Hi, I have not owned lovebirds or keets but will try to offer some insight.  (I have an umbrella cockatoo and two cockatiels.)   First I would definitely continue to keep them in separate cages, lovebirds can be quite agressive to other birds and you want to keep Mello Yello safe and sound.  Also, you may want to take the keet to get his wings clipped if they are growing out (upcoming vet visit would be perfect time). Being able to fly gives birds a sense of independence and will make it more difficult to keep them tame.   Otherwise I think you should be fine. Keep them in separate cages and make sure that they both have their play time out with your family.  Single lovebirds and keets make wonderful pets. You and your hubbie can offer a shoulder each! Just as a reminder, which I am sure you are aware, but be careful with the birds with your young daughter. Lovies and Keets are so tiny and could be very easily injured by a well-intentioned toddler.  Good luck with your babies. They sound adoralble!

Thank you for the advice, for some reason pickel (lovie) is very interested in mellow yellow.  My husband let them sit together today and when I walked into the room I almost lost it.  He acts like he knows everything about birds but know nothing! I have been so into my birds that when I'm not with them or my daughter, I'm on the computor doing research.  Just so everyone knows, I don't let my 17mth old handel them yet, I know how fradgial they are and she doesn't understand that.  I just hope in time I will be able to teach her well and she can have I bird to call her own.  I think when she grows older she may want to be a vet, we have so many pets.  If I can ever afford it, I hope one day I can help my true true love.............TIGERS.............I know sounds crazy, but I have been a tiger lover for a very very long time.  I can't stand the thought that they may not be around to much longer.  Anyway, thank you all!!

I agree with Maya.

My flock of 4 get in fights all the time.

It's never serious because I know how to take

care of it.

They can live in flocks (humans included) but they

will always want to bond with one. Then the couples

in the flock will often fight over territory and stuff.

I love my flock of lovies but never trust them to get

along with another bird especiallly one that is the same

size or smaller or not as aggressive.

As Maya said, they will fight

with their own kind if they get the urge. Your parakeet

is in danger of losing his feet, toes, etc...

Parakeets are wonderful birds but watch the lovie they are

like little bull dogs.

My lovies share a play area all day with my amazon.

My amazon is like 8 times larger and they still pick on him.

He is finally learning to watch them and give them a warning

when they get too close to him. lol

I just love talking about my lovies and they are  called lovebirds for a reason! All they want to do is love their mate

forever and they show it!

Hello everyone, this is pgamie, long story but I had to change my member name and I have way to many e-mail address..............lol..............darn computors.  Any way I waunted to say that I know and have read all about the lovies and I know its not a good idea, but my pickle and yellow are allowed out on top of there cages when I'm home.  I just cut there wings about 2 weeks ago and they are already able to fly clear across the house,  they visit each other often, maybe I just got lucky but pickle is not mean to yellow actually loves the company.  They use to be in the same room only about 3 feet away but every time I would turn around one or the other was on the other cage.  I didn't want them to get so attched to each other that they wouldn't need or want me so I moved them to diferent parts of the house, well they still manage to find there way to each other, but not as offten.  I found a guy who had to many love birds for his appartment and one who was father and other who was daughter mated and had babies so he had babies to find homes for.  Being the sucker I am got two new babies who are about 9 weeks old now.  They were not hand feed and where stuck to each other like glue, I have managed to seperate them and they seam fine with that, even seam to be loving up to me now.  But my pickle thinks this is just the greatest thing in the world, one of the babies I think is a male and I think mpickle is a female and they act like they are best friends the 2 times I have allowed them to be together.  Maybe when the babies are older I will see if I can breed, by then I will have my studies more up to date, I found a breeder who is teaching me a thing or two.  Husband doesn't like it, he say's our house is allready a bird house and can't have anymore.  I now have six just in two months time, crazy I know.  Good luck to all of you, I can't remember where I read it, but I found a lovie breeder who posted a article on line about how you can get lucky with love birds and if you try really hard they can be friendly. I am busy all the time, but I have the babies actually calling for me now and they have only been with me for 5 days.  Amie

Patti,

I am a little confused, I don't know why you are talking about shoulders.

Could you please explain?

Thank you, Amie

 snowbird i agree with everything you are telling her with one exception.  a fully flighted bird can be kept tame. i never clip my birds wings  and they are all very tame. i dont have parakeets now but for many years i did. none of the parakeets i have owned was tame when i got them. i tamed them myself and i never cliped their wings and they remained tame not only that  but they would fly to me simply by holding my arm out and taping my arm with my other hand.

 a bird can be fully flighted and be kept tame