Love is in the air....not!

[Diane S.]

I have recently adopted two quaker parrots, a male and a female.
They are both between 4-5 years old. I was hoping they would "fall" for each other. She (Kiwi) has never had a mate and he (Frank) lost his mate last year. (According to the person I adopted him from, his mate was eaten by a cat while he watched.)
At first, they really seemed to hate each other. They don't seem to hate each other "as much", but my question is this-is there any chance that they will mate at some point or do they have to have an "instant connection" to become a successful pair?
Diane:confused:

[The Nest Gang]

If they aren't fighting each other, given a little time, there's a chance they will bond. They just might need time to get to get used to each other. How long is recently?

[bonnie]

I only have one Brat Too... Um... I mean M2 so I don't know much about this subject. I do know that toos have problems with mating agression. I don't know if this applies to Quakers or not. Do you breed birds?

[Chrissy and Flock]

I only have one Brat Too... Um... I mean M2 so I don't know much about this subject. I do know that toos have problems with mating agression. I don't know if this applies to Quakers or not. Do you breed birds?

Hmm thought for a minute there was a new species of Cockatoos the Brat2 :rofl::rofl:

[bonnie]

Hmm thought for a minute there was a new species of Cockatoos the Brat2 :rofl::rofl:
:haha:That would be my Chicken bird!

[Ashley_ChickensGodmom]

Wow that is sad about Frank's mate! I think about it from a birds perspective, and it sorta makes me sick. It'd be like being on an African Safari and having a horrible accident involving your spouse and not being able to not see. Just think about the trauma. Sounds like some good supervised time together could be good for both birds to allow time to bond, and even if they don't mate, at least they will be able to live together happily!

And I'm telling Chicken all about how you two are talking about him! :haha:
It's not like he's spoiled or anything...:rolleyes:

[Diane S.]

My birds have been alone together for about 4 months. Before that I had another bird ( a peach front conure) in with them.
In answer to the question, I am just beginning to investigate bird breeding. We are going on an extended trip this summer, so I am going to wait until we get back. In the mean time, I have 8 other babies besides the 2 quakers. I have an african gray, a citron cockatoo, 4 sun conures, the peach front conure and a pineapple conure. Would you believe I was actually afraid of birds until last March, when I was forced to rescue a baby dove out of my dogs mouth. I was scared to touch him, but couldn't let him get eaten! Well, the rest is history! I ended rescuing and releasing 18 doves throughout the neighborhood. Once they were gone, I started buying the sweet ones!
Diane:rolleyes:

[Evelyn]

Diane -

I'm the first one to say that you should be able to do what you want to do, but please think twice about breeding, when there are so many birds out there needing homes.

I know we have professional breeder members, and to them, I say the same thing--that you have the right to do as you wish; so don't jump on me Don, but hobby breeders just create more babies that will grow up. At least you do it right, Don; you aren't an assembly line breeder.

If you want babies from your own birds and you want to keep them, that's one thing. But aren't you going to wonder what kind of homes they go to and whether they are being taken care of?

Now, having laid a guilt trip on you (or having tried anyway :)), I'll steal off to my little cave.

Evelyn

[Diane S.]

Evelyn, I appreciate you taking the time to write. I can see you care very much about animals, as do I. I'm afraid you didn't lay a guilt trip on me, but I do promise to be responsible and very careful in deciding who gets any babies we may have.
Take care,
Diane:)

[Birdlover]

She (Kiwi) has never had a mate and he (Frank) lost his mate last year. (According to the person I adopted him from, his mate was eaten by a cat while he watched.)

Okay that just breaks my heart :( What a horrifying thing for him to have gone thorough.

Im not sure about Quakers, but I have seen other types of birds pair up that didnt like eachother initially. I think you just have to go slow with the introductions. Do you have them in separate cages currently?

What I have done in the past that seemed to work well was to cage them side-by side, (and I left them like that for several months) and then when I introduced the birds, it was in a completely neutral area (different room, different cage, everything). Of course you need to be there to step in if need be. Not all birds will like eachother so you just have to go slow and try to read them as best you can.

[Diane S.]

Poor Frank has had a rough time. According to his previous owner, he used to talk all the time, but hasn't said a word since his mate died. I do have them in the same cage at this point. I don't think I could seperate them now because Frank becomes extremely upset if I take Kiwi out at all, even just to bathe her. He'll yell until I bring her back. I guess it's kind of a "love-hate" relationship.
When it comes right down to it, whether or not they mate isn't really that important. I just want both birds to be happy. Frank is obviously suffering from "birdy post traumatic stress disorder" and Kiwi is crazy in her own right from years of abuse from her previous owner. (Can you tell I take in other people's problems?).
Diane:hihihi:

[Evelyn]

Poor Frank has had a rough time. According to his previous owner, he used to talk all the time, but hasn't said a word since his mate died. I do have them in the same cage at this point. I don't think I could seperate them now because Frank becomes extremely upset if I take Kiwi out at all, even just to bathe her. He'll yell until I bring her back. I guess it's kind of a "love-hate" relationship.
When it comes right down to it, whether or not they mate isn't really that important. I just want both birds to be happy. Frank is obviously suffering from "birdy post traumatic stress disorder" and Kiwi is crazy in her own right from years of abuse from her previous owner. (Can you tell I take in other people's problems?).
Diane:hihihi:

Thank God there are people like you and Anna who are willing to do that.

Evelyn