Hello all!
So its been 2 months since I adopted Arco, a 10 year old Crimson Bellied Conure. He was surrendered for being aggressive to his owner (supposedly bit her face on more then one occasion) and did not get along with her other 3 conures. My experience with him, so far, has been wonderful! He can be a little "intense" but is never aggressive towards me. He loves to give kisses and says "give a kiss"... Its super cute. He has bonded with me and can be very cuddly. Ironically, this bird surrendered for "aggressive" behavior is actually LESS nippy then my 2 1/2 year old GCC, Amigo!
Arco came to me missing a back toe and I have my suspicions he was bullied by her other birds.
I am able to have him out at the same time as my Amigo and Lovie, Kiwee.
Arco and Amigo are not buddies however. Neither will go after the other but if somehow they end up too close to each other they do fight. Its happened a few times and is always if they both end up on me. I'm assuming they are territorial over me (??) The few times its happened they are behind my neck and the fight sounds vicious and like some got hurt but thankfully no one was hurt!! Arco is a bit larger then Amigo, and quite a bit older, so I'm obviously worried Amigo could get hurt. But again, this only happens if they both fly to me and are on me at the same time. This scenario is possible to avoid, usually, but not 100% But I'm still worried.
Their cages are next to each other so they can get to know each other better while I'm at work. I hate the idea of having them out separately since they otherwise don't go after each other and do their own thing. I'm interested to hear what other conure parents suggest! Is it not worth the risk having them out together? (Its always under super close supervision and they are NEVER out without me there making sure they don't get too close) do any other parronts have birds that will spat if they get close? What do I do if they DO fight? I've just panicked and try to separate them asap even if my hand takes some serious bites in the process.
So its been 2 months since I adopted Arco, a 10 year old Crimson Bellied Conure. He was surrendered for being aggressive to his owner (supposedly bit her face on more then one occasion) and did not get along with her other 3 conures. My experience with him, so far, has been wonderful! He can be a little "intense" but is never aggressive towards me. He loves to give kisses and says "give a kiss"... Its super cute. He has bonded with me and can be very cuddly. Ironically, this bird surrendered for "aggressive" behavior is actually LESS nippy then my 2 1/2 year old GCC, Amigo!
Arco came to me missing a back toe and I have my suspicions he was bullied by her other birds.
I am able to have him out at the same time as my Amigo and Lovie, Kiwee.
Arco and Amigo are not buddies however. Neither will go after the other but if somehow they end up too close to each other they do fight. Its happened a few times and is always if they both end up on me. I'm assuming they are territorial over me (??) The few times its happened they are behind my neck and the fight sounds vicious and like some got hurt but thankfully no one was hurt!! Arco is a bit larger then Amigo, and quite a bit older, so I'm obviously worried Amigo could get hurt. But again, this only happens if they both fly to me and are on me at the same time. This scenario is possible to avoid, usually, but not 100% But I'm still worried.
Their cages are next to each other so they can get to know each other better while I'm at work. I hate the idea of having them out separately since they otherwise don't go after each other and do their own thing. I'm interested to hear what other conure parents suggest! Is it not worth the risk having them out together? (Its always under super close supervision and they are NEVER out without me there making sure they don't get too close) do any other parronts have birds that will spat if they get close? What do I do if they DO fight? I've just panicked and try to separate them asap even if my hand takes some serious bites in the process.
Likely a form of 'resource guarding'.