New behavior... help?

[Xinnia]

So I bought 2 Quaker’s and 3 Lovebirds a day ago and have had keep them in one medium sized cage all together for travel. Last night they were all sleeping on one perch, but tonight the lovebirds are all on the cage floor in a huddle. I haven’t seen any aggression beyond just a shooing from the Quakers, but I’ve also been away for a few hours. They all appear to be active and eating and I’ve read some other threads and have gotten really contradictory answers. Maybe they’re just getting used to another environment? I do plan to separate them once they’re in their final home, and the man I bought from said it would be okay to keep them together for a little for travel purposes.

 

[Amsterdam]

5 birds in a medium sized cage that doesnt sound very comfortable, when will they reach theyre final home? , you dont want to stress them to much with all that traveling my advice would be putting the quakers and lovebirds in bigger seperated cage so they can relax and adapt to the environment.

 

[birdlover12345]

Sounds like you are on quite a journey. On one hand, the Quakers are bigger which gives them an advantage, but Lovebirds are aggressive towards other species by nature so anything can happen. Either separate them or give them a bigger space to share QUICK. Let us know how it goes

 

[ParrotGenie]

You don't want to keep multiply lovebirds together, especially in a medium size cage. They are very aggressive usually to each other and will fight and hurt each other, it best to separate them.

They are likely on the ground as new environment and takes about a day, or two for them to adapt.

 

[birdlover12345]

Yeah, the reason lovebirds are called lovebirds is because of how they act when they find a partner. In any other social interaction with other species or even their own kind, confrontations can be aggressive and damaging.

It prompted my son to start calling them 'Hate birds'. I had lovebirds in my mixed aviary at first, but after a series of unexplained finch deaths I found families for the lovebirds and the finch deaths ceased. I don't want to put a too fine point on it, but Lovebirds are cold-blooded territorial killers. It's not their fault, they're just wired that way. Give them plenty of space.