Hi again HowieDawn,

I am not sure if you have seen the nesting boxes but there's about a 7 or more inch drop to the bottom of the box. There's absolutely no way to roll the egg out. They may roll it around the nesting box a bit, but the only way that egg will come out is if they poke a hole in it so it can be grabbed with their beaks and lift it out of the enterance hole, or if you open the nest box yourself. No worry about them taking that egg out themselves.

And as for the feeding, I adopted a cockatiel who was pretty set on a seed diet, I started slowly adding pellets to his seed (for healthy variety) and every day offered him more wet food (cooked and raw stuff) and eventually he caught on and started eating more fresh stuff. He was never as good of an eater as my goffins cockatoo and my green cheek conures though.

As for the "dance" that they are doing. I have seen birds proven to be the same sex fall in love and mate, just like birds of the opposite sex would do. They seem to know how to do it, do it often, and it seems they enjoy it. It's strange but it does happen. but I guess time will tell for sure. It sounds that it truly is a male/female match though, because birds of the same sex mating on a regular basis is not quite as common.

I wish you lots of luck. If you decide to go ahead with this breeding, and get a nesting box, I suggest you (and the books will tell you this also) block off the opening to the nesting box and trap the parents out every day and try to hold the baby(s) for at least a few mintues every day as soon as they open thier eyes to get them tame. If they are hand tame you have increased their value, and their chances of finding better, loving homes by at least double. It's alot more tricky to hand feed, and there's alot to learn about it. If you have the time and care to learn about it you could sell those babies for so much more and they would be as tame as they could possibly get. Something to think about when the time comes. Just try to at least get those babies to gain your trust, learn that a human voice is a good thing.

Although lovebirds can be nippy, they are such lovely birds. I hope you enjoy this whole experience. It's so much fun and also very rewarding. Best of everything

-Leslie