Unusual Lovebird

[lutino]

Look what I picked up at a local bird shop, can you believe it. I had to look twice when I saw her sitting on the perch, "how much for the unusual Fischer?" I said.
"$38" she replied.
"I'LL TAKE IT!!!!!"

[cool pets]

thanks for sharing these awsome photos thats a a very unusual color in fact i never saw such a color before thats so cool , congrats on your new little one .

[jimpierce7]

what a pretty lovey!! Is that a flakey beak?

[Indy]

She's absolutely precious! What a treasure you've adopted!

As a side note, having bought a pair of African blue Masked LoveBirds (Agapornis Personata) at Pet Club, I was criticized for encouraging commercial pet establishments and not opting to adopt Lovebirds from the many places where birds need homes.

After careful consideration, I started to think about how people in the U.S. who adopt orphans in other countries, many of those children who would face hard lives begging or working in harsh factories, are criticized by those who claim "but there are so many children in the U.S. who need homes!"

The truth is that just like children in other countries are no different than children here in the U.S., all of them in need of good homes, the same holds true of animals in need of adoption. Just because a commercial establishment decides to breed and sell these creatures, makes these animals such as Lovebirds no less needy or worthy of good homes.

Going by one's instincts and buying a pet at a store, I now realize, is no less of a "rescue" or adoption than buying a pet that has been abandoned. I'm amazed critics of those buying pets at stores forget these store pets do not go away. If nobody adopts them, these creatures are often released, captured and put up for adoption. All animals, in stores or at shelters, all need rescue and adoption, while the problems created by commercial establishments need to get addressed through legislation. Shunning the purchase of a precious Lovebird at a store in order to save a Lovebird at a shelter is not the answer!

If one goes to a shelter and their heart moves them to adopt a pet then it was meant to be. If one finds themself, as I did, in a pet store and their heart moves them to adopt an animal, that was meant to be. There is no logical reason the latter, adopting a pet from a store, detracts from the former, adopting a pet from a shelter. There will always be people who will go to shelters and rescue animals such as Lovebirds. Many of these people already raised these animals and know how to care for an animal in distress.

You probably feel similarly to me, when I say that I thank God everyday that I found my two African Lovebirds, so bonded and in love, in a pet store before someone else went and purchased one or the other, separating them. I hope others will follow their instincts in adopting a Lovebird whether it is from a store or shelter or home.

The Lovebirds in stores are creatures that will never need to be "rescued" if people buy them, and those who "rescue" Lovebirds from shelters will not buy from pet stores just because these birds are available.


Our babies
Indy and Mindy
Rescued from the Pet Club

[CrazyBirdLady]

The beak is simply growing out. A good diet and sand/cement perch will help that. Red suffusion is what the mutation is called; however it is not passed down, but more a "freak" of nature. Pretty bird.

[dancelady]

You know that the red suffusion mottles will eventually go away as the bird molts -- it is really only a temporary event. But for as long as it lasts, it is beautiful! You will love the bird just as much without the red speckles...

Dancelady