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 […]
Can Male and female african ringneck parrots be housed in the same cage? I have a male and female who are about 5 to 6 months old. And they get along when together outside their cages on their parrot stand. But I wanted to know if its okay to house them together in the same […]
What is the maximum number of eggs that a budgie can lay at once??(Please suggest me the at most number)
My cockatiel lays4 or 5 eggs every few months and they never hatch. I have a Male cockatiel with her and thought ive noticed them mating but when I candle the eggs I see no signs of baby chicks even after 4 weeks of them sitting on them. How do I soo mt female from […]
How do I stop excessive regurgitation on toys? My budgie has recently developed a habit of regurgitating for his toys almost constantly. He will not interact with my other birds and when I remove the toys he simply regurgitates for the cage bars. tips on getting Budgies to eat vegetable chop. They will eat whole […]
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!!
What type of conure can I get to be a friend for my green cheek conure? Also should or could it ve6a female
Hey! I have a blue and gold macaw that likes to be picked up but when I pick him up he runs to my shoulder and stay there and if I try to remove him he bites me is there a way to train him to not go to my shoulder or for him to […]
How do I prevent an Amazon from dive bombing me besides clipping him.
I have a hen alexandrine and have acquired 2 male Alexandrines . Can I put both males in the very large aviary with her or will there be competition for the hen ?
Thank you for your reply, it sounds like hes in fear, or just trying to get used to the enviorment. There could be a chance his hormones are changing which is causing him to sound different.
I have 4 cockatiel breeding pairs in a big avairy all sitting on eggs but notice today one male from breeding pairs having sex with another female from different breeding pair what’s going on there thx
Why does my female cockatiel makes too loud noises in the morning or when I’m doing some work?
Hi! So I got my cockatiel when we was about six or ten years old and he’s been a little bit of a biter and wasn’t really a touchy bird but now all of the sudden he’s really calm and actually letting people pet him and he’s just acting off. I don’t know what’s wrong […]
Hi there! I currently have a green cheek conure, a male that is around 8 years old. We are moving and considering getting him a friend because we plan on being away from our home more and don’t want him to be lonely. As it is now I am able to give him a lot […]
Hi my name is Breanna and my mom has two cockatiels one of them is peep she is a sweet heart and the other one is storm. Storm is being a jerk to peep every time peep goes to get some food and storm is in the bottom he attacks peep and runs her off […]
Can Budgies talk?
Hello, We have two budgies who mated and layer seven eggs together. Tomorrow is going to be the 18th day since the first egg was laid. From researching online, the eggs generally hatch somewhere between 18-23 days if fertile, but I couldn’t find consistent results online. How long should we wait till we could deem […]
Why doesn’t our budgies go inside their nestbox and lay an egg? By the way we have 3 pairs of budgies in one big cage.
My African Grey is always gentle but today she’s biting me when I have her step up even though she does want to come out. Why is she doing this?
is there a certain thing that a male does that a female doesn’t. i am now very into parakeets because i now have to and i want to know as much as possible to give them a better life than at the pet shop.
Male cockatiel is thinking human hand as his mate, it doesn’t pair with the female. How to change his habbit? Both male and female are hand raised. I bought this male a week ago, when taking with him in my hand. It give the sign of matting and started to rub on my hand. Please […]
My cockatiel is always screaming and chirping at the same time, but every time I go near him, he stops and raises one foot, and is all fluffed up, however, he is scared of me. If I get too close he takes a few steps back. Nothing is wrong with his food/water or cage. He […]
I have a pair of cocktail. Male does not mate in spite of mating sounds. It seems that it is going to mate but not. Female come close to it and made a position to b mated but i havent see it .plz guide
my green cheek has 12 eggs already only 3 in cage should I take all out
We’ve had our pet parakeet for 3 years now. The first 2 years he was able to come out his cage after school. I have owned several different parakeets over my lifetime. I wanted to spend time with the bird so I grabbed him and he got extremely infuriated. He is very jittery and does […]
My 1yr 6 month grey is suddenly refusing to step up and attacks resorts to biting. Nothing has changed regardless cage or food. She is molting now though. Is so sad that this is suddenly happening. She is chattering and behaving normally. Just refuse to step up. What can be a possible problem?
