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  1. Littlelovebird

    First bird Lovebird, second bird?

    Hello! I currently have a very social and clingy fisher loverbird. She is a hen, about 2yrs now. Only had lovebirds before. Would really like to get another bird at some point, maybe a bigger one. My question here is there a species that goes along better than another with lovebirds? Ive always...
  2. B

    It's been 2 months and pet bird is still scared

    Hi everyone, i'm new to this forum and this is my first post here! I brought home a four month old male budgie two months ago. I have a 2 year old male lovebird at home and despite the risks of having a lovebird and a budgie together, our birds have gotten along together quite well thankfully...
  3. BlueBird67

    A Guide to Parakeet and Lovebird Hormonal Problems

    - By an experienced conure and lovebird dad. PARAKEET (Includes conures, and more) So, It's been a year since you've adopted a 7 week old conure, and now he suddenly starts biting your family, puffing up, and doing his stuff on you. What caused this and what should you do about it now? First...
  4. S

    Going to college and having a single lovebird, will that be okay?

    Hello, before you guys start saying no, do hear me out :) When i went to a bird store, (i know that adopting is better but i don’t have any places to adopt birds in my area) i saw a lovebird in a cage with 3 other lovebirds. He looked rather lonely and distanced himself from the 3 other...
  5. B

    is my lovebird a hybrid?

    not sure if they're a he or a she, but i just stick with he for now. Hes about over a month and a half old. The place my parents brought them from is a place where they dont really care about animals (there are none where i live). It's getting supported by the wave of parents just buying their...
  6. MikoDaBirb

    How are young Female fischers when it comes to taming?

    Hello guys , I'm not sure if this is the right thread for this but I've got me eye on this GORGEOUS 2 month old fischer female. I am planning on taming her but I heard fischers are little bit timid and females are not usually outgoing as males are. So what are your thoughts and tips when it...
  7. S

    I bought Azalea wood perches & i’m unsure if i should give them to my lovebird or not.. Please help!!

    I bought Azalea wood perches online & at first i didn’t know that they were made out of azalea. I’ve searched online and it says that azalea wood is poisonous to birds, however, when i contacted the shop about this, they told me that it was safe and there’s no way that they would sell something...
  8. L

    Lovebird plucking own feathers

    Hi guys/gals, I have a lovebird that is about a year old and he's just started plucking his right wing feathers to a point that the bald patch is half of his right wing & part of his lower neck. We've brought him to the vet and they've said that it's definitely not mites & probably a...
  9. MikoDaBirb

    First-time parents, all five eggs hatched!!

    Hello everyone, My first-time parents lovebird just had the 4 eggs hatched and I am just waiting for the last one to hatch (I know it's fertile through candling) This might be a hassle for the mother bird since she has so many babies to feed and I'm worried that one of the youngest or the runt...
  10. F

    fast clicking sounds and wiggling??

    hi everyone!! i am new to the bird club, but i’ve had my 3 month lovie for almost 2 months now and she’s started doing this weird thing when she’s super energetic where she’s click her beak super fast and wobble her body. when i first saw it i thought she was choking, as it is like fast wiggling...
  11. jadesha

    New lovebird doesn't trust me yet, but loves my head

    So I've just brought home a new peach-faced lovebird named Pokka yesterday, and he is still very scared of me, but loves to be let out of his cage. Pokka loves flying around my room when I'm just working, but he doesn't trust me in general yet, however, he seems to love calmly sitting on my...
  12. conureluv

    Your bird wants you to read this (how to care for a bird)

    I’m wondering if someone has put a flyer/pamphlet similar to this one in a pet shop? What are your experiences? If you’re here from the title, this is a pamphlet I’ve constructed and I want to put it out to the world.
  13. C

    Tiny Home Living. Can it mix well with small birds?

    Me and my mother have been talking about tiny home living for a while now. It would be a tiny home on wheels. Custom built, so we are getting built in PROPER sized bird cages if we go with a tiny home. Now thing tiny home would be on the larger side of tiny homes. So its not a tiny tiny home...
  14. S

    An adult budgie and a baby Lovebird. Compatible?

    Like the questions say, are they compatible?
  15. B

    Lovebird Diet Advice

    Hi — I’m new to this forum! I have a 7 month old lovebird named captain! Captain is not my first bird, but he is my first lovebird. I’m really looking to improve his diet. Would anyone be able to recommend some good seed mix and pellet brands? How much of each do you give your bird per day? I’m...
  16. B

    Help of sex

    Hi. I have a love bird, it came into my home and we had to catch it so my four cats wouldn't eat him/her. No one claimed him/her so we have decided to keep him/her. However I don't know what sex it is, I have read to press a point between its legs to determine however he/she isn't the...
  17. Nikorice

    URGENT PLEASE HELP (sad update #10)

    My Fischer's Lovebird, Peaches, is extremely sick. I'm on the way to an avian veterinarian because I don't believe in waiting these things out. I care about her so much and I found her on top of her cage this morning laying down and when I picked her up she felt cold and limp. I put her inside...
  18. J

    Lovebird bit one of his toes off.

    Help please, the lovebird that I'm actually close to bit one of its toe off which made it bleed quite a lot and this happened 2-3 times, as in the bleeding stopped, but then it bit at it again, causing more bleeding. At the time it's not biting it anymore because there's almost nothing left for...
  19. S

    Lovebird Mutation

    Hi everyone! I hope everyone is doing well I’ve had lovebirds for nearly 10 years now and am quite familiar with a lot of mutations. I’ve also worked at an avian specialty store for 10 years, working extensively with breeders and our avian vet. However, my one baby lovebird has myself and a...
  20. L

    Urgent Lovebirds leg injured HELP!

    Hello to everybody, on Tuesday evening I have discovered my lovebirds leg was injured: there was some blood around her nail and coloring of her skin around it was hard yellow color. I disinfected it right away, but don’t know what more can be done. I also don’t understand until now what exactly...
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