| Hi,
If you put the new bird into the cage with your established resident,
that would make it more likely she would defend her 'territory' -- one
thing that was suggested to me and I found worked quite well was to do
one or both of the following:
o if you have time and space, put the new bird in a separate cage
near the other bird so they can get used to each other (if you
are following the guidelines about having any new bird
quarantined for 30-45-60 days in a totally separate room before
exposing it to your other bird(s), then this step comes after
the quarantine period)....depending on the interest they show in
each other, 2-4 weeks has worked for me with canaries, parakeets,
conures, and lovebirds -- Amazon parrots took a little longer
o whenever it is you put the two birds into the same cage, take out
the current resident (assuming they will be co-residing in the
old cage and are not both moving to a new cage together)...put
the current resident in a temporary holding place, such as a
small pet carrier or cardboard box with holes for air, while you
take the most important step=========>REARRANGE the cage layout
so the perches are different in appearance or at least in
different places in the cage, move the food and water dishes to
different locations, hang a different type of swing or put the
same swing in a slightly different location, add or delete a toy
or two, at least temporarily, and consider changing the type of
covering on the floor of the cage for awhile (from newspaper to
blank butcher/packing/computer paper to corncob bedding to layers
of paper towels....). Then place both birds in the cage at the
same time. Choose a time when you can observe the birds on and
off for awhile, to make sure there are no serious squabbles.
If you try any of the above, please write to say if anything worked!!
Linda
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