Question category: Behavior

My Male African Grey is attacking my new female

I adopted a male Timneh in 2020 he is now between 8-10. I just recently adopted a female that is 13. She is quite sociable, he is not! I have had her for a month. My male is very aggressive toward her, chases her off the neutral large play stand. and bites her like he […]

parrot behavior

can parrots carry a grudge or react negatively towards an owner if verbally disaplined?

Male mimics regurgitating

My male cockatiel and female have 4 eggs. My question is why is my male cockatiel mimicking regurgitación when he is eating , does this have to do with preparing for his eggs to hatch or what is your opinion. Thank you

My bird doesnt want to sleep in his cage

Hi, i have had my loverbird for 3 weeks. He is 2-3 months old. Now, we let him out from his cage first thing in the morning, and we uasually close the door when he is eating at the evening. He is not fully tamed yet, but we are seeing progress every day. He eats […]

Self Mutilation

I have 2 female cockatiels. One 6 year old named Rio that bonded to me first , and a 4 year old female named Kiwi that continues to try bonding with Rio. Rio won’t have it. They fight sometimes while eating and also for certain perches but then other times they’re just fine. I have […]

Screaming conure

My friend has a 15 year old conure that screams a lot. She was never let out of her cage. I built a large cage and she loved it at first. Lots of toys, a pool for her bath. Has her original cage inside for her to feel secure. She just won’t stop screaming. If […]

My cockatiel behavior

I have a female cockatiel who is bonded with a male but she mates with another male then when she lays eggs she attacks the male she mated with and I have to remove him from the cage and she only allows the other male she’s bonded with why is she like that??

Cockatiel Using feet

When will my cockatiel start using his foot to hold food etc? He is 6 months old now.

Cockatiel not staying in the nest box

I have a pair of cockatiels who have been mating for a while, sometimes 4+ times a day, but no eggs. I’m not sure what’s wrong. I gave them a nesting box and Disco (mom) won’t go inside for very long. She only goes inside if I’m interacting with the box, but never on her […]

Taming

I was given a 5-year-old budgie that had never been out of its cage approximately 8 months ago. I want to be able to check its ears and head as it’s doing a lot of scratching and I’m wondering if eventually I would be able to hand tame her or is she too old

Eggs?

Hello. I have a female cockatiel, Im not sure of her age. But shes nesting in a trashcan in my room, Im not sure what to do here. Will she lay eggs? Or is she just scouting a nest? She’s also being very hormonal recently, asking to mate at least 10 times a day and […]

Traumatized budgie

Hi there my name is Paula I’m trying to help a lady interstate who has lost her very tame chatty bird One exactly like him had been found in the area and doesn’t talk Is it possible it’s due to his trauma as he’s been lost for 6 weeks in the bush

Budgie fighting

My bajriga bird laid four eggs. But only one egg hatched. The remaining three eggs were infertile. The baby Budgie died at the age of two days. So yesterday my mom took out the rest of the eggs too. My female budgie has been fighting with the male budgie since yesterday She does not allow […]

Newborn cockatiel running around cage

My newborn cockatiel, I had 2 who bred 3 baby sadly one flew away but 2 remained. I separated one and put him in his own cage it’s day 2 now and he won’t stop running around cage and I’m really looking forward to taming him. What should I do?

Male Cockatiel Frustrated

Hi! I have an 11 year old male Cockatiel. I went away to college for a year and was unable to take him so my mom looked after him for me. Ever since I’ve been home he does not like me anymore (which I understand why) and refuses any human interaction. We have moved to […]

Screaming cockatiel

Our cockatiel will not stop screaming or making a crowing sound. It is constant and he is always in a room near people. We have had cockatiels before and bought this one from the same breeder as our last. We have had him for a month and he is only 3 months old. He eats […]

My cocktail keeps on biting others

So I have a big cage with lots of toys and perches, and a total of 4 birds, 2 female parakeets and 2 male cocktails, Sam and Dumbo. Dumbo will attack Sam and chase him around the cage, expecily when you give Sam attention. but when I separate them, it seems like Dumbo gets anxious, […]

Parakeet Laying Eggs Outside of Box

Hello, My female parakeet has now laid 2 eggs in the corner of the cage and is not laying in her nest box. Last spring she laid her 1st clutch of eggs (about 5) in her nest box and did really well sitting on them, however towards the end she started to kick them out […]

Squawking

Iam looking after an African grey at least 35 years old. She talks and has a quirky personality. Sometimes she just scwaks and squawks very loudly, is this for attention?

