Luffbox
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- Oct 17, 2013
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One Lutino Peach Face Lovebird - Female
One Dutch Blue Peach Face Lovebird - Male
I have an older Lutino lovebird that came from a neglectful home. I adopted her in 2008 from a home that had her for four years, and they got her from a friend that had her for around the same amount of time. When I got her to the avian vets she had liver and kidney damage, weak beak, splay leg, and malnutrition.
She never seemed to climb around the cage, she likes to sit at the bottom of the cage and nest. She hates leaving her cage, and freaks out randomly and ends up flying into things when she is out of her cage. Her cloaca area is bald as the feathers never grew back after laying eggs. She doesn't like to eat by herself, her mate feeds her as she refuses to feed herself unless its treats and her mate is not there to feed her. her poops seem normal, she has a diverse diet though she only likes seeds, and tosses the other things out of the dish when she does eat from it.
She has been doing this since the day I got her, but it seems she is less willing to feed herself and climb. She loves to play with her toys though again she won't climb up to the top of the cage.
Her previous owners fed her wild birdseed, didn't clean her cage, she had one perch (poor quality), a poop covered tent, and a lead based Christmas ornament for a toy. They also had her cage covered with a blanket as they didn't like her singing in the morning. And when that didn't shut her up they left her in the cage (still covered) in the basement and only changed the water a couple of times a week. The previous owner didn't like the fact that she was (still is) cage territorial.
Is it possible that her behavior is because of her age, her previous living conditions, or is she ill/ mentally disabled? I don't want to stress her out too much by taking her to the vets if it is not needed. I will take her to the vets if necessary though.
She never seemed to climb around the cage, she likes to sit at the bottom of the cage and nest. She hates leaving her cage, and freaks out randomly and ends up flying into things when she is out of her cage. Her cloaca area is bald as the feathers never grew back after laying eggs. She doesn't like to eat by herself, her mate feeds her as she refuses to feed herself unless its treats and her mate is not there to feed her. her poops seem normal, she has a diverse diet though she only likes seeds, and tosses the other things out of the dish when she does eat from it.
She has been doing this since the day I got her, but it seems she is less willing to feed herself and climb. She loves to play with her toys though again she won't climb up to the top of the cage.
Her previous owners fed her wild birdseed, didn't clean her cage, she had one perch (poor quality), a poop covered tent, and a lead based Christmas ornament for a toy. They also had her cage covered with a blanket as they didn't like her singing in the morning. And when that didn't shut her up they left her in the cage (still covered) in the basement and only changed the water a couple of times a week. The previous owner didn't like the fact that she was (still is) cage territorial.
Is it possible that her behavior is because of her age, her previous living conditions, or is she ill/ mentally disabled? I don't want to stress her out too much by taking her to the vets if it is not needed. I will take her to the vets if necessary though.