How do I know if my lovebird is opaline?

The opaline colorations consist of the lovebird having a red or orange head rather than the peach color that is seen in standard colored lovebirds. Their wings are typically light green or yellow, and some consist of a mixture between the two.

How do you make a lovebird violet?

The violet color mutation can be found in all Lovebird species and is a dominant gene, meaning that you only need one parent with the violet gene to produce violet offspring.

Can you breed different color lovebirds?

It sounds like both of your birds are color mutations of the black masked lovebird. There is only one natural color and the rest of the colors are achieved through selective breeding of birds with various color mutations. So yes, you can breed the birds if they are unrelated.

Is cinnamon safe for birds?

Here is a short list of every day spices you can add to your bird’s food for a blast of new flavor and added health benefits: Cinnamon: Cinnamon is high in fiber, iron, calcium and manganese. It can be used as a treatment for fungals, and other types of yeast and aspergillus.

What are opaline lovebirds?

The Opaline African LoveBird is a mutation which is characterized by the facial mask extending fully to cover from head up to the shoulders (full hood) of an African LoverBird. The rump color will be the same as the body and the tips of the tail will be the same color as the hood. The Opaline gene is Sex-Linked.

What is green opaline?

Definition of opaline green : a very light green.

What is opaline Fischer lovebird?

What is a pied lovebird?

Pied lovebirds are a color mutation that creates a patchy color pattern. These traits can be recessive, dominant, or clearflight, depending on the gene combination. Recessive babies are much less common but can be present as long as the dominant genes don’t exceed two.

Can you mix breed lovebirds?

Different species of lovebirds interbreed with no problem. Crosses between the species that have the eye ring and the Peach Faced are not fertile. The babies will be healthy and attractive but will not be able to produce young themselves. Crosses, hybrids, are a very bad idea in any case.

Is cinnamon safe for lovebirds?

Just like us, parrots love a fresh, healthy diet full of organic spices. As long as you avoid cassia cinnamon, powdered Ceylon cinnamon is a great way to add nutrition to your parrot’s diet.

Is cinnamon harmful to parrots?

Cassia/Chinese Cinnamon is NOT SAFE for parrots because of the extremely high levels of coumarin, a blood thinner that is toxic and can cause liver damage and/or failure.