[kwatson]

I love how in the post you use she and he lol, can't wait to find out the sex!!

 

[Budgiekeet]

Yeah I hope that when I find out what her sex is I can keep calling him by the right name

 

[kwatson]

Lol.Me too...

 

[Budgiekeet]

While I was rearranging the kitchen and watching her play I noticed something funny. I have a hanging toy that hangs to within an inch or two of the bottom. He was on the bottom laying with the hanging rope and beads when her foot fell through the grate. He kind of jumped back looked madly at the grate gave it a couple of pecks and then she went back to playing with the toy . He did it again and just stared at the bottom grate with a warning look and tilted head then back to playing.

Silly birds .

 

[eduardo]

Watch out Mr. Lovebird, there is a monster inside those grates :laughing:

 

[kwatson]

Lovebirds are amazing birds with big personalities lol..

 

[FaeryBee]

Hey, Rick!

May I ask what your little one weighed?

The reason I ask is: when Pedro hurt his beak and had to go to the vet, he was weighed. The vet said he was "a bit overweight".
He weighed a hefty 64 grams at that time.

Since then he's slimmed down considerably and can no longer accurately be called "fatty".

 

[Budgiekeet]

She weighed 44g when he was weighed at the vets. Right now I weighed him on my scale and she weighs 47g. Will weigh him weekly to see as she is just a baby.

 

[aluz]

Haha, lovebirds rule!! I love their way of thinking and they really are very intelligent birdies. I have seen mine many times using their toys as utensils to help them eat their meals. They take a big sunflower seed out of the food container and then they go to their favourite perch near a toy, they use that toy as a real plate to put the seed or other type of food (whether a piece of veggie or chunk of fruit) on, de-husk and eat everything. None of the budgies have ever thought of using the toys like that.
They also like to make their own soup on occasion, by placing bits of veggies on their water, more cleaning up for us but a lot of fun for them, apparently!

 

[FaeryBee]

Thanks, Rick --

From what I've read, a lovebird's weight is usually somewhere between 42 and 60 grams.

 

[BirdCrazyJill]

what a cute baby!! I haven't been on for a few days, I guess I missed a lot!! congrats on your new addition are you going to wait until you find out the gender to name him/her?

 

[Budgiekeet]

Yes going to wait.....maybe. So far Clover sounds good but as her own character develops we will chose an appropriate name.

 

[Cozette]

She weighed 44g when he was weighed at the vets. Right now I weighed him on my scale and she weighs 47g. Will weigh him weekly to see as she is just a baby.

Wow I dont think that is big for a lovebird. I usually hear they way about 50 grams. I wonder if the vet would say this is the case with other species....females being bigger. Because my female plet is bigger than my male but my two female linnie and budgie are very petite for their species.

 

[Budgiekeet]

She is only a baby(probably 8 weeks) so it is a good weight, they weigh 40-60g as a species and females are usually a little larger. At this age and this weight is why she thought maybe he was a female. And she has gained 3g since monday

 

[aluz]

Indeed, from all the information I've got (including an actual book on lovebirds I bought right after getting my first lovie) as well as my actual experience with my lovebird flock (6 lovies), I can say that female lovebirds are in fact bigger in size than the males.
And this goes for all the 3 main species (Fischer's, Peach faced, and black masked). In the Peach face variety, the birds of both genders are even bigger in size than their eyering species "cousins", the Fischer's and Black masked lovebirds.

 

[Cozette]

Indeed, from all the information I've got (including an actual book on lovebirds I bought right after getting my first lovie) as well as my actual experience with my lovebird flock (6 lovies), I can say that female lovebirds are in fact bigger in size than the males.
And this goes for all the 3 main species (Fischer's, Peach faced, and black masked). In the Peach face variety, the birds of both genders are even bigger in size than their eyering species "cousins", the Fischer's and Black masked lovebirds.

Interesting! I wonder if that also applies to other species as well. I have noticed with lovebirds and plets but especially lovebirds that the females have a squattier stance than males. That is what I noticed with this one in the picture. I think weight could be a variable at this point because it could have been starving out there....maybe that is why the weight is on the lower side. The stance looks female tho. Hard to tell without seeing it in person. In some species they say males have bigger heads, eyes, and beaks, I have seen that to be true as well but usually only if you have a male and female side by side. This is true with my plets even tho the female weighs more, the male has a larger head and beak.