Love bird (lovebirds / agapornis) is a kind of colorful and cheerful little parrot. Love birds are a loyal pet and love to play with their owners. Originally well maintained and given enough attention, love birds can live up to 8-12 years or more. One of the myths about birds of love is that this kind should be kept in pairs for the sake of his health, otherwise he will suffer and die. In contrast, most breeders of love birds actually suggest to keep this bird just one, while the owner who acts as a herd. 
If you want to keep more than one bird of love, meet the birds are still very young. Flocks of love birds will form a hierarchy with one bird of the leader (the alpha) while others as followers. One more myth about birds of love is that this species can be fierce or aggressive, especially the female when it is marking the area of the cage. Most bird breeders love to argue that the male type is more suitable to be pet, but the males can still aggressively protect the area by pecking fingers that cross the line. Most love birds, either male or female, have good temperament. To prevent aggression, the birds should be trained somewhat without pecking 
Most of the breeders reliably raise their own birds. That is, they are involved in every phase of bird maintenance, starting from the installation of prospective mothers, creating an environment of bird cages adequate for farming, to observe the diet and nutrition for the birds. Livestock should also maintain bird eggs and care for birds, small bird to find the owner. There are also breeders who feed the birds directly with their own hands and also tame them and wean them. Direct feeding of the hands and taming of baby birds is very important so that later they are accustomed to interact with humans. Thus, a love bird raised with direct interaction will be a benign and affectionate pet. Birds of love raised with direct interaction must be more expensive, while those raised by the direct parent (usually sold at pet stores) are cheaper. Rare or unique types of peranakan are also more expensive.
