Adding parrot - advice?

[rebeccaturpeinen]

I finally got my Rosella DNA tested and its confirmed... its a boy!! We will be adding a bird so he can have a friend, our vet recommends a female.

His cage is definitly big enough for two Rosellas and I am aware of quarantine. We have another cage for that.

Any advice before I start looking for a female? We are going to stick to Rosellas at the moment.

The vet recommends a girl around the age of one.

Is it correct that you can contain breeding by not putting any nests in?

[liz]

No nesting material worked for my cockatiels. My daughters tiels made a nest out of newspaper at the bottom of the cage. We had to give them a nest box. I don't have the nerve to shake an egg.