Hi i keep my a pair of lovebird in a cage and the size of it is, height 35″ and width 35″ and breth 25″ inches and a nest box of 12 x 12 x 20″ with a partition with 2 difrent hole for entrance, my question is can i add 2 more birds to it? I have a doubt tat d pair i have now are either both male or female and they both try to mate each other turn by turn.
my pair of parakeets have mated and the female laid 6 eggs. As of yesterday 3-24-09 the first egg hatched. This morning the 2nd egg hatched. What if any thing do I need to do. The female never would made a nest. We bought nesting hairs and put the box in the cage but she would not have any thing to do with it. So I had to put straw in the nesting box my self. She pushed a lot of it out of the box. The rest is spread out in a circle in the box.The babies are laying on the bottom of the box. Not the straw.Should I put more straw in the box? The cage is small and so is the nesting box. Should I put a bigger box in for a bigger nest? I want to do all that I can to help these little birds. I have enjoyed my bird very much even thow they will not let me touch them. We have had them for 1yr and 1 month. I got them from my nephew. Them raise birds on their back pourch. But they let the birds do all the feeding and raising of the babies.
I have a few budgies currently and I’m attempting to breed a pair. Myllo is a Violet male and Kyra is a yellow and blue Pied female. They bonded when I first got them, but now they arnt bonded anymore. They stay on opposite ends of the cage, and when they are near one another, they dont clean or feed eachother at all. They just sit there. They have a very nice nest box in the cage and a very large cage when lots of toys and food and water mineral block and everything. There very happy birds other than the fact that they wont bond with one another. Should I buy another female and attempt to bond it Myllo. Or another male and bond it to Kyra? Or should I get a totaly new breeding pair all together?
What can I do to get them to bond again?
Please help, thanks.
Ok, so I bought what I was told was a pair- but then a pet store told me the females have very light colored cheeks. My “female” has dark cheeks. Anyhow, the “boy” sings to her all day and sometimes he mounts her. He is on her for what seems like forever and she is chirping loudly the whole time. Then he gets off and she chases him all over the cage and tries to bite him. They “mate” about 4-5 times a day, if not more. Usually he is the one in the nesting box, not her. No eggs have been laid and my husband insists that they are 2 boys, but why would the bird let himself is one and (2) wouldn’t the one who is always pretending to be the girl eventually want to be on top? My husband says maybe he wants to, that’s why he chases the other one around the cage. What do you guys think?
By the way, the “girl” is all grey with orange cheeks- the “boy” has a yellow head, orange cheeks and a grey body.The girl does seem smaller, in body than the boy.
I love feeding birds and live in arkansas where i have had upto 22 pair of cardinals feeding at one time. I have stopped feeding them as the neighbors cats come to feed then too. On the birds of course. I picked up red bird feathers the other day so have stopped the feeding. how do i get them to keep all their cats from my yard? asking didn’t work.
i have recently aquired a pair of peach faced lovebirds that are thought to be a year old. they are very happy with each other, feed and groom each other. question is: they love to be on the bottom of the cage chewing up newspaper and then hiding under it. also, one of them likes to roll paper up under itself (even folds a paper towel if I put it in the cage). the bird rolls the paper with its beak, stuffs it under himself, and them rocks back and forth on it. is this the male or the femal? is this behavior “O>K>”?? thanxs.
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Tagged beak, behavior, bottom, cage, Feed, femal, groom, pair, paper, paper towel, peach, peach faced lovebirds, question, year
i have got a matured pair of alex…i am interested in breeding them.my all setup is ready…but the room dnt have any acess for direct sunlight.i heard that sunlight is important to stimulate breeding and also vit D synthesis…so right now i am giving the vitamin mineral and calcium supplements mixed in water.
so will my birds breed?
and one more query is the pair goes n seats inside the nest box for whole day….and comes out when they hungry…and whenever anybody goes near them they go n hide in nestbox?any suggestions….
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Tagged acess, alex, alexandrine, alexandrine parakeet, breeding, calcium supplements, dnt, pair, Parakeet, room, setup, sunlight, synthesis, vit, vitamin mineral
