New bird friend for my conure

[linzlee143]

Hey everyone! My lovable conure Java is home and happy from the vet. He gave me a scare with a crop infection but he is medicated and doing great! I'm still a little uncomfortable injecting his medicine into his crop with a needle but he needs to get better.

Anyways, I was interested in getting another bird as a playmate for Java so he won't be lonely when I am at work or just not home. How do you go about deciding what bird would be best to get. Would it have to be the same species? Could adding another bird to the mix stress him out more? He is already kind of a stressed bird. I really just want him to be happy.

Also how would housing work? Could they be in the same cage or they need to be separated? Thank you for any advice

I haven't given my introduction yet I will have to introduce myself and meet everyone as soon as I get more pictures uploaded that will be my next step.
Thanks everyone!
You are all awesome! I love bird people! And animals lovers of all kinds!

Java wants a new friend!! Who will it be??!!

 

[birdiemomma]

With how stressed Java seems right now it probably would not be best to add another bird into the mix. I would wait until the stress has died down & things are more back to normal. Birds get stressed out very easily and I would never want for him to get vicious/"bitey" with you.

 

[_Cass_]

I was also thinking of getting another friend for my Toulouse, but the more I read up on it, and the more I talked to my vet about it, the less I wanted to get one. Sometime they wont even like eachother, and you need to go through the 1 month quarantine period before you introduce them (and I am guessing you would want to introduce them right away). It can stress out your parrot epecially if he/she is bonded to you. I would advise againt getting another bird at this point because of Javas illness. Like BM said we wouldnt him to getting bitey and stressed

 

[mtdoramike]

Well, it depends on what you want to accomplish. If for breeding purposes, then you will need to make sure it's of the opposite sex and even then they may not take to one another. This again could be the case if you get another bird only to accompany your current bird. They still may not get along, if they don't then your stuck with both.

Plus, I found when I raised Cockatiels, if I had a hand tame Cockatiel that loved to be with me and be handled would quickly resent me and want to spend less and less time with me. It would get to the point that I wouldn't even be able to handle the tamed bird.

So to me, I wouldn't be looking to get a play mate for your Conure unless YOU WANT ANOTHER PLAY MATE. If you do then by all means get one. But I would do seperate cages for awhile and once quarantine is over, start slowly introducing them. But I would still house them in seperate cages after their play dates are over with unless your very sure they get along and want to live together.

Mike

 

[linzlee143]

Thank you for the advice. If I was going to get another bird it wouldn't be for like a year or so. Breeding may be stressful for him too and I know its a lot of work. I actually don't know if Java is a he or a she but I just sent out a sample of blood to see what the sex will be. Should have the results in a few days. For now I'm going to enjoy my birds company and be his playmate We have a strong bond that I wouldnt want to break.

 

[MikeyTN]

Like it was posted above. Java may resent you for getting a new bird and if he bonds with the new one he may get mean towards you. It all depends on the bird and how you socialize with them. It may still be fine! I would suggest after quarantee period to place their cages across from one another so they can see each other then slowly introduce them to one another. I would do it in a different room they're in, its like moving into a new territory. Less aggression hopefully!!!