RochelleMay Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 Hi Guys, Not sure if any of you know about this but I have a problem... One of my love birds passed away last night unexpectedly. And Now I have one lovebird that is sulking in his cage and chirping but theres no one to chirp back he is all fluffed up and depressed. I know with lovebirds they find a "soulmate" but now Im not sure what to do... Do I get him another friend straight away? Do I have to do anything special when introducing this new lovebird? Is there anywhere that sells just one indivdual lovebird (pet shops sell them in pairs) The ones i know of any ways. Its heartbreaking seeing him all sad by himself they were so good together. Sorry I know its nothing to do with fish but the pet stores that I have spoken to know nothing so I thought there maybe someone on here who knows a little. And I also know a couple of you have birds - although I think much bigger than lovebirds Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 I had lovebirds yearsagoand one got free and flew away..cat found it and bought in back to us .. lifeless :-( We did get another lovebird and they didn't get on near as well...but i thinkit was better that the one remaining had company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 get another just make sure it is the opposite sex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RochelleMay Posted September 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 I have sourced another lonely lovebird. Am going to pick it up tonight. Just giving the cage a good clean now while the sun is out for it too dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 I don't do lovebirds myself but when I introduce cockatiels I completely rearrange the imcumbent's cage to disrupt its sense of territory and put the new one in a cage close by so they can look at each other and get used to the idea. You have to quarantine anyway so it might as well serve some purpose in their introduction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefish Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 i know this isn't lovebirds, but when i had 2 budgies and a few zebra finches we decided to intergrate them together. We put the cages side by side for a couple of months, then put them in the same cage. They all got a long fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 lovebirds can be little sods to each other 2 males will get on fairly well it will depend on the individual personalities involved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RochelleMay Posted September 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 Thanks Guys. I dont have a spare cage to put next to each other so I have just been slowly putting them near each other for the past hour as they are both really tame and fine to handle so I take one out and have one in so they can smell each other and I have just put them together now. The original boy is a little bit nipy but hopefully that passes. With the new one Im not sure if he is male or female as lovebirds need to be dna tested however the lady thinks she is a female. Even if its a male they should still get on fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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