Male finch starts mating song and when female starts vibration of her tail he stops and very hesitant to jump on her one time he jumped on her backwards, its been going on now several weeks and still same. Is he inexperienced or what it really upsets me.
My son brought home a myna bird,so its my duty to keep him safe and feed the little one.now its been with me for more than 7 days, since this birdy is so attach with me and this little one wont eat from other hand only l have to feed and it will not fly […]
Hello, Thank you in advance. I am really confused and need help please. I used to have a pair of Canaries. After the female died last year, I couldn’t buy another one till last month this year. However, I also got 2 pairs of finches and a female Canary. I kept all of them in […]
Hi there, After I hand formula feed my baby finches (3 days old) they rollover and sleep on their back. I am just wondering jf I have anything to fear by this or if I need to keep rolling them onto their stomach? Thank you, Charity Buchan
My finches give eggs but babies not come out i check my finches eggs are not fertile how i get fertile eggs from them
Can I house two breeding pair of doves together or will the males fight?
My Zebra finches had a clutch of 5. They are all doing extremely well. However the nest is crowded and babies keep falling out. The oldest is 15days . If the oldest one or two come out I’m worried if they stay out on the bottom of cage they wont be fed . Will they?
My dove has 2 eggs in nest but the male won’t leave her alone should I separate then
Hello. I have a pair of young diamond doves. For more than a week, they both sit in the nest in turns or together but have not laid eggs. What is the reason ? Do I need to take any special action?
Some birds need seeds in their diet. Are zebra finches one of them? What should you feed zebra finches? I wanted to make bird ‘cake’. Can i use millet flour, coconut milk and veggies? Also, can the digest mashed bananas ? as ‘frosting’? Should I use distilled water? I’ve heard that if your bird is […]
Hi, I have two female canaries and one male. It is spring and they have mated and each of them has laid 4 eggs. They are nesting the eggs these days, have been very active until lately and all of a sudden one of them started sleeping in day time (more like napping) she sings […]
Hello, 7 weeks ago, a little zebra finch showed up on my porch. I live in Washington. He has been here everyday since. Made himself right at home, loves the bird bath etc. The weather has started to get cold dipping into the low 30’s and high 20’s. Everyone said, you should give him a […]
I’m waiting for one last fledgling to come out of the nest before removing it. This morning, while cleaning the cage, my male bred with my female. Do I wait till the fledgling comes out and remove the nest? Do I just let her lay eggs on the floor? I want her to tend to […]
In general (not asking for a whole new talk) does this lecture apply to pigeons? As long as I supplement my birds’ seeds with labeber vitamin, powdered calcium and veggies (occasionally) do you think I can forgo pellets? Thanks
I have 2 cages with a mating pair of zebra finches in each. One cage has hatched babies and they are soon to be fledglings. The other cage has another pair nesting. They’ve both been in the nest for weeks. I assume there are eggs or possibly the male over built the nest. I removed […]
I zibra Finch lay egg and egg alrady hatched and going to finish 1 month. Now when my bird will be ready to hatch next egg (Duration).
My finch laid eggs in their food dish and I recently purchased dummy eggs and switched her eggs with them Should I put something soft in with dummy eggs like torn up paper or something?, but now only the male is sitting on them and she has not seemed interested, it’s been about 5 hours […]
In January of this year I had 2 diamond Doves. I now have 12. What can I do with all these birds? They keep laying eggs. I have taken them out and put in substitutes but it hasn’t stopped them. I don’t know what to do with all of these birds. I would like to […]
my older Regent hen is in a mixed Avery . She has laid eggs but are all on the perch. would this be because she is being disturbed in her nest.she spends most of her day crowing to the male.
We have a 23 year old white ring neck dove (retired magic bird) who has always been on a seed diet. Do you recommend a pellet for Merlin?
So it appears that my female finch is attacking my male finch and I’ve tried everything under the sun to deter this. I’ve upgraded them to a giant cage added multiple toys took the nesting box out because I was told that might be adding to the aggression added mirrors. I’m not sure what to […]
Hello, your information on all things parrots is excellent, if I were a parrot ? Owner, but what about if we have other pet birds like Doves, Pigeons, Quals, Geese, Ducks and Chickens? Where would I go to find out this much info on those breeds please?
The male was always chasing and pecking the female.i thought it would be kinda courtship.my female then laid eggs before 3 days.but still the male is attacking whenever he sees her.what should I do?will I get those eggs hatched?I worried!!
Hey there! I am Neerag from Nepal and I just had a question about the egg laying process of diamond dove.I got them from a pet store with 2 infertile eggs and I have kept them in a big cage with proper nesting. It’s been almost 2 weeks to 3 weeks they are not even […]
Dear Brenda THANK YOU so much for your very detailed response. It is all making sense now. I have left the nests in the aviary thinking it was cosy and home for the birds but it has become more of a problem over the last few years with the babies dying. I felt mean taking […]
Zebra Finch parebts stop feeding fledglings that are strong and can fly but they still need feeding and they are dying. Other Zebra finches are pulling their feathers out and sitting on them. How can I save them from this horrible death. I have tried to bring them in from the aviary and feed myself […]
I have a myna bird for 2 years and rescued him from a bad owner. He was with me everywhere and I let him free to fly in house and in the garden. He could hunt insects besides what he usually used to eat such as rice, myna food and fruits. However, I left him […]
I have a pair of zebra finches and I provide them a breeding pot and nesting material… They breed after a while..she lays 2 eggs.. Both male and female were sitting on the egg.. One of the baby died while hatching and the other one survived… The female has already laid more eggs before the […]
Hi. Just lost one of a pair of zebra finch. Should I remove the body straight away or leave for a while so his partner can realise/grieve. Thank you
Hello, my name is Piper and I had a male and female zebra finch who had 3 beautiful babies, 2 males and one female. Just today my mama bird who has been with me for years passed on. I now have her male mate and their two sons and one daughter. I was concerned that […]
I have some problem with my gouldean finch. Already my 5finches has died. I can’t treat them .I give them medication and enough light but it didn’t work. As u know I from Bangladesh I can only give medicine only which I found locally. Their symptoms were lose motion which is white, floppy body and […]
I have Lady Gouldian Finches. They have access to grit, cuttlebones, fresh kale, egg yolks, and broccoli. They have regular beak and nail care, drops of iodine in the water, vitamin drops, and regular dosing for air sac mites. My problem is…. a bird will become “dumpy”. listless, eventually sitting on the bottom of the […]
How come some zebra finches have orange cheeks, while others have mustard yellow, and some have black?
