Hello all,

As you already know i have a Senegal Parrot, a Quaker parrot, and a Budgie. Well the problem is my quaker Parrot (Magic) and my senegal parrot (KiKi) just dont get along i have a play area for all my birds and every time i put both of them within 4 feet of each other my senegal moves over to where Magic is and it seems like its trying to start a bird fight. Magic and Kiwi (Budgie) get along fine they are like best friends. I had just got my senegal Parrot about 2 weeks ago.
why are they doing this?

im open to suggestions.

Thanks

I am certainly not an expert here, and I am positive others may be along quickly to offer their suggestions and expertise ... but your post raised a couple of questions for me.

Firstly, did you have a quarantine period for the Senegal since you have only had it two weeks?

Second, were your other two fids ever around a bigger bird before?

Third, two weeks isn't a very long time for a bird to become accustomed to new surroundings. Perhaps more time is needed before you learn a sufficient amount about this Senegal's personality to determine if it is safe to have it at play time with your other two fids? Birds are like people ... they will not necessarily like one another. I would believe that a bigger bird would be more likely to pick on a smaller bird, too ... though, as I mentioned above, I am no expert.

Hope this is helpful for you. If you give us more info, then other, more educated, members will be able to help you better.

I would say that Frankie's Mom summed it up quite well, in fact I was going to ask similiar questions....Thanks Joni... ....I would say you are on top of it..........

Yes, I would say Frankie's Mom summed it up quite well. Some birds just don't get a long. I would know cuz my two Don't.......LOL

Could also be that your Senegal is trying to figure out his/her pecking place in the flock. Birds need to know where they sit as far as order goes.

I would use caution when allowing them together and never leave them unsupervised. If the agression continues, then I wouldn't allow them to play together.

I'd be very careful too. Senegals have a bigger beak and bite. They can do quite a bit of damage. Down to the bone damage. Ask Cheryl A.

We have both a Senegal and a Quaker and while Maya would hapilly interact with Buddy, Buddy would try and kill her in an instant. He just does not appreciate other birds vying for affection or attention, and makes his displeasure known.

When he goes into attack mode he will literally launch himself several feet to try and get to the object of his hatred, and he's all beak and claws. Nasty.

Thanks everyone i think i will just seperate them so they dont get hurt better be safe then sorry.

I agree with Carrie, they may be trying to establish a pecking order... And its just going to take some time for them to work it out, however, NEVER leave them out unattended, not even for a second...if you leave the room put them away...Severe damage can be done in the blink of an eye. Beaks can be torn off toes can be bitten off etc...SO better safe than sorry.

If you haven't done a quarantine, and they've been allowed to play together I would strongly recommend a vet check to make sure they have no communicable diseases.

Something you might try however to get them better familiarized with each other is to have their cages some what close together but not touching and so they can't hop to each others cages...just give them a chance to realize that both belong there, Then with play time watch and see how they do...a little bit of rough play is to just establish the pecking order, but you need to be there to separate them before they get too carried away and hurt one another.