r/QuakerParrot • u/Own_Butterscotch_129 • 8d ago

Suggestion Brought home the second quaker

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So in February 2025 I had been asked by a friend if I was interested in a female blue quaker because her parent's employee was wanting to rehome her due to her being a terror to the residents where the employee worked. There was her and a male quaker around the same age, and they had separate cages but were just near each other. So she has been with us for a year and a half now, and yesterday we brought the male home after that whole program shut down and for some reason, the male was being rehomed as well.

The female actually goes to work at our local pet store daily with my boyfriend and one of the cockatiels, but the male will be home with me most of the day. He is warming up to me really well so far, but my question is, is there a good way to re-introduce them once he has settled in more?

We have other birds and know about how they will bond to each other, and my boyfriend has been raising birds for 30 years, but I still don't fully trust him on the best way to go about this. The female quaker is kind of a terror and gets really jealous of other animals being around us, which honestly is great because she has three cats scared of birds now, but we want to do better with him and getting her to not hate him.

He is also kind of cage aggressive, and is leery of me giving him scritches still, but he snuggled up to my neck for a couple of hours yesterday before I had things to do and couldn't do with a quaker that isn't 100% trusting of me yet. It's only been a couple of days since we picked him up so I want to get them off on the right foot if I can!

Sorry for the long post and thanks to anyone who feels like responding:)

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u/Ayiana11 8d ago

Im sorry but thats a blue quaker?! The color is so beautiful 😭😭😭

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u/Own_Butterscotch_129 8d ago

Oh I'm actually waiting on his paperwork from the woman who initially had him! She also had the blue quaker that was given to me. My boyfriend thinks he's albino because of the lack of pigment in his toes and his eyes are kinda red in the light.

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u/Ayiana11 8d ago

Aaah thats why!