MiEf
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- 4/22/14
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Hi guys, I would much appreciate your help with my lovie problem.
We bought 4 lovebirds last year (they were our first ones, black masked green were the boys and black masked in blue variation were te girls), they paired up nicely after some time but never bred and females never laid eggs.
A couple of months back we noticed one female, Pinky Beak, became ill, she wasnt able to fly at all and we took her to a certified vet, she had xrays done and poo samples and was diagnosed with Aspergillosis. We ve done all we were told by vet, changing diet completely, got a UV light and gave her the medication for a couple of months, she was getting so much better, she put on weight (she only weighed 20g in her worst
) she was able to fly bits by bits and yet, after 4 months since being diagnosed she passed away this morning. I found her at the bottom of the cage, she must have fallen out from their little snuggly hut at night I think
Her cage mate seems to be doing ok though, he saw her body so I assume he understands she s gone. They were very close, he was feeding her all the time and helping her when she was too weak and such. The other pair is in a seperate cage but we got used to putting them close to each other and they also had a lot of exercise and we let them fly around all four together. We re now thinking what we re going to do with the poor boy who s alone now -- i m not sure if we want to go down the route of getting a new girl for him -- it s never too certain whether they bond or not and i would need the third cage. Do you think he ll be ok with the other two lovies in another cage? Can he stay in his cage on his own? He s doing ok at the moment although it has only been a couple of hours -- he s eating (although less than he used to but tht might be because he was feeding PinkyBeak as well), chirping, sleeping.... They would often visit each other s cages as well and he tends to sit near the other cage so we were thinking maybe putting all three together? The other pair s not a breeding pair either, they are cage mates, a couple but they bicker a fair bit (never too aggressively).
I m really not sure but the idea of going through quarantine, waiting if they bond or not doesnt appeal to me too much but would go that way if need be. What do you think?
We bought 4 lovebirds last year (they were our first ones, black masked green were the boys and black masked in blue variation were te girls), they paired up nicely after some time but never bred and females never laid eggs.
A couple of months back we noticed one female, Pinky Beak, became ill, she wasnt able to fly at all and we took her to a certified vet, she had xrays done and poo samples and was diagnosed with Aspergillosis. We ve done all we were told by vet, changing diet completely, got a UV light and gave her the medication for a couple of months, she was getting so much better, she put on weight (she only weighed 20g in her worst
Her cage mate seems to be doing ok though, he saw her body so I assume he understands she s gone. They were very close, he was feeding her all the time and helping her when she was too weak and such. The other pair is in a seperate cage but we got used to putting them close to each other and they also had a lot of exercise and we let them fly around all four together. We re now thinking what we re going to do with the poor boy who s alone now -- i m not sure if we want to go down the route of getting a new girl for him -- it s never too certain whether they bond or not and i would need the third cage. Do you think he ll be ok with the other two lovies in another cage? Can he stay in his cage on his own? He s doing ok at the moment although it has only been a couple of hours -- he s eating (although less than he used to but tht might be because he was feeding PinkyBeak as well), chirping, sleeping.... They would often visit each other s cages as well and he tends to sit near the other cage so we were thinking maybe putting all three together? The other pair s not a breeding pair either, they are cage mates, a couple but they bicker a fair bit (never too aggressively).
I m really not sure but the idea of going through quarantine, waiting if they bond or not doesnt appeal to me too much but would go that way if need be. What do you think?
