Charlie B. Good
08-25-2008, 12:12 PM
Hi everyone,
My husband and I are the very happy new owners of Coconut and Marzipan, a pair of hand-fed lovies. We brought them home three days ago, and we would like to start handling them, teaching them the "up-up" command and so on. Most of the books we have read on the subject seem to talk almost exclusively about how to handle a sole lovie rather than a pair... We know our lovies will not bond as much with us, since they have each other, but we would still like to build a trusting, caring relationship with each of them... Any advice on how we should proceed so that our birds will enjoy some playtime with us?
Also, Coconut and Marzipan have not even looked in the direction of their mineral block... Should we be worried, or will they discover it in their own time?
Thank you for your time!
Charlie
My husband and I are the very happy new owners of Coconut and Marzipan, a pair of hand-fed lovies. We brought them home three days ago, and we would like to start handling them, teaching them the "up-up" command and so on. Most of the books we have read on the subject seem to talk almost exclusively about how to handle a sole lovie rather than a pair... We know our lovies will not bond as much with us, since they have each other, but we would still like to build a trusting, caring relationship with each of them... Any advice on how we should proceed so that our birds will enjoy some playtime with us?
Also, Coconut and Marzipan have not even looked in the direction of their mineral block... Should we be worried, or will they discover it in their own time?
Thank you for your time!
Charlie