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Roberta - 2013-02-06
I am looking for a pair of black masked lovebirds to breed. Any suggestions on where to find them?

wiwit - 2013-02-01
I'm looking for as many as 100 pairs of lutinos, does anyone have any?

mosad sayed amer - 2013-01-24
Hi in general what we can do to produce baby Lutinos? Thanks a lot .

Ali - 2013-01-07
Hi, I have 2 pairs of Lutino (Yellow with red head). they are laying & hatching 4-5 eggs but babies are died when they are come out the eggs. what's the reason ??

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Rob - 2013-01-23
hi..I had that problem. might be that the humidity in the nest is not high enough for the eggs..also i found that lutinos did not breed as readily as other mutations..maybe just bad luck!

Carson - 2013-01-21
We bought 2 peach faced love birds about 2 weeks ago from a local pet store. Unsure about the sexes of the two but they seem to be affectionate. However both are very shy and when held they are aggressive. Also we just purchased a new cage for them with a nesting box, which one bird goes in the box and the other sits on top. Questions I have are, what can we do to make them not aggressive? Why does one bird go in the box and the other doesn't? Is getting a blood test the only way to determine the sexes?

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Jasmine Brough Hinesley - 2013-01-22
My advice on taming them is patience. Little by little you will have to let them get used to you and just keep working with them. It can take a long time, especially if they are older. How old are they? The younger they are, the easier they are to tame and train. Here is a little bit on help in handling and training them: Handling and Training Lovebirds. My best theory as to why one goes in the box and the other does not is that either one is a female and using the box as her nesting area, or that they are acting territorial and one has claimed the box as their own. It is difficult to sex lovebirds visually. Usually the female has a stockier build and will sit with her legs farther apart. Also females tails are more square and the males are more round. And if you see one of your birds building a nest it is most likely the female! Other than that your best bet would be to take your birds to the vet to have them sexed.

Nics MacKenzie - 2012-08-25
I just got my very 1st pair of peach faced lovebirds 2 days ago. They are 8-10 weeks old. Peaches+Harry. I'm in love with them already. They are both very scatty when I go near the cage, so I know there's a lot of training to be done. I've been giving them fruit+veg everyday, but they don't seem to be interested in them at all. They are eating seeds+drinking but I'm worried cause I know fruit+veg is a big part of there diet. I have a metal dish attached to the cage that I put it in..Any tips please..x

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Charlie Roche - 2012-08-25
Yes, many say that fruits and veggies are extrmemly important but sometimes birds just won't eat them. I think if they see other birds do it - they are more inclined. Try dicing up the fruit - into little pieces and putting a little honey on it. You can also take the seed and then mix in some fruit and make it into a mash. The problem with this is you should remove any unused food within two hours. Take the peelings off - seriously. Try little pieces right on top of the seed with honey on the fruit or peanut butter. A little peanut butter on a small piece of apple. They are probably not eating it because they weren't introduced to it.
DeNisa D A Howe - 2013-01-16
Our love birds do not like frsh fruit or veggies but they do like popcorn non butter and no salt.. an we get them fruit pellets and pellets from veg at the pt store, they eat that very well. We also grown seedling gras for them an they adore it also. We have found they eat cookd vegies a bit better, esp if we are eating at the same time with them

Joy Barnes - 2012-10-23
I have had my 2 peach faced lovebirds for 5 years and never had any problems with them but over the last 3 months one of my love birds has lost most of its feathers on its chest and under its wings can anyone give me some advice?

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Charlie Roche - 2012-10-23
Now is the time of year where the birds are just finishing up their major molt so possibly it has something to do with that. The new feathers coming in are prickly and itchy and sometimes they just get in a bad habit of pulling out too many. Sometimes it is just plucking. I would give him paper towel or toilet paper rolls to chew on. I'd put in cash register tapes (you can get them at Staples and really cheap) and just hang in the cage. They unroll the tapes and chew them up into little pieces. Any toys for him to chew on and destroy. I'd also bathe (spritz) him down really good with aloe bird bath. It would even be good to put the cage in front of the TV for them to watch cartoons. Just try more toys and more entertainment and more bathing.
Joy Barnes - 2012-10-24
Where would I get the bird aloe bath from go look today at pets at home and thank you very much for your help love my birds and worry about them thank you
DeNisa D A Howe - 2013-01-16
take it to the vet

DeNisa D A Howe - 2013-01-16
I have two love birds. The female lifts her wings and wants to mate but the male starts fighting with her. They live in seperate cages, what can I do to help thm bond?

Kerriann - 2013-01-02
my peachfaced lovebirds had 4-5 eggs pushed 2 out sat on the remaining 2-3 well past there due date we r not sure if there was 3 in there or not we was sure there was only 2 needless to say we r about to rid of the 2 n noticed 3 what do we do?

Mansoor Ahmed - 2012-12-15
I have one pair of lutino lovebirds. they had 5 eggs after completion of incubation period when I broke the eggs chicks are died in the eggs. What is the problem.

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Jeremy Roche - 2012-12-15
Sorry for your loss> What were the conditions of the incubation?

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