Two louder than one?

[QuackQuack]

In your experiences, are two birds louder than one.
Kitty,my green cheek, and I love to spend time together, but I do spend chunks of time outside the home where she is alone. When I get back I can tell she has been lonely. Do you think a friend would be considerably louder? or would they content one another? I'm not talking about housing together. I would be more interested in separate cages with supervised play times. Also, other than another green cheek what might make a complementary playmate? She doesn't really scream currently. She does call to the wild birds during the day and sometimes if she wants attention she will make that same call to let me know I should definitely come get her . She is content to be on a play stand in the same room without being engaged and will quietly watch or eat. She likes to see her 'flock'.
I've been thinking of ways to increase our time together (not that we are struggling to get enough time together - I just enjoy her and she is lonely if not with me!) I have started taking her in the shower on a perch, and when I am done using soaps and products I bring her into the water too, and she just LOOOVES it . She will close her eyes and soak in the warm water in a sleep like trance. She never wants showers to end. She also has been enjoying watching me do my hair/make-up and sits nicely as she studies me. This has added almost a full extra hour to our days together and kept her water bowls MUCH cleaner!

 

[roxynoodle]

Two will be louder because when one starts screeching, so will the other. Last night Rowdy started screeching just for fun, but it inspired Pete to start screaming and barking (he thinks he's a dog). It was extremely loud and scared poor Merlin into thinking something bad was coming to eat her. So she went to the bottom of her cage and hid.

They will also talk at the same time. At a given time I can have Rowdy yelling out, "Hey hey!" while Pete is saying, "Hello! Whatcha doin?" and Merlin is doing her imitation of ringing bells or shooting off laser guns.

So I would say yes, when they are excited it's going to get louder with 2.

I would also stick with another GCC or something of similar size if you get a second bird to try to avoid a bird being injured by a bigger bird in case they have an altercation, since you would like them to play together. If you get something bigger, you will need to be very vigilant in protecting your little conure (who undoubtedly thinks he is huge like most conures).

 

[mtdoramike]

YES, YES, and in case I didn't mention it earlier YES, two birds are noisier than one bird. Please don't get another bird with the idea of getting a friend for your current bird. They probably won't get along. One bird could and quite possibly become jealous of the other or newer bird.

Get a second bird because you want a second bird and have plenty of time to care for the second bird as well as have plenty of space for them.

 

[QuackQuack]

Thank-you, Thank-you! This input has been very helpful! Also, maybe if kitty just wants to hear/see another bird something low-care like a finch or a canary can fit the bill.

 

[roxynoodle]

Yes, your current bird may be very jealous of the new bird. Or the opposite can happen, too! Yesterday Merlin went after Pete. She was giving body language that said, "I want to meet you!" So I held Pete near Merlin's cage and she still seemed to acting friendly. Then Pete put a foot on her cage, and wham! She tried to bite him. And she hasn't shown that she's territorial about her cage. I'm allowed in it any time I want, and she lets the cat stand on her hind legs with her front paws up on the cage. But, apparently Pete can't touch it. Merlin may be the last bird to join our flock, but she definitely would like to have me all to herself.

 

[QuackQuack]

Kitty is very much a birds bird and she previously lived with many. She even got her beak injury trying to befriend and old cranky bigger bird when she was with her handfeeder. We had another bird in our house for a time with her (amazon) and they chose to both scream at the same time but were mostly quiet all days. Again she tried to befriend but the amazon was NOT a birds bird. We had him for several months, but we and the owner of the rescue he came from decided that this was NOT a good fit for him as he had had a single male caregiver for 15 years and hates females. He had no problem acting out his hatred, so we decided he should return to the rescue and look for an all male home. Because we gave a lot of effort and even bought the amazon a fancy new cage, the misfit won't count against us and another placement could be made with us but I'm weary as I'm so sad that didn't work out. I loved the bird...the feel was NOT mutual.

 

[MaraWentz]

I grew up with 7 medium-large parrots. I say the more the merry, if they get along. They tend to play with each other in the day and preen each other, which keeps themselves occupied when you can't be there. The only problems are, like many said, if one screeches it sets the whole group off. Also is one bird is jealous of another it turns into the jealous bird screaming 24/7 when you go near the other. If you can't handle the screeching in pairs or from jealously, I wouldn't get another. When I owned a single bird we often left the radio or tv on for her while we gone. Silence seems to just kill birds lol.

 

[mtdoramike]

Yes, Yes, Yes & YES!