Greetings from Indiana

[henry0reilly]

My g/f recently rescued these two. The green one doesn't like me much and I was advised to join the forum to learn about behavior and such. If you have any advice on cages, I posted a question in that forum.

 

[Kentuckienne]

Greetings, fellow Hoosier. Amazons take a little time, go search for Sailboat's excellent posts about this species.

 

[SailBoat]

Welcome to the Parrot Forums!

The Green one is a Yellow Nape Amazon and the White one is a Cockatoo.

Caging these two together would commonly not be recommended since most all Parrots need their own space from time to time. Lots of other reasons, but this will get you started in that direction.

In the Amazon Forum are two Threads at the very top of that Forum. They are: Understanding Amazon Body Language and I Love Amazons - ... Both will provide you with vast knowledge of living with Amazons. I would recommend that you Start with Understanding Amazons Body Language and then move onto I Love Amazons - ...

You will find like information in the 'Too' Forum.

Several Recommendations regarding have Larger Parrots:

It's NEVER the fault of the Parrot! It's ALWAYS the fault of the Human! When interacting with Parrots, if you view everything from this vantage point, you will more quickly pick what you are doing wrong and correct it!

Sit next to their cage and read the above Threads aloud to them. In general all Parrots love to be read to and this will get them use to your voice and you to better understand them.

Move at the speed in which the Parrot(s) is comfortable. If you rush to quickly, you will get bitten!

Bites Happen, most commonly (see above) because the Human is not understanding the Body Language and other communications provided by the Parrot.

There are more, but this will get you started.

Again, Welcome to the Parrot Forums!!!

 

[Scott]

Welcome to the forums, thanks for joining! You'll find amazing information about both Amazons and Cockatoos. They have very different personalities but can co-exist in the same home - but typically NOT the same cage!

 

[itzjbean]

Hello and welcome! You have come to the right place for advice about these species. They look like they get along well, that's great!! Not all birds are like that. Hoping you find the advice you need here and continue to work on earning trust with your newly rescued Amazon and 'Too!

 

[GaleriaGila]

Welcome!
Thanks for taking these two in, and more thanks for sharing the story!
What a beautiful and complementary pair.
Yes, indeed, you'll learn what you need to learn here.
I already like your open-minded approach.
See you around.

 

[henry0reilly]

prattling about the birds

Max (zon) will preen Baby (too) but I've never seen her return it for him. Once in awhile Max will squawk at her when they're loose and she moves away.

Over an hour ago I mentioned to my g/f (fb message) that some folks here think one big cage might be dangerous for them. No response from her on that yet.

 

[Flboy]

Welcome to y'all!

 

[EllenD]

First of all thank you for taking them in. They most likely are bonded if they've lived together for years in the same room, so if you can keep them both I'd suggest it, you just need to give them time to adjust to their new home and new people, and you need to learn to read their body language.

That being said, PLEASE do not house these two in the same cage!!! There is a huge difference to being together loose in a house and being locked in a cage together!!! Obviously you can't keep them in the cages you have them in for very long, and I know cages are expensive. But there is a territorial element that these two have not experienced or shared as of yet, and pretty much 100% of the time if you put two birds in the same cage together when they've lived for years loose, there is going to be a huge problem and horrible regret on your part. Their personalities will drastically change as soon as they are locked inside a cage together. That will be their home, their safe place, their place of security. And if you put them in one big cage together, I hate to say it but you are going to come home to a horrible scene in the near future. I'd hate to see that happen to either of these two beautiful birds but also to you and your girlfriend.

Each of these large, intelligent parrots need their own safe spaces, where they can reign over their own food, water, toys, perches, etc. A good example is my Quaker parrot and my Green Cheek Conure. They are out of their cages 95% of the time and they sit, eat, play, snuggle, preen each other, are as close as can be on a huge bird gym I built for them. Never had even a small fight. But if either one of them tries to go into the other's cage for only a minute or two a huge fight breaks out and we've had a vet trip for a cracked beak once already. It's bizarre but it's their cage, their home, and their territoriality takes over, stress and anxiety result, and before you know it you have a severely injured or dead bird laying at the bottom of the cage when you come home.

Please, please save you and your girlfriend the heartbreak that always results from similar situations and but each bird their own separate cage. Better safe than extremely sorry.

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