by Pajarita » Tue May 09, 2017 9:46 am
I really cannot answer your question with any degree of accuracy because I never buy babies, much less two of them to be raised together so I have no experience whatsoever on this (I am an animal rights activist and lover and only take in birds that are no longer wanted by their owners -and most of them with either behavioral or medical issues). I've also learned not to rely on other people's opinions on behavior because I have found that most of them are not reliable when it comes to observations, conclusions or even truthfulness. I draw information from my own personal experience (zero in this case) or nature but, as a Meyer's and a Senegal don't live together in the wild, I have nothing to base an opinion on.
I could speculate that if the birds are kept together from infancy (you don't say if they would both come from the same breeder or if they have been kept together until now), they would regard themselves as siblings first and later as flock mates but captivity distorts behaviors that are natural to wild birds so it would be mere speculation...
What I can tell you is that, given the right circumstances, even adult birds would end up if not bonding to each other, at least, accepting each other and even sharing their environment without a problem. At least, that has been my personal experience because I not only do not have any aggression issues, I also have some pretty cool flock dynamics going on with the pois. But it requires not only time and patience as well as the right handling of whatever incident will pop up (and there are always 'incidents' at the beginning and for a while before they 'settle down'), it also requires that the birds are kept the right husbandry because a hormonal bird will never react well to sharing anything with another one unless it's bonded to it. I have an arsenal of 'tools' that help my birds with this. From a strict solar schedule with full expore to dawn and dusk so as to keep their endocrine system working well and good quality full spectrum light (and this is not only to prevent sexual frustration but for ALL hormones, including the 'mood' ones: endorphins, dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin); a super strict daily routine (it decreases stress by giving them a sense of control over their lives) and, at least, six hours of out of cage time and flight (avoids accumulation of stress hormones in their bloodstream) and a fresh food diet which, again, helps not only to keep them healthy (a healthy bird already has 50% of the 'happiness' battle won) but also contributes to a good production AND reception of mood hormones (by the regular feeding of food items rich in tryptophan).