Talk:Lovebird

message: Our lovebird recently laid an egg although its partner died over 6 months ago.
Im wondering how long does the "pregnancy" or how long does the egg sit in the belly before being laid? are all eggs a bird? could it just be an unfurtle egg?
:It's an infertile egg. An egg is produced in less than a day, think about birds laying a nest of eggs. -- Kim van der Linde at venus 19:21, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: My love bird cutie layed eggs and my 2 bird kiwi is still alive 43.231.30.41 (talk) 16:54, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  egg 

message: This reads like a care guide on lovebirds rather than an encyclopedic entry. See Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not under the section Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. I think that the section on Agapornis in the wild is too small to be useful, it is missing info on range, conservation status, ect. 
Also, the section on diet is very POV, not everyone feeds pellets.
--Flurken 20:47, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  More Solid Info 

message: Just a question. My love bird Tico attacked and ate a brown anole that wandered into my room through the crack under the door when he was on my shoulder. He eyed it for a couple of seconds and then came down upon it like a hawk and literally caught it with his nails I've been putting off to cut, and with it squirming he started pecking at it and eating it. Tico was pulling off strips off meat, ignoring the distraction of the flopping tail that apperantly was the lizard's last hope, and when he was done with it (when I intervened) it was missing three legs, the right side of its chest, and some of its abdomin. And its tail. Picking up the mess was sick enough and I regret not taking pictures, but are love birds supposed to do that? Ace Combat Fanatic 00:54, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible omnivore? 

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thread_title: Notice of import

message: I heard somewhere that Lovebirds cannot be kept with other birds, as they will try to peck off their legs and hurt them. Is this citable and has anyone else ever heard this? Bilky asko 19:58, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have heard that too about lovebirds in captivity, although I can not provide a reference. Snowman 08:57, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: For what it's worth, my love birds don't get along at all with any other birds, only amongst themselves are they friendly. And with people, of course.--24.85.171.109 04:22, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Cannot be kept with other birds?

message: Are lovebirds Psittacini? Should there be some classification between genus and family in the taxobox? Snowman 08:55, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Requesting an expert to explain (or correct) the taxonomy. Snowman (talk) 08:43, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Taxonomy 

message: I think the 10-15 years estimate is a bit misleading - that really refers to them in the wild. In captivity, many owners report lovebirds living well into their 20s (IIRC, the greatest proven age is only about 18, but that's down to a lack of documentation more than anything else). Mine's at least 20 and I doubt that's anything special. -88.109.127.148 (talk) 08:19, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps this could be sourced and written into the article; however, in my booklet (isbn 0866224114) about pet lovebirds it says "A lovebird may attain ten years or more in age", which seems to be consistent with the current article. Is yours a record breaker? Snowman (talk) 08:53, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have no documentary proof that he was around in 1988 so it wouldn't be counted, and in any case there's lots of anecdotal evidence of much older lovebirds. 20 is undoubtedly old, but other owners have reported ages of 25 and up, so he's a long way off that for the time being (I suppose 20 years for a lovebird is a bit like reaching, say, 95 for a human - a very good run, but not quite into the exceptional bracket). -88.109.127.148 (talk) 16:50, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Lifespan

message: Why does the article say lovebirds are sexually dimorphic while in section Breeding it says "Determining Lovebird sex is difficult"? -- penubag  (talk) 08:54, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Three species out of nine are sexually dimorphic. Snowman (talk) 10:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  sexually dimorphic 

message: What is the origin of the genus name? Stonemason89 (talk) 14:53, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin of genus name 

message: I have read many sources on the internet that have conflicting views on diet.  A vet I trust said that either mostly pellets or mostly fresh food are both great and neither one is necessarily optimal as it depends on the individual bird's eating habits, likes, dislikes, etc.  The only "bad" diet is one with mostly seed and junk.  Now, I'm not updating the article with the opinion of just my one vet, obviously, lol, but I feel the current diet section is written from a POV and it is mostly definitely not sourced.  I'm sure many would disagree that that a mostly (>90%) pellet diet is bad.  I'm also sure that many would disagree that a mostly (>90%) fresh food diet is bad.  The articles takes a 50/50-is-optimal approach.  Not everybody believes that either.  That's why I think the section is written poorly as is.  I think it should take into account that there are varying opinions of optimal dietary health and SOURCE reliable articles that focus on the different dietary approaches from professionals avian researchers that are out there, while focusing on the fact that it's pretty well established that "mostly junk/seed" is the one diet that is pretty much universally seen as bad for bird health.  My two cents.  Thx1200 (talk) 21:14, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Diet section is unsourced and biased 

message: There are so many other types of lovebird eg dutch blue, red lovebird etc why only 5 here??? HunterZone (talk) 15:06, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Are you referring to the pictures on Rosy-faced_Lovebird#Mutations? I couldn't find references to specific colour varieties in this article. If so, I think that those are the only ones listed because we currently don't have photos of any of the others. If you have some images of your birds, and are willing to release them under CC/GFDL licenses, then by all means please do add them to the gallery... --Kurt Shaped Box (talk) 20:26, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: '''''Lovebirds more types'''''

message: About the agression part, I think that there must be added that especially females can be very agressive. From my own experience, when they have eggs, the female wont tolerate any 'intruders' even not their beloved human mate/handler. Thell keep their heads down, feathers up, and crawl away in dark places, and dangerously open their beaks, trying to bite. Males, on the other hand, wont show this behaviour. Something to do with hormones?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.92.16.61 (talk) 01:09, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aggression 

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message: Hi there is anything else 2A01:E34:EC17:90B0:C5E6:C1BB:9751:10D1 (talk) 16:48, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  From my experience