I am a nervous mom

[TAGyourit]

I am so scared about letting my new baby TAG and Napalm my Sun get to know each other. Ive still got a good bit of time as I should be getting Jack in July.

 

Napalm has stayed in a Birdie Bed and Beakfest with other birds when I have had to go out of town. He will always perch on the perches closest to the other birds according to the gentlman that owns it. He of course never lets them interact with each other. So I hope this means he will enjoy the company of his room mate.

 

Napalm is my only baby at the moment, and so far a VERY GOOD bird.

But when I go to work he is all alone.

I wanted to slowly prepare Napalm for his soon to be room mate and hopefully friend.

I went ahead and got Jacks cage. I have set it up in the room with Napalm and placed a bird stuffed animal inside the cage. I occasionally take the stuffed animal out to see how Napalm reacts to it. So far he seems to not be fazed by the new cage and when presented with the stuffed animal reacts very gentle. Of coarse a stuffed animal isn’t likely going to fool him. He will fly to my shoulder when I mess with Jacks cage.

 

I would like to find a stuffed African Grey. I have looked all over the net with no luck in finding a realistic looking Grey.

I have done a LOT of reading on introduction of the new baby to Napalm.

 

If any of you have experience I would love to hear

[judygram]

I think you are too concerned about this as I don't see too much of a problem for like you I started out with a sun conure too and she and my grey do not like each other but they co-exist in the same room in separate cages. If I have them both out at the same time I just keep a distance between them and that is more for the sun than the grey.

 

My sun is the more aggressive bird and she will try to nip at my grey if she can get close enough but if I keep them a little distance apart they are fine.

 

You might want to continue to feed, water, let out of the cage and other things first with the sun since he was there first, so he knows his place after the grey gets there.

 

I doubt they will ever be friends but they may learn to tolerate each other but I wouldn't worry about trying to find a stuffed grey as it won't fool the sun, just bring the grey in and introduce the two of them and don't give the sun any less attention than you do now or that could cause problems.

 

I think you will enjoy the combination of a grey and a sun conure, I certainly do, as you know the sun is a screamer and your grey should be much quieter but don't be surprised if you hear the grey scream like the sun, mine does and then tells herself to shutup.:laugh:

[Tari]

I am on the other side of the fence. I keep mine apart. Yes they share a room but they do not share play time or me.

Please be very very careful. You can never be to concerned. IMO

They might be friends but I would consider that a bonus and not a reason to get a new bird.

Good Luck

[lovemyGreys]

Here is a thread on introducing a second bird, it refers to greys but the principles will apply to any species..

 

http://www.greyforums.net/understanding-your-grey/introducinga-second-grey.html