Lovey Birds again :(

[purpletail69]

pebo had told me that when a pair bonds, its very hard to train them. a single bird is easier to train because im taking it, they want someone to rely on. constant company. and I HATE THAT PET STORE BECAUSE THEY DIDNT HANDLE THEIR BIRDS :mad::mad:

they watch us now, and kind of interact. if i tell them they are pretty birds they will poof up and look at me like, yes i am thank you... they don't sing in front of us and stopped singing with me. though been a short time it seems my high hopes has jinxed me.

they haven't sung with me and they absolutly will NOT play in front of us :(

[Macawpower58]

You may have to enjoy them from a distance. While it certainly is not always that way, most of the time lovebirds pair up, the human is outed.

I'm sorry, but I'd hate you to have huge expectations, and never see them realized.

Hopefully your birds will slowly accept you into the world, but be prepared for the realization that they may not.

Don't be discouraged though, you can still enjoy them immensely just by watching them interact with each other. They will become more relaxed when you're around, and start singing/playing again.

[LadyLynn]

Becky is right. Most of the time if birds pair up and bond, a great percentage of them do not want anything to do with their humans. As far as training a bonded pair, even as far as brothers are concerned be prepared for a buddy up system that can only work against you.

you can indeed love them from a distance, chat with them too, but if you really do want a bird that will interact and bond with you you perhaps should invest in another needy bird.

There are homeless unloves, abused and neglected ones that need homes desperately, and most of them all though they have baggage they will love you and very loyally.

[purpletail69]

i don't have high expectations for them. i won't push them and i will NOT make them feel un comphy in their own envirment. they are beautiful and i think they are just a little confused in whats going on.

they rely on eachother so much, its so cute to hear them singing in the morning. i do enjoy them and talk to them and they kind of look at me like im crazy. we want a caw or another parakeet someday. we should have gotten the other pair next to these two. they weren't cuddling in the cage. i think they were a new pair but my bf seen these 2 and we instantly fell in love with them.

they eat in front of us, but stay very close to eachother. im glad that they have eachother, atleast they had eachother in that horrible pet shop, id lean on my mate too.

they are trusting my hand a bit more. because the fact i cover them a few times through out the day ( so they feel more relaxed so they can play and sing together), they still fly to the back of the cage if i move my hand too fast, they are gradually getting closer to us though.

[purpletail69]

You may have to enjoy them from a distance. While it certainly is not always that way, most of the time lovebirds pair up, the human is outed.

I'm sorry, but I'd hate you to have huge expectations, and never see them realized.

Hopefully your birds will slowly accept you into the world, but be prepared for the realization that they may not.

Don't be discouraged though, you can still enjoy them immensely just by watching them interact with each other. They will become more relaxed when you're around, and start singing/playing again.

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i know they may not accept us but i honestly also think they are so cerious about us. they are mimicing my hand movement torwards them they are moving closer to me now. also, when i call them pretty birds they poof up and rub their beak ONCE against the bar ( i heard that rubbing their beak means their happy) when i said my high hopes i mean i have high hope that they will love us eventually, not right away i didnt mean i have high expectations for them. Read Correctly, Please.

i would never place high expectations for our beautiful little pair, even if it means they would never accept us in their little flock, im glad to give them a good home :)

[Macawpower58]

~~~Read Correctly, Please.

I read correctly.

You did not mention how high your expectations were. But you did mention you were unhappy the petshop had not handled them. So.......all I did was to mention that high expectations may not be realized.

If you don't want my help or advise, that is also fine.

[pebo]

I'm sorry to hear that. I was hoping with your patience and enthusiasm that you could make it possible.

It wouldn't have helped to get another pair that weren't bonding, because they would eventually (90% chance) bond with each other and if not they would have fought or perhaps even killed each other. There's nothing you could have done except to have gotten one birdie. I don't normally agree with this option unless the person is willing to spend A LOT of time with them (to make up for that lost partner), which I know you would have done anyway.

[purpletail69]

No no, all advice is welcome, sorry i got what you said wrong.

i still have much patience for them, and always will :D i wouldn't give up on them inless by the time they're 1-3 and still do not want to interact with us, what do you think? i heard by the time they are a year its EXTREMEMLY hard to train a bird, and even harder for a pair.

as i said, they are even trying to interact little by little with us. as they are learning they are not around 100's of people walking by but two people that care for them :D bird's aren't stupid.. no matter how small.

[purpletail69]

Becky you have beautiful birds and dogs.. i have 2 beautiful cats dogs and as u know 2 beautiful birds XD please, give me all the advice you can give ! this is my first time having birds, let alone a pair. i am more then welcome to accept ANY adice! THANK YOU ALL

i am taking it that it is a sign that they eat in front us and trusting my hand a little more that they are getting comphy? i would hate to push them and make them stress, i see it happen too much with people and animals today.
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as my sister had a beautiful pure bread pit bull named heaven and she was extrememly up set that day... Heaven could tell she was being such a wuss and all i could see in her eyes was fear. she wanted to go and my sis let her out and tried to run away from keri... as i went outside to get heaven, she started to come to me but watched my sister pick up a stick and i started screaming her name. as my sis walked up to me heaven wouldnt move at all she was frozen in fear looking back and forth from her to me.. and finally i ran over and picked her up and i yelled at her "dont do it!" she swung back and i turned around fast enough where heaven only got the end of the stick but i got most of it.
that day on whenever i seen heaven she wouldnt go to my sister for nothing. she constantly called the poor dog a traitor. but all i could see in the dogs eyes was happiness and a big thankfull with lots of lots of licks.
heaven ended up dying from the well known disease of parvo. she was a good dog. God Bless her soul. RIP.

[purpletail69]

I'm sorry to hear that. I was hoping with your patience and enthusiasm that you could make it possible.

It wouldn't have helped to get another pair that weren't bonding, because they would eventually (90% chance) bond with each other and if not they would have fought or perhaps even killed each other. There's nothing you could have done except to have gotten one birdie. I don't normally agree with this option unless the person is willing to spend A LOT of time with them (to make up for that lost partner), which I know you would have done anyway.

yea, we were planning to seperate them though. we did that with these two and he got out of the cage and went right on top where his mate was. so if we had gotten the other two it would have been easier because we were planning to seperate them.

they were on sale for pairs so we got them both ^_^... i will spend time... i do everyday with them


PS: sorry i post so much on my own forum lmao i have hella to say :D