idontknow - 2011-07-10 My peach faced love bird is not in a pair. Its mate passed away a few months ago. i got it from a relative so I dont know if it was that interactive with humans before. But when I put my hand in its cage to hold it it starts freaking out. Any advice on how to let it trust me to pet it more? Should i get it a mate?
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Charlie Roche - 2011-07-11 Your right, the little bird was probably not handled - sounds like at all. They are very little and also very easy to tame. Talk tohim, feed him with your hand, coax him out of the cage. In a few days you should just be able to pick him up. Then bring him to your chest and just slowly pet the top of his head. You do this a few time and you willprobably have a friend. Love birds are usually in pairs. They are extremely social and they love their mate. It is also fun to watch them with their mate and hear them. You can have two as pets or you can just let the two of them be together, that is whatever your preference is. Personally, I would get it a mate - that is just me personally.
idontknow - 2011-07-11 Thank you so much for your help I really appreciate it :)
amy - 2011-06-21 I just had a tree trimmer cut my palm and he gave me 2 peached faced lovebirds from a nest. They could not fly but had adult feathers. My 7 year old adopted them. I feed them fomula from the pet store but they eat the bird food and are strong and very sweet. One is flying now. Where do I go from here?
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Charlie Roche - 2011-06-21 It seems as if you have added two feathered creatures to your home. They make excellent pets and are good family birds. They love their humans and are easy to take care of. Animal World Article is included which goes into care/feeding/housing etc. They love pet and attention and are quite content to play with toys and be around their humans. If they are eating food and flying then you can then just start to gradually reduce the evening feeding. You would only need to feed them right before their bedtime at this stage. I am bad but I sorta feed the evening feeding till the birds don't really want it anymore. To me it was always making sure the children weren't hungry before they went to bed. However, when they start to fly, they are real close to being weaned so another couple weeks just to make sure they are getting enough to eat on their own. If you have other questions just write again but sounds like all you need to do is get a cage and some toys and some wooden perches (not dowell rods).
rohita arora - 2011-06-17 My bird gave an egg a month ago. I have doubt whether it will hatch or the baby will die inside or it will come out more so she's not even considerate about it and not even hatching it. She always run to bite me whenever I keep my hand into the cage to fill the cups with water and food why this is so??? please reply me at rohita.arora223@gmail.com.
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Charlie Roche - 2011-06-17 Do you have a male love bird also? If not the egg is defintely not fertile. In any case after a month, the egg would have hatched by now. Your little girl just doesn't know this. She is protecting the egg (instinct) but doesn't know there is something wrong (learned). Just throw the egg out and give her a new toy and she should return to normal in a couple of days. OK?
Judy Crane - 2011-05-20 My Lovebird takes the seed with water, and pacts it on top of a soft small fuzzy tent that he hides in sometimes. He lost his mate a few months ago. She was a parakeet and she had 3 eggs. After she laid them she just died. I have never seen my bird do the this before. I don't think it is grief because he acts just like he always did. Except for packing that nasty seed all over his fuzzy. Any ideas?
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Charlie Roche - 2011-05-21 One thing that does make a little sense to me is your lovebird is (in his mind) thinking he is feeding the parakeet. So it isn't grief but replacement. The tent is a soft fuzzy thing and the two birds probably sat together so he is feeding the soft fuzzy thing. Sometimes birds do nutty things for no apparent reason but this sorta makes some sense to me. Lovebirds like to be in pairs - many birds do so maybe some extra attention or another lovebird?
Kristi - 2010-03-17 Our bird's beak is growing out of control, its almost touching his chest. Can I clip it or sand it down, is there a "Quick" like a fingernail, how do i know how far it can be trimmed and what is the best way to do it. He has a cuttle bone in his cage but it is obviously not enough.
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gina - 2011-05-15 Take her to a bird groomer. Also, sometimes a flavored cuttle bone is more attractive to lovebirds..mine will ONLY use the banana flavored ones.
Charlie Roche - 2011-05-16 You can take her to the vet or bird groomer. The concrete/sandy sorta perches for birds that rim their nails, they can also use to trim their beaks. Place the concrete/sandy perch as the top most perch in the cage. Birds usually sleep on the top most perch and that will keep their nails trimmed and they will normally file their own beaks by chewing on it. If your little guys beak is almost to his chest, I think it will need to be filed. It is fast. Doesn't hurt them but they don't like it. Sorta like clipping an infant babies toe nails. They can holler.
