy. Sometimes that role is filled by a human and other times another parrot friend is best, but introducing two parrots can be challenging. Jessi is here to help!
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if my son ever wants a high maintenance animal as a pet I'm going to buy him a book on the species that covers behavior and proper care. and if he knows how to take the complete care and correct nutritional diet, then he can. but only after reading and doing all the research himself.
too many parents buying pets with specific needs and wind up neglecting the pet. it's not fair to the animal. and irresponsible of the parent.
I've owned few kind of animals (dogs, pigeons, hamsters, rabbits, turtles, and now, small parrots), and in my experience, there's no such thing as 'easy pet'. Because even the smallest animal requires proper care and attention. They're not something that can be taken care by children alone, the parents must do it with them. If the parents don't want to take care of the pets too, it's the best not to have pets.
Zen Dehart It’s a good plan, BUT reading books isn’t a good source/idea because with many pets like hamsters all books I know of are outdated.
I suggest you also see if your son would sell something for his pet, I resold something old with the help of my parents to get the pet cage/food/toys. I think it's a good way to see if your son is absolutely ready to be responsible for his pet. Especially if he uses his own pocket money to get the new toys and snacks.
SireVivitan That’s exactly why we should choose to educate ourselves and treat them well.
I hate when people buy pets without knowing how to take care of them 🙁
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I had had my green cheek conure for about a year when I got my second (with a separate cage). I at first didn't plan to introduce them to each other, but when I had had Zealand (the newcomer) for a month I decided to give it a go. I got both of them on the floor and Zealand stated to beg for food from Brazil. She nipped him and I quickly separated them. I placed Zealand's cage next to Brazil's, and after another month, got them both out on the play stand. Zealand didn't beg, and we're both very curious. As of today, they are a bonded pair and fly together, eat together, sleep together, and explore together. They have been together for a full year now with no problems.
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Have you ever though about doing a video about reading bird body language?
Lauren Hart While they haven't made a video about bird body language in general, they have made one about how to tell if a bird might be in need of medical help.
This is a fantastic idea
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Revisiting this video. 2 months ago I caught a pet store parakeet outside. Just got him set up in a huge flight cage. I want to get him a friend soon. I hope it goes well. He gets excited when he hears parakeet sounds. He was also living with a flock of house sparrows while outside. Heidi
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I ran a parrot sanctuary for 20 years with a variety of different resident species. I found that what worked best is to only allow birds of the same species to perch and cage together and then, only if they showed the signs of getting along you mentioned. They frequently had their squabbles but it's like raising kids - frequent squabbles, pestering, teasing, etc. is just part of being siblings (or in the same species birds case, gym or cage-mates). So as you said, I watched for signs of greater aggression and separated them until I found that they were over their little upset and were ready to come back together again. That worked great - just like siblings who like each other but still have scuffles. Once they're past that conflict, they can start interacting again like nothing had ever happened to cause me to temporarily split them up (I learned this first-hand while raising 4 kids; if only us adult humans could get over our differences that quickly and easily 😉)
As far as different species, I simply didn't give them the chance to physically interact unless one flew to another's gym. I only had to intervene a few times because living together as a multi-species flock, they tolerated that proximity and food and toy sharing; but they enforced their own "no contact" rule - they didn't seek physical contact with each other. It was obvious they enjoyed being a mixed-species "flock" through their constant verbal banter among all of them with no obvious preference for only communicating with their own species. Being so intelligent, I believe they found that variety interesting, just like we humans do.
But it's like most flocks I observe in the wild (I'm an animal behavior researcher) - most members of any flighted flock of birds don't physically interact. They interact through verbal and non-verbal communication while flying as a flock or perched near each other but on separate branches. This appears to be all that most birds need from most of their flock, as long as they have one or a few they are closely bonded with that they can physically interact with, like mutual grooming, eating from the same bowl, and even feeding each other. It's not just mated pairs either; I had two male Eclectus who would regurgitate and feed each other regularly because there was a considerable age difference so it was like big brother looking after little brother, with mainly big brother feeding little brother. I could tell little brother was maturing into an adult when he started feeding big brother once in a while.
My general rule of thumb for parrot interactions:
Only same-species physically interact, including sharing a gym. Only if they establish a close pair-bond will I cage them together. Even a brother/sister pair of African Greys couldn't share a cage because the male bullied his sister too much. Eventually, they couldn't even share a gym for long - same reason!
