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My blue front lost his mate july of 2007, In september i got him a new mate, i put them side by side in diffeent cages for about a month, then I put them tjogether, He is always going inthe nest box but she won't go, i think she wants nothing to do with him, they have been together over a year now and still no eggs, she started plucking his feathers out from around his face and on top of his head and he seemed depressed, so i removed him form her, should I try to put them back together in about a month or not? Lorraine

There is not enough information regarding ages and prior history of both birds.
Still, it appears that they are not compatible, and I am not sure if you have a
a male and a female, or which one is which.

Many breeders say that inroduction like you described takes longer in amazons to accept eachother. Some people agree that introduction in amazons shoud be sudden, in a neutral cage. The 1st time they see eachother, is the 1st time they are caged together. In amazons, the male is usually the dominate one.
In one of my pairs, the hen plucked the male in the nape area, and a little on the face the 1st couple of yrs of them being together. She was a 16yr proven DYA, and he was a 12yr old former DYA pet. When by himself, you could not come near him, but around her, he seemed very timid and afraid. I came very close to seperating them, but the more breeders I talked to, the more I was told that she was trying to stimulate him. If I paired her up with another male, she would do the same to him. He just had some learning to do. Now, 3yrs later, you cannot look at her without him lunging full throtle at you. She still plucks him a bit right before spring, but nothing like before, no bald spots. I believe the only reason she laid the 1st yr (clear) was because she was the one with the experience.

One yr is not long enough to expect positive results in amazons. Patience is a hard thing to learn. You do hear about some people have good results within months, but I believe the majority of people that breed amazons, take a while to get offspring. If you are going to repair them up, make sure their enclosure is large enough for them to get away from eachother to avoid injury.

We had 2 DYH's that I ended up sexing and they both turned out to be males. If you didn't know it you would swear they were a bonded or proven. They would try and kill me or maim me every chance they got. They once got out of the cage and cornered me for about 20 minutes.
When I put them together I put them in a large cage, that NEITHER had been in before (before I sexed them). I would also suggest if your enclosure if big enough to clip the dominant ones wings and leave the others wings intact. That way he/she can get away if needed (flying) and the other can't fly.