Hi. New member

[leviceptra]

Hi i have a Congo African Grey called Obi Wan Kenobi who is 14 yrs old and I've had since he was 14 weeks. He's great he seldom nips and is an all round good lad. But he has one issue that makes me a bit sad. He HATES other parrots, he is very spoiled and doesn't want to share any attention. He divebombs them tries to bite. He really is bad around other parrots. This makes me sad because I'd love to rescue other parrots but this is impossible because of his behaviour. I am doing the right thing by sticking to just Obi,aren't I.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

I think so. Unless you have another room and that makes it less fun for sure trying to divide your time between two rooms to keep the peace.

 

[rheashard2]

Welcome. I have a CAG since about 14-15 wks. She'll be 21 in a few weeks. Unfortunately some parrots refuse to share their space. This means protecting it from new pets, people and more. As a large intelligent parrot a separate room is your best option. My CAG is hostile to parrots on TV and living. Other bird species; hawks, 'backyard' birds are tolerated, mimicked etc. I don't know how she makes her determinations.

 

[texsize]

It is possible to have birds that don’t get along.
The short answer is to keep to a schedule and allow each out of cage time by themselves .

 

[onamom]

Welcome to the forums! Would love to see pictures of your Obi Wan Kenobi!

 

[wrench13]

Welcome and be welcomed. My 'zon hates most but not all parrots. He used to have a friendship with another Amazon, a Blue Front named Amy, who was 2x his size, but thats it. ANd my old BeeBee parrot, Max, used to beat up on the cockatoos at the parrot shop, really comical to watch a 100gr parrot beat up on Sulphur crested toos more then 10x his size. Me - I say leave well enough alone.

 

[Zilga]

*Most* of my birds can be out of the cage at the same time if well-supervised, but the two that can't (the two BeeBees!) like absolutely no birds except each other, so their out of cage time is separate from everyone except one of the pionuses (Olive, who is out a lot of the time, has a saintly temperament, and sticks close to her person, so they're not in contact). It can be a pain to split it up, but the brotogeris tend to be later to sleep than some of the others, so we can have them out by themselves in the evening.

I probably wouldn't get more if I had an only bird who hated other birds. We have three people in our house (two of whom are home all day) so we can spread out supervision, which makes it easier.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

I like to give 10 of my budgies all day unsupervised out of cage time and it worked out really well until hormones got the best of them. Alpha conflicts, jealousies, and hypersexuality have forced me to corral some of them into my adjacent porch and block their reentry and isolate a female out of sight. Otherwise I would have to let them out in shifts, making the still caged ones very unhappy.

I wouldn't get another parrot if I were you.

 

[TiredOldMan]

Welcome
Glad you are here
Greys can be very challenging