lovebird behavior

Hi , I’m new to the forum! Thanks for all your reading and suggestions. Garlic is my one-and-a-half-year-old female love bird. One day at the end of September last year, she suddenly pulled out all the feathers on her neck and chest, and since then, she has insisted on pulling out the feathers...

I am handfeeding 4 week old lovebird don't cry for food. I am taking care of my baby for 4 days. He/she never chirps and never cry for food even when he is hungry. İs it normal? He/she lets me pet him but never chirps.

hi everyone! im oliver, i live in greece. i got two sibling lovebirds back in may, blue and berry. lately, i have been doing some research on jardine parrots, since im very interested in getting one as well. i live in a relatively big house, so space is not an issue. i have figured out most of...

Sorry for the long title but thats pretty much the sum up😭I have a lovebird(1yr old) and i got it from a friend who has multiple birds in march. For some context it used to be a super sweet and loving bird, always wanting to steal my glasses and run all over my body😂 It’s legs are handicapped...

hello , i have a pair of lovebirds , M and F , F lovebird simply doesnt seem to sleep like ever ,the M one i can see him get sleepy,sleep or tuck or have one eye closed but the female one i could swear never sleeps ,somehow shes VERY energetic ,i am a late sleeper so i always check her out and...

Hello! I need some help. I've had cockatiels since 2019 but in ~June 2022 a friend found a Lovebird on the street, lost, and with red suffusion. My friend doesn't want birds but I told him to bring him to me so I could take care of the bird at least until it was healthy, because I couldn't let...

Hello. I have a rosy-faced lovebird. He is around one and a half years old. My bird is hand-trained, was in good health and had a very good appetite. It's been a month that he eats less than usual and i have newly noticed that he has lost a lot of weight. He is still active but more aggressive...

Hi, my tamed 5 months old lovebird, Bibi, is refusing to go back to his (not sure of gender) cage even with treats. Some background info: he is on Zupreem natural, gets about 3 to 4 hours of outside cage time, I rotate his toys and cage layout once a week. He used to willingly walk back into his...

Hello! Does anyone know why my lovebird is doing this? Is this just a behavioural thing or does he have an illness? His tail moves up and down very fast like it’s vibrating and he would make clicking noises. He acts normal and is very active! Any thoughts? Thanks :)

Hello! I hope you’re having a good day. Alright so I’m new lovebird owner I know absolutely adore and Love mine. I got it about 2 weeks ago from a bird store. First of all, they weren’t treating the poor guy well there, and they were keeping Like 20 of them in one small cage and grabbed them...

Hello everyone, I just had my Lovebird from the breeder, he told me it is 2 months and half, but until now she can't eat the seeds. It is lazy a little bit, she doesn't drink water I have to give her water with syringe, is it normal? When can I give her bath? How often should I feed her the...

Hello stranger! Thank you so much for reading and helping me out. About him/her (Sterling): 3 months old, hand raised by another person. Previous owner mentioned he was probably going through pavaporni, or the rebellious teenager face of lovebirds. He was used to being out of his cage all day...

Hi guys! 4 days ago i bought a turquoise lovebird from a breeder. First of all can you help me determine her age since the breeder was unsure. Now to proceed with my concerns. To start it off she was very happy and exploring her cage when we got her. The next day she was flying out of the cage...

Hello! I have looked all over for more information on love birds and while a lot of it has been helpful I would love to hear from real people about a concern I have. I have two young lovebird siblings named Zuko and Azula. I'm not exactly sure of their age (or gender) but I was told they were...

I have a hand-fed, hand tamed lovebird who was born in my aviary. I take her out every day and keep her with me for 2-3 hours. However, when I try to put her back in the cage she becomes desperate not to go in it. She hates being inside the cage during day and night. When inside she is always...

Hi everyone. A bit of background I am a new Bird Parent. Rescued two lovebirds from family because of the way the were being kept. Rescued Kiwi a month or two back and Jojo last week. i dont have any knowledge on birds and i honestly dont have a lot of time. I work 12 hours a day. But i am...

Currently I own a lovebird just over one year, I got him when ha was 7 months, he’s quite nippy and stubborn. Lately I have been thinking to get another bird, i’m looking to get an affectionate bird, Who is talkative but not extremely loud. I have been thinking about getting a Sun Conure or an...

Hi everyone! This is my first post, hope you guys can help me out. :51: I own two lovebirds. Rocky has always been at the top of the pecking order. Paapi below or equal too him. The last few days I’ve noticed both of them rubbing their beak on the cage bars and chewing them as if wanting to...

So my male Lovebirds original mate is quite a messy female and always throws her food and water around. Not to mention, she was very aggressive. What I ended up doing was introduce another, more docile female to him but he attacks her when she gets near him. I am 100% sure of their genders...

Hello everyone in the forum, I'm new here and happy to meet all of you. Unfortunately I'm looking for some very serious advice, yesterday afternoon one of my lovebirds had passed away all of a sudden. She was always with her siblin, I know that even if they are siblings they form a very tight...

