Hi everyone!
Thanks for watching my video on how to encourage parrots to get along together!
I thought I’d make this video as I often get questions about bonding multiple birds and bonding in general. I also noticed there were lots of short videos on the topic that don’t really cover everything needed!
We are actively applying these tips to our own rescue conures as we are working on bonding them together. So far they all generally tolerate each other and Scampi even shows some affection to Pickles (even if she isn’t so keen!)
I hope you found it useful and some of the tips come in handy. These tips will apply to most parrot species, but remember birds are individuals! If you have any questions please feel free to leave them in the comments as I’d love to chat to you.
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Hey, great video, the most useful I think I've seen on the topic… I have 2 birds, a green cheek conure and a quaker, we got the conure about 8 months before the quaker. When we got the quaker we quarantined her for a month before slowly moving them closer together. Their cages are now next to each other but with maybe 5 centimetres apart so they can't fight through the bars. They seem to tolerate each other when they are in their cages, but everytime the quaker comes out she will fly on top of the conures cage and try to attack. The conure will sometimes ignore her (we reward him when he does this) but will sometimes go and fight with her, although the quaker always flies away before anything bad happens… do you have any advice? We haven't gotten them out together before, so should we just try that? I'm scared they may fight if we do but I'm not sure what else to do… also, what should we do when the quaker goes on top of the conures cage? Thanks
hi, is there any way i can know where you got the play stand the 2 conures are on at the 5 min mark? Thank you!
The same tips apply to introduce different types of Parrots? Like cockatiels and Conures?
Hi, excellent as usual! I've got someone coming to stay for several months who has a young cockatiel, should I introduce him to my cockatiel? I'm worried that they'll bond and then the visitor will eventually leave. Thanks
Hi. I made a huge mistake introducing my new baby lovebird (5 weeks)to my elder one( 1 yr old). I thought letting them out of their cages would be a good way to socialize but…as mentioned in one of the earlier comments, the baby one just wants to get close to the other while this one doesn't want that. I have 2 vision bird cages, one S and one L, 2 stories high. My oldest one was mostly never inside so when I got my baby, I just put it in the small one but after 2 – 3 days I thought about switching them . The old one doesn't seem to be affected with that. It has been 3 weeks now but , by reading and watching videos, I haven't made any quarantine time for them. Is it too late to try and make a proper greeting for them.. but the thing is, my oldest one never wants to stay in its cage and feels like a woodpecker,hitting his cage . So I'm wondering, is it too late to try and restart everything and if I let them out , do I try to take them out seperately and usually,.there are free most of the time. Should I make a plan like, leaving them out for an hour, then put them in their cages , then get them out again…now , the older one only wants to bite the legs of the baby one. Should I switch cages from time to time to try to lessen their possessive aspects
..I guess I should've read or get informed before getting an other one. I just don't want my baby one to suffer from all of this. Thank you
Hello! I have a male Green checked conure yellow sided and trying to introduce another male Pineapple to him, but he attacks the Pineapple every time he sees him. What should I do in this case? Thank you
Do scampi and pickles get along now?? I have that exact same scenario with my birds right now and I’m trying to get over the hump of getting them to befriend or tolerate each other
Thanks for the info, the communal feeding worked well in getting my birds to be comfortable around each other, so it really helped me a lot! Though lately, My green cheek gets along with all of my other birds but for some reason doesn’t like my little parrotlet. She dive bombs him and constantly seeks him out chase him off. He’s so little so I am afraid to let them out together. I’ve tried feeding treats, making sure I give Leeloo (my conure) attention first, and tried redirecting her with target training. I know that it’s a bit different when introducing two species than the same, but she gets along with my cockatiel and budgies just fine. Boo has never done anything to her so I have no idea why she hates him so much 🙁
do you find that your birds are less bonded to you after they start living together?
hi david! i’ve been thinking about getting another bird but my green cheek is kinda feisty and can bite very hard, have your birds ever injured each other whilst alone in their cages?
May I know how to introduce a baby bird of the same species to an adult bird? I'm going to bring home one baby parrotlet of the same sex with 80%feathers. I have an original male 11 mths parrotlet. Should I introduce them at once when I bring a new babe home? Or wait until the new one is bigger? Or just let my original bird C the new one when he is in his cage only? Thx V much.
Question, i have a male baby sun conure about 3 months old(mango) and i want to get another conure so they could be best friends, should i get a male or female? And if i do get another one will they still like me?
My elder tiel literally just tolerate my new tiel because didn't know better and put them in the same cage immediately. While the younger one wants to be near with him and play together he moves away but when they are apart he expects the young bird to come w him. Both of them are still so awkward and i can see their jealousy towards each other.. they're like a stranger who lives together but became lonely when one of them are not there
I love the very formal bird portraits in the background of these videos 🙂
Great advice
Really enjoyed your video. We are very tempted to get another bird for Dave as we do feel that he gets lonely, but when ever we have had cockatiels in the house previously, he didn’t like it at all and it made his behaviour worse. That was actually when his foot fetish started. As you have said in previous comments, it is a big risk to take. Would you recommend a baby or adult bird if we wanted to try this? Do breeders let you return them if things don’t work out? Want to make sure there is a plan in place for the new bird if things don’t go well. Our local pet shop has said we can try this with one of their birds, but they are not hand tame, so very reluctant to try this. Also, Dave is very clingy with us, which would probably mean he would be territorial with a new bird. Such a difficult decision. We are considering a budgie.
My birds (conures) Already have bonded but the problem is that I feel bad for the other Male conure because the female gets selfish, and the thing that scares me is that SHE BITES SO HARD which might cause him an injury but they still live in the same cage so the only problem is that the female is selfish do u have any tips for that Because that’ll be awesome 🙂 .
Is it alright to bond 2 birds that are a different species and different sizes? I'm not sure eh because my uncle's african grey attacks their lovebird. When I went there to parrotsit (like babysit) I tried to keep them apart. So I want to know if it is possible to bond those birds or to just try to keep them apart even though they are not in the same cage together
Play gym in a room where you don't keep their sleeping cages works wonders. Also, millet, lots of millet. Millet is the great equalizer lol
What a helpful and highly competent viedeo, David, thank you very much. Would you please tell me how Sophie separates quarrelling parrots when things get too rough?