Just purchased lovebirds from horrible pet store

[HeatherS]

My son and I purchased two one year old lovebirds yesterday… the cage they were in was not suitable for just one lovebird let alone two… the cage looked disgusting and they had absolutely no toys… no uv light and the lady at the pet store had to catch them in a huge fish net in order to put them in the boxes to come home with us so they are clearly not used to human touch…. Any advice?? Any tips on how we can get them comfortable with us? How we should go about taming them? I first read they should have at least three toys in the cage at all times that are to be switched out weekly to keep them entertained but then I read something saying because they are not used to them we should introduce one toy at a time? …. Any advise or knowledge would be great!

 

[rheashard2]

Glad you rescued them! Welcom. Go slow, let them get used to you and environment. Birds move at their own pace. Toys should be introduced slowly. Numbers is less important than safe.

 

[HeatherS]

Thank you!

 

[JjEjFjF]

Birds move at their own pace

And their own pace could be weeks or even months.

 

[wrench13]

100% correct. With parrots, proceed at their pace and not the pace of your expectations. Most parrots acceptance of new things is GLACIAL and not like our quick money brains.

 

[HeatherS]

100% correct. With parrots, proceed at their pace and not the pace of your expectations. Most parrots acceptance of new things is GLACIAL and not like our quick money brains.

I really just wanted to make sure there wasn’t anything wrong we should be doing differently with them because of where we got them from… what I’m understanding is just have patience and I’m good with that

 

[rheashard2]

And their own pace could be weeks or even months.

Add years to somethings. Start a box to put ignored toys. That way you can recycle them. Ignore today may be favorite tomorrow.

 

[HeatherS]

Yeah so far they have just been messing with the foraging cage mount and that’s it

 

[rheashard2]

Excellent! If they're investigating then they are taking steps to be comfortable with environment.

 

[wrench13]

Excellent info can be found on the AMazon sub forum in the "I Love AMazons" thread at the top. Tons and tons of great info applicable to all parrots not just AMazons. Read it out loud to your lovies, several times, parrots love being read to and will help them acclimate to you.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

I don't know much about lovebirds but thank you for rescuing them. It takes patience to get any parrots that aren't socialized with humans to see them as their friends so hang in there.