What is the best option for my siblingbudgies?

Hello there, I have two budgies, a male and female, that are both from the same nest. I hand reared them because they were thrown out the nest by their parents and their owner didn’t want to keep them. They are now almost 5 years old and the female is not very nice. She’s a […]

My male cockatiel keeps screaming.

I hand raised my male cockatiel from 2 weeks on. He is so spoiled and attached to me that he screams when I leave the room. His voice is so shrill no one wants to be near him. How do I train him to make sweet noises?

Should I get a Cockatiel?

I have been visiting this pet store for about a year. I visit with all of the animals, but this 1 year old cockatiel stands out to me. I’ve never had a bird before, so I’ve been researching for days now, I’ve been sure about getting him until I read that without a mate, they […]

Budgie and Lovebird interaction

I have a lovebird (Luna) and a budgie (Pinù) in separate cages. Pinù recently lost his bonded mate, with whom he shared the cage for years. The budgies were rescues, and didn’t like being out of their cage, so they rarely went out. But I got Luna when she was young and I regularly let […]

birds

what bird species can i put in with a butcher bird?

Conure bonding

Hello, looking for some advice on 2 green cheek conures I got late past December. I had no idea on their sex until I did a gender/DNA test and found out I have a male and female. Both are starting to show interest in each other in which I will have to prepare for eggs […]

Indian Ringneck is acting weird

I just recently moved my birds cage into my room because of something that wasnt good for him in his cages original spot. It stressed him out so i moved him back, he’s comfortable in his cage again but i dont think he’s as comfortable with me anymore. He used to be very attached to […]

Cockatiel laid egg

Hi, I got a female yesterday, the owner said she might lay an egg and as she had a mate, so she did today .but she is not sitting on it. She has had chicks before so she has experince. She is in a big cage with two males that I already have. Why she […]

Human attachment

My cocateil was very close to my husband and my husband passed away. Chico (my bird) has completely changed. He bites is not friendly and keeps looking for behind his urn and pictures. I love Chico but he’s biting me. How can I get him to stop morning and come to me. He’s a bit […]

Cockatiel

What happens when u buy a boy parent raised cookietel and tame it then buy a girl one

female budgie from a bonded pair became aggressive.

Hi everyone! I have a pair of bonded budgies for 4 years and they are around 4.5 years old. The male is slightly younger and they’ve been in the same large cage (1 meter x 1.3 meter x 1.5 meter professional parrot cage with sufficient amount of toys, food, water, squid bone, and millet treats […]

Regurgitation behavior

I have a 29 y/o African Grey. I got him when he was about 6 months old – so we’ve been together a LONG time. He has always regurgitated a bit on a favorite toy and I would remove the toy so as not to _encourage_ regurgitation. I am not sure why they do this. […]

Fishers love birds

Can you introduce a 1 1/2 male to another male , same spices? And if so how do I go about it?

Beak wiping

My canary keeps wiping his beak on wooden perch. He has done this since we got him two months ago. Otherwise appears to be ok. Should I be concerned? Thank you

What should I do with my two fighting budgies?

My two budgies (around 5-6 months yrs old) though regurgitating to each other and following one another sometimes, seem to hate each other. They would make this kind of warbling noise then come at one another. Also, if one of my budgies is eating (for example), and the other comes, the one eating immediately leaves. […]

Stressed cockatiel

My cockatiel is eight years old. She has been on her own for most of this time. I recently put my canary in with her. I know parrots and canaries generally do not get along and the cockatiel would normally attack the canary but my cockatiel was born with deformed feet and a crooked wing […]

Bonding 2 male cockatiels

Hi, I have 2 male cockatiels both in seperate cages beside each other. So far everything has been well and have moved onto letting them out together. The second male cockatiel sometimes goes into the others cage to sleep and explore around it and sometimes my first cockatiel joins him but recently I’ve noticed that […]

