Lovebirds and other birds

[spork92]

I have had a lovebird now for 3 years, she is "adopted" because I found her outside and never found her home. anyway, she's not friendly at all, you can't touch her, she bites until she sees bone. :( my boyfriend and I really want to get another bird, first we were thinking another lovebird to put with her, but I dont think she'll accept another bird in her cage. she attacks new toys vicously, so I dont think she'll want another bird in there. We would really like to get an African Grey. My boyfriend has been trying to research but can't find any info on whether or not a lovebird and a grey would get a long. Obviously I'm not going to keep them in the same cage, but if they were both to be out together.... what do you think? does anyone have different kinds of birds with their lovies?:roll:

-Jen and Seth

[Janie]

Hi Jen,

We do have a few members here with Grey's and if you'll look in the photo section (either under Photo Stories or the Gallery) you can find a thread by "Elle".....never mind looking, here is the link: http://www.lovebirdsplus.com/community/showthread.php?t=10652

Elle does have a situation where her Grey gets along well enough with her smaller parrots. You can't count on that but it's always possible. Never unsupervised, of course.

Has your lovebird ever laid an egg? Just wondering because if you've had "her" for three years and have not seen eggs that would make me think you might have a male instead. "She" soundd like a hen (biting till she sees bone) but since this is a bird that you found outside there is no telling what kind of life it had before you took her in.

Do you let her out of her cage? If she is strictly a cage bird due to being so wild and unfriendly I wouldn't think you'd have a problem with adding another bird. If there is no interaction between the two, your lovebird (and the other bird for that matter) would be safe.

I think Grey's are fabulous birds and if I weren't so darned old, I'd get one, too! :D

Oops, never mind about the "eggs" question. I just checked your previous threads and see that she is indeed a female. :)

[BareFootAviary]

I have a small flock of PF Lovebirds and 2 BH Caiques. Normally Lovebirds are very aggressive towards other birds and they don't care how big the other bird is, because they are bigger! ;) Caiques are generally not good with other birds, especially small ones, but my male is great and I trust him 100% with my Lovies. But every bird is different, and all my birds are flighted so they can fly away if a situation looks bad.

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n199/brimonster/IMG_0021-2.jpg
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n199/brimonster/IMG_0022-6.jpg
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n199/brimonster/IMG_0023-3.jpg
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n199/brimonster/IMG_4261.jpg
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n199/brimonster/IMG_3198-1.jpg

and a video
http://s112.photobucket.com/albums/n199/brimonster/?action=view&current=MVI_4263.flv

[wilkiecoco]

okay - i'd like to place an order - i want one dweezle ansd one violet!! :wink: that video of them preening is amazing. your caique could really do some damage is he wanted with that big beak, but seems to be handling your lovie so gently.

it is official - i am now in love with caiques!! :lol

[Janie]

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it is official - i am now in love with caiques!! :lol

Robyn, check out the latest issue of BirdTalk Magazine! :D Caiques are the cover bird and cover story! Or maybe I should say DON'T check out the latest issue! ;)

[lemonypickett]

Oh my, that caique looks like he could snap that lovies neck at any moment. Lovebirds are so brave.

:) Sometimes we confuse bravery with foolishness ;)

But in this case, everything is great!

[thebubbleking]

Lol to cute, sunshine and boo are bonded and they dont get along as well as those two lol

[wilkiecoco]

Janie - it's so interesting - I have the issue you are talking about - and I thought it was an amazingly gorgeous bird, but until I saw the video i just admired from afar. but now - i would love to have one!!! :omg: :)

[Flapjack]

Join the club!! That was the bird I was looking for when Chino came. If I didn't have him, I would definitely have a caique 8)
I do have a lovebird and a gcc and I'm slowly introducing them outside of cage. That's been put on hold though since my lovie decided he was a girl and started nesting and laying eggs. :nyah:

[MommyToMany]

You know, as a rule of thumb, I really believe that birds of different sizes should never be allowed to have contact unsupervised. I have a friend who had a macaw and quaker that loved each and were awesome together. But one day the quaker was being a little pushy and nippy and the macaw went to give her a warning bite, and killed her. It was accidental and I think the macaw was just as upset as my friend... but I think it highlights an important fact. We need to protect our birds.

I have a large flock with many different size birds, but only same species birds play together. They are often all out at the same time, but no one is allowed access to anyone else.

Just something things to think about.

If you're thinking of getting a grey and want to do some research, anafricangrey.ca/forum is a wonder resource. I'm CrazyParrotLady on the site. You'll lots of information even, depending on where you live, some information on very reputable breeders.

[Janie]

You know, as a rule of thumb, I really believe that birds of different sizes should never be allowed to have contact unsupervised. I have a friend who had a macaw and quaker that loved each and were awesome together. But one day the quaker was being a little pushy and nippy and the macaw went to give her a warning bite, and killed her. It was accidental and I think the macaw was just as upset as my friend... but I think it highlights an important fact. We need to protect our birds.

I have a large flock with many different size birds, but only same species birds play together. They are often all out at the same time, but no one is allowed access to anyone else.

Just something things to think about.

If you're thinking of getting a grey and want to do some research, anafricangrey.ca/forum is a wonder resource. I'm CrazyParrotLady on the site. You'll lots of information even, depending on where you live, some information on very reputable breeders.

Personally, I think you make a great point! You can never ever be sure what might happen with even the same species, much less different species.

Great advice!

[BareFootAviary]

My Caique has known Lovebirds since he has been here. The Lovebirds always seem to flock to him and he usually just accepts it and preens them and feeds them. Sometimes he is not in the mood to deal with an over zealous adult male Lovebird, so he moves towards them and they fly away. If it gets too heated, I put them back, but it very rarely gets out of hand and it is never violent, just Dweezel getting annoyed with them wanting to mount him ;)

They only get to be together when I am around.

[Sweetpeaches]

i can really appreciate both sides of this issue. as i'm kinda in that situation now. i too have been "testing" the waters with bailey and peaches. i would never ever want to see one of them hurt. and i realize that yes, one bite could hurt, maim or kill. even tho peaches is smaller than bailey she still could deliver a bite that could cause bleeding. we ALL take chances when we let our fids out together, whether they're the same species or not. in bird paradise in the one bird room they allow many birds out in the same room..there's macaws, meyers, hawkheads, caiques...all sizes. my point being no one can watch them continuously at the same time.

when i take bailey and peaches out i take them to a neutural room put them down on the floor and sit right there with a towel and watch and talk to them. at first peaches seemed to have to establish she was the alpha bird...and she was the more aggressive one. it's been about 2 weeks now and they are getting along better. bailey kinda "backs away" from peaches but now peaches wants to snuggle up to bailey. bailey is not aggressive at peaches.

i have no problem with the fact that they may never be best buds! i can keep them apart if i have to. even if they can be let out at the same time i absolutely would never let them be unsupervised. if i had to leave them even for a second i would put one back in it's cage.