Two lovebirds

[RenLynn]

Hi, I have a hand fed tame female lovebird and she is a year and some months old now. If I was to get a male for her and he was also tame would they both remain friendly to me? I used to have a pair of lovebirds and the female would crawl down my shirt and bite me, !#$÷×¥ she was really mean. The male was OK.

[Wolf]

This is a good question and also one that can be difficult to answer. First of all if the female is already bonded to you and you keep up your interaction time with her then she will probably still be your friend. I can't say the same for a new male that is not bonded to you first, so you would have to spend a lot of time with him to get to the pint where he would accept you without biting.
I don't have lovebirds, but I do have a parrotlet, so I am drawing from what I have learned about her through observation as well as study. They are similar species in many ways, but there are still differences.

[Pajarita]

Male lovebirds are always sweeter tempered than the females (the dominant gender in lovies) so, as long as he is a hand-fed and young, it should be OK. I had a couple of lovie hens that remained VERY close to me even when they were mated and even when they were incubating eggs! My little princess, Matilda (an Australian cinnamon mutation), comes to mind and this little bird will find the most recondite little nook to make her nest, often worrying me because I could not find her in the birdroom but all I had to do was call her name a few times and she would crawl out of wherever she had her nest and even leave her eggs to perch on my shoulder and kiss me -I lost her 2 years ago and I still miss her greatly! And this was a bird that had been given up because of aggression so go figure!

The trick is not to allow them to become overly hormonal because they can be real mean when they are. So, the answer to your question is Yes, they will - but you have to be careful with their diet and light schedule.

[RenLynn]

Thanks a lot that really helped.