I love how in the post you use she and he lol, can't wait to find out the sex!!
Got another call today.
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Got another call today. Just got back. First pictures, then questions.
Jumped right out and on to the shoulder
Then I got him/her on my hand
Ok now the questions.
She was found on a rooftop at the hotel a couple weeks ago. It was 110° and she was thirsty. So a guy picked him up and gave her some water. She rode around all day on his shoulder and he took him home. (Just switching the him/her around as I dont know).
He said you can just reach in and grab her and you can pet him too. When I got home and took her out of his cage she squaked a bit but I got her pretty quick and there was no biting at all. Once out she went to my shoulder first thing. Then I got him on my hand and then she tried to fly away. He can fly but not well. maybe 6 ft no more . I went to check to see if the wings were clipped and she panicked and screeched so I stopped. Then I slowly opened a wing and all the feathers are fine.
There are lovebirds mating and nesting all over the property and I am going to assume by the black beak and small size this is a baby. Would this be correct?
She was given the seed treat bars, like perches, and seed to eat but I did not see any other seed other than the honeysticks in the cage.
I am giving him Australian mix and TOPS crumpletts tonite and will give kale and try some veges and fruit tomorrow also.
All in all she looks pretty healthy and as I am on vacation this week I can spend some time with him and take her to the vet to be checked out.
So anyway thats where we are now. Any advise would be wonderful as this is my first Lovebird.
Now to come up with a his/hers name
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Jumped right out and on to the shoulder
Then I got him/her on my hand
Ok now the questions.
She was found on a rooftop at the hotel a couple weeks ago. It was 110° and she was thirsty. So a guy picked him up and gave her some water. She rode around all day on his shoulder and he took him home. (Just switching the him/her around as I dont know).
He said you can just reach in and grab her and you can pet him too. When I got home and took her out of his cage she squaked a bit but I got her pretty quick and there was no biting at all. Once out she went to my shoulder first thing. Then I got him on my hand and then she tried to fly away. He can fly but not well. maybe 6 ft no more . I went to check to see if the wings were clipped and she panicked and screeched so I stopped. Then I slowly opened a wing and all the feathers are fine.
There are lovebirds mating and nesting all over the property and I am going to assume by the black beak and small size this is a baby. Would this be correct?
She was given the seed treat bars, like perches, and seed to eat but I did not see any other seed other than the honeysticks in the cage.
I am giving him Australian mix and TOPS crumpletts tonite and will give kale and try some veges and fruit tomorrow also.
All in all she looks pretty healthy and as I am on vacation this week I can spend some time with him and take her to the vet to be checked out.
So anyway thats where we are now. Any advise would be wonderful as this is my first Lovebird.
Now to come up with a his/hers name
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Yeah I hope that when I find out what her sex is I can keep calling him by the right name
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.
. He did it again and just stared at the bottom grate with a warning look and tilted head then back to playing. Silly birds
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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!
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!
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?
are you going to wait until you find out the gender to name him/her?
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
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