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mixing

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Question
can you put a african grey in the same cage with a blue front amazon

Answer
Hi. Thanks for your question. in general, two birds, regardless of species or gender, have the potential to be aggressive toward one another.  usually, birds who have not been raised together can get quite territorial.  Additionally, birds of different species are even less likely to get along than two birds of the same species. it is nature...as they say, birds of a feather flock together.  this would be especially true in this case as you are talking about mixing two birds from entirely different continents, something that would never happen in nature.
Thus, is better safe than sorry and you should keep them separate. You can keep them in separate cages next to each other to at least allow them to see/hear one another and keep each other "company" when you aren't at home. I would discourage attempting to put them together at all in the same cage. Birds can get aggressive and kill one another.  Again, I suggest you just put their cages together so that they can get "used" to one another but not run the risk of a bird being injured, killed, or become stressed/scared. Good luck and let me know how it goes! alicia