Seperating...good or bad idea???

[MeLi~MeLz]

i have had them for 2 weeks now and rico n lola will not let me go anywhere near them... lola freaks out and scares rico and you can tell rico is curious about my hand lol...so i decided to seperate them....was this a good idea??.....:confused:

[Pips mom]

I'm probably not the best one with advice on this subject, seeing as I only have one lovie, but my instinct tells me that if they got along good and were happy together, that you should let them be together. Right now they are going through a hard time, a new place, scarey, and maybe having each other will help comfort them and make the adjustment easier. I know you are looking to be friends with them and think if you seperate, they may become friendlier towards you......but I would never think of me first.....think of them first......their happiness. I have two tiels together, a bonded, mating pair and they still love me all the same! Yes they prefer each other, but there's still enough love to go around for you too!

[linda040899]

I have to agree that separating them right now is probably not the best idea and for the same reasons.

I, personally, don't think it's any harder to earn the trust of 2 lovebirds than it is to earn the trust of just one. Attention, attention, attention and tons of patience is the way to go. Since pairs do everything together, if one goes to check you out, the other one will be right there not too long afterwards.

I have 4 young lovebirds together in one cage. Three are handfed day ones and the other one is parent raised. The parent raised one has been watching the interaction between me and the handfed ones and he's starting to want to interact, as well. I'm not really pushing anything with him. He's just being very curious about me. After all, why miss out on all the fun!

[Triock]

Linda is quite right, these guys are so inquisitive that once they have settled down and got used to all the new things in their lives, they will start to bond with you, work with the one that is less afraid of you and after a while the other one will follow suit, it will just not be able to resist. They all nosey little things and when one has something good the other one will also want a piece of the action, sort of like "monkey see, monkey do". It will also depend on their age, and what they were used to before you got them. My pair of peachfaced, were avairy birds and I have had them for about 6 months and only now are they not freaking out and flying to the highest point of the cage or hinding in their sleep box everytime i approach the cage to fed etc, but i just keep talking to them and carrying on with my usual business, the female Grace was more flighty than Will, her partner.

[momo]

I would suggest that (as this is how elmo learnt that I am not an evil evil monster..)
because his wings are clipped.. I took him and put him in the bath (no water of course) and I sat in the bath with him.. I put a piece of millet on my leg and just waited and waited until he found it.. he then began exploring around my legs walking up and down.. eventually leading to sitting on my shoulder and preening my hair.
But to get them out, I do NOT suggest grabbing them.. just leave the door open and wait til they get curious enough come out. once they do.. remove their cage from their sight.. and to get them to step up.. I put my arms in a circle around elmo and he ended up stepping up on my arm.. I'm sure if you get one the other one will follow..

Obviously if you are going to do this.. take a book with you.. and take both of them so they feel safe together.

[Gill]

Neither of my lovebirds do much out of their ordinary routine unless they see the other doing something different! Dont panic too much, it will all fall into place in time :D

[MeLi~MeLz]

ok so now i feel real bad lol..im at work and i cant reunite them until about 530 ish...im going to put them in a smaller cage and just drag them around in the house and let them see me doing my normal activities...i still havnt let them out of there cages yet and the reason why is that i know they will fly to the highest point and just stay there looking at me in fear :confused:

[Chickobee]

You may want to consider getting the wings clipped on your lovies so it will be easier to work with them.

If you read through the resource library on wing clipping, and some of the posts on the subject, you will find out why so many of us keep our pet birds clipped.

I find it way easier to keep a clipped bird tame. They get pretty sassy when they can fly. I also don't need to worry about them flying out the doors or up onto the ceiling fans or other places that are safety hazards for a lovie.

Good luck.

[Pips mom]

I've never been really big on clipping wings.....with one of my birds I had no choice.....it was either that, or chance her getting another injury because she just flies and crashes into things! BUT, with lovies, I think it's really a good idea to clip, as long as the clip is not too severe and still has some flight. The clip should just slow them down and make flying harder work so they won't try to do it as often! and will keep them from flying up! Also.....a wing clip on a lovie grows out pretty fast. They are so small and light that I find with one new flight feather grown out on each wing, Pip is up and away!!! A good wing clip will change that little attitude as well. I think it really calms them down alot, and can really help alot with trying to tame them.