Different species interact through verbal and non-verbal communication, but not physically. Separate gyms and cages, but share the same large play space (gyms in the same large room relatively far apart) and living/sleeping space (cages in the same room, but close to each other). Cutest part of the cross-species communication for us humans was that they would often call and greet each other by name. 😁
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When I brought home my cockatiel Arwen three years ago, my existing cockatiel Mithril was 11 years old, divorced one year (he tried to kill her in a conflict over whose turn to sit their eggs and happily lives in a different home now) and intensely lonely. Arwen was about 6 weeks old and I put her in the hospital cage for the first week -- both over the territory issue and because it was easier to hand feed her from a smaller space (the main cage is a large flight). The first few hours Mithril was intensely territorial and protective of her cage (which she'd lived in since she was 3), but by bed time she tolerated Arwen exploring the big cage. A sunflower head on a shelf perch allowed for a safe introduction -- and an incentive for Arwen to try adult food. By the end of the week I was able to put away the hospital cage. It took months before Mithril allowed Arwen to sleep on the top perch with her, but all in all they get along well. As you said, it takes patience and watching them closely. And yes, they do fight sometimes, especially when one or the other has eggs.
Is reintroduction possible? Like if the first introduction was rushed or didn't work out, and they've been living next to each other for a long time and gotten used to the other, could you try again? Or is one failed introduction the end-all and be-all of those two birds ever forming a friendship?
Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
Parrots are nice.
So are you.
Ah! It is you! I watched a video about bees with my toddler and I kept thinking I recognized you from somewhere.
We got another pyrrhura molinea last year. First i put the 2 cages next to each other so they could see and hear each other. The next day i let them both out. After half an hour they where best friends! I feel so lucky.
I have a 2 year old conure and my boyfriend just got an english budgie. We're never going to house them together but we're hoping theyll at least tolerate each other so they can both be out at the same time. This is very helpful!!
Pinning can also be from excitement also huts can cause a bird to get hormonal due to creating a nest live environment, which can cause aggression due to the bird wanting to defend its nest.
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Thank you for this! I'm currently trying to get one of my parrots to bond with our new girl after his mate passed away this year and it has taken a bit of time.
I have a parakeet that is best friends with a zebra finch it's adorable they sleep touching each other and the groom each other's heads
I hope one day you have the chance to save a Lori! They are unique in personality and eating habits. Such an educational animal. BUT you guys already have a sweet collection of ambassadors.
I have a cockatiel (Ori) and two budgies (Louis and Luna), the budgies were with me longer before the cockatiel. They tolerate each other but not friendly at all. Ori doesn't like Louis to be near her at all, she makes sure that Louis stays a good distance from her. Doesn't really deter Louis, he's a very curious budgie and attempts to poke Ori from time to time.
my cockatiel loves me and only me. I'm being dead serious too. he's friendly with people of course, but always keeping an eye out for me, its adorable and hes awesome! c: loved this video! keep it up!
The advice I've read has said that it's best to take care of the resident parrot first in the morning, keeping the routine the same for your first bird.
Thankyou, that was so helpful.
The cockatiel pair I had were bonded pair.n could not stay without eachother for even a second.i'm missing my dead bird.
this video has helped us out a lot, my wife has been wanting another parrot to go along with her other one. Thanks so much keep it all up
Thank you so much for this video--I recently got a second bird after only having one for years, and this is really helpful for introducing them!
This is very informative -- thank you!
At 1:38, both my parrots on my shoulders started looking around like crazy 😂😂😂😂😂
My Bourke parrot hates other parrots, but loves busy little birds, so she lives with zebra finches and Canaries. What a strange bunch they are!
This was so helpful can you make a video explaining how to convince parents to let you have a bird please.
Baby Panda I am speaking from experience that birds aren't low maintenance. Do your research and draw up a game plan to present to your parents. Be sure that you can afford to take care of the bird as well as finding a veterinarian that specializes in bird care just in case. Birds are a lot of responsibility, but wonderful companions.
About three years ago I published "Preparing for my First Cockatiel" which not only explains what you need to create a good home for your first cockatiel, but also tells the story of how I convinced my mother (who never liked birds and only grudgingly admitted that birds were positive to my life) to let me get my first budgie. You might find all of that helpful. :) It's available everywhere, including amazon.
Essentially my mother created a long list of conditions I had to meet (thinking no 6 year old would want a bird THAT badly). It took two years to meet them, but once I did, she took me out to the garage sale where they had a started budgie cage for sale and then out to the store where I bought my first bird. So it can be done.
