introduction of Lovies to a Meyer's Parrot?

[lemonypickett]

Hi all.... Burt is now out of quarantine and passed all his bloodtests.... He has been calling from upstairs to them for 6 weeks now, and some mornings I bring Burt into the same room as them, and Jr seems very interested.... Yesterday I held him up near their cage (in retrospect, probably not the best idea because Eddie looks territorial).... See video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAzxAJz-jU8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I believe Burt to be male, as are the two lovies.... What is the best way to try seeing if they could play together? Seperate the lovies and go one at a time?

From the video, does Burt look interested, scared, or aggressive? I see an elongated neck and flashing eyes...

Please Help me make this successful if possible.

[Pips mom]

Wow, there's definitely alot of interest there! Look at your lovies looking at him! I especially like the way Jimmy looks at him! I don't know........with my flock, I've never seen this kind of interest........most times when I've first introduced birds, they just kinda look at each other a little.......Burt seems very fascinated by them. I think I'd be afraid to see what happens with them out together! :omg:
With Pip, he's always very interested in checking a new bird out......can't bring a new bird near him or he's right there checking things out! We had my sisters quakers for a week and he was all over them........clinging to the front of their cages, yikes! but what was amazing is that the one quaker just sat back and watched him and never cared at all, and the other one actually seemed to like Pip! after a week of them here I discovered that Pip can go on their cages and no danger of bitten feet.......that's a really good thing because her quakers always come here when she goes on vacation. It just totally amazed me the thought I could bring two quakers in here and that they'd get along with my birds! I thought quakers were territorial! one of them isn't though and the other one is only territorial about his cozy hut! so you just never know with birds! Pip is still a bit nippy and will nip feet at times........but he never bites hard or would cause bleeding........little monster just likes to stir up a little trouble sometimes.....keep things interesting! He's a lovie, ya know!

[linda040899]

Interesting video.....

Pinning eyes in a parrot indicates excitement. It can be aggressive excitement or friendly excitement. Right now, you don't want to find out without the cage bars between them. Make no mistake about it. Burt could do some damage to smaller birds and it wouldn't take very long even if you were right there.

Let them interact with each other for a while before you try letting them be out in open space together. Watch for beak contact and see what happens. Any friendship between them has to be established on their terms and safety is of utmost importance until they sort things outs.

[lemonypickett]

I put Burt out with Jimmy (as he is more chill than Eddie usually) ..... This video is the result.... What does this show?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNLGew5KaAY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I put them away after a couple minutes....

[linda040899]

I see a possibility for a friendship but be careful when they are out together, as Meyers can get aggressive very quickly. Keep in mind that you have a lovebird who is fearless and a larger parrot with a more powerful beak and that combination always has a potential to turn ugly. Trust me. Jimmy would get the worst of any unfriendly interaction between them. Also be careful about letting the lovebirds land on top of Burt's cage. If Burt is cage aggressive, he can do some very serious injury in a heartbeat, which is not a good thing.

If my memory serves me correctly, one of our members had to rehome a Meyers Parrot because he got aggressive with a lovebird and did some absolutely devestating damage. I can't stress enough just how careful you need to be with Burt right now.

[lemonypickett]

Eeekk! I will... I will! I figure live across from one another, and a few minutes of one on one to see how it goes, and take it from there.....

Fingers crossed and taking it slow....

[linda040899]

Don't assume that they will get along because it can go either way. Alex, my BFA, likes my lovebirds but if the lovies are out of their cages and they approach Alex, she goes into defense mode so I've not been brave enough to let them interact without the protection of cage bars between them. If the lovebirds can get hold of Amazon toes, they will and Alex is not a happy camper when her delicate feet get nipped!

My Quakers do much better with my larger parrots than my smaller lovebirds do!

[lemonypickett]

**** update on the group out together

Look at this! I find Eddie so adorable!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU1BGORjQK0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rVg3qJOoxY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=capVicB3TRY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[thebubbleking]

so far so good! :)