canarysanctuary
07-28-2011, 02:01 PM
Hi,
I have a new lovebird, Elbie. He (I think he's a boy, or at least I'm calling him one!) is about 4 months old. I've never had a lovebird before, so I'm wondering if this behaviour is "normal".
I read that lovies sometimes like little hammocks, somewhere to snuggle in for sleeping. I made one for Elbie, and he went inside it the second day it was in the cage. My concern is this: while inside the hammock, he tucked his head waaaay down into a corner, and when I pet his back while he was in there, he didn't move at all (I should add that, while he was hand-fed by the breeder, he hasn't taken to me and won't stand on my hand for anything).
He was so still I was afraid something was wrong!
But then, in his own time, he came out of the hammock and was his normal self.
I have a new lovebird, Elbie. He (I think he's a boy, or at least I'm calling him one!) is about 4 months old. I've never had a lovebird before, so I'm wondering if this behaviour is "normal".
I read that lovies sometimes like little hammocks, somewhere to snuggle in for sleeping. I made one for Elbie, and he went inside it the second day it was in the cage. My concern is this: while inside the hammock, he tucked his head waaaay down into a corner, and when I pet his back while he was in there, he didn't move at all (I should add that, while he was hand-fed by the breeder, he hasn't taken to me and won't stand on my hand for anything).
He was so still I was afraid something was wrong!
But then, in his own time, he came out of the hammock and was his normal self.