Over the past few weeks I have been getting Kita and Kady closer together. My hope is that they can be buddies. They can get very close now, without the usual lunging I've seen in the past. Today they actually clicked beaks together....then Kady bopped Kita on the head.

I don't want anyone hurt and could use some advice as to how to do this.

Alex and Occy share a perch. On occasion they do a little sparring but its no biggie. I just break it up. If Occy is on a head hunt I just move him. He gets over it and then they sit together again. I think the best way is to sit them together a few minutes at a time with close monitoring. Add a few minutes each time and add distance between you and them. I twill most likely work out for the best.

I have been frightened in the past with some beaking going on and after about two weeks our buddies bond and play, preen and love being together as birds. They still interact well with us, but they also relate well with each other. I believe they need both birds and human interaction and can be great pets as both if worked with. Interaction individually and together is a great experience that both you and the birds can benefit from.

All of mine get along and play on the stands except for the Scarlet. He's considered the bully of the family. I dont think he means to be a bully most of the time and just wants to play/interact with the rest of them, but we have to keep a close eye on him. He can get very aggressive when he plays and the others run from him. I dont think we'll ever change that and have accepted it. He was teased and poked with things by kids in his prior home which made him aggressive. Good luck with Kita and Kady.

Did Kita run away or want to return the favor? At time I have seen my birds be very rough with each other but it is not a real fight. Peanut can't get along with quite a few of them because he is eagle in feathers and big time bully. He has never been abused just his bossy nature. Peanut has a best buddy that he spars with and then is preening 2 minutes later.

Mine get along great on the floor or play stand.
If one goes into or onto the others cage...look out!

No, oddly enough she didn't appear to be offended by his bopping her on the head and held her ground. They both initiated the entire interaction. They were beak to beak for several minutes. She said "Hello" to him, he returned a whispered, "Hi" The beaking didn't appear to be aggressive either. I felt they were birdie playing when I saw them do that. I just got worried when he bopped her and moved him away. I've never had then together and really don't know what I'm doing here in this regard and probably got overly worried.

This is so cute! Tell Kady that Ruby says "NO BOPPING!" ha!

with all my guys, They are all free from cages all day, and of course I have the ones that have to wander and visit others, I just tend to watch them very closely from a safe distance where I can get to them fast if needed. many of my Macaws go on each others cages, and first I use to be really nervous about this, but then I just watched,I get the occasional beaking which is very normal, To me beaking is like dogs sniffing each others butts I had a couple Macaws that did not get along, I would keep moving their cages farther away from each other, Then one day I walked in the room and those two who hated each other were together preening, I almost died. Now I can't keep these two apart, they are so bonded and happy together. As long as there is no actual fighting they tend to figure each other out and either become buddies or just deal with each other.