Question category: Behavior

Female won’t allow male inside the nest

My female cockatiel is in the process of laying eggs she has laid her first but she sits in the nest as if she’s waiting. She is aggressive and makes the male leave. Before this they would always stay together preen and do all things pairs do this is there first clutch together what should […]

Introducing new finch

My make society finch dies suddenly and our female needs a new companion. How long do we need to wait to introduce and what is the best way to acquaint them?

Male cockatiel nesting behavior

I have two male cockatiels, one of them (Coco) has been going into nesting spots and singing/screaming loudly in an angry manner. He has been attacking anyone nearby, which wouldnt be a problem if he didnt keep nesting nearby us. He keeps on attacking his brother too. We dont know what to do. Will this […]

Budgies

I would love to let my two 3month old bogies fly outside the cage. When is best to do this? Will I ever gain their trust to allow me to touch them. I let them out and they were very startled and flew into the walls and furniture. Is it safe for them?

Parakeet Behavior

About my parakeet Pico, that I’ve had for 1-1/2 yrs. He’s a character and sometimes a bully. 1) He bites me really hard sometimes, and I can’t figure out what prompts this behavior. He flies to my shoulder, and sometimes bites my neck, even breaking the skin. 2) He doesn’t have a friend, and he’s […]

Boarding & Conure Behavior

1. Thoughts on boarding parrots for 2+ weeks vs taking them on a road trip 2. 3 yr old female green cheek and 3 year old male quaker. green cheek bites me for no reason, do you recommend shots to control her puberty/hormones

Cockateil laying egg

My female cockatiel has layed an egg without a mate. She has changed in behavior and is very protective over the egg. Won’t leave the cage and won’t allow me to put my hands in. Do I leave the egg? What should I do ?

Female cockatiel attacking male a lot

My bonded cockatiels used to get along decently together but now the female keeps attacking the male. I saw a similar post asking why the male was attacking the female, and it seemed like the answer was that they weren’t a compatible pair, but I want to make sure this is the same case since […]

rescued finch

hi i recently rescued a zebra finch that’s on his own and i’m concerned about it being on its own should i get another one or will the bird not like it because it’s been on it’s own for so long?

My IRN is scared

I recently bought a female indian ringneck , she is around 2 years old and her story is pretty sad. She was owned by an old lady that didnt take care of her , let her out of the cage most of the time with no interactions and fed her only apples. A bird lover […]

Alexandrine Parrot trying to touch my finger with its beak

Hi, It’s been 3-4 days since I’ve got my Alexandrine Parrot. He lets me pet his beak but sometimes gets a bit angry, he doesn’t let me touch his head. He also accepts seeds from my hands, he eats the food I eat. When I bring my finger close to him, he opens his beak […]

Green cheek egg laying

My 5 year old green cheek has laid 7 eggs so far in the last 3 weeks. She has never laid eggs. No mate. No nest box. She is getting calcium supplement and boiled egg. I’m worried how many eggs she has laid. She gets 13 hours of sleep in a dark room.

Feather plucking

My 2 year old male Indian ringneck has started feather plucking he’s been to the vet and he says it’s Behavioral what can I do for him ?his diet is pellets and nutri berries

Can my bird sleep in a box?

I purchased a pineapple conure at 6 weeks old (I now know that is really young). The bird is now 11 weeks old. When I got him he was sleeping in a box with Aspen shavings. I tried tonight to put him in a cage that he has been sitting on here since the day […]

I think, my Cockatiel is pregnant

Hello, my name is Rezi and I have a 2 year-old female cockatiel. She has laid an egg a year ago and I think she’s going for another one. So here are the symptoms: she is on the bottom of her cage and sometimes lifting her tail upwards. She’s still active and eat well, but […]

Indian ringnecks

Hi I have 2 blue ringnekks not sure if it’s male or female they are in between 8month in a big cage outside now I wanne know will it be possible 2 put 2 fully growing pair in there so they can breed will they fight or what plz help is wanted

cocktail pair always fighting

i got a pair of cocktails both gray female and male the female is ready but the male keeps rejecting her and they can’t sit beside each other one second without picking at each other should i change the male to another one and try mu luck ? they are together for a week now […]

