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I want info about lovebirds2007-11-24 17:22:35Answers:

Very similar to a parakeet but need a bit larger seeds.

You can have one love bird. Nothing written that says you have to have 2.

They like to chew and play with objects. Hang some old keys from a paperclip from the top of the cage wires. They'll love playing with them. Give them a palm frond. Love birds are the only hookbills that love to shred palm fronds.

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Lovebirds are pint-sized bundles of joy. They have the full personality of parrots while being easy to house because of their size. Lovebirds are little clowns, playing for hours at a time. They love to hang from toys, spin them around, and dance on your shoulder. Watch out for your buttons! They love to pull them off your shirts! They love to snuggle and preen. Many people believe lovebirds must be kept in pairs. This is simply not true. A single lovebird makes a better pet because it bonds to you rather than to another lovebird. While it is easy to keep a pair of lovebirds tame, if you plan on spending lots of time with your bird you can keep it alone. However, if you work long hours and don't think you'll have a lot of time for your love bird, we recommend you get him a companion. This will keep your lovebirds happy and prevent boredom.

It is important to realize that while lovebirds are a small parrot, they have the intelligence and abilities of some of the largest parrots. They can amaze you with their ability to escape their own cages (I have to put clips on the cage doors to keep them in, and sometimes they figure out how to open those!), they will sometimes try to become the little bosses of the household (hence, the same type of gentle dominance training used for larger parrots should be used with lovebirds), and they can learn to mimic sounds and speech on occasion (N.B. We don't recommend you buy any species of bird only because of the expectation that it will speak; even the famous African Greys sometimes don't learn to speak, and if that is a person's only reason for buying a bird, the bird could end up abandoned because of the owner's disappointment. In our opinion, parrots make great pets even if they never utter a word).