Will they ever get along?

[BirdyMomma]

Hi. I am the proud parent of two young parrots.

Bacci is our 6 month old Lilac Crowned Amazon, we have had him for about three months. Loki is our Yellow Collared Macaw, she is 3 months old, and we have had her for about a month. They both have very different personalities, but are both very loving and affectionate to me and my boyfriend, which is awesome, however, they do not get along well.

Bacci is pretty laid back and easy going, and Loki is more intense. Bacci ignores her, and wants her to stay away from him. She will approach him, or run over to get involved in an activity he is involved in, but he will either drop whatever it was and waddle/fly off or he will lunge at her. I'm not sure if she is just trying to be involved, or if she is trying to express dominance. Bacci does not like it when Loki is on me, or when I am focused on her. (I sometimes feel horrible that I may have damaged my relationship with him, by introducing Loki into our family)

We are very mindful to always treat Bacci as the alpha bird. We are also careful to devote equal amounts of time to each bird, both separately, and while they are together.

Things are tolerable the way they are now, but I would like my birds to enjoy each others company, at least a little. Will their relationship improve with time, or are there reasons why I should not expect them to accept one another?

 

[JerseyWendy]

There is no way of knowing whether Bacci and Loki will ever get along. Since they are both very young, I'd say chances are good that they may learn to tolerate each other.

You said you treat Bacci like the alpha. Well, birds don't know alpha from omega They know FLOCK behavior though.

Just give it time, and be patient, like I said, they are both very very young.

 

[Thatdude596]

I'm having the same issue as you. We brought in a new 5 month old sun
Conure and our 2 yr old sun doesn't like him it seems. When both are on top of their cages about 6 ft apart the older sun just stares at him. He will sometimes start screaming and when the new guy flys to one of us the older follows and lunges at him like he's going to bite him. Our guys have never bitten any of is and yesterday the older sun broke the skin on my wife's skin while holding him down to try and relax him. She wasn't too happy about that so to the cage he went with door closed.

I noticed he won't fly over to fight with the new guy when both are out on top of their cages. He will fly to one of us when the new guy does. Almost as he waits for the new sun to fly to someone and then he ensues. It's annoying and my wife thinks maybe they are like dogs where they just gotta kinda hash it out one time to realize no one is going anywhere. I'm afraid the older one will hurt out new guy because he's a bit slower, clumsy at times and an absolute baby. They have been out together for about 3-4 days now. I'm hoping they get along here sooner than later..... If ever! Lol