Lovebird behavior

Question
Hi, Chrys
I've got another question concerning my lovebird
(and thanks very much for your helpful answers as always)
she's much tame and our family and i spend much time with her daily.
but it seems that she likes to play on her own (outside of a cage) more than with us. it seems like she enjoys her freedom outside of the cage, and wouldn't really come to us when we call us. (she sometimes bites when disturbed)
but she always plays near humans' existance, and screems when she doesn't see us near(outside of cage).
i can tell she's not scared of humans anymore.
what can i do to make her bond to us more strongly?

Answer
Hi again, Marial.

Well, you can't force a bird to bond to you.  And if you and your family spend as much time with her as you say you do, then perhaps this is as close as this lovebird wants to be to you.  It's great that she likes to play on her own. This means she's happy and content and loves her home with your family.  I don't know a parrot that doesn't like being outside it's cage, so this is normal behavior.  

Birds don't always like to be messed with when we want to mess with them.  This is why your lovie sometimes bites when disturbed.  You need to respect times when your lovie wants to be by herself playing, preening, napping, or just doing nothing!  Parrots tend to be nippy/bite when they don't want to do what we want them to do when we want them to do it.  However, if you need to put your lovie back into her cage so you can go to the store, for example, you need to make your bird do what you want the bird to do.  If you just want to play with your lovie, but your lovie doesn't want to play with you at that time, leave the bird alone and come back later.  In other words, there are times when you will need to force your bird to do something, then there are other times when you shouldn't force your bird to do something.  The nippiness/biting behavior is your lovie's way of telling you "I don't want to."  

Chrys