Hi!
It's my first quaker, so I just want to be sure.
I got a male quaker (3 yo) some time ago and we're well bonded now. He is a rescue who sat in a cage alone for 2 years straight in his breeders house.
He doesn't even consider other bird species and doesn't want have anything to do with them (unless jelaous of attention, he will fight them).
I see him often singing alone and just talking to himself. When he sees other quakers on my monitor/phone he will rush to the screen and with a loud HMMM (or sometimes a hi) put himself wing to wing with the image. Then he will try to preen the screen...
He did this with mirrors too but stopped some months ago.
MAIN ISSUE
I'm about to get an another quaker parrot, a female. I don't know how he would possibly react, since the quaker in question is blue (mine is green) and a youngling (some months).
Is it possible he will fight her or not accept her since he's looking for a mate and she's too young? Or perhaps not consider her because of a different colour?
Also I saw many people saying that this peculiar race loses interest (or a big chunk of it) in the owner once another parrot (potential mate) is introduced. Is it really true?
It's my first quaker, so I just want to be sure.
I got a male quaker (3 yo) some time ago and we're well bonded now. He is a rescue who sat in a cage alone for 2 years straight in his breeders house.
He doesn't even consider other bird species and doesn't want have anything to do with them (unless jelaous of attention, he will fight them).
I see him often singing alone and just talking to himself. When he sees other quakers on my monitor/phone he will rush to the screen and with a loud HMMM (or sometimes a hi) put himself wing to wing with the image. Then he will try to preen the screen...
He did this with mirrors too but stopped some months ago.
MAIN ISSUE
I'm about to get an another quaker parrot, a female. I don't know how he would possibly react, since the quaker in question is blue (mine is green) and a youngling (some months).
Is it possible he will fight her or not accept her since he's looking for a mate and she's too young? Or perhaps not consider her because of a different colour?
Also I saw many people saying that this peculiar race loses interest (or a big chunk of it) in the owner once another parrot (potential mate) is introduced. Is it really true?