black masked love bird

[cbalvino]

Well,here i am again,I said I wouldn't but I did it again!now the proud owner of a black mask lovie,given to a little girl for her BD,she was scared of it and no one had time or interest to raise him or her,oh well,thank goodness my "new" bird room is done so there will be room after quarentine,she can hear the other thru the baby monitor,thats my intro for all of them,so can you tell the sex by looking?he/she doesn't have a name they never named the bird,and this is # 40 for me,well appreciate your help all! off to clean cages,water,feed the crew!!!

[CrazyBirdLady]

Some breeders can tell the sex of eye ring lovebirds by looking at the shape of their eye; the eye itself, not the ring. A rounder eye supposedly indicates male and a more almond shape indicates female. This is only with eye ring lovebirds such as that Masked and Fischers.
Out of the three more common lovebird species, masks are the most timid and you'll probably want to let him/her settle in to the surrounding for a few days before attempting to handle too much. They can get stressed easily and it seems the immune system isn't as strong at that time and illness can quickly happen. If she's not tame, it may take quite a while to do so and they aren't as easy as the peachfaces or Fischers to tame from being "wild". Take it slow with the little one, lots of soft talking, slow moving and gain trust first. Good luck!