Cpmpatibility

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thx, 1/2 the question was correct. sorry i was unclear. i apprecate the input about the tiels, ill try that. as far as adding another bird, i was just wondering about the general compatibilty between the pionus and too's. i keep seeing pics of pionus with lovebirds on playstands, so im guessing they are prob pretty docile?
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Hi, i have a 6 month old goffins cockatoo. at some point down the line i may consider aquiring another bird. My goffins is a bit aggressive toward my tiels, when they fly near him, so i am concerned. i am wondering if you know if success could come of adding wither a pionus or possibly a bare eyed cockatoo or even a lesser sulpher crested. not caged together, but do you have any suggestions on making it work? my goffins was raised at the breeders with baby tild in with him, but for some reason when mine fly near him, he opens his beak wide and lunges...im afraid of contact with them, so they take turns on the play land. thx so much, any suggestions would be appreciated.

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Hi, Amanda.  Thanks for posting!

I'm a bit confused as to what you are trying to do here and, thus, specifically what you are asking.

I think you are asking whether your tiels and your goffins will ever get along together and/or what you can do to help make this happen.  Is this one of your questions?

Another question I think you have is whether adding another bird (pionus or other species of Too) would help these birds get along with each other.  Is this correct?

If I guessed your questions/concerns wrongly, let me know and I'll reanswer.  For now, I'll respond to what I think you are asking.

I believe you will run into the same problem with just about any (larger) bird when tiels fly near them when they are all outside their cages.  To the goffins, as far as he knows, these tiels could be trying to hurt him, so he tries to defend himself when they fly near him.  This is only natural.  In the wild, predators fly at parrots when they are trying to catch them to eat, so you can understand your goffins fear.  Adding other (bigger) birds will likely not solve the problem because if the tiels fly near them, too, they may react the same way as the goffins.  Therefore, this is not a good solution.  

Baby goffins and baby tiels living together at the breeders would probably be OK, as these birds are all babies, likely not weaned nor fledged yet, so there was little aggressiveness amongst the birds.  Breeders putting/keeping baby parrots together like this is fairly common until they get a bit older, wean, and then fledge.  Babies together like this when they are very young is quite different than when they get older and start flying around.  

I think the problem is the tiels flying at the goffins, not that he wouldn't get along with them if they weren't flying at him.  Flying at him and playing together on a play stand are different scenarios.  How does the goffins react when the tiels approach him when they aren't flying at him?  I think this is key to your situation.  If they get along together when the tiels aren't flying around the room, then problem solved (you don't allow the tiels to free-fly or you have separate times for the 2 different species of birds to be out).

You're right!  The goffins could pluck a tiel right out of the air if he wanted to.  I've seen this happen in my own home between an amazon and a parakeet.  The keet flew past the amazon and the amazon caught him with his beak in mid-air.  Keet lived, but he was injured/disabled for life.

Come back if I've misunderstood your questions or if you want to provide additional information so I might be able to help you out more.

Chrys

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Hi again, Amanda.

It depends on the personalities of the individual birds involved.  Each bird is as different as humans are different, so it just depends!  The birds you see in these pictures obviously get along quite well, but this doesn't mean the entire species is docile in general.   

Hopefully, you realize that birds prefer other birds to humans in most cases.  In other words, if it doesn't matter to you whether you are able to interact peacefully with your birds (they remain tame), then it's OK to keep adding birds to your collection.  However, if your birds are tame and you want them to remain that way, I would recommend you reconsider adding more birds to your menagerie.  In addition, too's require much human interaction on a daily basis in order to prevent behavior problems.  I don't know your personal situation, but if you don't have the required time to devote to all these birds at a level they require, you should reconsider.  Adding birds to a collection usually doesn't fix any problems, but it certainly adds to them!

Chrys