Kirstylou
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- Kirsty
Hi all,
I’ve usually headed to these forums and browsed but decided to finally sign up.
I rehomed 2 love birds in August, they were an unsexed And bonded pair since I didn’t want one to be alone or need to rely on me. Peach(Fischer’s love bird) was completely feral, she did not like anyone or anything. Sonic, a blue masked love bird was different and I would probably say semi tame. I managed to get him to do step up, he will come over for treats but still not fly on me. This was always fine because they had each other and they would always fly back to their cage when they had enough.
When Sonic would come out, he would call for her and out she came.
We lost Peach (seizure) and the vet said she wasn’t right. The seizure lasted for too long and they couldn’t get diazepam down her. It absolutely broke my heart. Every day sonic calls for her and stops to wait for her responses. Every time he does it kills me. I have tried to give him lots of reassurance, extra treats and sat with him. He will sit on my shoulder and play with my hair but then will fly off to locate her it seems.
I don’t want him to be lonely. They shared a massive sized cage together and he’s in it all alone. When I put him in at night he will cling to the bars and look around. He won’t sleep where they used to. I did read on here that rearranging the cage might help, so of course I’ve done this but he still looks for her.
how long would you wait before getting him a friend? I don’t want a breeding pair and have no interest in that and no nest box so gender isn’t an issue, I just want him to be happy. I loved to watch them get up to no good. Very mischievous things.
I have a spare cage from my Quaker who is now in a much bigger cage so I am able to have the cages close so they can chatter as I would prefer to isolate the bird for 30 days as advised.
I’ve usually headed to these forums and browsed but decided to finally sign up.
I rehomed 2 love birds in August, they were an unsexed And bonded pair since I didn’t want one to be alone or need to rely on me. Peach(Fischer’s love bird) was completely feral, she did not like anyone or anything. Sonic, a blue masked love bird was different and I would probably say semi tame. I managed to get him to do step up, he will come over for treats but still not fly on me. This was always fine because they had each other and they would always fly back to their cage when they had enough.
When Sonic would come out, he would call for her and out she came.
We lost Peach (seizure) and the vet said she wasn’t right. The seizure lasted for too long and they couldn’t get diazepam down her. It absolutely broke my heart. Every day sonic calls for her and stops to wait for her responses. Every time he does it kills me. I have tried to give him lots of reassurance, extra treats and sat with him. He will sit on my shoulder and play with my hair but then will fly off to locate her it seems.
I don’t want him to be lonely. They shared a massive sized cage together and he’s in it all alone. When I put him in at night he will cling to the bars and look around. He won’t sleep where they used to. I did read on here that rearranging the cage might help, so of course I’ve done this but he still looks for her.
how long would you wait before getting him a friend? I don’t want a breeding pair and have no interest in that and no nest box so gender isn’t an issue, I just want him to be happy. I loved to watch them get up to no good. Very mischievous things.
I have a spare cage from my Quaker who is now in a much bigger cage so I am able to have the cages close so they can chatter as I would prefer to isolate the bird for 30 days as advised.
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