Well, as I've posted in another thread, my living situation seems to be settling down, I'll be moving at the end of the month. I'm not at all positive, but I think I'll be looking to add a new baby to my flock in the near future. My girlfriend wants me to get a different type of bird, but I'm in love with amazons. I really am in love with blue fronts I think.

My question for you guys would be one, how do you think Papi would react? They would not be in the same cage, but will be in the same room. Hes fine with the other birds arounmd as long as they leave him alone, but would another amazon change his attitude? Also, for people who have amazons other than a yellow nape, can you give me some specs on personality and or any other differences I'd expect from another zon? Thanks guys

I am glad living situation is turning out okay for you.....

cant help you on the other question as I only have 2 wee budgies.........

I am sure you will get a lot of answers to this one............

no amazon advice here?

I'm not an amazon expert, but I have several birds. I have three macaws. While they do not live together, they do interact with each other verbally. They do play on their stand, which is neutral territory, but I have never allowed them to share each others' cage.

The blue fronts have a better reptuation as far as zons go. Casa Amazona is a good one to talk to. She has a number of zons (check out her siggy).

i have 11 zons and have figured out that its not the species but the individual bird that makes the difference.

all zons will overload and bite the hell out of you sooner or later.

I have red lored -sweet birds, blue fronts-sweet birds but jealous as hell, YN's one sweet one jealous as hell, MRH(green cheek zon)-good bird but can be rowdy ) magna, tres marias and plain old dyh's and they are all 100% different from each other.

They are like people (all individuals)so you will just have to meet some birds and see what happens

John

Hey John - good to see you. How are you feeling?

like i have been chewed up and crapped out by a pitbull and stepped in by its owner LMAO

Getting better i think if i can stop working enough to heal.

John

I have one Orange Wing Amazon in my flock. Sam is and always has been a very sedate bird. The only time we had any trouble with him, was when our Sunny flew away (sun conure). Sunny and Sam were bonded very tightly. Every second of our of cage time was spent together. It took him many months to get over losing Sunny, and he withdrew and didnt want anyone to touch him. Sunny has been gone two years, and Sam is just begining to show signs of his old self. He doesn't talk, but does Amazon talk, and I can tell by the number of beats what he is saying to me. He doesn't take well to change and I say that because after Sunny flew, three more birds were surrendered to me. Two conures and a cockatiel. It is odd, he absolutely hates the conures - and Sunny was a conure! Sam is somwhere in his mid to late 20's by the years I can track him, but he is wild caught, and could actually be much older. So, to answer your question, no, Sam didn't do well with additions to the flock. He accepted all the other flock members as they came, but no on after Sunny. Hope this helps a bit.

IMO, there's no way to accurately predict how Papi would react to another 'zon in his world. Amazons do tend to be jealous, so that's something to beware of. On the other hand, there's the flock thing.

Liza Loo (BFA) hates having to share me with anyone else. Abigail ditto. Adora, Rico and Rosita don't seem to mind at all.

My sister's DYH seems to truly enjoy the company when I bring my flock to visit them. He and Rosita spend hours preening each other. By the way, this IS Rosita and Grumpy, not Rosita & Rico, although they do look a lot alike.



At the other end of the spectrum is Liza Loo, who (through my fault, not hers) came very close to losing an eye to Rosita. I made the mistake of putting Liza Loo inside and Rosita on top of Grumpy's cage as soon as we arrived at my sister's house. Sis and I were hurrying to get all the fids in out of the cold truck and I made a misjudgment. The moment I put Rosita on top of the cage and turned my back, Liza Loo came charging out of the cage and attacked Rosita. Rosita won't start a fight, but she sure knows how to finish one. What you see in this picture took, perhaps, five seconds to occur. By the grace of God she didn't lose her eye or eyesight, but she has a chunk of eyelid and eyelashes missing.



The point I'm making is that it's your responsibility to keep your fids safe. I love having a house full of Amazons, but I also take seriously (more so now than ever) the reality that they have the capability of hurting one another and I'm the only one who can protect them in these situations.

Hey - Joanie, what kind of zon is adora? and from my other thread, could you describe looks wise and coloring of an adult green cheek? thank you lots