Is it a good thing to put your cockatiels in time out back in their cages if they are biting? My 7year old female is lunging at our face and biting hard also attaching our 2 year old male they are caged separately not intended for breeding have had the male for a year now
My three-year-old male cockatiel screams incessantly, every 5-10 seconds, from morning until late afternoon. To get him to stop, I have to isolate him in a room, or isolate myself. He has a “Velcro-like” behavior, practically always perched on my shoulder. He plays very little. He currently has his flight feathers. Would clipping them help […]
My cockatiel is almost 3. When I purchased him, he was 1 and was handled with work gloves in the store. I was unaware till later. He loves me and flies to my shoulder. If my hand even gets close, he bites me hard. Is there any hope? My first bird let me hold, snuggle, […]
Our finch built her nest inside a wreath on our front door since we are using our front door often will that cause an issue with the amount of time that she sits on her eggs I feel the nest has had five eggs for almost 3 weeks now and we’re not noticing anything happening
Hi, we’ve had Mr. Gray since Dec. 2023. He’s our daughter bird. He used to go to my husband and land on his head and my husband would have him step up on his finger. And they would talk and play for awhile. Then my husband got sick congestive heart failure; now Mr. Gray will […]
My parakeet lay 3 eggs and let on them for few weeks only now I don’t see her going back to the nest what should I do?
My lovebird of almost 3 months or less doesn’t want to fly today, he just flies a bit when I trigger him then sits somewhere for hours until I trigger him again. Could he be injured ? He’s very vocal when he’s out and eats normally.
My female rainbow lorikeet has laid her first egg without a mate and when sitting on the egg she is constantly chirping but not her usual sounds is she ok
A Finch has made a nest out on my. patio in a wreath. She laid 5 eggs and sits on them but is away from the nest for long periods of time but comes back and also th male feeds her too. It has been about 25 days and they have not hatched. What should […]
My gcc J has become very hormonal and aggressive after 5 years. He has recently coupled with my other gcc G. They are both males as far as I know. He is showing nesting behavior, “strutting”, and has bitten me 3x on the lips and now today on my eye. He bullies G and won’t […]
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 […]
the female which i told and others are not panting i checked in mrng but that one female still twitching her beak and chasing the 2-3 birds and also aggressive against fr al birds except only one male but that male has already mated with some other female and they’re in nest forming stage and […]
hello. i bought a 25-30 days cocktail and it was very healthy and asking for food when it was in the owner’s shop but when i took it home and fed it twice after the second time it became very quiet and didnt accept hand feeding at all so i had to force feed it […]
I have a 3 year old female that I got when she was 3 months. She likes to be near me and follows me around but she doesn’t like kisses. I don’t know why.
My male cockatiel will sometimes duck his head down low and his wings slightly out . then he quickly pops straight up and makes a kiss sound. This happens in short succession . What is he doing ?
فشر لو برڈ پیئر انڈوں پہ کافی دن بیٹھا رہا پھر اس نے بیس دن بعد بیٹھنا چوڑ دیا ہے اب باکس سے بہر ہی بیٹھا رہتا ہے
The seller told me to feed her 60 ml. 3 times a day but she sort of vomit some out
I have a baby rainbow lorikeet that was born from a pair of lorikeets I keep. I have never hand-fed the chick; its parents have been taking care of it. However, the parents become very aggressive whenever I approach the nest. The nest is a wooden box with a hole for the birds to enter […]
Hi, we thought we got two male cockatiels, but one seems more like a female, supposedly about 7 months old. We have had the birds for a month, and the male is from a reputable breeder about 3 months old and they’re in separate cages. This female bird is from a quality pet store, quieter, […]
I have a couple of nesting cockatiers ready to fly out of nest in a couple of days but they have a new egg in there and looks like blood on baby’s face should I go ahead and take them out of nest
Best place to buy a conure.
