Hello,
My understanding is you've recently gotten into parrots in last couple of months? Have 2 young cockatiels , Just added 2 beautiful parakeets? Now getting a young quaker. Can I ask why you are collecting them so fast?
The best practice is to quarantine new birds away from your other birds for at least 30 days. Because they can carry contagious diseases. Especially budgies abd cockatiels that are often mass bred, and not given the same level of veterinarian care.
Quakers are not like cockatiel and budgies. They are rehomed in huge numbers , mostly for screaming and bites. 2 of mine were given up, and the 3rd i got because of her behavior problems.
The first thing to know about quakers is they very easily turn to screaming around the clock. They can't tolerate being caged all day, they need minimum 4 hrs of out of cage time, but do better when out all tge time you are home and caged at bedtime.
Babies aren't like adults.
When they become adults most are going to be very territorial of cage. You won't be able to change food and water and toys while they are in the cage . Or they will bite scream loose their minds. You will need them to come out of the cage to perch , then move them away from the cage while you do what you need. Then they will be fine . How they act in protecting their cage is normal for them. It doesn't mean they are bad birds or aggressive birds. This behavior intensify during hormonal spring and fall. All of mine will bite and draw blood if I stuck my hand in the cage. While away from the cage they are very friendly.
You will need to prevent your other burds from climbing around on your quakers cage while the quaker is inside the cage. Because the quaker will bite off their toes or feet, or even try and kill them . Because they are highly protective of cage. But they are very social and should be able to get along with your other birds while they are out if the cage.
For that reason, amount others I like the big square flat top cages. Because you can pick up a square of acrylic from the home improvement stores and lay it across the top of the cage. It's Clear so let's light in , easy to clean, and prevents little toes from being bitten off of they land on top of the cage.
Quakers take to veggies and really enjoy them. You want to read up and offer a large variety every week. Romaine lettuce, Swiss shard, bell peppers, red chili peppers, squash, green beans ect. Also great for your other birds. I tend to offer in big chunks they enjoy tearing them up.
You want lots of stuff for them to chew up and destroy . Yucca chips, bird bagel rolls, bamboo, sea grass and more. They are active chewers . And they can easily turn that to self plucking , self mutilation. They are up there with macaws, cockatoo, and African Greys in their tendency to plucking.
Quakers can make wonderful companions. They are very social and active. But to enjoy that, you are going to have to more into them than other species. If you are going to add a quaker to your life, I want you both happy. Because it breaks my heart in million pieces, to see all the screaming plucking quakers being passed around. I can't save them all as much as I want to. But I'm trying my hardest to prevent by preparing people fir what they are like and what they need
