Please meet Ripley so named because I tried to give him a kiss right where I picked him up from and he tried to rip off my bottom lip. That was last Sunday. I must say that Ripley is a bigger challenge than Cleuseau was. This guy is a biter. He can be sweet when he wants to be occasionally. He came to me in a bad molt with a gazillion pin feathers all over.

I have found the way to h/her heart is scritching away at those pin feathers. He loves it. And he does give nice kisses sith the kissy sound when is is so inclined.

He bits hard, but I will not give in. He is in a cage supposedly for sun concures according to the ad but I doubt it.

My goal was to have them share Cleuseau's large cage. Today I had them both on a reconstructed play stand that came with him.

They started out OK but now after awhile started screaming at each other. And I am not talking flock call. I am talking angry screaming as if to say I'm going to rip your beak off screaming.

I hope in time that they can reconcile their differences a become friends. I have no idea as to their sex. I was told
Cleuseau was a male but I do not know for sure.

All in all the last month has brought me 2 great babies that I know will calm down with time and all will be right with the world. (LOL)

This picture was taking b4 the angry axchange of Quaker Screaming.



This is Ripley


And Cleuseau

Sorry visual

Sometimes birds just don't get along with other birds, no matter how bad we want them too. I sure do hope it works out for you and little Ripley. Maybe that is all my little guy needs is a good scratchin'. Have you looked into the cages that are seperated? I've seen some nice ones...



Like this^

No quarantine??

I'm sure you've read on the forum that caging two Quakers together isn't always a wise idea. More often then not, the birds will bond more stronger to each other then to you. Which can turn gentle birds into aggressive ones. So be aware of that.

Hopefully, with time, the two birds will grow accustomed to each other and will at least tolerate one another.

TJMaj, I would love the split cage idea but the $$$$$.

Carrie, I was remiss, and I admit it. Unfortunately I have
a small home w/o an extra room with a door. Our den does not have
a door. I have read and know how important it to quarantine, but I
was stuck between a rock and a hard place. Also these 2 came to me
so close together (which is no excuse) that I was not exactly prepared.

Is it a problem keeping them in separate cages? I think it's good to let birds have their own personal space. If you kept them in the same room they could still chat and still have play time together. Even if you do decide to put them in one cage I'd keep the other one in case you do need to separate them. I have several smaller cages that I keep on hand incase there is an argument in the avairy...

Ripley is no longer there he came to me due to the noise level and jealousy issues we took him and we learned Ripley was a found bird that landed on someone and that person in return never went the route to find his owners we took that on ourselves Ripley has been happy in his new home after all attempts at finding his owner were met with dead ends. He is now an only bird and doing very well and is very happy. Thank you for the concern but know Ripley is now in a new place and happy as can be and he really loves his new mommy.