Hello. I am a veterinary technician at a 3 doctor small animal Veterinary practice. One of our vets sees avian patients. We have acquired a 29 yr old cintron cockatoo named Lacey after her owners passed away. She began living here ~ 4 yrs ago. She has historically been a feather plucker and has gone […]
I work with zebrafinches, what causes aggression in male zebrafinch birds? I was always told that zebrafinches are mostly friendly birds with low levels of aggression. We have a very large flight cage, plenty of perches, plenty of food and water and cuttle bones in the cage but 1 bird who has a history of […]
okay so I have a boy alexandrine parrot and he’s about 4 years old now, had him since he was like 4 months old. one thing I’ve noticed is that this guy will tolerate any kind of caressing, petting, cuddling – basically anything that involves touching or fiddling his feathers around (keyword: tolerate) but he […]
hello, i have had 2 budgies for roughly 2 weeks now, i cant seem to make any progress taming wise whatsoever. they arent so scared that they fly to the back of the cage but when i open the door they scoot away from me entirely. i dont wanna give up on these little guys […]
Hello! I have a two-part question about my budgie (male) and lovebird (female). 1- Since they are tropical birds, should they have a lamp giving them extra daylight in winter months, when night lasts around 15-16 hours where I live? 2- My female lovebird has a habit, when it gets dark, of gripping the bars […]
I have 1 male cockatiel bird, and he is obsessed with my bathroom mirror and he does not like being manhandled and he hates being caged and he is full adult and he was a rescued bird he likes to eat people food even though I shew him away when I do cage him he […]
Our pet female dove flew away. Her mate was pining so I went to the bird store to purchase another. I don’t want any more eggs. The store owner said that two males (with no female in the cage) “will usually be ok” Well , the new male was being picked on so I have […]
Hi, My budgie eats his own poop. At first I though he was just picking at it but I’ve now watched him nibble away until nothing was left but a few crumbs. Do I need to stop this? What can I do to stop it? He is a solo budgie and I work from home […]
I have two budgies, one male and one female. The male seems to be a “stalker” to the female, as if he’s in adoration with her, but when it comes to food and treats, he almost pushes her away, wanting it all or himself. (I always put celery, carrots, apples, etc. out for them). As […]
hi i have a young female cockatiel who is having trouble weaning to solid foods, she was raised on formula with a feeding tube that deposits the formula directly on her crop, i have seem her show interest and play around with the seeds and pellets, but her crop is always empty and there is […]
So I got a budgie from pet smart about 9 months ago, her name is Pilot and I love her to death. She seems to be decently bonded to me as a person, but has too things that I don’t entirely know how to work with. So shes pretty content all together, she will hop […]
I have a 9 month old female lutino that I’ve had since she was about 2 months old. She’s extremely friendly and tame and easily will step up to any hand offered to her. My husband handles her occasionally but only when I have been away in order to give her necessary out of cage […]
I have to go in a trio to a different country for about a month to sort some stuff out and I have two budgies at home that I am worried about. I have bought two automatic water and food feeders and I am planning to leave their cage open so they can free roam. […]
One minute they’re preening one another getting along. Then the next thing I know they’re fighting.
Hello, my lovebird hen seems to be going crazy. She is obsessively scraping her beak along the bars of the cage, gnawing at them, trying to destroy the food dishes… She will be happy and busy if I give her paper to shred, but I know this should be avoided because it encourages nesting behavior. […]
Hi. First if all thank you for reading my question. So basically my male cockatiel has been screaming all day since his pair doesn’t want to stay in the nest box. I tried removing the nest box to discourage nesting behaviour but they weren’t happy and screamed. The male is less than a year while […]
I have a male cockatiel, he is one year old this month but for the last 2 months he has been agressive and more so in the last week, he was super friendly with me and whenever I was around he would want to be by me, now when I let him out the cage […]
How can I help him not feel angry towards me and his mate?
