How to pair your lovebird

How to introduced your lovebird to his/her future partner.

Before you can introduced your lovebird to his/her future partner, first you need to be sure that your bird is a male and a female. Because there was an instance where both male lovebird and both female lovebirds are mistaken as pair because they develop a strong bond from they were young. Some breeder got excited when they saw a pair of lovebird sitting together and grooming each other, only to find out that they pair both male lovebirds or both female..

Here are some tips to determine the gender of your lovebird.

The easiest way to determine the gender of your lovebird is thrugh DNA. In this method, a small portion if blood will be taken from your bird, don’t worry cause it won’t harm your bird. This blood sample will be examined in the laboratory and in 10days or less you had your lovebird gender result with DNA card.

Another method for determining the gender of your lovebird is thru physical examination of the pelvic bone.
Male lovebird pelvic bone distance are much narrower and the end of the pelvic bone feels little pointed than the female. Female lovebirds pelvic bone is about 5 to 7mm wide and pelvic endbone is a round
You can also determine the gender of lovebird thru its behavior, Female lovebirds tends to be much bigger than the males in size comparison. In matured lovebirds, females tends to spread their wings and lower their body as an indication that they are ready to breed.

Now that you are sure about the gender of your lovebird, you can now place your birds to a neutral cage, it maybe a new cage or both of your birds are not been in that cage before. It is crucial to avoid territorial dispute. Most females are territorial. It is better if you place a pairing box inside your cage. That pairing box will be thier temporary shelter while they are being paired to each other. Newly paired lovebirds spend time sitting together and grooming each other. You may wait for three days before transferring them to their breeding cage.

At what age does the lovebirds ready to breed?

Lovebirds start to bond for their partner as early as 5 to 6months, but the ideal breeding age for lovebirds is from 1year onwards. Because in this age of lovebirds its body was fully develop including its feathers, and the posibility of clear eggs are minimal.