Bird Type: Quaker/Monk Parrot

Thank you!

Hello Brenda! I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for your helpful recommendations shared on this website. Last year, I reached out to you because I was concerned about my Quaker laying too many eggs in a short period. I followed every piece of advice you gave, and it made a huge […]

Hatching eggs

I noticed the egg wanting to open but it’s been 2 days and nothing, should I just leave it alone.

First egg laid

Do I need to up my girls calcium, she has no mate, this is her first egg, infact I thought she was male so this has been a shock

Pet parrot attacks visitors faces

Hi you gave some advise on in May 2023 re:an Indian ring neck that attacks the owners face. In you reply you have said “I’m going to give you some links to our behavior and training pages, as well as to a webinar about hormone triggers”. Please would you kindly send me this information. I […]

Balance trouble

Our Quaker parrot was out unsupervised for a short period while doing chores in another part of the house. Normally he sticks to his cage and play areas in the kitchen and it doesn’t appear that he got into anything he shouldn’t have (we’re very careful and conscientious about any potential dangers and basically bird […]

Quaker egg incubator

I bought a Rcom poro 50 Do incubator for my Quaker eggs. All conure eggs hatch in this incubator, but Quaker eggs die after a few days. Out of 47 Quaker eggs, I was able to get 3 chicks. They hatch and grow. They die after a week. Do you know a better one for […]

Quaker

Hi whens the best time to take the baby’s if im going to hand raise them or should I put eggs in an incubator.

1 year old quaker

Should I be feeding my young quaker parrot anything special or is an adult diet formula okay?

Bonding Quakers

I started with 1 green Quaker “Nixon” and he bonded with me, after about 6 months we got “Spiro” another green also male who boded with my daughter even thought the birds were in a large cage together “Watergate”. Nixon died after about a year for reasons the very could not determine. This past year, […]

Soft eggs

Hello Lafeber, I appreciate your website; it’s very helpful for me as a Quaker parrot owner. My 11-year-old Quaker parrot has laid 17 eggs this year, and I am quite worried because the last two eggs were soft. She is very active, has a good appetite, and is acting as usual, but I’m concerned that […]

Quaker Parrot

How many black berries can a Quaker Parrot should be feed at one time?

Quaker problem

Hello, My little quaker is 32 yrs old. I hand raised him from 3 weeks. He is showing signs of age but generally has been fine. This morning he as perched beside his little heater (favorite place). Next thing we knew he was on the floor of his cage flopping violently, his head turned completely […]

Laid an egg

My Quaker parrot just laid an egg. What to do now????

Quaker Parrot nest

Does my Quaker need a nest? I want to provide a nest for my Quaker, Wasabi. However, I am not for sure what is safe to to use. I want to get him off of the perch at night. I don’t think it is natural to hold on to the perch. Please recommend where I […]

Green monk, Quaker Bird

I have tried lots of bird’s food for my quaker bird. He will eat your products but not bird’s seeds. I have wasted a lot of money on buying bird’s seeds online. Can I try him on good quality wild bird food

health

my 5 yr old quaker is tail bobbing and has scratched only the right side of neck until the feathers are gone, along with the tail bobbing, he has been to vet and put on gabapentin, i also have a collar on him, will my other birds be ok or is this not good to […]

tail bobbing

my 5 year old quaker is bobbing his tail for a while now what causes it

Eggs

I’ve been feeding my quaker past two years scrambled eggs just read that’s bad for them is that true?he loves them! I’ve been feeding him nutri berries his whole life I’m told they are total nutrition he hates veggies and most fruit

Baby bird just hatched today

Hi I was just wondering if I need to give the parents any other food other then the bird seeds they usually eat,like worms or fruit or vegetables I don’t really give them fruit because they never touch it should I still put fruit on the kappob stick in there cage and the water is […]

Strange behaviour

My 7yr old rescue Quacker (gender unknown) has just started sitting on the cage floor. He doesn’t seem to be doing anything, just sitting or sleeping in the one spot. It bothers me because he’s never done that before. He will occasionally go down there to retrieve dropped treats, but usually he loves being up […]

My Quakers death

My Quaker- Caesar passed on December 26th. He was 29 -I was always careful on feeding quality food-( no nuts, salty foods, chocolate, parsley etc)—he had fresh water, homemade Birdy Bread. Woke up that morning she gave him his unsalted green beans that he loved. Wouldn’t eat them or drink water. He was hunched down […]

Bird dying suddenly

Hello, we have had 3 birds die randomly. The first one we had we got 8 years ago and was a quaker parrot, then one day he fell to the bottom of his cage and just died. A few weeks later we got two cockatiels and the boy died the same way, the. The girl […]

Feeding

What should I feed my Quaker

Quaker parrot (aka monk parakeet) walking on cobbled ground

Monk Parakeets Exhibit Social Standing Behaviors In New Study

A recently published study sheds new light on the pecking order in parrots and factors that might change flock dynamics. Researchers at the University of Cincinnati observed interactions among flocks of captive monk parakeets (also commonly referred to as quaker parrots) in 2021 and 2023 to identify the parrots with the most status; that is, the ones who tended to be the most aggressive. Their study found some surprising outcomes when the more dominant parrots were returned to the flock after a brief stint away compared to their more docile flock mates.

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