Skittles_Connor
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So i have a dilemma that is not too problematic, but i was wondering if anybody here has any suggestions.
I am pretty new to birds, but i fell in love with a black cap, who i named Connor (true gender unknown), at a petco last year and i bought him after reading some conure books and doing some internet research on their care and what to expect.
Hes a great bird, super lovey, very friendly and curious about most everything. He is about 2 years old.
I bird sat a friends sunny in January and gave them both some heavily supervised play time on my large play stand. My friends bird, sunkist, was very laid back, wasn't really interested in Connor at all. But Connor was interested in her. I think the size difference may have worried him a bit and he did act aggressive towards her (feather puffing, hissing and lunging, followers by nipping if he could get close enough), even when she just sat there ignoring him. So that was the last play date they had because Connor obviously did not like her around.
Enter Skittles, my female (gender known) Sun Conure. I got her from a breeder recently, and she is only about 6 months old. When i bought her, i observed her personality to see if she was like Connor, and she is. She's curious, friendly and playful.
I have had her a couple months now, their cages are in the same room and only about 4ft from each other. I let them out of their cages to play separately on their own cage and they seemed curious about each other.
Today i decided to put them both on the play stand together and, like i did Connor and sunkist, i watched them very closely.
Now here is the interesting part. Connor is VERY interested in Skittles, but in a good way. He tries to get close and even snuggled his head under hers before she noticed at which point skittles got a little defensive. I separated them to opposite ends of the stand and Connor still tries to get close to her. He isn't being aggressive, no hissing, lunging, feather puffing or any noise at all, he just seems curious. When they are both preening, he nudged a little closer to her every now and then and he even dances for her like he dances for me. Its like he's trying to impress her.
Connor is a lot more willing to play around her than he is by himself, he plays with his toys, investigate things that usually scare him and really seems to try and make nice with skittles but she's just not having it.
Connors behavior with her is completely different with skittles than with my friends sunny and i love seeing him so happy, because he really does seem happy when she is around but skittles just doesn't seem to care about him.
Does anyone have any suggestions for helping skittles get along better with Connor? I don't NEED the two to get along, i love both of them, they both have large cages that they will still be kept in separately, and they both get social time with me, but im just loving connors change in personality when skittles is around and id love for them both to be able to interact together without having to worry about them getting in a fight.
Thanks in advanced for anyone that can help or share advice!
I am pretty new to birds, but i fell in love with a black cap, who i named Connor (true gender unknown), at a petco last year and i bought him after reading some conure books and doing some internet research on their care and what to expect.
Hes a great bird, super lovey, very friendly and curious about most everything. He is about 2 years old.
I bird sat a friends sunny in January and gave them both some heavily supervised play time on my large play stand. My friends bird, sunkist, was very laid back, wasn't really interested in Connor at all. But Connor was interested in her. I think the size difference may have worried him a bit and he did act aggressive towards her (feather puffing, hissing and lunging, followers by nipping if he could get close enough), even when she just sat there ignoring him. So that was the last play date they had because Connor obviously did not like her around.
Enter Skittles, my female (gender known) Sun Conure. I got her from a breeder recently, and she is only about 6 months old. When i bought her, i observed her personality to see if she was like Connor, and she is. She's curious, friendly and playful.
I have had her a couple months now, their cages are in the same room and only about 4ft from each other. I let them out of their cages to play separately on their own cage and they seemed curious about each other.
Today i decided to put them both on the play stand together and, like i did Connor and sunkist, i watched them very closely.
Now here is the interesting part. Connor is VERY interested in Skittles, but in a good way. He tries to get close and even snuggled his head under hers before she noticed at which point skittles got a little defensive. I separated them to opposite ends of the stand and Connor still tries to get close to her. He isn't being aggressive, no hissing, lunging, feather puffing or any noise at all, he just seems curious. When they are both preening, he nudged a little closer to her every now and then and he even dances for her like he dances for me. Its like he's trying to impress her.
Connor is a lot more willing to play around her than he is by himself, he plays with his toys, investigate things that usually scare him and really seems to try and make nice with skittles but she's just not having it.
Connors behavior with her is completely different with skittles than with my friends sunny and i love seeing him so happy, because he really does seem happy when she is around but skittles just doesn't seem to care about him.
Does anyone have any suggestions for helping skittles get along better with Connor? I don't NEED the two to get along, i love both of them, they both have large cages that they will still be kept in separately, and they both get social time with me, but im just loving connors change in personality when skittles is around and id love for them both to be able to interact together without having to worry about them getting in a fight.
Thanks in advanced for anyone that can help or share advice!