Kate - 2010-06-06 My female lovebird, ( A prolific breeder) has just laid another egg in the last 2 days. Tonight she is holding onto the bars of the cage as if she cannot walk unaided. Is there a chance she's egg-bound, and, how do I tell?
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Gillian - 2010-06-19 One of my lovebirds is doing the same, her feathers are all fluffed up as well. I've only had one egg before and that was 8 months ago, and she completely ignored it. Have you had any replies if so what did they suggest I don't know what to do to help her.
gina - 2011-05-15 Have her sit in luke-warm water. If that doesn't help, take her to the vet ASAP or she may die.
Michelle Baxter - 2010-12-11 I was wondering now that my Peach faced love birds are breeding... do you clean their nests? I couldn't YouTube this and now it has me curious. If I am supposed to, what are the steps? Where do I place the eggs? Do they go on the cage floor? Help! Oh and the female orange one is named Naruto and the red faced male is named Sakura. Naruto was supposed to be a boy originally. I can't help but name them after my fave anime. From,
Naruto Fan
You can e-mail me the answer at DemonasCollectibles@yahoo.com
Please and thank you. Happy Hollidays and God Bless.
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gina - 2011-05-14 NEVER touch the eggs! Your birds may lose interest in them. Do not clean the nest until the babies have hatched and left the nest. Hope that helps!
gina - 2011-05-14 I have a 9 month old lovebird. I don't know if it's male or female. I want to get another as a companion. Does it matter what sex I buy? Can you have 2 males or 2 females without causing fights? Thanks!
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Charlie Roche - 2011-05-15 It doesn't make a difference. They are social creatures and enjoy friends and mates.
Suzanne - 2010-12-01 I need some help, I have a 3 yr old male peach face who is pulling feathers from the base of his body & tail, I have tried spray for mites, this doesn't seem to be the problem. He makes a dreadful noise when doing this. I just don't know what to do, can anyone help? Thanks.
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Amy Kay - 2011-03-20 My Peach-faced Lovebird is 2 & 1/2 and he does the exactly the same thing as yours. I had to bring him to the vet over and over and finally we had to put a clear hard plastic bubble collar on him. He lives with it but I have to take it off every couple weeks and let him preen the feathers that have been under the collar and then pay the vet to put the collar back on. I can't do it myself cause it takes two people and they have to make sure his neck is fully extended to put it on. I don't know how to do that. I do know that I can't afford it every two weeks, but have to do it. So, that is my current problem because every time we leave his collar off, he picks at this one spot on his back and makes it bleed and screeches because it hurts when he picks at it. He also pulls feathers out from his chest, tail, and wings, but just a little bit. The vet says lovebirds are known for feather destruction and skin mutilation because they don't have thier mate to help preen so they over do it, I guess. here is a website that has a picture of the collar we use for our bird: http://www.aviancollar.com/ We tried the cone collar, the one that looks like the collar they put on dogs, but he kept tripping over the front of it and almost falling off my shoulder. Not good. and he could still reach his wound if they cut the cone collar any shorter so he wouldn't trip or fall. So, I'd suggest not using that kind. My bird wears the bubble collar like it's part of him. Sorry for the really long response. I just wish my bird didn't pick at himself and want to help him and yours if possible.
karen - 2011-03-26 You need to give them more attention, try talking to them all the time, play music when you are not at home. Get them a bath tub with mirror in it, spray them with luke warm water. Treat them like a new baby. Love them.
gina - 2011-05-14 Many lovebirds do perfectly well with only the companionship of humans, but others do not. If you do not want your bird to pluck his feathers, the only other solution is to adopt another lovebird as a companion. This helped my baby..hope it helps you too!
Destiny - 2011-05-05 My peach faced lovebird just died yesterday, and i took AMAZING care of her. She was a single bird. I never got her a mate. But I had her for almost 2 years. When she died, I noticed something under her, it was bloody and white. It was an egg, I dont understand how she got pregnant or what was going on. Someone please help. I have to bury her tommorow. What happened?
