living together

plumsmum2005 said:

Hello it's a bit early yet on here but I'm sure you will get several replies later today. Where are you located btw?

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JerseyWendy said:

Unfortunately there are never any guarantees that parrots of the same species but opposite sex will get along. Even though the cage certainly sounds plenty big to comfortably house 2 CAGs, I wouldn't want to house them together unless I was prepared for them to form a strong bond and possibly even think of 'reproducing' in the future.... :54:

The opposite may happen, too. They make decide they don't like each other one bit, and then you can potentially end up with a blood bath.

If you decide to take in the 5 yr old male, I'd still practice quarantine for at least 30 days - out of safety precautions to my existing flock.

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mtyw8888 said:

Maybe I'll just adopt and monitor him . I decided to put him in another cage but side by side for a time being. Let them play together and then proceed . A step at a time.
But let's say if they really do get along together in the same cage, will the female or male lost interest in talking or communicating?

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JerseyWendy said:

mtyw8888 said:

Maybe I'll just adopt and monitor him . I decided to put him in another cage but side by side for a time being. Let them play together and then proceed . A step at a time.
But let's say if they really do get along together in the same cage, will the female or male lost interest in talking or communicating?

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Did you bring him home already - and if so, didn't you quarantine first? Was he an 'only' bird? Please know there are so many diseases out there, and it's always recommended to quarantine a new arrival AND to have the bird vetted to rule out any potential 'nasties'.

Nobody can predict how their behavior will change, unfortunately. Sure, it's possible they will communicate a whole lot less with you since they now have each other.

If you do decide to house them together, just remember that your female called this house her own FIRST, and she may not be too happy to now share her food bowls (even if she likes him just fine outside the cage).

I would completely re-arrange the cage before ever putting both of them in there, and I'd double up on the food cups, too.

Good luck.

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JerseyWendy said:

Nope, I don't think you'd be selfish if you housed them separately.

I have a male and female Amazon - in separate cages. They are allowed to hang out together when they spend time outside of the cage, but each goes 'home' to their own cage.

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