Hi all! I'm a long time cat lady but have always wanted a bird, so September 22 I adopted my little Aiofe. She's 5 months old, blue mask lovebird. I was told at the parrot shop that she and her siblings hadn't been socialized enough so I could expect to be patient. And I am patient and she's making great progress. She is taking treats from my hand now. I am following a very slow process to hand tame her, and it seems to be working. My question is more twofold.
1. She doesn't really seem to know how to play, I'm trying to teach her, but there's only so much biting and playing with her toys I can handle! I'm a crazy spoiler so she has pretty much any texture available and I will offer something to her and its almost like she doesn't realize she's allowed to tear it up! She does like sea grass so I'm working with that and teaching her to forage. Is this a common part of socializing?
2. She flock calls. She sleeps well, in her own bedroom with her cage covered. But when she hears birds outside, flock call. This I understand. But she does it other random times of the day. She makes other noises that are obviously not flock calls. She was with her siblings at a patriot shop that was really loud and full of big, yelling parrots. Is this something that should settle as she gets more comfortable?
She's really sweet and has been making content sounds but as a first timer I can't help but be concerned about the flock calling.
Thanks,
Leih and Aoife
1. She doesn't really seem to know how to play, I'm trying to teach her, but there's only so much biting and playing with her toys I can handle! I'm a crazy spoiler so she has pretty much any texture available and I will offer something to her and its almost like she doesn't realize she's allowed to tear it up! She does like sea grass so I'm working with that and teaching her to forage. Is this a common part of socializing?
2. She flock calls. She sleeps well, in her own bedroom with her cage covered. But when she hears birds outside, flock call. This I understand. But she does it other random times of the day. She makes other noises that are obviously not flock calls. She was with her siblings at a patriot shop that was really loud and full of big, yelling parrots. Is this something that should settle as she gets more comfortable?
She's really sweet and has been making content sounds but as a first timer I can't help but be concerned about the flock calling.
Thanks,
Leih and Aoife