The high school Animal Science program I work with has just gotten in 4 unexpected lovebirds. We had been conversing with a lady to take in a single lovebird and to our surprise, she showed up with 5; the one we had planned on adopting and then 2 pairs. The program is on a very tight budget and had only planned to adopt one bird, but we couldn't turn away these other 4 babies due to the conditions they arrived in 
We took them in not with the mindset of keeping them, but that with our connections and large member body we could find these birds loving homes.
So with that in mind, these birds have not and will not be seen by a vet through the program because the budget is just not there. For now they are being kept in strict quarantine while we search for homes. They will not come with a proper sized cage because they were unexpected so currently they are living in travel-sized cages. They are also on an all seed diet, but we are working on that by offering pellets and fresh food. Overall, these birds are free to a good home but will come with the expense of seeing a vet and purchasing proper sized cages and other supplies. They must also be adopted in the pairs they arrived in.
From the information we were able to get out of the woman these birds were breeders and have produced quite a few clutches for her. However, we will only adopt them to a home where they will not be bred. We are willing to try and work something out if the potential adopter lives far away (AA train?), but shipping is not something the program can afford.
1st pair:
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From what the woman told us these two are at least 5 yrs old and the male is the standard peach-faced and the female is the mutation. The male is nippy, but very friendly once he comes out of the cage; he really has a great personality! It appears to us that the male is over preening his wing feathers. The female is very skittish, but has not bitten at all. She has an old, healed injury where all of her toes on her right foot are facing forward.
2nd pair:
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This pair is much more worse off just by physical appearances. The woman said they are at least 10 yrs old. Both have toes/nails missing on both feet. This leads to poor balance and they tend to be very beaky when moving around. At first it seemed like they were trying to bite, but really they are just gaining balance. According to the woman, the male is the one with the plucked head which was done by the female whenever they bred. The female is the one with injury to her nare and the slightly plucked chest. Both are relatively skittish and nippy in the cage, but once out they do not mind being handled. However, they definitely prefer each other over anything else.
We took them in not with the mindset of keeping them, but that with our connections and large member body we could find these birds loving homes.So with that in mind, these birds have not and will not be seen by a vet through the program because the budget is just not there. For now they are being kept in strict quarantine while we search for homes. They will not come with a proper sized cage because they were unexpected so currently they are living in travel-sized cages. They are also on an all seed diet, but we are working on that by offering pellets and fresh food. Overall, these birds are free to a good home but will come with the expense of seeing a vet and purchasing proper sized cages and other supplies. They must also be adopted in the pairs they arrived in.
From the information we were able to get out of the woman these birds were breeders and have produced quite a few clutches for her. However, we will only adopt them to a home where they will not be bred. We are willing to try and work something out if the potential adopter lives far away (AA train?), but shipping is not something the program can afford.
1st pair:
From what the woman told us these two are at least 5 yrs old and the male is the standard peach-faced and the female is the mutation. The male is nippy, but very friendly once he comes out of the cage; he really has a great personality! It appears to us that the male is over preening his wing feathers. The female is very skittish, but has not bitten at all. She has an old, healed injury where all of her toes on her right foot are facing forward.
2nd pair:
This pair is much more worse off just by physical appearances. The woman said they are at least 10 yrs old. Both have toes/nails missing on both feet. This leads to poor balance and they tend to be very beaky when moving around. At first it seemed like they were trying to bite, but really they are just gaining balance. According to the woman, the male is the one with the plucked head which was done by the female whenever they bred. The female is the one with injury to her nare and the slightly plucked chest. Both are relatively skittish and nippy in the cage, but once out they do not mind being handled. However, they definitely prefer each other over anything else.
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![20160309_153718[1].jpg](/data/attachments/197/197975-98b85d05ff0a17a2b1b6140eaff0f827.jpg)
Oh this breaks my heart.
