http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/ This is a discussion forum dedicated to educating/informing lovebird/parrot owners about the health, happiness, and safety of companion birds. en Fri, 18 May 2012 01:07:26 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/images/misc/rss.png http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/ http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21392-Timid-little-baby&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 05:35:52 GMT Hello, it's been a few weeks since I posted here and things have been looking up in terms of my building a relationship with my two feathered comrades. However, I am slightly worried, Sunny seems to be very timid and does not like being petted or stroked in the slightest. I can barely touch her without her squirming out of my grasp. Mango on the other hand, he can't get enough of me, he loves being petted, having his belly and head feathers stroked and he often climbs up onto my finger (which he then let's me rub his little feet, gently of course).

I feel as though I am doing something wrong in terms of building a relationship with Sunny, but it's just so hard when she doesn't seem to want to be touched at all and I want to respect her wishes but I don't want to neglect her entirely though. (Both my lovies are hand raised, thought I should add that)

What should I do? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated :) ]]> jacinta http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21392-Timid-little-baby http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21391-constant-nibling-that-developed-into-painful-biting&goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 18:48:00 GMT Well it seems my little guy just wants to bite and nible incessantly on everything thing in his path which includes hands, legs, arms etc. While he was still young it wasnt a problem, but now that he's older it is a painful experience:roll: attempts to curb his attention just seem to irritate him and he tends to reply with harder more purposive biting!! any ideas? he is only in his 6th wk so maybe it's a phase? thanks! j ]]> Biters Not So Anonymous jls79 http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21391-constant-nibling-that-developed-into-painful-biting http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21390-Mojo-has-a-new-home!!&goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 12:47:51 GMT Im writting this with a heavy heart.....Mojo has a wonderfull new home and will be leaving me on 2nd of June. As some of you may have seen i was having to re-home him due to circumstances out of my control. After weeks of searching a numerous visits to unsuitable places i was put in touch with a... Im writting this with a heavy heart.....Mojo has a wonderfull new home and will be leaving me on 2nd of June.

As some of you may have seen i was having to re-home him due to circumstances out of my control. After weeks of searching a numerous visits to unsuitable places i was put in touch with a wonderfull lady that has a beautiful outdoor avairys and also indoor bird room and uotside playroom. She has a lovley colony of lovvies outside and various other birds as she is a rescue saint.
She also has a lovley indoor and a tame female lovebird who she hopes Mojo may pair with also. She has told me if my circumstances change i can always come and get him if he dosent pair up). She will send me monthly updates and i can visit anytime, although it is very very far away from me :(

Thank you all for your advice over the last year or so and sharing your pics of ur fids! I will still visit the page to see how you all are and hopefully i will be in a position in the future to have another precious lovebird. ]]> Community Bulletin Board bimmyb http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21390-Mojo-has-a-new-home!! http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21389-I-seriously-need-help-with-taming-my-female-male-Psittacidae-Blue-Masked-Lovebird&goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 05:29:14 GMT Ok, my problem is that I purchase my Psittacidae Blue Masked Lovebird when she/he was 1month and 4 days and now she/he is 2 months and 11 days as of now...it does not let me touch him/her because when I reach my hand in the cage it begin to get wild, fly like crazy and what not...I even followed... Ok, my problem is that I purchase my Psittacidae Blue Masked Lovebird when she/he was 1month and 4 days and now she/he is 2 months and 11 days as of now...it does not let me touch him/her because when I reach my hand in the cage it begin to get wild, fly like crazy and what not...I even followed the steps in order to tame my bird...Another thing is that whenever I talk to it, it tends to get scard and goes to the nearest corner which is werid because since I had to hand feed and spend my time taking care of it when it was a baby it should not be scard of me...
So what I did was I decided to let my younger brother 4 months lovebird into my cage with my lovebird and spent some time with it...and then put my brother's bird back...been doing this for 3 weeks now...in order to get my bird to relax when I want to touch/play with it but she/he does not listen to me unlike my younger brother's male lovebird which is already tame by him...He does listen to us like crazy and what not but not my Psittacidae Blue Masked Lovebird...what am I doing wrong or what should I improve? ]]> jeremiah http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21389-I-seriously-need-help-with-taming-my-female-male-Psittacidae-Blue-Masked-Lovebird http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21388-lovebird-mutations&goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 05:00:30 GMT How are people breeding pure black masked lovebirds as well as different types of werid/nice colors? Because I want a pure black masked lovebird now...Anyone know how I could get one from my female/male Psittacidae Blue Masked Lovebird (can't tell the sex yet).