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Charlie Roche - 2011-05-06 Females have eggs. All females produce eggs. Just because there was no mate, it doesn't mean that your little one didn't or couldn't have eggs. It sounds like she developed an egg but for whatever reason became egg bound and could not lay the egg. You didn't do anything to cause this. There is nothing you could have done to prevent it. It is hard, I know but this is not something you had any control over. I am sorry for your little friend.
The Peach-faced Lovebird is a beautiful 'pocket parrot'. They come in a variety of colors and are the most commonly kept lovebirds!
My peach faced love bird is not in a pair. Its mate passed away a few months ago. i got it from a relative so I dont know if it was that interactive with humans before. But when I put my hand in its cage to hold it it starts freaking out. Any advice on how to let it trust me to pet it more? Should i get it a mate?
Your right, the little bird was probably not handled - sounds like at all. They are very little and also very easy to tame. Talk tohim, feed him with your hand, coax him out of the cage. In a few days you should just be able to pick him up. Then bring him to your chest and just slowly pet the top of his head. You do this a few time and you willprobably have a friend. Love birds are usually in pairs. They are extremely social and they love their mate. It is also fun to watch them with their mate and hear them. You can have two as pets or you can just let the two of them be together, that is whatever your preference is. Personally, I would get it a mate - that is just me personally.
Thank you so much for your help I really appreciate it :)
I just had a tree trimmer cut my palm and he gave me 2 peached faced lovebirds from a nest. They could not fly but had adult feathers. My 7 year old adopted them. I feed them fomula from the pet store but they eat the bird food and are strong and very sweet. One is flying now. Where do I go from here?
It seems as if you have added two feathered creatures to your home. They make excellent pets and are good family birds. They love their humans and are easy to take care of. Animal World Article is included which goes into care/feeding/housing etc. They love pet and attention and are quite content to play with toys and be around their humans. If they are eating food and flying then you can then just start to gradually reduce the evening feeding. You would only need to feed them right before their bedtime at this stage. I am bad but I sorta feed the evening feeding till the birds don't really want it anymore. To me it was always making sure the children weren't hungry before they went to bed. However, when they start to fly, they are real close to being weaned so another couple weeks just to make sure they are getting enough to eat on their own. If you have other questions just write again but sounds like all you need to do is get a cage and some toys and some wooden perches (not dowell rods).
My bird gave an egg a month ago. I have doubt whether it will hatch or the baby will die inside or it will come out more so she's not even considerate about it and not even hatching it. She always run to bite me whenever I keep my hand into the cage to fill the cups with water and food why this is so??? please reply me at rohita.arora223@gmail.com.
Do you have a male love bird also? If not the egg is defintely not fertile. In any case after a month, the egg would have hatched by now. Your little girl just doesn't know this. She is protecting the egg (instinct) but doesn't know there is something wrong (learned). Just throw the egg out and give her a new toy and she should return to normal in a couple of days. OK?
My Lovebird takes the seed with water, and pacts it on top of a soft small fuzzy tent that he hides in sometimes. He lost his mate a few months ago. She was a parakeet and she had 3 eggs. After she laid them she just died. I have never seen my bird do the this before. I don't think it is grief because he acts just like he always did. Except for packing that nasty seed all over his fuzzy. Any ideas?
One thing that does make a little sense to me is your lovebird is (in his mind) thinking he is feeding the parakeet. So it isn't grief but replacement. The tent is a soft fuzzy thing and the two birds probably sat together so he is feeding the soft fuzzy thing. Sometimes birds do nutty things for no apparent reason but this sorta makes some sense to me. Lovebirds like to be in pairs - many birds do so maybe some extra attention or another lovebird?
Our bird's beak is growing out of control, its almost touching his chest. Can I clip it or sand it down, is there a "Quick" like a fingernail, how do i know how far it can be trimmed and what is the best way to do it. He has a cuttle bone in his cage but it is obviously not enough.
Take her to a bird groomer. Also, sometimes a flavored cuttle bone is more attractive to lovebirds..mine will ONLY use the banana flavored ones.
