What should I look for if I add a female Cockatoo to my home with a male African Grey?
Currently, I own a male Timneh African Grey, he is attatched to my fiance and, typically isn't interested in me for more than the occassional kiss.. So, I'm concidering adding a second bird to the home and have a love for the Triton Sulfur Crested Cockatoos. I don't really have a preference for either male or female, but I don't know how the male Timneh would react to different sexes. I know with dogs its best to add a female to a home with a male dogs, simply for the alpha dominance stuff.. But I'm not certain with birds. The Timneh is 6 years old and somewhat skiddish, but seems to tolerate birds okay outside of the home. If I were to bring a female in, would he lean towards her as a mate, even if she's a different species? (I owned a male parakeet and a female cockatiel once and he chose her as a mate and became aggressive towards the rest of us) Or would he be more likely to be aggressive towards another male brought into the house? I'm looking to get a hand raised baby.
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First thing to consider is the fact that most greys not raised with other species of birds don't like the different species.
Of course each bird within a species is his or her own persoanality too.
My Congo grey doesn't like my Umbrella Cockatoo's, in part I suspect because they are much larger and more active than are greys. Even threating to the greys when wings are spread open and flapping.
The TAG ( Timneh) will not be attracted sexually to the Triton.
However male birds during hormonal times do become very agressive. So with that said and my 30+ years of experience living with and learning about a varity of avain species I suggest you get a female.They are sweeter too.
The only way to sex a bird is either surgery ( not done often any more ) or DNA. Which can be done by collecting a drop of blood from the nail during nail trims and sending to labs that do this. For which I have, but can't find right now,duh.
Do a google or yahoo search for labs that do dna sexing for avain species – not are are created equel! Or have an avian vet or the breeder do it for you.