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can u tell me a little about yours? i am getting some chicks, and i want to know from the "mouth of the horse" so to say i want to know, bad thigs good things ,ect, if u handfed them yourself tell me about that too!

i just want to here some stories about urs i guess.

Last edited by fishyhelper288 at 25-Nov-2004 13:00

I know you can get more info than you ever wanted by going to google and using that as a topic. LOL:%) I researched them for a friend a few years ago and you need to seach under the scientific name. Sorry I can't remember what it was now. Her birds did nest and lay eggs but if they did not eat the eggs they pecked the offspring to death later. She sold them later as she thought they were too messy and made to much noise. Sorry I have no personal exp. to share.

Jan

Don't keep them with other birds. They're very aggressive.
(It can be done with some species such as the masked, fischers and nyasa lovebirds if you have a large enough aviary, though.)

Never keep two pairs together (Each pair will fight the other for dominance etc). One pair or three+ pairs is usually fine.

You shouldn't really buy chicks that aren't fully weaned unless you're a very experienced bird keeper.


If you want to know about basic husbandry you're better off buying a book.

i have lots of info, and experience with feeding wild babys, im just looking for first hand experience, thats all, i am having the babys being bred for me, oh and they are peachface mutations, i belive violets is what im getting, i have everything i need for them young and old, so please just first hand experience please.

Just beware that lovebirds can be VERY loud!

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if you only have 1, they are said to much quieter, (oh and im having a bad spelling day, so beware!)

As far as birds go, quiet is a relative term. Green-cheek conures are said to be "much quieter" than, say, sun conures... but my Harvey (a green-cheek conure) can easily let out an eardrum-splitting screech! Or even nice long streams of eardrum-splitting screeches. So beware!

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yea, when i first started "bird shopping" so to say, i wanted a sun conure, but after i reasearched a lot, i thought it may not be the right bird for me, so i thought smaller, and i dident want a budgie, or a parrolet, so i took the next size up, and i have a friend who has a pair of peach faces, so i started extencive searching, and found less people complained about the screaches, and more about getting un-tame adults, i have plenty of time to work with them, and i wan 1, because, there is a much higher risk, of 1 getting a male and female when u dot want them, and they will bond to eachother and not so much you, so i will find good homes for the others, and keep, not the prettiest one, but the personality that fits me and my home, i cant have a loud one, or my dad will have a cow and i cant have an aggressive one, i have 3 dogs and a cat, i dont mine if the bird bites the two smaller dogs (mini schnousers and i dont much like em) just as long as they dont get hurt, an the cat needs to learn to stay out of my room, but i will be sure they know thing while the birds are young, any one here a member of [link=http://www.petlovers.com ]http://www.petlovers.com [/link] ?

I have a peach face love bird. He is pretty territorial about his cage. He will puff up and snap if u put your hand or anything in there. Once you get him out though he is so sweet. If you can catch him he just sits in your hand. Usually he sits on your head or on your shoulder. They are great birds but as someone already said don't keep them with other birds. If you still need info I can give you probably whatever you need.

did you hand feed him your self? my lovie isnt going to be around anyother birds, i think i may have a problem though when i get into spring, i rescue abandoned baby birds, i havent been able to save 1 yet, 2 were bitten by a cat(robin, and 1 a i dont know the species, but my friend's cat brought it home) and i just fed them and made them comfortable untill they couldent fight it anymore but i did care for a bluejay fledgling who was in danger of being killed by my cat, i dont know why it died, i fed it natural foods, like grasshoppers from outside, tenderized earthworms, and crickets and mealworms from petsmart, i fed him till his crop was full, then let him sleep, he used to wake me up every morning, untill those last 2 days, i had to strt waking him up, he stopped wanting food, so i had to force feed him, the day he was realy feeling bad i let him sleep, and came to feed him less often, when i got back after like 4 hours of him not being fed, he couldent stand anymore (im getting teary just remembering that day) i was lost on what to do, so i prayed and tryed to feed him 1 last cricket, he no longer could swallow, it was then i knew it was time, and i sat on the coutch, hugged him close and he closed his eyes (wipes tears) so, do you know how i messed up? i know it was my fault, and dont think i just took him and that was it, i tryed to give him back as far as i could get him, but my cat kept finding him, and when my cat marked him (he &nbsp; on him) i said im sorry to his parents and i took him back and washed him up, dryed him off, made him a nest, put the nest in a parekeet cage, covered it and let him sleep, but WHAT DID I DO WRONG? i never excessivley cuddled him, or anything, oh and i named him miracal, because i had been walking up in the woods listening to the birds call, and i started to sing a prayer, i walked home with a tear in my eye, and right smack in the middle of my path there he lay, and thats how he got his name

Holy crap.

Did you provide heat for them?
Was everything sterilized?
What was the 'nest' made out of?
How humid was the container/cage?

By the sounds of that, I don't think you're ready to raise a lovebird chick.

Call around and see if you can find some people that hand raise birds for a living...They'll probably be able to teach you everything you need to know.

Since I mainly keep finches, I usually don't have to hand raise any.


Edit- Put your cat in the freezer.

Last edited by Dave. at 23-Nov-2004 21:01

Wild animals aren't really meant to be kept as pets and it is very hard to keep most of them alive. If possible they should be released or if that isn't possible given to someone who handles stuff like that and has a lisence.

I would also advise you to find someone else to care for the lovebird, no offense or anything. I would advise that in most people case also.

Your intentions are good, it sounds like. I don't know anything about hand feeding birds though sorry I can't help you there. A friend of my rehabilitats(humm how do u spell that lol) animals and stuff so she would know if you want me to find out I would be happy to.

Last edited by RipSpark at 23-Nov-2004 21:16

when i had the jay,(few years ago) i had no previous experience, or a computer, but now i have experience, lots of info, i have everything sterilized, wraped up, and stored away waiting for the big day, oh yea, they layed 1 egg today

"bump"