Lovebirds Found in a WALGREENS?!

[Magic Birdie]

Wow! They're so pretty too. Are you going to try to find their owner?

 

[goldies99]

i just spoke with my sister who has raised lovebirds for 15 years.....it is cruel to break up love birds once they have bonded....if you only have one bird...it would be better
to give your friend your bird...or have her give you, her bird...and give her the 2 new birds...or you could keep the 2 new birds....but they should stay together

 

[Lophura]

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I don't think this is a bonded pair, perhaps siblings. They are young, you can still see the black on the beaks. They still have a few months yet.

Dan

 

[dwhite]

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That might be her opinion but it isn't reality, lovebirds or most any other bird will take a new mate with minimal effort, when I colony bred lovebirds it was common to see them with different mates from one season to another.

 

[redhen]

I wouldnt seperate those birds ...

 

[goldies99]

the birds may be young....and they may be siblings...but they went through trauma together and have only been together!...and as far as birds changing their mates every season??...i dont think so....
many birds mate for life...penguins and dove birds mate for life...and im sure there are many others...i wouldnt separate the birds......some good info on lovebirds..(note where it says they mate for life under breeding)

http://birdcare.com.au/lovebirds.htm

 

[DuckLover2399]

Now, exactly where did the OP say s/he wasnt keeping them together?

 

[goldies99]

read the OP's second post, ducklover.....(nathhowe wrote.... Plan to keep one, let it make friends with mine, then give the other one to a friend who also has a single lovebird.)...(sorry i dont know how to do the quotes!)

 

[NateinFL]

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I don't think this is a bonded pair, perhaps siblings. They are young, you can still see the black on the beaks. They still have a few months yet.

Dan

I'm 99% sure they are siblings, but I have no plans to seperate these two young birds for many more months. They are best of friends, they do EVERYTHING together, they don't like to be held but they aren't as skiddish as I would expect considering what they've been through. My first lovebird is also very young and intensely curious about these two!

 

[dwhite]

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there are many behaviors that birds exhibit in the wild they do not in captivity, some is a change over time some is not, but having bred birds for over 30 years it is amazing at how things in the wild are not the same in captivity, lovebirds, cockatiels, etc are very adaptable.

What you linked was what I was told many years ago, upon advice of one breeder I cage bred my lovebirds for the first season to bond the pairs, then after the season put them in the flight, the next breeding season about half the pairs has switched, the season after that only about a quarter of the original pairs remained. I was in CA at a show and mentioned this to a few other breeders and they were like, yup happens all the time, cage breed if you want specific pairings. I had the same thing happen with my tiels.