Should I get two

[rita1]

I am going to get a caique next year.
The question is would two be bettter than only having one.

I added a buddy for my single caique, and the results were positive. I started with a female named Sookie, and the situation that developed sounds similar to yours–she got really clingy. There is only one other person in the house, and he isn't home a lot and didn't interact much with her, so I don't know if she would have been aggressive toward others. But, with just me, her ardor seemed to be building toward a problematic obsessiveness. I work from home and spend a good deal of time interacting with her, so it wasn't a lack of attention. I looked into getting her a buddy.

I learned that 1) caiques are generally not the types to bond with another bird and then eschew their human buddies, which made me feel better; and 2) caiques can be aggressive toward new birds introduced to the home, which concerned me. However, #2 is usually only a problem adult caiques can exhibit, and Sookie was still quite young, under one year.

So, I introduced her to a new young caique buddy. They got along immediately. What's more, Sookie's obsessiveness vanished, and she went back to the kind of affectionate bond that is so much better. She spends time with her new buddy, she spends time with me, and she has even learned to entertain herself. She does tend to "push in" on time I try to give one-on-one to the new little guy, but not in a possessively jealous sort of way, but more like, "Oh, you're giving out scratches? STAND ASIDE! I'MA GET ME SOME OF THAT!"

Adding buddy worked out amazingly well for both Sookie and me.

Here's a picture of the two just 30 minutes after they met.

oh my goodness how sweet are they, I just adore the yellow thighed caiques so pretty. glad they are getting on ok. my two adore each other tho they do have the odd squabble but that is caiques for you. we don't have many yellow thighed caique in England I don't know why because they are gorgeous.