Lisa Shea Forums Parakeets General Parakeet Chat got 3 new birds

hello, first a little update..so you know i have 2 parakeets hope and stormy. well first i thought they was both girls then i thought one was a boy and the other a girl..now i know for sure they are both boys since there ceres are bright blue....i was told my my vet that he was a she,,, well i guess she was wrong ,since the last vet visiet she confermed him to be a him lol...ok well now i have 2 more parakeets.. and they are girls in breeding mood,, i know this from pics from this form lol... and i also havea love bird...the two girls and the love bird was given to me today along with there cage and toys..they are in one cage and was told they have lived together for a yr..is this ok? can love birds and two girl parakeets be safe together.....any info over love birds well help...and well i ever beable to buy that wall cage and put them all together with out the worrie of eggs...like i said any info well help..thanks oh ps.. i never got the ferret.. the girl beside not to give it up also how do you tell if a love bird is a boy or girl?

wow - you are a busy girl. Congratulations on the new birds. As far as getting eggs - not having anything that could be used as a nest seems to discourage breeding. Also changing their cage around every couple of weeks so the female doesn't get so comfortable with her environment to breed. Something else that seems to help is keeping their day a little shorter than their night - you know early to bed and sleep late (lucky birds).

I know nothing about putting a love bird with keets. It sounds like it has been working. I don't think that it is recommended.

Great to hear from you again - I was just thinking about you the other day and just figured you probably had your hands full.

busy is one way of saying it lol... man i have a full house now...3 kids 5 birds 7 fish, one frog, and a crazy cat..pluse my hubby..it well be crazy for awhile....im so glad i can get on the computer at night and go to this form and it just washes the hard day away...fyi lol the person i got the birds from thought the parakeets was the love birds and the love bird a parakeet lol...i had to exsplain who was who lol.....how can some one go so long and not know which bird is which, pluse she never named them so can any one help me out with the naming...the 2 girl parakeets and white . one has black on its wings and blue on its bottom..the other is all white with a little light baby blue on its belly..its sooo pertty..the love bird is aksi white with a blackes/gray head and grayes blue wings, it looks like most love birds just with a little more white then from what ive seen most to have...i well have pics up soon

ok her are the pics

this is the all white one with just a littal light baby blue on the belly
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this is the love bird

this is both my cages..stormy and hope are to the right

this is the other white one that thinks its a bat lol

this is stormy

and this is hope and stormy

i hope you like all the pics

I love the color of the lovebird...it looks like a black-masked lovebird with a sea green coloring...beautiful!! The other keets are gorgeous too! If the lovebird and the keets have been living together and are getting along, it shouldn't be a problem. I have to watch mine while playing b/c the one keet and LB like to nip at each other feet at times. Lovie would love to be social with my Charlie, but she's kinda anti social and when lovie get's close she starts her ack ack and he backs away. Every situation is different, you will just have to keep an eye on them while they play. Good luck!

BTW there's a few of us on here that have both lovebirds and keets and i am sure they will offer their advice as well.

awww well i know not a lot about lovies but i know they have a different type of food than parakeets its like a conure mix. the lil bat girl is too cute and fluffy and looks happy.

I would worry a little about the lovebird being in the cage with the keets but if he's been with them for a year then I guess they are ok. I would keep an eye on them though. Lovebirds have big beaks and think they are large parrots so they tend to pick on other birds.
Kariva is right about the food. Your lovie will need a hookbill food. Mine eats cockatiel food and pellets.
You will also need to be careful what toys you give them. Don't put toys sold for parakeets in with the lovebird. They break too easily. I found this out the hard way when Jack broke a bead off Happy's flower cup. I had to pry the half a bead out of his mouth.
They are all so beautiful BTW. Are they hand tame?

I don't have any answers for your questions since I have no girls, and no lovies. Your birds are all very beautiful!

I also am not so good with names so sorry no help there either.

Just wanted to say hi and cute birds!!

Great to hear from you, Suzzie. Your new birds are all beautiful -- especially the nearly-all-white female. By the way, it seems like Stormy and Hope could use some more toys. Otherwise they all look very happy.

Great pictures! They are all adorable!!
The white one is a real beauty...maybe that should be her name!!