venusmoth
01-03-2018, 06:41 PM
the title actually sounds far more dramatic than it actually is. so, let's start with this. hi guys! i'm nikki and i've finally adopted two gorgeous lovebirds; shiva and kali. shiva is a gorgeous peachface and kali is a beautiful dutch blue. i actually got these little birdies a month ago, the last of their flock apparently and overlooked by other's that wanted more vibrant colors or "different" personalities. they were both born on september 17th, 2017 and i'm having a wonderful time watching them grow.
in the first two weeks, both birds bonded very closely with me and soon, i was able to take them out and let them fly around. both of them would sit on my shoulder and watch me clean their bowls, fill it up with food, and even let me do my makeup (everything was closed so they couldn't get into it!) but by the end of december, i realized that the more shiva wanted to come out and play with me, the more kali wanted to come out and stay away. she would fly onto a perch, preferably a chair and chirp or sing so shiva would follow. i did go ahead and start giving some extra attention to kali after my grandmother suggested that she could just be jealous her partner bonded so closely with me. i went back to talking to her by the cage and having my dad handle shiva in the living room while i played with kali and hand-fed her in my room. now she's associated a few good things with me, but god forbid i put the two of them together, then it's back to kali being jealous and giving me the side-eye (no pun intended)
i know it's a slow progress so far, but being new to the lovebird game, i'm just wondering if anyone's got anything up their sleeve i can try? it'd be well appreciated!
in the first two weeks, both birds bonded very closely with me and soon, i was able to take them out and let them fly around. both of them would sit on my shoulder and watch me clean their bowls, fill it up with food, and even let me do my makeup (everything was closed so they couldn't get into it!) but by the end of december, i realized that the more shiva wanted to come out and play with me, the more kali wanted to come out and stay away. she would fly onto a perch, preferably a chair and chirp or sing so shiva would follow. i did go ahead and start giving some extra attention to kali after my grandmother suggested that she could just be jealous her partner bonded so closely with me. i went back to talking to her by the cage and having my dad handle shiva in the living room while i played with kali and hand-fed her in my room. now she's associated a few good things with me, but god forbid i put the two of them together, then it's back to kali being jealous and giving me the side-eye (no pun intended)
i know it's a slow progress so far, but being new to the lovebird game, i'm just wondering if anyone's got anything up their sleeve i can try? it'd be well appreciated!