Curmudgeon
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Tycho Base, Luna
Posts: 1,843
Bella,
Not everyone is familiar with birds, no need to be snippy with Purple-Hops. You are correct about keeping them as a singlet instead of in pairs. However, you don't seem to know much about birds if you want to have your bird free flying in the house.
The risks involved with freeflight FAR outweigh the possible benefits. Especially since the benefits are only psychological on your part, and have nothing to do with the birds "happiness". Birds have died in collisions with windows, mirrors, lamps, pans on the stove, toilets and sinks (just to name a few).
The problem is indeed that you didn't know what you were getting in to. Even hand-fed, hand raised love birds can be nippy, especially with strangers.
The fact is that most people don't hand feed lovebirds. For one reason, it's a pain in the butt to do it with lovebirds in any numbers. It's fun the first couple of times, but you really can't sell them for enough money to justify the time involved in hand raising them.
Another reason is that you don't need to hand raise them. They tame down pretty quickly with regular handling.
However, you still need to realize that you aren't buying a cockatoo. These aren't particularly cuddly birds. Some tolerate lots of handling well, ...some don't.
It just may be that this isn't the bird for you.
Love birds are pretty, comical little birds that are sweet in many ways. They are fun to interact with to handle and to own. Try accepting the bird on IT's terms, not yours.
Bob
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