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, […]
Teqi, our 22-month old DNA-tested male cockatiel w/big vocabulary & whistles & very bonded to me. He came from a pet store. 3-months ago we got another DNA-tested male cockatiel, Tau, 6-months old from a reputable breeder. Tau has also bonded to me. Tau was fully healthy tested & was kept quarantined for 1-month. They’re […]
Hello, I have a 10-week-old baby cockatiel that was weaned by the breeder at 8 weeks. She came home with me, and I think she regressed. The first few days were fine, no baby crying, but very nervous to be left alone. She is now more comfortable alone but the baby crying is intense and […]
Teñía una parejita de cacatúas ninfas están en la puesta de huevo pero el macho se me ha escapado y solo quedó a hembra tendrá algún problema con la puesta de huevo sin el macho q puedo hacer
Will 2 male Zebra Finches need a nest, or is a perch ok
Tengo un voladero de 3*2*2 Tengo tres hembras y un macho todos rosicollis Es posible que críen?? O debería separarlos
My cockatiel never wants to come out of her cage. every time I put my hand in she squeaks and flaps her wings. do you know why?
Vega is six years old, very tame, and the only bird in the house. Since he was about 2.5 there has been consistent hormonal behaviour. This currently is not aggression but instead endless attempts to masturbate on things like curtains, pillows, towels. He is distracted away easily but will immediately return. The behaviour happens all […]
I have a male cockatiel who has great plummage, but he is constantly overgrooming/plucking his female mate. She does not correct him or get upset with him to get him to stop. They are both vet checked and otherwise healthy. Any suggestions to get it to stop. Separating them causes significant stress to the two […]
My budgies mates and I have two babies ages now 33 days and 31 days. Mom,dad, and babies in the same cage. For the past three days mom and dad have got into fights. 3 total. To the point the last fight mom was bleeding near her nose. I cleaned her up and put stuff […]
I just purchased a pair of canaries yesterday and the owner stated she believed her cat had pulled out the tail feathers on the male. He is molting as well. After bringing him home we noticed he is fluffed, breathing has increased and he tends to sit with his head cocked. They are currently in […]
Why my cockatiels nor feeding their chick’s. There is no lack of food I provided them soft food properly nd good environment
My parakeets husband died leaving her with 5 eggs. Will the eggs hatch without the daddy.
If my four month old budgie is bullying and behaving aggressively to my 8-month-old male budgie which happens almost daily, yet she regurgitates food and likes him to preen her, what does this mean? They live in separate very large cages and sometimes I take them out and they are fine and other times they […]
NEED ONE SPECIFIC ANSWER TO LIGHTING PARAKEET CAGE MANY DIFFERENT RESPONSES NONE DEFINITIVE HOW MANY HOURS USING FULL SPECTRUM OR FLOURESCENT LOW WATT BULB 12 INCHES FROM CAGE TOP
Hi I have taken in a female lovebird from a couple, who said it previously had a mate but it died. So I have just got two baby lovebirds who have been DNA tested & are males. My female does not sleep in a cage she sleeps on top of it. So they won’t all […]
What is best for my female budgie? She is 3 months old and constantly harassed by displays of courtship by my 9-month-old male budgie. They are in a divided 61-in double cage and the male has been screeching every day to be at her. They regurgitate through the great but she often wants her own […]
I have 2parakeets I would like to get a cockatiel. Could they live together?
Es posible tener en la misma jaula a dos agapornis macho con una hembra? (Los tres son de la misma especie) Gracias de antemano
I have a new conure, got him/her 1 month ago, he/she is 7 mos old. The last time i cleaned her cage, i noticed some feathers on the bottom of her cage, small downy grey tipped, is this normal
My male green cheek conure has attacked my older female Indian Ringneck parrot and my male Jenday Conure multiple times. He has significantly injured the older female twice requiring veterinary care. I know he wants a mate and his best friend is an older parakeet with whom he shares a cage. He’s not bonded to […]
