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| Question about Pets:How old do lovebirds have to be before theyll get the white ring around their eyes? |
Not all Love birds will have the larger white eye ring. Those that do are noticable at hatch. What kind of Love Bird do you have?
LOVEBIRDS
by Anne Johnson
Below is an excerpt from an artcle written by Anne Johnson
As with all pet parrots, Lovebirds require attention on a regular basis. Lovebirds may become unfriendly if allowed to go extended periods without attention. Supervised time out of the cage is recommend on a daily basis.
Purchase your lovebird from a breeder or pet store who plays with the babies on a regular basis, has a clean facility, feeds a nutritious diet, has an Avian certified veterinarian, and who will give you a written health guarantee.
Of the 8 remaining species of lovebirds the Masked are the most readily available of the eye-ring species, so named because of the featherless ring around their eyes. They are slightly smaller than Peach-Face Lovebirds. Masked Lovebirds can be purchased at costs equal to Peach-Face.
Other eye ring species include the fairly common Fischers (who are on the CITES Appendix I), and the rarer Nyasa and Black-Cheeked. In their natural habitat all of the eye rings are similar in appearance. They all have red beaks and a green body. In captivity other color mutations exist such as the Blue-masked, Yellow Masked, and Yellow Fischers to name a few.
The eye ring species of lovebirds are not as prolific in captivity as the peach-face. The Nyasa is very rare and breeders have not be very successful establishing this species in captivity. Breeders are having better success with the Black-Cheek , but there numbers in captivity remain relatively small. They tend to be a little shier and less nippy than the peach -faced which makes them wonderful companions.
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