New Lovebird Owner Advice

[Danny425]

Hi! I had recently adopted two peach faced lovebirds. Both are male and are brothers. The older one is named Kiwi & the younger one is named Chico. Kiwi was born around March 28 & Chico was born around April 8th. When i got them they came with a small wooden nesting box which is their safe spot. The person i got them from kept the box in their cage with them so I chose to do that too. They love to be in there and that's mostly where they sleep & hide. However I was doing some extra research and I read a forum that said I should take out the nesting box. I understand it's too discourage breeding bahavior, but both my birds are male so would it still matter? I'm not sure I would like some advice. They're still pretty young so for right now i'm keeping them with their box inside their cage to comfort them. Any help will be nice

 

[nu2birds]

I have two male Lovebirds (brothers from the same clutch). They get along famously.........and they have a coconut that they love to sleep in and go in and out of everyday. My birds are almost a year old now. I understand all of the thinking regarding male/female pairs NOT having a nest box so they don't get territorial and aggressive over eggs and nests. However, being both male..........I don't see why I can't keep it. They absolutely love it and are in and out of it all day.........I think I'm just going to see what happens and NOT remove it. I don't use the Happy Huts or anything that has fuzz.........these coconuts are hollow and hard and there is nothing that can harm them. Mine start out sleeping on a perch at night and then move into the coconut at some point because by morning they are always inside the coconut.

 

[Danny425]

Oh okay thanks! Good to know that they are other people out there with my same situation. I didn't think it would hurt either, its natural for them. I just needed some reassurance. Trying to keep them as happy & as safe as I can.

 

[sunnysmom]

Congrats on your new birds! I fostered a lovebird for awhile and he came to me with a nest box. That's where he (we think he was a 'he') liked to sleep. Since he was active during the day and didn't spend any time in the box but to sleep, I figured it was okay and let him keep it. But I only had the lovie for about a month before he was adopted. So I don't know if the nest box would have eventually become an issue or not.

 

[Garet]

If they're both males and both just sleep in there, it should be alright. My baby boy has a little thing he sleeps in. Just be careful about huts, things like happy huts and snuggle huts are far more dangerous.

 

[nu2birds]

Danny......if those are you birds in your picture, their coloring is beautiful, Like Sherbet ice cream.

 

[Danny425]

Yes my boys are really colorful! Makes me wanna eat them up haha

And thank you everyone for your input