help with my new babylovebird

[claudia_lovez_u]

Hello everyone, About a week and a half ago I bought a baby lovebird from a lady and his name is mango from what the lady said he is now 7 weeks old, she also said that he loves to hide. Well since I bought him I have been taking him out of his cage everyday to spend time with me, this is not the first time i own a bird I used to have a parrot but that wwas a long time ago and I have to parotkeets but they don't let anyone take them out of the cage. Until I find a new cage they all stay in the same cage but I'm not sure if the budgies get scared or jelous everytime I take him out of the cage they start screaming and he gets scared and wants to go back to the cage, so I decided to take him to my room everytime I take him out of the cage he stays in my finger for about 30min than he tries to fly away and looks for a place to hide. Sometimes when I try to grabbed him he seems a little scare and I hve been trying to make him eat veggies and fruits but he just taste them and stops eating. 3 days ago I decided to put some seeds on my hand and try to feed him and he started eating from my hand and I have been doing that everyday. I also bough treats for him but he doesn't want to eat them. My question is how can I make him eat fruits/vegetables and other human food, I heard If I share my food with him that will help create a bond but he doesn't want to eat other thngs just seeds. Do you guys have any advised on how to create a bond with him and train him to stay on my finger and not try to fly away? thank you!

[Pricey_boy]

at 7 weeks hes probably not old enough to eat fruits n veg and other stuff because he was just weaned and hasnt gotten use to trying new stuff and using his beak

[claudia_lovez_u]

When will you recommend me to start trying to feed him fruits and veggies?

at 7 weeks hes probably not old enough to eat fruits n veg and other stuff because he was just weaned and hasnt gotten use to trying new stuff and using his beak

[Pricey_boy]

when my lorikeets wouldnt eat fruits or veg i always left it in there but my lorikeet was about 12 weeks old and took him almost 2 weeks before he took his first bite of solid foods because he only ate the nectar powder and even after his first bite it took a few more weeks to fully eat them.

what kind of fruit and veg are you giving your lovebird

[claudia_lovez_u]

smash bananas, little pieces of brocoli, lettuce carrots..

[Pricey_boy]

Try apple pear, green beans and baked potatoes but the most popular for birds would be corn

[Purple123]

I also have a new baby lovebird mine was hatched in Nov. and was recently weaned I bright him home a week ago. I have a variety of foods for him he likes plain brown rice with mixed frozen veggies I also add in a high protein egg blend he eats best sitting on my chest, at first I placed a towel over nme and sprinkled food on it hand feeding h till he started eating and then he would eat off the towel, now he will eat out of the vowel once I get him started, he will eat seed in his cage, working on getting him to accept pellets still.