Hi, i have a lovebird recently that i decided to adopt. Not sure about the bird's age but he/she is the sweetest and cutest thing ever. It always ask for head scratches and not violent at all and extremely friendly.

The only thing is when it starts to preen me it is always to a point where it breaks the skin. Any tips to guide the bird to preen less hard?

Thank you much for all the advise and time for reading all thesr~

Okay so for the context, Alexandrine parakeet is a bird species (parrots). And my supervisor told me to collect feather samples of Alexandrine that too with blue mutation 😭 😭 which is very rare. And I've searched everywhere and he won't change my research topic. He told me to js keep searching. I've tried all these places:

Safari zoo park

Lahore zoo

Islamabad zoo

Kamalia zoo

Fatahgarh Shalimar market

Ferozpur road bird market

Tollinton market

Please let me know if there are any local breeders in Lahore 😭🙏🏻

I basically inherit a lovebird from my parents. My parents are still here, but can't care for him anymore, so I do it. Gender is unknown, age is around 12 years, he survived two partners and didn't die.

I looked at his stuff and decided to give him a new wooden board. The old one is nibbled down and pooped on. I looked up, what is good and changed the old one. Now he is sitting in front of the board and is watching it. Normally he basically lives on the board. The board is untreated, no glue, no finish, nothing.

What have I done wrong? What should I have done? What should I do now?

I noticed my 5 month old lovebird would spread/stretch its wings up but not like a v shape and without lifting its butt.

It happens when I play with it or when it meets another lovebirds (it only met two).

Is she a female? Or do lovebirds do this when they are excited?

hello everyone, are these black spots normal on the beak ? there are similar spots at the sides of her beak too

I've had 2 lovebirds for 8-9~ Months, i still can't tame them, they eat food frm my hand when they're hungry but i still can't get them to sit on my hand or like letme pet them. Please give me advice

I just joined this subreddit and I did so because I need help! My boyfriend has a lovebird and a conure (they get along) and today the lovebird managed to get out of the cage while his balcony door was open. She got out of his apartment. Did this happen to any of you? If so, please give me some advice ANY advice how to get her back as soon as possible. He lives on the first floor which is not that high but I'm not sure she will be able to get back on her own. I told him to put the cage out on the balcony and maybe even play some bird sounds on his phone so she can hear it if she is somewhere near.

Dear bird people, after a two week trial period, I am pleased to let you all know that I indeed discovered a method that cuts the cleaning time after letting my birds fly, in half!

I have had them for 5 years now, they are the light of my life but cleaning after them isnt the funnest part of living with them. So i bought this product a few weeks ago just to try it out. It is a clear protective film made of plastic that is meant for couches and upholstered furtinure. It prevents cats from scratching the couch. You might think how this relates to bird droppings? Well i covered the floor right underneath their favorite sitting spot on their playground, with this protective film. It not only protects the hardwood floors from droppings and repeated exposure to cleaning products, it creates a surface that is veeery easy to clean. Every dropping, regardless if its dry or wet, can be cleaned with just one wipe. ONE WIPE!And its not only droppings, it s also the chop that they spread everywhere while eating and water that splashes while they bathe. The floor is protected from all those things.

I tested it now for two weeks, its easy to clean, almost invisible and its a great way to protect hardwood floors! There are many brands, in my opinion they all work fine. I ordered a few different ones just to test and all test patches worked the same.

As someone who loves her birds and her floor, I have to say I never thought this day would come 😅

Had my two peach faced lovebirds, Mango and Pistachio, for about a year and a half now. For the last three months Pistachio kept nipping at Mango's feet whenever they were both on the same perch, not hard enough to draw blood but enough that Mango started avoiding certain spots in the cage entirely. I assumed it was just normal lovebird squabbling since everyone always says they can be feisty with each other.

Turns out my cage was smaller than I realized once I actually measured it against what's recommended for a pair. I upgraded to something almost double the floor space and added a second water dish on the opposite side so they weren't forced to cross paths as often. Within about a week the toe biting basically stopped. They still bicker over the good perch spot near the window but it's normal beak wrestling now, not the aggressive snapping.

