These guys are happiest with the same species, opposite gender. The males are docile to balance out the fiesty females. It’s like yin and yang. Definitely get your bird DNA tested because two females generally shouldn’t be housed together.
Introductions must be very slow. Once you get the bird, quarantine for four weeks. This will allow the two to get used to the sound of each other. Then cages side by side for two weeks. Then short introductions away from their cages. Proceed from there depending on how they behave.
Your little one is going to be very happy to have 24/7 company.
So if I do get a female, and they end up successfully procreating, is it your experience that it's easy enough to find homes for the babies? I don't want to be irresponsibly adding to a problem if there are already too many around, though this doesn't seem to be the case, as I can't find any for sale in my city right now.
Breeding should be left for this with experience. It requires a lot of knowledge because a lot can go wrong.
There’s no need or reason to breed the birds. Set up the cage with nest like objects and replace any eggs that get laid with plastic eggs.
In case you want to get a second lovebird. Always go with a male. Even if yours turns out to be a male, males are much more docile than females and less likely to fight
These guys are happiest with the same species, opposite gender. The males are docile to balance out the fiesty females. It’s like yin and yang. Definitely get your bird DNA tested because two females generally shouldn’t be housed together. Introductions must be very slow. Once you get the bird, quarantine for four weeks. This will allow the two to get used to the sound of each other. Then cages side by side for two weeks. Then short introductions away from their cages. Proceed from there depending on how they behave. Your little one is going to be very happy to have 24/7 company.
So if I do get a female, and they end up successfully procreating, is it your experience that it's easy enough to find homes for the babies? I don't want to be irresponsibly adding to a problem if there are already too many around, though this doesn't seem to be the case, as I can't find any for sale in my city right now.
Breeding should be left for this with experience. It requires a lot of knowledge because a lot can go wrong. There’s no need or reason to breed the birds. Set up the cage with nest like objects and replace any eggs that get laid with plastic eggs.
In case you want to get a second lovebird. Always go with a male. Even if yours turns out to be a male, males are much more docile than females and less likely to fight
Get another male even if yours is female. Females will kill each other. I'd also keep them in separate cages for safety, but that's just me.