Hi everyone,
I adopted a white-fronted Amazon last summer, an 11 year old male named Addison. He had been at the rescue for around a year, relinquished with about 45 other birds when his owner died. I don't know anything else about his life before that. I had learned a lot on this forum already and started him on a solar schedule and good diet right away (produce and gloop in the morning, small amount of seeds and nuts in the afternoon/evening). He showed some aggression and screamed pretty much non-stop when I first brought him home, but he is slowly improving his behavior.
I am wondering if he is lonely and if I should consider getting him a female white-front to live with. To me he still seems like an anxious little bird, and still a bit prone to screaming. He chose my husband as his person and doesn't like me very much, which would be fine except my husband is the one who is gone all the time. The only time he seems to be content is when he is riding around on my husband's shoulder, which doesn't happen very much. I also have a pair of CAGs that live in the same room as him but Addison doesn't pay any attention to them and certainly doesn't want to interact with them.
It may take me some time to find a female white-front, as I don't want to buy from a breeder and would prefer to adopt from the same rescue when one becomes available. I am wondering how I would go about introducing a female to him? Is there a chance they wouldn't get along or do these kinds of things usually go smoothly if I do it the right way? I wouldn't want either of them being hurt in the process. I adopted my greys as a pair, so I've never had to introduce birds before.
I recently saw another member's post about how she always tries to find mates for her birds, and I'm ashamed to say that until I read that, it didn't even dawn on me that he could be stressed from being alone