I have a make cockatiel and its been about 2 months since I have gotton him. When I got him, I left him alone in his cage for a few weeks, afterwards, I sit beside the cage sometimes, but he always walks away from me. I tried giving him some time, but it was no […]
What are the best nuts to feed parrots? Why would an amazon be interested in a mug filled with coffee or tea but ignore one with water?
best way to get bird to stop biting
My boy and girl cockatiel are always hormonal now. For months they shred the newspaper in their house or hide under it. I move their cage around, rotate their toys, cover them up early, and they do have a LOT of time out of their cage to play. They get so worked up ; what […]
I have 2 green cheek conures how much out of cage time do they need? Do they have to be Only on pellet diet? Should there cage be covered at night? Should green cheeks be seen every year by the vet? Can you tell genders of conures? Also should i get pet insurance for birds? […]
I have a female cockatiel that has laid eggs. She has become aggressive to the male. I had to take him out of the cage. What should I do?? Try to put him back in the cage or keep them apart
we adopted Hansey about 4 months ago after my mother in law passed away. Hansey has known us from our visits at our mother in law’s place. Recently in the last month Hansey has become very attached to my mother in law daughter Sandra. Hansey follows her everywhere around the house, walks around the house […]
My cockatiel who has pretty much up to this point been compliant with bedtime routine. However, the last 6 weeks he has become IMPOSSIBLE!!!! He flies off, screeches, bites and is a real monster when it comes to bedtime. Now anytime we go to try to get him he flies off thinking we are putting […]
Dear Brenda, Thank you so very much again Brenda for all your help with my Senegal Parrot Socrates. He was not like this quite a while ago. I also never had a parrot before. I got him originally from my former boyfriend Joshua a couple years ago. From someone who was giving my Socrates away. […]
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 […]
Dear Brenda, Thank you so very much for getting back to me so soon. I really appreciate all your help. I removed my Socrate’s hut. I really hated to do it. But I followed your advice. It hurts me to do it because he felt so safe and secure. That was like a security blanket […]
Hello Brenda, My Senegal Parrot Socrates; his behavior towards me changed. And I don’t understand why. He was originally very friendly towards me. But recently he has become extremely frightened. He used to let me pet his head. He used to sit on my shoulder sometimes. But when he bit me once on my ear; […]
Hi! I followed your advice and took advantage of verde’s new sweet side and worked on stepping up without chewing or biting and I’ve been letting her come out of the cage and it was Wonderful! She loves spending time with me but I have two questions. My first question is how can I make […]
Hello again! I followed what you said and let the parents feed the chicks. 3 of then are pretty big and are about 12 days old. I had a baby chick hatch four days ago. I was worried that it wouldn’t be feed properly so I moved the bigger ones away from the nest and […]
Hi there , I have a green cheek Conure (cheeky )who is about 12, we think he is a male. He has some fears about finger which I am training , cheeky is getting much better with hand, he gets alone with other birds. He has meet and stayed with a Alexandria parrot (Lui, he […]
Why is he doing that
Verde stayed at my friends house for a while because we went somewhere over night just for one day, and when I got verde back she was a completely different bird she lets you pet her she steps up without and glove thing on my hand hand her bites aren’t as nearly as hard as […]
Hi…i have a 5 month old Timneh AG who is a real mommy’s boy, he is afraid of everyone else.. what do I do when I go away next year for 10 days a month on business? How do I handle leaving him with a bird sitter?
Hello I’m interested in buying a bird but i live a 3 1/2 size Appartement building . which bird species would suited for life in a Appartement? I would a medium-sized bird.
My girlfriend and I have been living together for nearly a year, and she has a little bird named Pilot. I’m still a little uneasy with how messy and loud birds can be, but the bird is very important to her and I want to be able to work with it. When we first moved […]
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 […]
My birds all fly in the house will thy have eggs
This is a curiosity question… Lori, my housemate, owns a Maroon Bellied Conure – female – 13 years old. We have cable news on during most of the day as background while we are doing other things. The Conure is in the same room as the tv. So she hears a lot of news and […]
Single female Cockatiel sits in box and wont come out protecting her eggs but there are no eggs
Hi, I recently bought a budgie that I was told was hand reared, I got him at 8 weeks old and he is now 10 weeks. He literally runs away from me every time I try get close, he sometimes gets on my finger when I am holding millet but jumps off as soon as […]
Hello! I have two pairs of budgies, all just over a year old, in separate flight/breeding cages. There are no nest boxes yet. One pair is bonded and the other is starting to show bonding behavior. I am doing all my research before deciding to breed (or not). Two questions I have not been able […]
I have 3 parakeets in a small cage. Two male and one female. The female one, you see, l say it’s kinda crazy. It goes inside the place where l provide the food (seeds) and it’s tail started to fall off. I think she’s pregnant ’cause her belly looks really big. The males are fine. […]
Its me again, dont know how to respond to the other question… but she has laid 2 more eggs, do you have any clue what to do?
i just want to thank you for the great advice handling mango and his birdy problems he really is a great pet and we love him lots thank you so much
Hello, it’s me again. This is meant to be a follow up question regarding Kiwi, my peach faced lovebird who I have asked about in a previous question Lovebird Trust I am writing this to inform you that it have been quite some time and I have worked on Kiwi was far as earning my […]
I’ve had my 11 year old male for about 6 months and he does not fly. Is there hope, with training, that he will fly? Or should I be content that he walks everywhere?
Lisa, what is the sign that Sam communicates to you that she wants water?
What does it mean when our bird fluffs up but does not pin her eyes, when we go to feed her?
