Do Amazons like having a companion bird?

[happy410]

Merry Christmas everyone.
I have an amazon now that I adopted in July. We have bonded great and I can't imagine life without him. He has also bonded with hubby. Now to the story.... my mother in law was visiting her daughter about 4 hrs from here where they visited a thrift store. She said there is a parrot in the back room that is plucked. It was cold back there also. She went back to visit her daughter this week and went to check on this parrot. Again he's stuck in a back room and nearly plucked bald. The cage was filthy and he had no toys. He did have plenty of food and water. I found the stores number and called to see if he would consider rehoming him. I left a very nice message ..
I am wondering how Amazons get along with others. After quarantine of course. I wouldn't want to damage our relationship with Happy. If nothing else I would love to just be able to remove this poor baby from these conditions and find a loving home for him if it didn't work out here. Of course the owner may never reply to me, but I felt like I needed to try. You never know unless you ask.
My best guess is he/ she is a plum fronted parrot.

 

[Birdman666]

Depends on the bird.

Some do. Others see the other bird as a threat to their "pair bond" relationship with you, and try to drive them off...

Some see the other bird as a territorial intrusion.

Others become so attached to the other bird, that they no longer require your services as a companion. From now on, just fetch me and my little friend here our food and water, but no touching...

Other times, it's just one big happy, extended family.

Birds are like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get...

 

[KBEquine]

Our BFA and YNA seem to appreciate the presence of other parrots, even though they never share a cage with any of the others, almost never share a stand & never preen each other. [We have a CAG, a Pionus & a macaw in addition to the 'zons].

But it truly does depend on the individual parrot personality.

Best of luck helping the little bird find a good home. Maybe if they are not willing to let him/her go, you could offer insight into toys, healthy food, the need to have a vet check, and the like. It may not be that they don't care, it may be that they don't know. There are more ways to help a parrot than just rehoming it.

 

[KevH]

Even if they don't become friends they will become a flock and enjoy each others company I have mine in separate cages and i put them in two different rooms the noise they made was death inning they was so loud calling to each other so i put there cages side by side and they settled down outside the cage they stay away from each other and they av only been together since september

 

[torrap]

I agree with KevH. I have 2 Zons , and even they are not really appear to be friends, I think they are flock. Many times I would take my DYHA upstairs to my bedroom and YSA would fly upstairs to settle on her stand in my bedroom just to be with two of us in the same room.
They are OK on the same stand, and their cages are side by side. The only time they get aggressive towards each other is when I am paying attention to one of them in the presence of the other one.
With 2 Zons I think it's either you will get a bonded pair or you will have to watch them not to kill each other..... .

 

[happy410]

Thanks for the info. I agree that maybe I can help the little one out by maybe offering some advice/ help. I just hate knowing about his living conditions. Hopefully things can get changed for this little guy. Are there any members on here close to Dothan Al.?

 

[KBEquine]

I have a friend who went through something similar - there was a little conure in a store with no toys and a not-clean-enough cage. The store was cold over the weekends and the little bird didn't have much heat. At first the friend offered to take the bird [buy it, actually], then she'd clean its cage and give it better food when she visited. Then she started seeing improvement in the condition of its cage. Eventually, the store owner acquiesced and sold her the bird. But only after she was sure my friend was serious.

[So you may need someone closer the location to help.]

Good luck.

 

[AmyMyBlueFront]

Amy wants to be friends with anyone. She wanted to be best buddies with Smokey,my TAG,but Smokes wouldn't have anything to do with her.

She and jonesy are buddies now. Jones will climb up Amy's house,and perch on her play stand,right next to her,and I have watched as Amy will "rearrange" Jonesey's hat <preen> but I don't trust The Cockatoo Man...At their first meeting a few months back,Amy was on her perch stick,and I inched her closer to Jonesy,he played nicey nice,then the next second..BAMM...he did his jeckyl/hyde routine and clunked my girl on her head!
Poor Amy let out a screech..I felt so bad for her!

Like everyone has mentioned..it depends on the bird<s>

Jim