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Old 05-09-2009, 04:23 AM
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She is gorgeous! What a doll baby!

Ok- I guess I'll be the "bad guy"...

Any new bird coming into a home with existing birds should be quarantined for a minimum of 30 days, and some do it for 90.
This is for the sake of the birds you already have, keeping them from illness from another aviary/home. Also, your new baby, with the stress of a move, can have a bit of a weakened immune system, and not as easily able to deal with different bacteria that it's not used to. ie- from other birds' poop if they happen to land on the cage.

Please be careful of that huge sunny beak. He'll be 10x faster than a 4 week old lovie.

I'm sure the breeder had you handfeed several times before the baby came home... a lovie should not be completely weaned until approx 8 weeks, and some up to 12.

Anyway- congrats on the new baby- and I'm sorry if I sounded "preachy" lol
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