My lovebird is humping a toy that we bought for him and he threw up on it and ate chunks of the throw up.?
That is perfectly normal for you Love bird to be humping a toy. All he wants is a mate. I have two one male and one female and they regurgitate their food into each other. occasionally there is spillage...They love each other their anyways kissing and when its cold they huddle up to each other. Its adorable. Any way all he is wanting is a mate. He might be a little confused about the toy not responding to his couture(i.e the humping and the regurgitating) and he might get lonely. Therefore I would get him a mate so he can have a some bird contact rather than human contact. It could be good for him. Try it. Good luck
Why does my bird throw food everywhere?
Birds do this in the wild, it’s a natural behavior. It serves several purposes, one of which is to strew seeds around to grow into more trees or plants to eat in the future.You would not want a bird that didn’t do that; it would mean that the poor thing was used to going without food, and was saving every bit in case more food didn’t turn up.I know someone with a parrot rescue group who got in a macaw that was the saddest case of that; she gave the macaw some apple, he ate it, and carefully saved the seeds and the stem in his dish for later, in case no more food appeared. She said it broke her heart to see him do that. Happy ending though, now he is so trusting that he will be fed that he throws food around like any other bird.
Why does my young Love Bird throw up/feed me?
News flash. Your female love bird is not a female. You have a little boy love bird. This is called 'displaying' - it is what the male bird does to impress it's mate. This would be a bird that has bonded to you and considers you it's mate. The reason it keeps regurgitating on you - is to demonstrate what a wonderful partner he could be, how well he finds food, and how helpful he would be feeding babies. Only males do this. Not females. You really don't want to encourage this kind of behavior. Besides getting and ear full of regurgitated food now and then....... the bird can start rubbing it's 'bits' on you. This could be a habit that takes years to break - if ever. The good news is he is bonded to you and likes you!
Why is my lovebird doing this?
If it looks like he's trying to bathe in the food, he may be attempting to scratch himself or rid himself of parasites. The cage opening may be his way of getting your attention. I would check him for mites. If you don't find any, try putting a bowl of sand or something in there and see if he has a better time fluttering around in that.
Why would a pet bird throw its food away? How do you stop such behavior?
Short form: this is natural. You don’t stop such behavior, you just clean it up.Long form: birds, like arboreal monkeys and apes, are foragers who are generally presented with an abundance of food in the wild. As a result, they eat the “best parts” and throw the rest away. Plants take advantage of this by making the seeds (relatively) inedible, so that the seeds get broadcast by the foraging birds. This benefits the plants and the birds. You might just as well ask “how do I get my baby to stop pooping.”Long, sad story. A friend who ran a parrot rescue organization told me in tears about a starved macaw they had just gotten in. She gave it a piece of apple. It carefully ate every bit of the apple then carefully stored the seeds and the stem to eat later. That’s how starved it had been. So do you really want to have a bird that is so anxious about the next meal and afraid it might not get one that it hoards every bit of food it gets? (Fortunately, within a couple months he was throwing food around. Win!)Rejoice in the fact that your pet is so confident you will keep food in the cup that he tosses it around and only eats “the good parts.”
Lovebird acting weird, pacing back and forth, throwing up and eating it again! help!?
I grew up in a house full of birds, and I now have a bird of my own. He's in the bird form of "heat". That "throwing up" isn't throwing up at all (well, at least not in the sense humans do it), it's called regurgetating (not sure if I spelled that one right). When birds eat, the food first goes into their "crop", different from their stomach. They can later "regurgetate" up that food. It's one of the ways they show "interest" in a potential mate (and if he likes one of the humans/other animals in the house, he may look at them as a potential mate, weird, I know). What he is trying to do is feed someone, it's a sign of birdie affection. If you have 2 birds, you will often see them with strings of this nasty stuff going from beak to beak (they are feeding each other). Though nasty, it's normal, and a sign of a healthy, happy bird.
What causes love birds to break and throw their eggs away?
My mother raised parakeets and found there were two reasons that were most common for them to break and even eat their eggs. The major cause was infertility and the second was a lack of calcium in their diet. The infertility problem was solved by introducing several different males into the cage with the female to see which reacted most favorably to each other (grooming, display, etc.) She also found that larger cages with a variety of perches and climbing structures helped the birds breed faster. The later problem ws solved by placing a cuttlefish bone in their cage.
How many eggs do a lovebird lay in a year?
love birds, at a time lay from 1 to 6 eggs with most commonly varying from 3 to 5. typical wild bird lay eggs in february and july, when it is not so hot and not so cold. however lovebirds (parakeets, lorikeets, cockatiels and finches) in captivity can lay eggs any time of the year. it is recommended that between 2 conceptions there should be a decent time lag of 6 months in order to maintain health of the female bird but many a times birds lay their second slot of eggs before the young ones of the first slot hav even left the nest. such a situation can be avoided by removing the nest after the bird has layed her eggs and the small birbs of first slot have left the nest. if not done before the second slot leaves the nest, she will lay a third one and so on... it will only be a matter of 5-6 slots and she will die of over-exertion... note that the bird must lay the eggs of second slot before you remove the nest. if not done so, she might not find a place to lay her egg leading excess anxiety in an extremely sensitive situation leading to, in a worst case scenario; death. you can make sure that she has layed her eggs by the fact that usually birds lay next eggs in a day or two. if the bird hasnt layed any eggs in 4-5 days that means she no longer has one in her...maybe i said 'death' a bit too many times that would horrify you but ya, breeding is a sensitive matter that needs utter attention. you must not go too close to eggs as well...
How to tame an adult lovebird?
my friend recently gave me his female lovebird...and im assuming he didnt take care of if well its quite skittish and aggressive some prominent behaviors include: lunging and trying to bite my fingers i put them into its cage, throwing vegetables and fruit out of its food bowl, and appears to be attacking its toys o_O to try to tame it ive fed it millet spray by hand and squirting it with water whenever it tries to bite me...but i dont think those work too well >.< helpppp i really want to tame this lovebird (ive had 4 other parakeets in the past, who've i havent had long enuff to tame D:)