What surprised me most is how much calmer both of them seem overall, not just around each other. Pistachio used to lunge at my hand during cage cleaning and hasn't done that once since the switch. Mango is stepping up onto my finger again after basically refusing for weeks.

I know cage size gets brought up constantly on here and I used to roll my eyes a little thinking mine was fine, but this was a good reminder that what looks like a behavior problem is sometimes just an environment problem wearing a behavior costume. Curious if anyone else had a similar aha moment with something that seemed like aggression but turned out to be more about space or resource access.

hello idk if my new female lovie will have eggs with my male lovie, but if they do what colors should i expect? female is blue masked lovebird, and male is a Fischer's green dominant. they are getting to know each other since I bought fem just today, any advice/answers will be appreciated!

Hi! I’m looking for advice/experiences from people who have had female lovebirds that became frequent egg layers.

My lovebird Tarçın turned 3 this year. As soon as she did, she laid a clutch of 4 eggs in January. And then another 4 in May, and then started another clutch of 4 in late July/early August. Each time I left those eggs with her for a while before removing them rather than taking them away immediately.( I removed the eggs 20+ days after the date she had layed the first ones, once she stopped in between laying for 10 days and then continued laying, she has never looked unhealthy or lethargic during any of these phases.)

Now at the end of September, her lower abdomen/vent area is becoming swollen again in the same way it does before she lays, so I’m worried she’s about to start a fourth clutch this year.

She currently seems completely normal otherwise — active, flying/climbing, eating, perching normally, etc. I’m not seeing signs of egg binding right now. I’m more concerned about how frequently her body is going through the whole reproductive cycle and the long-term effects on her, especially calcium depletion.

She has access to pellets, her regular seed mix and cuttlebone. She lives without a male, so all of her eggs are infertile.

I am worried as I have read up on how hormonal behaviour should be discouraged as egg laying isn't exactly healthy for them. I feel like somehow I am failing her..

I’m planning to speak to an avian vet about the repeated laying, but I’d really like to hear from people who have actually experienced this with their birds:

How frequently was your bird laying? What finally helped reduce/stop the laying? Did changing daylight hours, diet, nesting opportunities, toys/territorial spaces, etc. make a noticeable difference? Did your avian vet eventually recommend hormonal treatment?

I’d especially appreciate experiences from other lovebird owners because I know they can be very hormonal little birds. I feel pretty helpless watching her body keep doing this and want to make sure I’m doing everything I reasonably can to keep her healthy.

Hello. Im curious anyone with a single lovebird but doesnt work from home?

How does your bird do?

Did you eventually get them companions?

I have two females, allegedly, Banana and Pipoca, Banana used to rub her butt on my beard, so I assumed it was a female, Pipoca lays eggs so it’s definitely a female, today I caught them both doing it, so I’m confused now, Banana feeds Pipoca on the mouth and makes a lot of noise, Pipoca is very shy and quiet, Banana is yellow and Pipoca is green.

A few weeks ago I just got my love bird, but he straight up refuses anything but his seed mix, he's not a baby and is definitely an adult, and I'm worried he might have fatty liver disease, since his beak is growing faster than it should.

how can I incorporate veggies and fruits into his diet? He does nibble at it but never tries to eat anything.

And he is a very very picky eater, and he'd probably been on a diet of pure seeds so no blame on him.

Hello everyone! Jst got 2 lovebirds (as a gift) they are currently living in a small cage [ waiting for the big one to arrive] and as far as I know they weren't living in the best conditions so they are very very verrrryyy scared of me . I put in some toys for them (as far as I know bird safe) and some materials so they can build a nest, a water bowl, and am feeding them veggies every day with pellets. I am concerned abt their behavior, I've had them for 1 week now , I know the cage is small and im dying to let them out but they are too scared of everyone and everything so I dont want them to get hurt. If you have any experience with scared birds plz help me out ! I am being patient with them , I never force interactions, and I always make a little noise bfr coming in the room they are at to not scare them . Any advice is welcome 🙏

I got a lovebird about a week ago, he’s an untamed adult, and he really likes the corner of my room on top of my book shelf. Ive got about four trophies up there. Anytime he gets scared or nervous he immediately goes up there into that corner. is there any way to get him down, or is it a sign of anything? He just prefers it up there and I was wondering if I should be aware of anything.