http://www.hoobly.com/0/0/1032281.html

Here's another explain which these lovebird are called Red Fusion or something:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDvABn0tyS4

My female/male Psittacidae Blue Masked Lovebird look exactly like this image:

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Psitt...9,r:1,s:0,i:74 ]]> General Discussion jeremiah http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21388-lovebird-mutations http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21387-Too-tame&goto=newpost Mon, 14 May 2012 14:10:56 GMT I feel like I kind of have the opposite problem to many here in that I can't keep my bird from wanting to be on me all the time. The problem is that when I'm home he wants to be out all the time and gets kind of frantic and is trying as hard as he can with his beak to break out...When he gets out he just wants to sit on me and play or sleep. If I keep letting him out when he is frantic to get out I feel like Im just reinforcing his behavior but at the same time it's hard to sit there and watch him look so stressed to get out. It's only when he sees me home or can here me talking that he's like that...j ]]> jls79 http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21387-Too-tame http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21386-Hello!&goto=newpost Sun, 13 May 2012 20:08:57 GMT Hello! My name's Anne, and I'm very new to lovebirds. My Mother-In-Law bought me a wonderful little lovie three weeks ago at our local bird fair. I believe my little lovie is a male, and we've come to call him Oliver, or Ollie for short. He's between 6 months and a year old, according to the breeder we got him from. I'm not sure if he's even had his first molt yet ^^; I think he's Seagreen, but I'm not sure, as he hasn't had his first molt yet. Ollie does alright with hands, but is still very fearful of them. I believe the breeder we bought him from co-parented him, and then released him to a community aviary, so he'll probably take a good bit of time before he's actually affectionate.

Lately I've been toying with the idea of getting him a buddy if I can't bond with him. He loves other birds, and has been doing his very best to win over my Mother-In-Law's quaker, all to no avail. I just don't want him to sit by himself, without a friend in the world, should he not bond with me. Currently, he's doing very well with the 'up' command, stepping onto my finger when he's not running away from my hand like it will eat him, and he does great on my shoulder, other than the occasional take off. I'm learning a lot from this website, and I hope to learn lots more. Before Ollie, I've only owned one other bird, a cockatiel that I had when I was young. Ollie seems so reserved compared to the big personalities I've read about, but maybe he's still shy. Any advice for making a birdie feel more at ease is very much welcome, and I hope to learn tons! ]]> Introduce Yourself coyotesparrow http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21386-Hello! http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21385-Chronic-egg-laying-need-help!&goto=newpost Sun, 13 May 2012 14:44:13 GMT Hi all! Hope you're having a wonderful weekend!

My Fischers (Nefeli) is laying eggs again. She's had 7 already and I'm hoping there are no more, but this morning it looks like she's carrying another. She just had 6 in March. She was nesting with my Lutino (Lucy). Together they had 11 egg. I was able to interrupt my Lutino's cycle and they are in separate cages now so she's not laying.

Will Nefeli try to have as many eggs (11) as were in the nest box last time? I don't understand why she had 6 before and now it looks like she is carrying the 8th.

She has a nest box and is incubating her 7 (unfertile) eggs. I've been letting her do her thing like last time and when she abandons, I should be able to interrupt her cycle this time. Last time, I wasn't able to interrupt her quick enough because of the 2 hens co-nesting situation. Is there anything I can do without removing the nest to stop the egg production short of injections from the vet?

Thanks, Kiki. ]]> Nesting thru Fledging kikibird http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21385-Chronic-egg-laying-need-help! http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21384-Bird-Fair-in-Wisconsin&goto=newpost Sun, 13 May 2012 13:55:41 GMT Just heard about this and wanted to pass it along. I will probably go...ppat http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/pet/3012539483.html Just heard about this and wanted to pass it along. I will probably go...ppat


http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/pet/3012539483.html ]]> Community Bulletin Board ppat324 http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21384-Bird-Fair-in-Wisconsin http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21383-Lovebird-Baby-Weaning&goto=newpost Sun, 13 May 2012 00:19:26 GMT I had a little surprise happen this morning. I took my 5 1/2 wk. Baby lovebird out for his daily handling, and I had him/her out for an hour. Now when I took him/her out of the nest box, there was nothing in there. But when I decided to put the baby lovebird back in, I was surprised to see an egg... I had a little surprise happen this morning. I took my 5 1/2 wk. Baby lovebird out for his daily handling, and I had him/her out for an hour. Now when I took him/her out of the nest box, there was nothing in there. But when I decided to put the baby lovebird back in, I was surprised to see an egg in there.

