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Lovebirds mating behaviour

I had 2 pairs of lovebirds bonded very tight to each other both pair came from different breeders, unfortunately one male flown off and got caught by predator. Now I have 2 female and a male, they been living together for several months. Bird A and B are bonded pair and A feeds B. But bird C is alone female. Now I seen bird A mating with bird C, but have only sexule relation with her. And with B he mates and live. Interesting thing I noticed that A and C mates on places hidden from B and if B come out of nest They terminate their activity immediately. Is this is something common in these birds

Hi Malik,

It’s never a good idea to have an odd number of birds together, and particularly lovebirds. I would remove the single female and get her a mate. Lovebirds should only be kept as one pair per cage if you are going to let them breed. In general, even with no breeding, lovebirds do not do well in groups. They get too territorial and start bullying the weaker birds.

Thank you for asking Lafeber,

Brenda