hey im new and i have a question

[alkalinejonas]

hello i like this site.
i just got a pineapple green cheek and i was wondering what species of birds i can put him with down the road. i got him from a lady who had 4 other conures and he is VERY smart for his age (1 to 2 years) and how should i introduce them
thanks

 

[Pedro]

Hi & welcome.

I guess it depends on what other species you have in mind. Personally i don't think it really matters if you intend having a separate cage for the new bird. Intro's can be done slowly then. If your planing of housing the 2 together then i would consider another GCC or 1 of the other small conures. If you have no desire to breed then get the same sex as the GCC.

I can have my SC Too inside on his stand & the GCC on me, they don't bother each other & I always keep them far enough away from each other just in case.

 

[Spiritbird]

I have had a TAG for just over 2 years now and got a GCC conure about 1 yr. ago. To this day they fight eachother and there have been some minor injuries. I cannot have them together at any time. I think birds do better with their own species. Greys with greys and GCC with GCC. Peope will not agree with me but I am speaking from experience.

 

[beckybird]

All birds have their own different personalities, even those from the same species... So your bird will choose his or her own friends. In my opinion, it works better if the birds are close to the same size (there may be exceptions of course, but I would not put a large bird like an african grey with a small bird like a green cheek conure). Even birds close to the same size can be violent with one another, so do not automatically assume that you can bring another little conure home and they'll be friends.

That said, my 7-year-old female green cheek conure Lola lives with my 5-year-old male blue crowned conure Lincoln and my 2-year-old male yellow-sided green cheek conure Connor. They are all caged together and love each other's company- they get along very well. This was not always the case, though! Connor disliked Lola right off the bat and chose Lincoln as a buddy even though Lincoln is bigger than Connor. After a year of being around each other during play time outside of their cages, Connor began to really love Lola and I saw that when they were out of their cages Connor and Lola were cuddling and preening each other! I began putting all 3 in the cage together (it's a big cage, plenty of room for everyone) under *close* supervision and saw that they all got along very well. After several weeks of supervised in-the-cage time together, I let Lola move in with Connor and Lincoln. They have been caged together for about a year now, and it works well for them. They have plenty of perches, but I have noticed that all 3 like to share the same perch for sleeping and they all cuddle up together. I continue to keep a close eye on things so that I can separate them if problems arise, but they have not had problems so far. I guess it's like that show Sister Wives in a way, except that Lincoln and Connor are "Brother Husbands" to Lola.

By the way, my green cheek conure Lola was "married" to Karma the lovebird for 6 years until he passed away from old age. Every situation is different, so be prepared to cage birds separately until they can be completely trusted together.

 

[roxynoodle]

Honestly it was a couple of years before I knew I could trust my Nanday not to beat up on my Blue Crown. One day the Nanday flew over to the BC's cage and they started trying to preen through the bars. Then I knew they could be out together. I still had to take care to bring the Nanday out second and put her away first because she would get very jealous of my interacting with the BC.

I still haven't tried a real close introduction of the Nanday with the amazon. If things don't go well, the Nanday could be seriously injured. Maybe they can be out together, maybe they can't. I don't know yet so I bring them each out separately. It's funny, too, because the Nanday wanted the amazon after the BC died, but she's jealous as all heck when I play with him. I think she has it in her head that he's something for her so she has another bird to watch and make noise with. But, only SHE is supposed to be with me. It was like that with the BC, too though. They loved each other, but only she was supposed to love me.