I have had 2 lovebirds for 7 years the female is grey with a bit of peach above her beak, and the male is green and a bit scruffy looking with a few feathers missing around his neck, and a big chip out of the side of his bottom beak where they have fought before. I separated them for about a year, but so they could still see each other, but after I put them back together in a cockatoo cage, they laid an egg and raised a baby (green) in a hollowed out coconut shell. So I put a breeding box in which they all 3 migrated to. It wasn't long before the parents were nesting again, and kicked the baby out of the box and wouldn't even let it eat. I put it in another cage, where they could all still see each other. Pretty soon there were 4 more babies (3 greys) and a (yellow?), and they are almost independent, mothers laid another egg and making the babies stay out of the box. I have homes lined up for the 3 greys, and want to keep the yellow, to go with the original green baby. I put the original back into the cage and all it did was fight the other birds, so I had to take it backout again. I don't know what to do, I want to put them all back together to avoid many cages. Question: Is it harmful to the parents to keep breeding over and over...and...how can I get the remaining birds to live together in peace and harmony, if I took out all boxes and coconut shells might they be more friendly? Help! Toni<br><br>Post edited by: 61TJ, at: 2008/03/19 07:00
Tony, sometimes birds don't get along with eachother, and we just have to accept this - and put them up in separate cages. I have no idea why some birds do and others don't get along together, but I hear this a lot.
I don't think taking out the coconut shell or other boxes will prevent them from breeding. You must think of another solution.
It is very much depends on the personailty of the birds themselves and parentage can also play a major role in the birds not getting along.eg the parents of the oringal pair my have kicked out their young as well making it a behivoraul problem, as birds learn alot from their parents i'd say its safer to keep them away from eachother.{Feel-good-00020069}
Well an update on this situation, the 3 grey babies have gone to their new homes and I kept the yellow one,. The original baby (Squeaky) wasn't too friendly when I put him in with them before, so I attached his small cage to the side of the big cage the others are in, and lined up the perches to match the big cage perches so that they can sit together, I put their food near each other so they could eat together, and put their coconut shells near each other so they could sleep together. Lovebirds being as they are tend to copy each other and this worked. I put Squeaky back in the big cage, and although they are not all best buddies yet, there is no fighting, so fingers crossed they'll get to know each other better. <br><br>Post edited by: 61TJ, at: 2008/03/26 09:25
OK, I think you have done a wonderful job. Please don't take this the wrong way but there still is a chance they will start fighting. Keep your eye on them
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<br><br>Post edited by: 61TJ, at: 2008/03/26 09:25