You can take her to the vet or bird groomer. The concrete/sandy sorta perches for birds that rim their nails, they can also use to trim their beaks. Place the concrete/sandy perch as the top most perch in the cage. Birds usually sleep on the top most perch and that will keep their nails trimmed and they will normally file their own beaks by chewing on it. If your little guys beak is almost to his chest, I think it will need to be filed. It is fast. Doesn't hurt them but they don't like it. Sorta like clipping an infant babies toe nails. They can holler.
My female lovebird, ( A prolific breeder) has just laid another egg in the last 2 days. Tonight she is holding onto the bars of the cage as if she cannot walk unaided. Is there a chance she's egg-bound, and, how do I tell?
One of my lovebirds is doing the same, her feathers are all fluffed up as well. I've only had one egg before and that was 8 months ago, and she completely ignored it. Have you had any replies if so what did they suggest I don't know what to do to help her.
Have her sit in luke-warm water. If that doesn't help, take her to the vet ASAP or she may die.
I was wondering now that my Peach faced love birds are breeding... do you clean their nests? I couldn't YouTube this and now it has me curious. If I am supposed to, what are the steps? Where do I place the eggs? Do they go on the cage floor? Help! Oh and the female orange one is named Naruto and the red faced male is named Sakura. Naruto was supposed to be a boy originally. I can't help but name them after my fave anime. From,
Naruto Fan
You can e-mail me the answer at DemonasCollectibles@yahoo.com
Please and thank you. Happy Hollidays and God Bless.
NEVER touch the eggs! Your birds may lose interest in them. Do not clean the nest until the babies have hatched and left the nest. Hope that helps!
I have a 9 month old lovebird. I don't know if it's male or female. I want to get another as a companion. Does it matter what sex I buy? Can you have 2 males or 2 females without causing fights? Thanks!
It doesn't make a difference. They are social creatures and enjoy friends and mates.
I need some help, I have a 3 yr old male peach face who is pulling feathers from the base of his body & tail, I have tried spray for mites, this doesn't seem to be the problem. He makes a dreadful noise when doing this. I just don't know what to do, can anyone help? Thanks.
My Peach-faced Lovebird is 2 & 1/2 and he does the exactly the same thing as yours. I had to bring him to the vet over and over and finally we had to put a clear hard plastic bubble collar on him. He lives with it but I have to take it off every couple weeks and let him preen the feathers that have been under the collar and then pay the vet to put the collar back on. I can't do it myself cause it takes two people and they have to make sure his neck is fully extended to put it on. I don't know how to do that. I do know that I can't afford it every two weeks, but have to do it. So, that is my current problem because every time we leave his collar off, he picks at this one spot on his back and makes it bleed and screeches because it hurts when he picks at it. He also pulls feathers out from his chest, tail, and wings, but just a little bit. The vet says lovebirds are known for feather destruction and skin mutilation because they don't have thier mate to help preen so they over do it, I guess. here is a website that has a picture of the collar we use for our bird: http://www.aviancollar.com/
We tried the cone collar, the one that looks like the collar they put on dogs, but he kept tripping over the front of it and almost falling off my shoulder. Not good. and he could still reach his wound if they cut the cone collar any shorter so he wouldn't trip or fall. So, I'd suggest not using that kind. My bird wears the bubble collar like it's part of him. Sorry for the really long response. I just wish my bird didn't pick at himself and want to help him and yours if possible.
You need to give them more attention, try talking to them all the time, play music when you are not at home. Get them a bath tub with mirror in it, spray them with luke warm water. Treat them like a new baby. Love them.
Many lovebirds do perfectly well with only the companionship of humans, but others do not. If you do not want your bird to pluck his feathers, the only other solution is to adopt another lovebird as a companion. This helped my baby..hope it helps you too!
My peach faced lovebird just died yesterday, and i took AMAZING care of her. She was a single bird. I never got her a mate. But I had her for almost 2 years. When she died, I noticed something under her, it was bloody and white. It was an egg, I dont understand how she got pregnant or what was going on. Someone please help. I have to bury her tommorow. What happened?
Females have eggs. All females produce eggs. Just because there was no mate, it doesn't mean that your little one didn't or couldn't have eggs. It sounds like she developed an egg but for whatever reason became egg bound and could not lay the egg. You didn't do anything to cause this. There is nothing you could have done to prevent it. It is hard, I know but this is not something you had any control over. I am sorry for your little friend.