Conure wants to explore

I have a hand fed1 and a half year old male green cheek Conure, he recently (about three weeks ago) flew away, we were lucky enough to retrieve him safely but now it appears to have lost interest in his cage and toys, we started bringing him downstairs more and he starts to fly away […]

Constant chirping

I have a 2 year old female cockatiel we bought from a breeder. She is tame and spends most of her daytime out of her cage. She also flies very well and will be clipped next week. She had her last clutch 3 weeks ago. I take them away after about 4-5 days. ( tho […]

Strange chirp

I have a female cockatiel that seems perfectly healthy, but she randomly started chirping a little squeak while yawning. She was doing it again and again and again. I paniced and i picked her up even if i knew she dosent like that and i tryed looking in her mound if she has a little […]

hand raising a cockatiel

i have 2 baby cockatiels from my two pets, they are currently 6 and 8 days old. i am wanting to hand rear them but i do not have nearly enough time to feed them. is there a way for me to rear them just by being with them? and if so when should i […]

Biting lovebird

I got Luna, my single female lovebird, when she was about 4 months old. She has been living with me for about 18 months. She was terribly shy at first, but with time and patience she has learned to trust me enough that she’ll step up on my finger, fly around the house and land […]

Cockatiel attachment

I have a 8 month old female cockatiel that doesn’t let me do anything go anywhere without her screaming for me what can I do

Landing on me

My bird keeps flying over me like he wants to land on me but then just keeps flying. Maybe he’s not comfortable enough with me yet or he’s just unsure. What can i do to make him feel like he can land on me.

Cockatoo laying

I have a 26 year old umbrella cockatoo that laid her first egg today. When she was little we had her sex’d to see and the vet told us she was a hermorfidite (both sex’s). Would her egg even be fertile??? And why would she lay an egg now after all these years???

Two females

Ive had a female cockatiel for a long time and I finally decided to give her a companion. Since I dont have very much space, I cant risk getting a male and having little ones. So, is it safe for 2 females to be together? She has been alone for the past 15 years and […]

Budgie nesting box

My female has always been real sweet. I put a nesting box in her cage and now she is biting me really bad. Is this appropriate or should I be Worried

Introducing a new Zebra Finch

Hello: I have a female Zebra finch. I also had another little bird in a separate cage. Now my female Zebra Finch, Skittles, has an alone and has been for over a year. I am wishing her to have company and struggling with getting a male or female Zebra and which she would better adapt […]

Indian ringneck

Have a 10 month old Indian ringne k. Hes hand tamed he comes to me on my own. Only problem is. He likes to lightly bite my fingers on ear. He gentle most of the time but then he will Bite to hard. He’s not trying to hurt me. Is there anyway I can teach […]

Weird sound for a cockatiel

I have 2 cockatiels, im not really sure that the grey one is a female, beacuse it dosent have a white face, but is not fully grey. So, Karma, the grey one, makes a ,,chirp” sound, but is more like a ,,cip”.Not the normal loud ,,cip” they make, but one not loud. I saw when […]

Chewing movement

Good day, I gpt a macaw as a present. The Macaw has a “chewing” movement with beak an tongue. I had a Macaw before and he never did that. What can or should I do.

Feather plucking greencheeked parakeet

Hi, I have a question about my greencheeked parakeet (Pyrrhura Molinae). He is 3 years old and started plucking at bis feathers last March (about 7 months ago). He plucks mainly on his back, untill it’s totally bold. Then he stops and the feathers gewoon back. What is most weird is that he does this […]

Male cockatiel trying to mate w another male cockatiel

I have to male cockatiels in the same cage for a while and when I wanted to feed them, one of my male cockatiels was humping my other male cockatiel. I don’t know if it’s normal or what should I do. I will get them in two different cages. Do u think this will help? […]

New bird added

My 6 month old conure and 3 yr old conure have finally begun to preen each other . The young one began bobbing his head today when they were preening. He also got very hyper and actually laid on his back . What’s going on ? Is he playing by laying on his back when […]

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