So now I'm faced with a dilema. Should I go and separate the baby and wean him onto seeds/pellets and vegetables now or should I just go ahead and put the baby back into the nest box and see what happens?

Now my next question is how do I go about weaning a baby lovebird? This is all uncharted territory for me.

Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Ken ]]> General Discussion Ken4me http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21383-Lovebird-Baby-Weaning http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21382-Plucked-and-bleeding-chicks-(-Please-help&goto=newpost Sat, 12 May 2012 21:09:56 GMT Hi All My lovebirds have had a clutch of 5. The oldest is 23 days and the youngest 13 days. They have lovely full crops and are very strong. I have been co-parenting them. 2 days ago I noticed that the older 2 were being plucked. They have quite a few blood spots and today I noticed blood... Hi All

My lovebirds have had a clutch of 5. The oldest is 23 days and the youngest 13 days.

They have lovely full crops and are very strong. I have been co-parenting them.

2 days ago I noticed that the older 2 were being plucked. They have quite a few blood spots and today I noticed blood in the nestbox.

http://s1172.photobucket.com/albums/...harlieBlack85/

I am 90% sure that it is the Hen. What shall I do?

I have a brooder and handfeed but I don't want to pull them unless I absolutely have to.

Should I try an open nest? ]]> Nesting thru Fledging CharlieBlack http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21382-Plucked-and-bleeding-chicks-(-Please-help http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21381-Hi-I-am-New-And-Want-to-Introduce-myself-to-the-forum&goto=newpost Sat, 12 May 2012 00:58:33 GMT Hi I have a Lovebird Who's name is Marley and she/he is 3mnths old I also have an Interest in Saltwater Aquariums as well ]]> Introduce Yourself vickisnuthouse http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21381-Hi-I-am-New-And-Want-to-Introduce-myself-to-the-forum http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21375-Making-a-nest&goto=newpost Thu, 10 May 2012 01:59:23 GMT So Chip & Dale have a new habit and i dont know if its normal/should I be concerned.

I line their cage with newspaper and they have been finding a way under the layers of paper and stripping the paper into little strips and .. I guess making a nest? For the past few weeks anything that can be ripped is being stripped and taken to the cage. To the extent that they dont even care if they're let out of the cage anymore.

Anyone else's birds doing this? ]]> http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21375-Making-a-nest http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21373-Another-Surprise-This-Morning&goto=newpost Wed, 09 May 2012 20:03:01 GMT While I was feeding a few of the birds I have in an extra bedroom this morning, I heard an odd noise coming from one of the cages. I only have one cage with a nest box in there and the pair of lovies hasn't done anything with the box except sleep in it for the past 2 yrs. Well, not knowing they were thinking in family mode, I wasn't paying attention. However, they've been busy and have a 2 week old chick in their box. Dad is a Dark WF Cinnamon Violet and mom is Medium WF Cinnamon Blue. I've had chicks from this pair before and their masks are pure white without even a hint of apricot wash visible. They are excellent parents so I'm letting them do their job. :)

Funny how things happen when you aren't looking....... ]]> Nesting thru Fledging linda040899 http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21373-Another-Surprise-This-Morning http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21372-Nesty-Hen!!&goto=newpost Wed, 09 May 2012 17:00:43 GMT I took away the cozy hut and set up a sleeping cage. Now she is using her foraging basket as a nest. Should I just let her lay her eggs? A friend told me to let her be, she is doing what is natural. Ugh help pls I am so confused:confused: I took away the cozy hut and set up a sleeping cage. Now she is using her foraging basket as a nest. Should I just let her lay her eggs? A friend told me to let her be, she is doing what is natural. Ugh help pls I am so confused:confused: ]]> Health Jewelsmomma http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?21372-Nesty-Hen!!