Will my cockatiel and my sun conure get along together in the same cage or should i separate them?

Question

i have a cockatiel and im getting a sun conure in a couple of days. i have separate cages but would it be ok for them to be together. i dont know too much about birds, my girlfriend does and she LOVES sun conures so im getting her one as a surprise(which is why i cant ask her) for when she gets back from iraq.

Answer 1

I wouldn't recommend it.  It is not generally a good idea to keep tiels with other hookbills.  Tiels are peaceful and can easily be injured by larger or more aggressive hookbills such as conures

Answer 2

well cockatiels cant really defend themselves from a big conure. Sun conures are sweethearts but yours may or may not be aggressive towards the cockatiel, my advice would be to get another cage for your conure and let the cockatiel and conure play together for awhile so they can get use to eachother.. goodluck! check out www.parrotcentral.net for great bird info

Answer 3

You'll have to let the birds be the ones to answet that for you, but I'm guessing it won't be the answer you want.  As the first answerer said, cockatiels are generally very quiet and gentle birds as far as hookbills go.  Most members of the conure family are pretty rowdy and 'rough and ready' if you know what I mean.  The conures that I know also tend to be more territorial than tiels.  And when you are talking about a territorial hookbill, it doesn't really matter how big they are.  (Ask anyone who tried to put food into a Quaker cage with the Quaker still inside.)  There are the odd combinations however that get along great and you just might have one of those combos.  But if the most you ever get is having the two birds out of thier cages at the same time, then be happy about that.  I have two Quakers and a timneh and all are flighted.  We have to keep a close eye on all of them and what they are doing as they all have thier own plan of attack and they can deal with some boundary crossing sometimes, but not at other times.  It's always a dance to keep them safe from one another, but still social.  Dixie doesn't mind if Sprite goes into her cage for a snack or a bath, but if Sweet Pea tries to land on Dixie's door for a rest, she gets all bent out of shape and starts walking up there to shove him off.  Neither of the Quakers would ever dream of landing on Dixie's boing, but none of the birds try to bite feet when the others climb on thier cages.  Of course the Quakers are more like sharks if unfamiliar fingers come ner their cage bars...

Let your birds see one another and be friends throught the bars, but don't expect any miracles.  They will interact to some degree, but they will probably not be best friends.

And congratulations on being bonded with a fellow bird lover - it's tough!!  I got lucky myself.