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Beautiful baby peach-cheeked lovebird, Rick!!
Congratulations on your new addition.
Unless you really care and plan to have the lovebird DNA tested, just decide if you prefer to consider him/her a girl or boy and give the little one a name.
To this day I still don't know Pedro and Poppy's genders for sure. I'm 98% sure Pedro is male but I have no clue whether Poppy is male or female.
I decided because she was a bit smaller and Pedro likes to feed her and take care of her that I'd designate her to be a "girl".
Some people say you can tell a lovebirds' gender by the width of the pelvic bones, but I've been told the only way to know for sure is with a DNA test or if the bird lays an egg.
Since he's a baby -- you should be able to bond with him very easily. The more time you spend with him the more he'll want to be with you. Once a lovebird bonds to you it wants to be with you as much as possible. Peachy was hand-raised, bonded to people and is a "velcro" bird. They are very playful and like all sorts of toys.
You are going to LOVE having this little one and I'm so happy for you. :jumping:
Make sure that Linda interacts with him and that he bonds with her too. Lovebirds can become "one-person" birds and are sometimes aggressive or territorial if they aren't socialized with other family members.
Congratulations on your new addition.
Unless you really care and plan to have the lovebird DNA tested, just decide if you prefer to consider him/her a girl or boy and give the little one a name.
To this day I still don't know Pedro and Poppy's genders for sure. I'm 98% sure Pedro is male but I have no clue whether Poppy is male or female.
I decided because she was a bit smaller and Pedro likes to feed her and take care of her that I'd designate her to be a "girl".
Some people say you can tell a lovebirds' gender by the width of the pelvic bones, but I've been told the only way to know for sure is with a DNA test or if the bird lays an egg.
Since he's a baby -- you should be able to bond with him very easily. The more time you spend with him the more he'll want to be with you. Once a lovebird bonds to you it wants to be with you as much as possible. Peachy was hand-raised, bonded to people and is a "velcro" bird.
They are very playful and like all sorts of toys.You are going to LOVE having this little one and I'm so happy for you. :jumping:
Make sure that Linda interacts with him and that he bonds with her too. Lovebirds can become "one-person" birds and are sometimes aggressive or territorial if they aren't socialized with other family members.