I've raised budgies, zebra finches, and cockatiels. NOT ONE IS LOW MAINTENANCE! When you label a bird low maintenance you are encouraging an abusive environment with usually poor diet, poor housing, inadequate toys (if any at all), no out of cage time, and so forth. That results in insanity and/or early death.
cg102 That is completely false.
cg1023 Comments like this are reprehensible. When someone buys a parrot thinking it will be "low maintenance" It will lead to needless suffering when the birds needs are not met. In my opinion parrots require more investment in time than any other pet. They can live for decades and often suffer through several neglectful owners. It really pisses me off.
I had 4 parrots in my life.Now i want another one but i was thinking, isn't it cruel to keep a bird in your house?I think that birds have the best ability and they should fly in flocks together.Why we keep them as pets when we know that this animal is made to fly?Jessi i am asking you this question because i know that you love animals and you have nothing to earn about not telling the truth.Love your vids and your amazing job!Keep going.
Just throwing it out there, but this is a good reason to adopt a parrot. A parrot that's been abandoned or lost its previous owner can't thrive in the wild anymore, so it needs a home. But adopting doesn't encourage the market for pet birds the way buying from a pet store does. Personally i think it's possible for parrots to thrive in captivity as long as all their needs are fully met; physical, mental, and emotional.
I think it's the same as why humans start to domesticate dogs, cats, and other animals as pets. Living with animals is a wonderful experience that I will not trade for anything else.
So, having birds as pets isn't as cruel as it may sound, as long as they're given proper care and attention.
Adopt don’t shop!
But some parrots can’t survive that is why we keep them
I love parrots
I’m getting another Green Cheeked Conure to give company to my other gcc. The one I’m supposedly getting is a few months older. We took them to meet each other today and they seemed fine. The were locking beaks and preening each other and even wrestling a bit (with their feet). They seemed great together and I’m looking forward to eventually housing them together . (They are the same species so I find they should be fine)
Very helpful! Thank you so much for making this video!
Can you do a video on love birds? They are my favourite type of birds and there aren't many videos about them :D
Ikr
at the petland near my house these 2 green Quakers would always hang out together and one day one of them was adopted and now the other one looks depressed
You nailed this video! It's going to make a difference. Thank you ❤️🐦❤️
Thanks this is really helpful i have a green cheek conure and I bought a cockatiel also I'm leaving the UK so they can accompany eachother
Thank you! that was very helpful! I'm thinking about purchasing a friend for my parrotlet, and I needed that information!
This video is extremely helpful!!!
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I have two questions: 1) Where did you get your shirt? I adore manatees (and like tea). 2) Have you ever had a situation where a long-term bonded pair basically break up and need to be permanently separated? [As always, thank you for sharing your videos. I wish you, your family and your ambassadors a wonderful day.]
Zapper and Zoe are very cute. Super talkative.
This is a great guide.
I'm going to go get another blue and gold tomorrow and put him into my old birds cage and shut off the lights.
One night together will prob bring them closer.
That's dumbest thing I've ever heard.. they need weeks, even months of just observing eachother in their own cage. They might never be able to be housed together
I have two suns and a parakeet. It's so funny to watch the parakeet try desperately to play with the suns but they want nothing to do with her.
my quaker parrot jojo loves watching ur video's he gets excited and gives the phone lots of kisses and me he loves the chopstick ones the most everyday he hets to watch as many vids he wants untill he tells me he had enough he bites me if i go to turn it off before he is done listening haha
my bird is like 150000% least likely, basically every trait.
However, I'm going to give it a shot. I'm going to take him to a rescue and spend maybe 4-5 hours a day there for a week or so and see if he gets along with any other birbs. Maybe see about him spending a day or two at the rescue with his potential new buddy.
Idk, my bird loves attention so much I doubt he will care where it's from. He was once bonded to me- i went on vacation, he bonded to my mom- then back to me..... now he's kind of just freewheelin. idk
Bird-man here I come
Awesome vid.
I recently adopted a Green Cheek Conure who I was told was a male but judging by extreme nesting behaviour - building a nest in a small box that I had set aside as a "test" and totally random bluffing type aggression towards me appears to be a somewhat hormonal female.
I've also just got a very young Sun Conure who's only eight weeks old and still learning to fly and I was hoping they'd be friends but thus far I have housed them separately although recently they both insist on sleeping on my pillow. Which I hope is a good sign.
When I'm present they happily sit on either of my shoulders and generally ignore one another although the young Sun Conure has definitely shown curiosity towards the GCC I'm a bit too concerned about his/her Jekyll and Hyde temperament and bluffing behaviour to let him get too close.
