by Pajarita » Sat Jan 06, 2018 11:18 am
I don't know how much experience you have -meaning how many years and with how many parrots- but thinking that you are right and hundreds [thousands?] of people are not is not a very good philosophy.
I also don't think that saying that free-flying lovebirds [or any other parrot species -even companion ones!] is dangerous doesn't mean that anybody is underestimating them. I love lovebirds [I had a flock of over 30 of them]- I love all birds, actually, and because of that, I don't want them to be in danger -which they are when they get lost. It is a fact that lovebirds are an aviary species and not a companion one, and that they are more pair-oriented than flock-oriented. It is also a fact that there is nothing more important to an animal than procreation [survival of the species]. You have two unpaired aviary birds of the same gender. They are still young [the equivalent of a young man in his mid teens] but they will, eventually, be driven to breed and this directive will become all-consuming and much, much more urgent and important than anything else in their lives, more than their love for you and more than any training. And, in order for them to do that, they need to go out and find a mate and, when that happens, they will fly away in search of a female [they are already doing it]. If you and them are very lucky, you will find them but, if you don't, they might end up dead. And, as far as I am concerned, that 'might end up dead' is the operative phrase. Because if there is anything I have learned after caring for hundreds of birds for over 20 years is that one of the most important precepts in good husbandry is the old 'better safe than sorry'! Because no matter how sure we are that we are in complete control of a situation, with parrots, it's nothing but a fantasy.
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Pajarita on Sat Jan 06, 2018 1:05 pm, edited 1 time in total.