Please help- Caique sudden aggression

[My2babies]

I have 2 wonderful caiques. I am thinking about getting an african grey. Do you think they will get along? Has anyone introduced a new bird to the flock of caiques?
Thanks

[Beaks]

It will never work.

you will not be able to let the grey interact with your caiques because they will fight and someone will get hurt sooner or later.(probably instantly)

[Freedomoflight]

Caiques don't get along well with other birds, period. I would not get a grey with the intent of having all birds get along.

[rockybird]

I am afraid a new bird may provoke anger from your caiques. My Zeek is 5 yrs. old. I got him after I had already owned a gcc for a couple years. The gcc was my buddy but did NOT like the caique. It took years before he would allow the caique to groom him. It makes me so happy to see them groom each other, now, as I think this is a healthy bird activity.

The caique accepted the conure because he was already here when he arrived as a baby. The caique tried EVERYTHING to woo the conure to groom him and finally won him over after years (I only let them together supervised).

Since then, I have had three birds in the house to birdsit. The first was a sun conure. It created ABSOLUTE CHAOS. It was terribly neglected and would cry mournfully while I cuddled it. My two birds would gang up and try to fly to her to attack her if I held her. They hated her with a passion. I had to take turns with all three of them while the remaining two would be terribly upset. (I refused to give her back and found her a new home).

The next bird was a pionus. The conure could care less as I never held the pionus, but the caique was on HIGH ALERT the minute he got up in the morning. He would let himself out of his night cage and march to the top of the stairs prancing and crying to get to the pionus. When I held him up to the pionus cage, he would try to get free to ATTACK. The poor pionus didnt know what to think of this little whippersnapper half his size trying to attack his cage.

The third bird was a friend's (CUTE AND SNUGGLY) gcc. My gcc was seriously depressed while I birdsat this little guy. He was SO snuggley and such a character that I couldnt help but fawn over him. He and the caique got along fabulously. I think because the gcc looked like his "brother."

It is so interesting observing birds' behavioral traits. Your caiques may very well be upset at the new Af. grey, especially if you snuggle it as a baby. On the other hand, they may be more lenient, as they have each other to focus on...ie you are not the sole object of their attention/affection.

Good luck!

[NJaney]

Oh my GOD I'm so happy to read this thread. Is it wrong for me to be happy that other people are bleeding from their crazed Caiques :) My little white bellie is my babe, but in the past 5 months or so he's handed me a good handful of those sudden, nasty sharp little Caique bites - AH! Those SUCK!

I was thinking it was some sort of 'I'm mad at you, spend more time with me' thing, but then he would go and bite even though we'd spent all sorts of time together. I'm learning to read those eyes and when I see the pinpoints and slow swaying I'll hang out next to his cage until he returns to my little peanut, then we play. They are a complex little ball of feathers, but I woudn't have it any other way.

On the subject of Greys and Caiques, we have one of each and they're completely aware of each other but they have never been less than 5 feet away from each other as we're sure there would be serious injury. Caiques want to play with everyone and thing - and I can just see him going to peck our Grey's feet and receiving what would most likely be a death blow in return.

We do have a very happy 2 bird/2 person home :)