It's early days yet and I'm hoping the GCC will soon grow out of the bluffing stage, because when s/he's not being a psycho (which is most of the time) she's a a sweet little creature and extremely affectionate - towards me at least.
I guess time will tell and I just wanted to say thanks for an extremely informative video.
Did they ever get along!!
@@hamdahh2087 Yes. They get along well.
I like these birds.
I have a male Yellow Headed Amazon that was raised with a sister parrot some 15 or so years ago but has since been separated from other birds. Im not sure his exact age either as my Grandfather bought the pair, but he was told they were relatively young.
Ive been thinking in the future that I would like to get him a companion, but he is known to attack people (he is bonded to me and quite jealous) and is quite aggressive in general.
So does sex not matter then? Can two males be together? Would a female be "easier" to bring in?
Your energy is great! Very informative video, thanks.
is that a sea-cup T-shirt? because that is genius
The shirt is awesome.
Hi jessie! So i have s very young cockateil and seems to be a very happy and healthy buddy, but i know that i can always do better at taking care of him. Can you make a video on how to take care of a cockateil\ parrot! Thanks
My blue and gold is still less than a year old and she was bonded to a scarlet macaw( I assume because whenever I would visit her before I got her their were together preening), so do you think she would get along with a baby Amazon, either blue fronted or yellow headed
im a bird lover and i love the blue and gold macaw and hyacinth macaw
So do I gradually introduce them? Like making them neighbors so they can see and talk to each other without touching? My parakeet, an old male, has been living by himself. I want to get him a friend because he is about 7+ years old. I don’t want him to die lonely. I will get him a big cage next week and lots of new toys, food, and perches.
Humm
I've got a 5month old greencheek that is...I'd say spoiled. He only willingly goes in his cage to sleep at night once the lights are off and he wants to be with/on someone always. He also helps himself to whatever you're eating.
I want him to have a companion for when I'm not home, so I bought a baby plum headed parakeet. It comes home this weekend and now I'm getting worried about jealousy.
Have I made a mistake?
So, my parakeet ive had for a year, Slushie (spelled differently then slushy) ,had just met my brand new parakeet i got today, his name is mike after bijuu mike, they r both boys, slushie is dancing to him and singing, all of a sudden i hear a quiet twitter. it was mike singing
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I had one macaw before name Gasha. She 2 years old. We decided to get second bird but we didn't choose it ourselves. We took Gasha to store where they sell many macaws. We set Gasha on top of cage and owner of store set free macaws as well so perhaps they communicate. Operantly and shocking to me and my husband, Gasha got attached to one baby macaw right away. She start feeding right away. When owner put baby away, my bird went crazy !!! I felt Love of first sight !! We tried Gasha with other birds she has no interests !!! we went home and I've notice that Gasha seems to be upset ?!? We decided next day go and get that baby. It recently arrived to Saudi Arabia. We got it right away because it was Gasha choice. Now they happy !! I could never expected this !! Question is : why Gasha choose only this baby over others ? Could baby Alex be a boy ? Is she looking for younger mate ?
If we separate them for two seconds THEY GO crazy and screaming !!!
Gasha is 90% female. We didn't do DNA test but experts said it.
What do you do if they fight? I imagine it would be difficlut and potentially hazardous to the human to try to physically separate two large parrots who are fighting.
idk, may be spray some water or something to break up the conflict?
My green cheeked conure and her brother after three months saw each other and were fighting
Zapper! Love that bird
You know a lot about Parrots that's a good thing who agrees
Hello!
Hannah Montana,I had a pair handtamed cockatiels.
But 1 died even after loads of TLC.now I'm left with a super cute cockatiel.after his pair passed off he has really bonded so well with my family.but,now I want to get him a companion.can a cockatiel have a parrot as a companion?how do I choose a friend for him?I want him to be happy.since I have to leave home for long hours.and don't want him to get lonely.
Please help.
Great informational video!
I recently got a cockatiel as a companion for my budgie flock (5) they are free flight on my room and the budgies seem to ignore the cockatiel they started eating together and they all seem calm around one another the budgies seem to be doing their oen thing is this good the cockatiel does not hang out in the cage with the budgies but outside the perches I have outside of the cage I was wondering if this is good progress
Do you need to keep the birds in separate cages/not together if you got two from the same container in the pet store and if they seemed fine with each other before you got them?
Can you do a video on your uromastyx please
Good, thorough, instructive video.
