i have a parakeet right now and will be getting a quaker in a few months

anyway i was wondering if they get along when they are out playing obviously i would gradually introduce after quarenteen and everything

they obviously wont be housed together but i see other quakers together and i see them with conures, lovebirds etc i know they are slightly different in size but i dont think it would be enough for any major problems but i never see any pics of them together and i was wondering if this was just b/c they dont get along? i know they may or may not get along

thanks and if you have any i would love to see some pics of them together

I think the size difference would be disconcerting .... my quaker doesn't get along with any of my other birds and they are the same size as he.
He even yells at me if I TALK to my sun conure. geesh!

I have both, and had the Quaker first. Bonnie (the keet) is still too nervous to let us take her out and play with her. We're just barely able to stroke her tummy and haven't gotten her to step up at all yet -- but I think we will soon! However, the size difference between her and Clyde is ENORMOUS. I didn't realize how much until the first time we took Clyde to her cage to visit her. He's three times her size and I wouldn't feel comfortable letting them play together. He doesn't seem to mind her being here -- probably because he sees she has lots of seeds to eat and he wants them! -- and she's not a bit afraid of HIM. In fact, I think she has a crush on him. She sits on the side of her cage closest to his cage and just GAZES at him adoringly. Once she's all tamed and can come out and sit on a hand or shoulder, we might have them out at the same time under VERY close supervision, but I don't think I'll let them play together unless Clyde proves he's a very good boy from a safe distance first. He's jealous of any attention anyone receives besides him and he might bite her. I hear that Quakers are bullies. And one good bite from him could kill her.

Now, this doesn't mean you can't have a Quaker and parakeets in the same house. It just means you'll have to be aware that it's probably not safe to let them be together.

i have 2 parakeets and a quaker. when i brought my quaker home, my female keet fell in LOVE with cricket. it was almost sickening. she would throw food at him and fly by him but he wanted nothing to do with her at ALL.

i tried introducing them later and the keets were receptive towards him but he lunged and hissed at them. it just wasn't worth risking the health of the keets to keep trying.

they all get their play time out of their cages... just separately.

ok thanks i wasnt sure i know i see quakers with love birds and i didnt think they were that much different size than budgies but i cant remember lol

i know parakeets can be bullies too(i have heard of them picking on cockatiels reall bad) so that was also a concern of mine that she may pick on him

i most likly wont have them out together but wanted to know for sure

if i do they of course will be supervised very carefully

i hope that if he sees that another bird also gets attention then maybe he will be less aggressive about it

the keet is not to fond of being held at least not yet

i have to chase to get her out of the cage and once she is out she os ok but prefers to be on her gym than actually sitting with me lol

i dont know why but oh well i just need to continue to work with her she is doing much better than when i first got her though never bites though so that is good


anyway thanks

Try pulling some millet off a spray and sprinkle it around on your shoulders. That worked great for my keets and also my tiels to get them comfortable with being on me. They all love millet and get so busy finding it all they'd forget they were even sitting on me.
I wouldn't suggest that for a quaker or other larger bird cuz they might get startled when they look up from the goodies and remember where they are and take a chunk outta your cheek or neck. But I never had any problems with the smaller birds.
Oh- and I wouldn't let the teeny play with the quaker-- quakers get very pushy and if the little one goes somewhere the quaker thinks is wrong he'll "correct" him and can very quickly hurt the keet. I worry about my gcc sometimes because Boo (quaker) can get rough with his "reminders". A quaker could snap the beak off a keet or other smaller bird before you know what's happening!

ok i will keep them seperate then just to be safe

she does not respond to the millet she eats it in her cage but she could take it or leave it

i was on the computer today(like usual lol) and she was on her play gym well i was eating some ice cream and watching parrots on youtube and she actually flew over to me and landed on my bowl after a few seconds i took her off and put her on my finger b/c i did not want bird poo in my ice cream lol

and she stayed for a few more seconds and then flew back to her gym but i am surpirsed she flew to me this was the first time so some progress at least lol

I certainly wouldn't try to mix the two. Female keets are very panicy and cage aggressive, since she was around first she may try to boss the QP around, and one bite from a quaker can easily end your keet's life.

A lovebird is about 1.5 the size of a normal parakeet, and about the same size as an english budgie. Usually when you go to a pet store you'll see senegals, quakers, and conures housed together, but these birds are usually housed at the same time so that no one can claim it as their own personal space.

yes i will just keep them away from each other they will just have to talk from their cages toward each other

thanks

i had my Quaker parrot first, and then i was given a keet, a male about 1 yr or so, that flew into an office window. my midori doesn't have a cage at all, he has a circular perch i built and does just fine on it. a friend gave me a cage for the parakeet, but it was really tiny and i dont like to keep birds in cages unless i have too.

they both live on the perch just fine. In fact, the parakeet can be the meaner one at times! they have two separate food bowls but they share out of a favorite one all the time. they dont really have any problems with each other, the parakeet has full flight and midori doesnt. the worst they get is sometimes they scream at each other.

ok thanks for your input

i will just see how they get along and play it one day at a time to see how everything goes but we will have to see i certainly dont want anything to happen to either of them

I agree. Too much of a size difference to risk it. I'd never mix mine. Just be sure to give him separate time outs and attention.

My budgie is a bully, he bit the leg off another budgie so I don't allow Zazu and Hermes to intermingle. Hermes likes to go hang out with the cockatiels but I always move him back to his cage when he does that. I am not worried that Zazu or the 'tiels will hurt Hermes, I am more worried that Hermes will hurt them!

Good grief, I never heard of a mean budgie! Bonnie's the sweetest tempered little thing I've ever seen. My last budgie, when I was in high school, wasn't as sweet as Bonnie is, but she never seemed inclined to bite or be aggressive, either.

Bonnie's letting us stroke her tummy AND her beak now, and she makes this little trilling sound when we stroke her beak and tries to give us budgie kisses, it's so cute. And when Clyde is near her cage, she gets so bright-eyed and interested, and he's finally acting a little interested in her, but not aggressive toward her. He's just curious and intrigued and calls her "pretty bird" all by himself.