How to Tame a Lovebird
If you've decided to have a lovebird as a pet, you'll need to be prepared to tame it. It may take some time to tame a lovebird, as these are intelligent creatures and it will require more than it might take to gain the trust of a dog or cat, but you'll soon find that a tame lovebird makes a great companion.
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Instructions
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Talk to the lovebird softly. Approach it slowly. Lovebirds tend to be protective of their cages so it's best not to start quickly and stick your hand inside the cage, which will startle the bird.
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Place a dowel against the lovebird's chest and encourage it to step onto the dowel. Once the bird is comfortable doing this, you can work up to having it step from the dowel to your finger.
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Allow the lovebird out of its cage while you are watching TV or doing household chores. Let the bird come to you on its own terms. Talk to it while you are going about your business and soon you'll find the bird will approach you out of curiosity.
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Spend a lot of time handling and interacting with the lovebird. It will take some time for the bird to develop trust and spending time with it is a crucial step in taming a lovebird.
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Tips & Warnings
Start with a young lovebird. Older lovebirds may be more difficult to tame.
Trim the lovebird's flight feathers while you are taming it to keep it from flying away from you when it is outside its cage.
Gradually build up to the point where you are allowing the lovebird outside its cage. Allow it to get used to its new environment first.
Always reward the bird for positive behavior while taming.
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I have a peached faced love bird shes had two moltings the least anyway shes nice sometimes but sometimes she bites she lets me hand feed her touch her head. she also nibbles me she jumps to my shoulder when she gets scared of other peopke approaching 1 time when I feel alseep I woke up to find her under my neck then I moved and she moved wiih me now shes been biting less and less now and not as hard as she uswed to she dosnt lung at me at all she never has but when people come near her she does lung she chirps when I sing or hum to her so is this a goodsign of trust building? p.s ive had many parakeets and budgies shes my first lovebird and I'm using the same methods of training the parakeets so I just read nthis now and noticed improvement plus when people or noise scare her she scoots closer to me as if I'm protecting her have I tamed her? or is she starting to trust me?
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Aman Sultan Haris
Jan 07, 2011
thanks, only part that didnt work is to make it stand on a dowel as it was very scared of it but what i did was, i forced my way under its feet gently and slowly all the time that then it started getting on my finger before i force through. -
craziie
Apr 14, 2008
hi my black maskedlove bird climes to the top of the cage but when we take it out it does get scared but when it sees the cage it wants to fly to it. it can eat from my hand and let us pet it
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craziie
Apr 14, 2008
hi my black maskedlove bird climes to the top of the cage but when we take it out it does get scared but when it sees the cage it wants to fly to it. it can eat from my hand and let us pet it
