magicalem Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Hi, I am getting a 8-9 weeks old baby quaker (blue) in 5weeks. I also have a 10mth CAG - He originally came from an aviary &has since met other birds & been fine, calm & intrigued by them... I am worried about the differences between both bird... basically do they have the ame allergies as greys & like the same food.... Also, I am bringing him home afterhehas weaned - I also have a small cage for him - will keep him in my bedroom at night so I can keep an eye on him justfor 1st week or so... I then have a seperate cage to my greys for him to go into..... which I will place nxt to each other so they can get used to seeing each other..... but I am unsure bif OK to leave for 7hrs when I go to work - I always kep tv on for my grey so will do the same but will lack anything else until I am home - will this be OK.. worried that as he is such a young age he should not b left on his own - is this correct? xxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycos_mom Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 I would make sure hat their cages are not to close together a Grey could really hurt your Quaker when I first got my Grey he bit the top mandable off my Green cheeked conure and I know someone else that had the same thing happen to their quacker when your out make sure that their cages are far enough apart that the Grey cannot reach through the bars and bite the other bird thats what happen to my bird he was in his cage and my Grey reached in and grabd his beak no more beak please introduce them from at least 10 feet away from each other don't put them to close together they will get to know each other and become flock members in their own time it takes a bit everytime I get a new bird I have to be carful for awhile then everything is ok again but at first my birds are jealous of the new bird so then I have to make sure I do everything for my old bird first and then the new bird it called the pecking order if you don't do everything in that order your Grey may never except the new bird I have six birds and they all get along pretty well they can all have out of cage time together and nobody trys to hurt anybody but I do everythin in the order I got the birds so nobody feel left out or neglected everyone knows their place in the flock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemyGreys Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Here is a thread about introducing a second grey,but the same will apply to your quacker ... http://www.greyforums.net/understanding-your-grey/introducinga-second-grey.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdelatorrejr Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 What really did it for my grey and my tiels was an afternoon bath together! Before then, the grey would try and play with the tiels but the tiels were so afraid of the 'big bird'. One warm afternoon I decided to put them together on a playstand and give them a nice misting. The misting took their minds off of each other. Afterwards, they just spent a few hours preening. Since then, they are doing well together but not yet playing together. Who would have known they bonded because of an afternoon shower. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicalem Posted September 1, 2008 Author Share Posted September 1, 2008 brilliant sounds good - so r they still in diff cages or the same....? I am getting my quaker in 3weeks cant wait... xxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 Don't forget to share a few pictures of this blue quaker with us after you get him home. B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicalem Posted September 19, 2008 Author Share Posted September 19, 2008 hiya.. of course 2weeks & counting he has a matching blue cage.. & they now have a big playstand to play on.. banned sensei from the top of my door.. well sometimes he gets away with it.. Going to call the quaker bluzee... he is so cute.. got a few pics of him already the breeder has been keeping me posted.. cant wait to get him.. xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casper Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I cant comment on a quaker but I have two greys. When I got Keeko at 12 weeks Charlie would have been about a year old. They were both in the same room together with their cages at the opposite sides of the room. This gave them time to accept each other being there and generally watch each other. I started letting them out seperately for a while but found they would try to go to each others cages. The first time I let them out together I was so nervous, there was an awful lot of beaking going on (this went on for a while) which I was told by an experienced member here they were trying to see who was the alpha male! I would let them out together for ten minutes at a time (supervised at all times) then gradually increased this. Months on, my boys are out together most of the day now, they play together and also have squabbles, they sit and preen each other and regurg for each other, I believe its the best thing I could have done! On a bad note, there is twice the mess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casper Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Forgot to mention, my youngest is 7 months now and he is the boss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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