Crying finch

My finch was separated from her mate because we have 7 birds, two of which are babies. The parents were getting too aggressive, and we have a kind one that does not attack, so we had to separate her from her mate to be with the babies. Her mate would attack the babies, so we […]

Earning Trust

We acquired a 4 year old male cockatiel a couple of months ago. His previous owner passed away and we have no idea about his history, including if/how he was handled. He will communicate with us and groom my hair through his cage but hisses and gets upset if he sees my hand move toward […]

Surprise egg

I was given three beautiful budgies and told by the breeder they were all female. They did great together. No issues. Surprise egg found this morning in the food dish – and it did not make it. The corner was crushed. I had no idea, so there was no nesting box available. Is it too […]

Crying Finch

My zebra finch has been separated from her mate, and he is in another cage. She has been with him for a long time, and now she starts crying if she is more than at least 6 feet away from him. Can you give me tips on how to calm her down?

Bonding pt2

Thank you so much for the information. Sorry I didn’t mention but my parrot is a cockatiel.

My cockatiel keeps laying eggs

Hey there, my 2 year old cockatiel layed eggs for the first time on the 11th of Oct last year and after laying a full clutch I waited three weeks until she’d lost interest when I removed them but then she layed another clutch. She hadn’t layed anymore until Tuesday this week (25th Jan) she […]

Bonding

Hello, so I had my parrot for about a year and a half and she can eat from my hand, I can pick her up, but whenever my hand is higher (doesn’t matter if I am trying to touch her or anything) she bites. I always let her out for at least two hours if […]

My Male cockatiel is attacking my female cocktiel

So my dad was walking and a male cockatiel flew on him and he asked people if they own this bird so no one said yes so we took him. We thought he was alone so we got a female and put them both in a cage. Now I don’t know how old he is […]

Canary calms down in afternoon

Our new Red Factor canary is very active flying perch to perch from about 6:30 am to 3:00pm, where he gets real still and quiet. He sometimes breathes fast too. Is this mormal!

Late egg laying

We have had a sun conure for about 9 or 10 years. We do not know the age of her since we got her from another family. She just laid her first egg. Is this common?

Female cocktail

My bird has just layed 3 eggs in the past few days. She has not layed anymore. How long until I take them away or what do I do. I have just got the Bird and don’t know if she has layed before

is my bird fighting

I have had 2 cocktails in the same cage since i got them at the same time. Just recently, one of them has started to get aggressive with the other, chase and nip him, has my bird now decided he wants to live alone? He is 2 years old

My male lorrikeet is dominating over food

So i am in the process of trying the same thing, I had a female and then I got a male from a person. They have bonded to some extent. They have started cuddling each other on heads and have started sitting together. The problem arises when i give food. The male one has a […]

Budgie behavior

Hi there. I have had my 2 female parakeets for 2 years now and they have always been bonded and don’t really come by me much at all. I also have a cockatiel that I’ve had for about a year and a half. They all get along but just recently my one parakeet has suddenly […]

Sounds that a macaw makes

I have a Greenwinged Macaw and he makes a low growling sound I think I know what it means but wanted to see more reasons for why they make that sound.

My bird layed egg

Hi my bird is a cockatiel and she layed a egg today without mate. She has been giving mating signals since she was 1year and now she is 1year and 6months old. This is her first egg and we dont have any setup in the cage for breeding. Now should i throw the egg away […]

Eggs

I was told I had two male birds but I found four eggs in the cage the parents are not paying any attention to the eggs at all they are not sitting on the eggs

Incubating Eggs in December

Hello, My Grandma has had a Sulphur Crested Cockatoo for the past 25 years. She is concerned as over the last week or so he has been incubating fake eggs , only it is December and he has never done this before in December. He is barely eating and is constantly sat incubating the fake […]

Cockatoo

Thank you for that answer unfortunately we do not have a avarian here in Jersey c islands is there any drops or something to put into her water

Cockatoo

My bird has laid 5 eggs since November one every two three weeks she’s on her own is this normal she breaks them after a day or two is this bad for her

Cockatiel doesn’t want to sit on her eggs anymore

My cockatiel laid 4 eggs for the first time and she was incubating them for a while but suddenly stopped. I think it’s because I held her when she stopped eating before she could get to her nest. I just wanted to hold her for a while because it’s been so long since I’ve seen […]

Socialization

How long does it take a flock to accept a new bird or how long does it take a young bird to become comfortable with a new flock. Recently adopted a 22 week old cockatiel and he seems to be a loner. He very seldom associates with the existing birds. He does not fly away […]

My bird not sitting on her eggs

I have a cocktail bird it has laid about 6-7eggs but shes not sitting on them for so much long it has been 40days since she layed eggs she laid eggs on her wood house which is medium in size im also keeping her and her eggs in a silent place and covering it with […]

2 year harlequin behaviors

We have a 2 year old harlequin macaw. Who at times can be aggressive. And she lost her tail feathers. Will this behavior change . We hope it will .