I have an Indian ringneck that has been bonded with me and I've given it some thought about getting a second parrot but after this video I decided against it.
Okay so how bout a situation, i have two macaws, a scarlet and a blue and gold. My blue and gold is 2, and my scarlet is one year. I tried putting them together slowly but the blue one gets very territorial. Scarlet is female btw and blue and gold is a male. I separated them immediately. Sometimes i bring them to my room and they are neutral. On the floor the female chases the blue and gold’s tail but not out of aggression. She actually shows signs that she’s interested because she tilts her head sometimes when they are close. Should i just give up?
I messaged you on fb about this. I have a cockatiel and sun conure. I’m greatful for your videos.
My caique jumps onto another caique but it doesnt open moth hiss or raise head feathers none of that, he just jumped onto the other caique and preen after that, is that a good or bad?
so i have two birds in their own cages they're right next to each other one is a senagall and the other is a cockateil, they're around the same size and talk to each other, i want to have them get to know one another and see how they would get along, the senagall is attached to me and a bit teritorial they're both pretty old and both previously neglected, do you think this would be a good idea?
My green cheek n cockatoo seems interested with each other but i dun dare to put them together as cockatoo’s beak is quite large so im worried she might bite the green cheek.. what do u suggest?
I got 1 new parrot with my 3 other parrots and I opened their cages. All the 3 parrots flew into the new parrots cage and raided her food and millet and accepted her as one of their own, lmfao.
My sun conure has been biting my lip not hard but he does tell me if his favorite food is missing or that’s the way I’m seeing it and he seems to do better after I refill his favorite food. Is that normal?
I have a 8-9 year old rescue cockatiel. He doesn't play with toys, and my whole family has work/school. My mom is usually the one home, but he doesn't like her. What should I do?
Beside that all behaviour can be work through, i cannod agree with point no.2, they might not think like us but they can be really relatable and first thing what we can put ourselves into is same situation, we cannot treat parrots as if they would be us, but if we would be abducted today by aliens, we would be similar to parrots because we would be in similar situation.
If we cannot know what they are thinking, we cannot understand our own species offspring.
I love your shirt!
Hey Jessi! Is it possible for two parrots that have been close to "fall out of love" and not be able to be housed together anymore? Thanks!
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My sun conure tried to fly at this green cheek conure I’m pet sitting in a somewhat aggressive way. The green cheek didn’t try to move are seemed scared. Is there any way I could try to teach my sunny to become nice to this green cheek?
As soon as I saw the Ari, I almost thought Jaiden's Ari named Ari made a cameo.
What if the current resident is close to weaning? My Ringneck is acting aggressive towards me and it's around weaning age. Should I wait until it has fully weaned it introduce a new parrot now?
HELP please.
Question(s): I have a pineapple conure who is 1 years old (Nebby), and we recently bought a yellow-sided conure who is 3-4 months old (Nova) . We followed the guide on having them in separate cages, and slowly introduced them in a neutral zone. I cant find anywhere a guide of "is it aggressive or play'. Nebby put the baby conure's tails and wings in her beak, but the baby conure did not react. (side note, the baby conure grew up in a cage with other conures, while Nebby did not). So I thought it maybe play? But then, Nebby put the younger conure's beak in her beak, and started doing the regurgitating, quick up and down, behavior. Is this normal? Is this okay? Again, is it play or is it aggression?
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Molly my cockatiel isn't very accepting of other parrots. She's generally okay with other cockatiel but any other bird she isn't really cool with unless they're far away from her. Her and my old lovebird Joey turned out to be a poor match. Joey loved her but she didn't like him. She'll probably stay a single bird from now on, but that's okay, I love my Velcro bird
Very very helpful! Thank you so much.
ive got a budgie and a cockatiel that cant love without eachother
i have one super affectionate cockatiel (my old one) recently bought a male cockatiel companion for him, they both sleep in the new housing together, its really large (vending machine size).. In the cage they do not bother one another, but when i take them out of the cage in the living room, the newcommer has a tendency to lunge towards the other and bite if he comes too close. Problem is my one cockatiel is super open to accepting him, the new one isnt keen on letting another bird come near, ive had him about two weeks now. Ive wondered if i could correct the behaviour by squinting water from a bottle, whenever he displays agressive behaviour??.. I could really use some guidance or recommendations on the situation, ill gladly elaborate if need be.
Great video, subscribed!
2 questions.... 1: do you have to keep the birds in the same cage or can we just have separate cages? 2: are cockatiels and sun conures good together?
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