Our lovebird has developed a small twitch once or twice a minute, he twists/twitches his little body to his right, and peeps. Has anyone seen a symptom like this?

Hi guys I'm new to bird keeping, but I saw a pair of love birds 12 weeks old and fell in love. Anyway, I have been looking for a while for a almost 'model' of taming a pair of love birds. (most seem to be directed at a single bird). I have had them coming up to 3 weeks now and I'm making...

Hello everyone! I've recently gotten a new lovebird which I've had for about 5 days. The bird is of course afraid and skittish and is scared of my hands. Although the bird is not afraid to take treats from my hand, they will reconsider if they have to step on my fingers to reach them first :o ...

Hi everyone! I'm the new mom of an untamed peach-faced lovebird who is around 7 months old for about 1 month now. He has his wings clipped but out of cage will usually attempt to fly from surface to surface in my bedroom every once in awhile, usually without issue for short distances. 2 days...

My parents adopted two parrots about an year ago, a green cheeked conure and a peach faced lovebird. They are kept in an open enclosure in our living room and are allowed to fly around our house. Several people have told us it would take a while for them to settle down but that eventually they'd...

Hello all! Back in April '16 I adopted a 1 year old lovebird who I named Eleanor. She is very social and curious and loves to shred paper and decorate herself. I rescued her from an unfortunate situation where she had been bred twice back to back at her very young age. Her old owner would...

So, you know how lovebirds are very into companionship? (The guy at the pet store lectured me for 30 minutes about how they like only one person and that's it, even though I've bought handfuls of birds from that store, you ever have that happen to you? :34:) I was told that he would fall...

Hi everyone. I'm new to this forum as I just got my first lovebird. He is two months old and I have had him since Saturday. I noticed he has been sleeping a lot, most of the day. He occasionally moves to eat or preen himself, but not much. He does have plenty of room and toys. I'm not sure...

Hey everyone, So one of my lovebirds (female called Monty, 4 years old) has been pulling out feathers for a while. It got to the point where she had no tail feathers left and pretty much no feathers on her back at all. Then she started digging into the skin on her back which caused bleeding :(...

Hello! I just got a lovebird from a women who was giving her away on craigslist. I have had a cockatiel, parrotlet and sun conure in the past but they had to stay with my parents when I left for college so now I am just with my new lovebird. She has a totally weird personality that I'm trying...

Hey all, I'm getting a 'wife' for my Male lovebird. He's really aggressive towards most humans. He likes me but basically hates everyone else. He loves my cockateil (male) but dislikes my Indian Ringneck (female). Do you have any advice on how to introduce him to his new female? My plan is...

Hello there guys, yesterday i welcomed a new member in my family. she is such a cutie little birdie, aged 6-7months. she is a little bit nippy on everything.. well specially my fingers :chomp:. maybe it's the nerves, but if you guys have any ideas to lower down the nipping a bit it...

Hi everyone. So this week i got a new little Lovebird. its a blue mask that i named 'Zura'.He is roughly 3-4 months according to the lady i got him from. He is parent raised and hasn't been held much by humans. So obviously he is very timed around people. I know it'll be some time before he has...

Hello, I'm new here and the only reason I'm posting this is because I want to know if there is anything anyone can tell me to help my bird. I have an 8 year old love bird named Cash. I've had him since he grew feathers and was aloud to come home from the pet shop. A few years ago I was forced...

I have an older Lutino lovebird that came from a neglectful home. I adopted her in 2008 from a home that had her for four years, and they got her from a friend that had her for around the same amount of time. When I got her to the avian vets she had liver and kidney damage, weak beak, splay...

My eyering lovebird "fly" is a baby.. He only has dark blue feathers grown on his two wings . then the whole body is naked.. I hand feed him 3 times a day.. My questions How many days can he be? Will he be tame when he grows up? Will he stay on my hand or finger when he grows ...

I recently had to hand feed two baby lovebirds. They are doing super well. They're eating on they're own like big birds. Lately when I've had to handle them one of them always bite me. They fight with each other all the time but will panic if the other leaves it. It's usually durning one of...

i have 10 lovebirds, on 27jun2013 i seen a broken egg in cage then i throw it away. 28jun i see 3 eggs in first pat after that 29jun i saw 2 eggs in 2nd pat and 1 egg in 3rd pat....apart from that 1 egg in floor of cage..three lovebirds sits on each pat every time and its mates also.. now what i...

Hello, I am Jade, And my little peach face love bird is Mihik (meh-eek) were new to each other, he was born in late October of last year. I absolutely adore him. But, as much as I love my little bundle of feathers, I have no clue what i'm doing. Until last week I couldn't get him to take a...

Hello, I have a blue-masked lovebird, Tom, and I have had him just over a year. This whole year he has been so friendly and we were best friends. First thing in the morning he would fly over to my bed as soon as I would wake up to cuddle and be pet. He would always be on my shoulder when I was...