Bathing Bird Body Language

Hi there, Are these behaviours general indicators that a bird is enjoying his bath? – Fanning tail feathers – Flapping/fully extending wings – Fluffing feathers – Moving towards water Thank you for taking the time to answer my question.

breeding bourkes

Is it OK to have a third bird in the same cage as a breeding pair?

Behavior

My cockatiel bird used to come to my hand in initial days i used to feed it with my hand but then i got bit busy and started to feed it with syringe which it didn’t like then i will keep the food in the cage it will it by itself now if i try […]

Moluccan FDB

I adopted a female Moluccan “Crystal”, last year from an elderly lady who was a backyard breeder. Crystal had never been inside a home and never had anything but a couple pieces of 2×4 in her small cage before she came to live with me. I have provided her with a large cage, lots of […]

Lovebird behavior

I have a 3 month old lovebird. And she will not step up. Not even with the lure of millet. Is it ok to move my lovebirds cage from room to room and outside during day with me. Also is it good to play lovebird singing for her. She seems to love it. It is […]

Cockatiel nails

What is the best way to “dull” the toe nails of a young cockatiel (approx. 8-9 months old)? Also, my young cockatiel (8-9 months old) seems to be afraid of the bright sunlight. Is this normal?

two female and one male cockatiels

Hi. I have had a female and a male cockatiels since last year. they’ve been living peacefully in a same cage but have not bonded (seems like the male is not interested) . So recently I bought a new female and put the male and this new female in a separate cage to give them […]

Pair or Trio

Can three tiels live happy or should they be even numbers?

Female budgie

My budgie is 3 years old and is very aggressive! So much that I can’t lot it out of the cage while I’m in the room! She flies at me and bites not like any budgie I’ve ever had. She just attacks so I feel bad that I cannot let her out .

How to deal with my bird’s sexual frustration?

I have three lovebirds; Tiki (cobalt masked) probably male, Miki (Dutch blue) probably female and Kiki (peach faced) probably male. I got each of them separately from different places. Almost a year ago, I only had Tiki and Miki who seemed to be bonding well with each other. None of them were tamed and after […]

Leaving budgie on vacation

I am going on a trip for 4/5 days and am leaving my 8 year old budgie with family friends so she can have more social time rather than being alone. The only thing is these friends of mine have never let her out of her cage before to fly. I thought it would be […]

Cockatoo Loves my shirt

My cockatoo is about 13 years old and she has recently started climbing down my shirt nearly every time I have her on my shoulder. Is this a nesting thing? How long will this last and should I be doing something different? She does not have a mate.

Parrotlet Problems

Our two parrotlets are extremely bonded, however, one is aggressive and sometimes harmful to the other. I tried two cages, and the abusee began to pull all his own feathers out. I put them in a divided cage, and the abusee made a hole and rejoined the abuser whom he loves. What to do?

how long do budgies stay distant for

so my budgie is 3 months old and i’ve read on here that at around this age they will become distant and not like to be handled and such but will return to their regular behaviour eventually, but it didn’t say how long this behaviour is expected to last, so if anyone could tell me […]

Boy or girl

I have 2 boys and a girl Cockatiel. 1 of the boys has bonded with the girl, so now the other bird is the odd boy bird out. Can I get another bird as a friend/companion for him, or would that be too many boys since we have only 1 girl?

Cockatoo

My bird has now laid 3 eggs 1 every 3 days she has eaten them now she’s on her own is this normal thank you

Cockatiel behaviour

I’ve owned birds most of my life. I’m 65 and Ziggy is my first cockatiel bought for me at a widely known pet store. She’s 3 I believe. I’ve provided my bird with all my love and attention. She still won’t come to me or step up. Im starting to feel like it’ll never happen.

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