introducing 2 amazons

[jimmyncr]

I am trying to introduce a baby Yellow crown (4 months old) to a red crown (5 years old) without success. The RCA is afraid of the baby which shows aggressive behavior when their in close. As of now there in separate cages and the older bird is afraid of the baby. Suggestions;Thanks

 

[Jtbirds]

My suggestion is stop trying to put them together the older zon has obviously shown that he wants no parts of another zon, he wants humans more then likely. So at this point just don't, it's not worth the stress on you or the bird more importantly.

 

[JerseyWendy]

What are your plans for these 2 Amazons, jim? Do you want them to be playmates?

I would give each bird his/her own cage. Do not attempt to house them together, they can truly hurt each other.

If you have a big play stand/java tree, away from their cages, you can try and see if they act differently there.

My 14 year old YN Amazon gets along GREAT with my 1 year old DYH Amazon, but they have their separate cages, and are only allowed to play together on a HUGE Java tree - ALWAYS supervised, too.

 

[Jtbirds]

I agree about letting them play, but the sound of this seems to be adding two into one cage? Which as Wendy mentioned can really end up in a hurt bird or even worse dead... There is no issue letting them be social with each other but not to the
Point of the same cage, all it takes is for one zon to touch the others food wrong and there you go fight.

 

[melissasparrots]

I generally don't recommend introducing amazons to each other at all. Birds that sit and preen each other are likely to bond with each other and then get nasty with you. Some people manage to pull off that perfect medium, but as the years go by and hormones kick in, you are likely to have problems unless play time is very infrequent. I keep my amazons separate for the most part. And most of the birds that are really bonded with me don't want much to do with other birds.

 

[jimmyncr]

Thank you all, this is what I needed to know. Jimmy

 

[christinereed]

My husband's the one who always wanted a parrot. We've had Emmy a year and a half now. (She just had her fifth birthday.) Periodically, he brings up getting another bird. He admires macaws. I've been telling him, no, that's not a good idea -- for some of the same reasons stated above, birds don't get along, or they bond with each other not you, etc. Mostly, it's because I want to be able to give Emmy lots of attention, and I couldn't do that if I had another cage to clean and another bird to spend time with. I think we all have to know our limits. Some people thrive on multiple birds. I don't see it working for us.