I have a pair of ringneck doves. I adopted the male about 8 months ago. I already had a female ( her mate passed at 9 years old). She is also about 9 and I adopted a male about same age. I had the stupid idea of letting them hatch an egg… she is beautiful […]
PLEASE HELP! I bought a pair of zebra finches and I thought I heard both making noise (that squeaky toy noise) and I had remembered hearing somewhere that it’s the males only that make noise, does this mean i have 2 males, the female looks like a female (she has no cheek patches, barely any […]
Please discuss how to prevent egg binding and what to do to help a momma bird keeps laying eggs with no mate? 1)How can we help her? 2) Also how much room do finches need? (Gouldin finches)
My canaries isn’t singing in the morning like usual and doesn’t sleep well at night also he’s breathing heavily what shoud i do
Hello Brenda, I am the mother and owner of thirteen beautiful birds. I don’t know if my email was received. I had written a couple of days ago. In regards to what to feed my precious babies. Especially in regards to Dr. Lafeber’s Nutriberries , Avicakes and Pelletberries. I for the life of me; do […]
I have 3 diamond dove in a cage I have 1 parakeet in a other cage side by side i want to put them in a flight cage together will they get along
how many birds can you put together
This little baby bird was near me while gardening. The momma squawked and flew back and forth to baby. Baby hopped – no flying – to different areas of yard . This went on all afternoon. Cleaning up I noticed momma was flying back to one area several times . Walking by, the baby was […]
Hi! My finches have laid a clutch of three eggs before, but the eggs got tossed. this time around, they have hatched four of them, and we have had them around 4-6 days now. today i cleaned their nest and after i took out the babies to shake out the droppings and give them new […]
Hi. I had a pair of zebra finches, one male and the other female who got on well. Unfortunately, after laying their first clutch of eggs, the hen died. The male went into a depression so, I got him another female companion. They were also immediately compatible soon enough she also died and the male […]
Hello, I’ve gotten four clutches over the past few months from my Zebra Finches, but it has been about 4 weeks since I’ve gotten another. What’s more, they’re acting very different. One of them is in the nesting box at all times – they no longer come out and sit on the perches together, or […]
I have had a yellow canary for more than 11 years. It seems happy and sings. Interacts with my family. My children would like to get another canary to interact with our existing bird. I’m concerned he’s so old and accustom to being alone it might upset him. What are your thoughts and recommendations?
Now that all of the babies have hatched and are a couple of weeks old will the parents clean the best it should I?
My zebra finches seem to be trying to mate but the female finch is crying/ screeching a lot while the male is chattering his beak a lot . is this bad/ should i separate them?
I have whit dove my question is how to now if there is both female or Male or female
I have a question I have two dove I do not know who is female and how is Male they mate and give egg but they do not site on the egg I think they are female so my question is how to now they are female pair or Male and female pair if there […]
Please if you can help. We have a female pigeon. She is paralyzed. She cannot stand or walk. Her legs do work so nothing broken. She is otherwise 100%. She was fine yesterday and found her around 1pm yesterday. Our aviary birds are clean. Food and water bowls are cleaned all the time. No one […]
Hello, I had a question in regards to who I can feed the pellets too. Can i feed them to canaries who are around 5 months and older. Thank you
I have four zebra finches all males they are making nests out of the things in there cage is this natural or is there something wrong
Hi I have a pair of zebra finches and she’s been sitting on bout 6 eggs but the male doesn’t feed her or take her any food is this normal?also neither of them are eating fruit or veggies
I have a pair of zebra finches. They have a clutch of eggs. About 1 week after laying the female sometimes gets really aggressive to the male. She chases him around making a screeching noise. Like she protecting the nest. This will go on for a few minutes, 1 or 2 times a day. The […]
I have a female zebra Finch who has been puffed up and sleeping in her food bowl all day. She is normally active and energetic but isn’t even moving out of the way when the other finches try to eat out of the bowl. I don’t know if she is sick or possibly egg bound […]
hi i have a canary and he sleep differently and i just wanna know his okay … he don’t use his wings in sleeping mood and his head is down ….
What do you recommend to feed newly hatched canaries? I do not intend to hand feed them. I want the parents to feed their young if at all possible.
I have communal aviaries and cages. How should I present food for 3 different bird varieties – canary, finch and parakeet?
What do I do about bird having eggs in food? They already had babies a few months ago, I don’t want anymore lol
Hi. I have question. My finches had laid eggs and recently they have fledged and are at their 18th day. The problem is, the male parent is picking their feathers and they have lost their tails. I assume that this is because the male wants to mate and build the nest, but is desperate for […]
