tame breeding pair of GCC

[CRASH_CONURE]

hello everyone

i currently own a YSGCC named CRASH and i was thinking about getting him a new friend. (birds are very adictive) so as i was saying they would both be hand raised (CRASH and te other GCC when i get it) they would be living in the same cage and i would be holding them both everyday, but i am not sure if the birds will become less intressed in me and more intressed in eachother, not that that is a bad thing as i want them to be friends. so do you think that both the birds would become less tame and more hard to handle or do you think that they will stay tame?

 

[Remy]

As long as you keep spending time and socializing them, they shouldn't become less tame.

 

[CRASH_CONURE]

As long as you keep spending time and socializing them, they shouldn't become less tame.

but what about when they have chicks i wont be able to hold the female and maybe not the male aswell?

 

[JamesC]

If you keep working with them every day you should be able to handle them both. Based upon my own experience with my blue crowns they will probably bond with each other and want less to do with you. Tootsie lived with me for 13 years and we had a close relationship. She spend 2-3 hours a day on me being cuddled and scratched. I adopted Rosa as a companion for her and gradually Tootsie transferred her attention from me to Rosa. She still lets me pick her up and sometimes will cuddle but she prefers to be with Rosa now. Rosa, on the other hand, was a biter and wanted nothing to do with me. But I kept at her and eventually she accepted me. She no longer bites and will step up with little fuss but she will never become a close bird to me as long as Tootsie is around.

Your relationship with Crash will almost certainly change if the two of them start to bond with each other. Possibly to the point that he won't want anything to do with you. I adopted Rosa knowing that it could happen with Tootsie but after seeing the two of them preening each other I regret not doing it sooner.

As for breeding, I have no experience with that. Though they came to me as "female", I'm sure that Tootsie and Rosa are both boys. Have not had them tested, though.

 

[roxynoodle]

You can always also have a second bird without putting them into the same cage, so that they will remain friends with you. I'm certain they enjoy having other birds in the same room with them even if they aren't bonded pairs or mating pairs. Mine do. And until you know they get along, they can come out at different times, or be on their own play gyms.

 

[Pedro]

With my experience breeding GCC'S my male gets aggressive when the hen is sitting on eggs & once the chicks hatch i have to be careful because he has been known to bite me.

It will depend on the pair & how much they trust you around their nesting site. I know friends that free range their pet parrots in their home, hang a best box from the wall, their birds breed, the owners handle the chicks everyday, once the chicks leave the nest they are so used to being handled, they are as friendly as a hand-reared chick.



If your just wanting a friend & not wanting to breed you can always get another male & then you will have twice the affection.

 

[CRASH_CONURE]

If your just wanting a friend & not wanting to breed you can always get another male & then you will have twice the affection.[/QUOTE]

if i got another male and put them in the same cage would they fight ?

 

[IcyWolf]

If your just wanting a friend & not wanting to breed you can always get another male & then you will have twice the affection.

if i got another male and put them in the same cage would they fight ?[/QUOTE]

They shouldn't be any more inclined to fight than a male and a female. But please don't get another bird and cage them together right away, that's no way to bond two birds. It's more likely to just upset your current bird because a strange intruder is in his cage and it will probably really scare the new bird, new home, new environment, new cage and another bird defending said cage. I would cage them separately for awhile and allow them supervised play time together, if they like each other and start to form a bond, then you can start integrating them into one cage. Just remember, it's never a guarantee that two birds are going to get along so plan on having to use two cages forever, with the hope that someday you can cage them together.

 

[Keinanna]

Plus if they do eventually get along you will have an extra cage which is a great excuse to get another bird later on

 

[Amber]

Alex's breeders have many hand reared bonded pairs. Thats one reason I liked their set up so much, each and every bird, even the breeders (bar one or two parent raise ones), were pets, well handled and well loved. In particular they have this one pair of ekkies that while a breeding pair, are still as tame as any other hand reared single bird. The moment one of the owners is in sight or in the aviary, they are all over them! Do those two birds prefer each other over their human companions? Yes, for sure. But they still love their 'people flock' very much and interact with them readily. That said, some of the other handreared breeding pairs were more 'to themselves' and not as keen on interaction. One pair of suns loved human company, while another (also handreared) did not MIND it, but did not seek it out either. You will probably become 'second' to the new partner eventually, but that does not mean that you will not have a good relationship with both birds

On a side note, sometimes male only and female only pairs can bond. We had a pair of two bonded male cockatiels not long ago! It's not as common, but it does happen. Someone here also has a bonded lovebird/conure pair I believe! Crazy, huh?

I plan to get Alex a companion when I finish uni as I will then be working a 8-4 job and to leave him alone all day without interaction would be cruel. I'm not sure wether I want another jenday, let alone a female jenday, or just another different species for company yet. Many years until this becomes a reality anyway! Like you I worry about 'losing him' to his potential mate!

 

[roxynoodle]

I did get a second conure because I was worried about Rowdy being alone while I was at work all day. I never did keep them in the same cage. Actually I don't think Rowdy would have liked that. But, I had 2 different species, in 2 different cages. And both female as it turned out. But, they loved to talk and sing to each other, and play with each other when I got home.

 

[CRASH_CONURE]

yes i to know a breeder that has all of her breeder birds handraised most are very tame but she has a pair of birds (cannt remember the species) that was handraised and is wild and untame now. i know the odds are in my faviour of Crash not going wild bu im not sure if i want to take the risk. so that is why i was thinking a male friend (Crash is a male) i do have another cage already because it is the cage i put Crash outside in. do you think i could keep Crash and a male bird in different cages let them bond outside of the cages and then put them into the same cage?