Introducing a sun and a green cheek conure?
I have a sun conure (10 months) had him for about a week. I also have a green cheek conure who is still at the breeders (not weaned yet). Anyway I have a new cage that I am planning on housing them both in. Should I put the sun in it now or put them both in at the same time? Will these two get along?
Do I still have to quarantine the new baby even though they came from the same breeder and have been in contact for the past month?
I would bring the Green Cheek home first. I wouldn’t put them in the same cage. Both birds tend to be cage aggressive. Even if you are putting them both in a new cage, I wouldn’t advice it, they’ll become territorial. They should get along though during free time. Whenever you let them out of the cage, let them play together. The Sun is larger than the Green Cheek, but if there aren’t in the same cage, play time will be a great time with a buddy.
You should not house them together. You dont ever want to house birds of different species together, even though they are both conures they are still different species. You house them together and you will risk one hurting the other. They should only be together at play time and should be closely supervised when they are together.
Yes quarantine the baby. You always want to quarantine a new bird no matter if it came from the same breeder, you dont know what that breeder has purchased since you got your last bird. Better safe than sorry.
Please don’t just put them both into the same cage. Instead put two cages close to one another and introduce them that way. In reality you should really quarantine your new bird for at least 30 days in another room to help prevent the spread of disease. If introduced slowly the two should get along since they are young.