The 3 body (amazon) problem.

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I have a problem with my three Amazon’s Merlin, Cheddar, and Luna.
Before December of 2025 Merlin and Luna shared a cage fairly happily.
Grooming each other and sharing out of cage time.
Luna liked Merlin more than the other way round.

In December I brought home Cheddar.
Merlin decided Cheddar was his new BFF and Luna got shut out.
Now Merlin is sharing the cage with Cheddar and Luna has to remain in a separate cage.
I had hoped things would settle down over time but so far no.

Luna is unhappy.
When I let Merlin/Cheddar out I can see in Luna’s body language she wants to be out with them.
When I give in its……pandemonium (well not quite that bad).
Merlin chases Luna around the house no matter where Luna chooses to fly to.
If I give Luna separate out of cage time she just sits on the cage door and grooms.
Or naps.

Is it dangerous to let them out together?
Is it better to let them “work it out”.

They can all fly and Luna knows when Merlin is flying with bad intentions.
She just takes off and relocates.

Merlin is DNA male.
My other two are unconfirmed gender. I always thought Luna female due to her behavior during mating season.
Cheddar is too young and have seen no hormonal behavior yet but I assume she is a girl (no real reason just a gut call).

I have only tried once or twice to let Luna and Cheddar out with Merlin locked in the cage. I don’t know how to….read the body language and high pitched noises coming from them and I didn’t let them get too close. It didn’t look completely friendly and Cheddar is at a disadvantage because her flight feathers are still growing in.
She knows she can’t fly well.

 

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Amazon Parrot Fight: a Lesson For Us All

Birds squabble, just like humans. They get on each others nerves and will warn each other, in no uncertain terms, to back off! Even my cockatiels, who cannot bear to be apart from one another, get into it from time to time.

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Yes, Amazon’s can absolutely harm each other. Here’s some photos, and an example of what can take place.

Parrot shelters unfortunately have made mistakes, and have seen tragedy involving amazons being caged together. The shelter I adopted one of my parrots from did tell me about an Amazon who killed its mate randomly as I was taking a tour of the place. They had been caged for years together. It happened overnight, and the situation from my understanding was rather brutal when found in the morning. I’ll leave it at that.

I cannot comment on your specific amazons but definitely take precautions.