I had to move where my birds normally are to a different location due to construction and spring just started. Two of the three laid an egg. How do I discourage this? Or is this okay. I guess I’m just worried and I feel a little clueless. I have no male birds.
My female cocktaiel bird has overfed it’s chick and it looks very huge and looks like it will explode. Is this an serious issue?
Hi! I have a male cockatiel, he’s a little over two years old, and a couple of months ago he stopped singing or making any chirping sound whatsoever. I’ve been told it can be because he’s changing feathers, but I’m worried and wanted to get a second opinion. He’s still as sweet and loving as […]
I have had a pair of bonded conures for a year, female 3-4 years old and male is 6-7. Sadie{female] laid 6 eggs mid Jan, 4 not viable and 2 hatched. One is now 20 days old and the other 18 days old. Now today she laid another egg! I know not good. Will she […]
Where should the nesting box be located in the cage , for budgies?
I was told that I purchased 2 males by the breeder. They are about 1 1/2 years old and I’ve had them a little over a year. Someone laid an egg recently and the “male” is aggressive with the “female ” at times chasing and trying to dominate her. Should I separate them? Will she […]
My 4 years old sun conure has his own bed for bed time he likes to lay down and be covered with a really small and light blanket thats almost like a face cloth and he’s been like this ever since we got him when he was 3 months old, but recently the last 3 […]
Hi, I have a 10 month old male cockatiel, Pip. I’ve had him for 5 months, and he’s been super friendly, loves head scratches, goes everywhere around the house with me, has learned songs and whistles. If I’m home he’s out of the cage and with me until his bedtime. Suddenly, yesterday when I got […]
Our male cocktail is about 7 months old and and our female is 1.7 years old .We say them both mating and kept breeding box . but suddenly the male went inside the breeding box and came out and started chasing female I dont know how to stop them please help
Hi I have three lovebirds, one is a Rosy-faced lovebird and the other is a Fischer lovebird, I didn’t know much about these birds before and they have a baby bird that is 1 year old now, I’m pretty sure it’s a boy, now lately I’ve seen his father and him mating when his mother […]
I bought 2 cockatiels, 1 male and 1 female, from a store 10 days ago. They’re around 9-10 months old, (though I’m not exactly sure). The female was a bit sick when I got her—she’d been bullied by the other birds in the same cage and had some injuries around her eye. She was very […]
Hi, would one be better with children than the other?
i have no idea how to make my bird love me more, i know i’m his favorite but i also want to be the person he’s most comfortable around, i don’t want him to be scared of my hands, and i want him to choose me over other people immediately, he’s not doing that and […]
I have a huge birdcage. It’s about 10 x 8. And it’s also deep. I want to get song birds so I can hear their songs. I want very small ones and not many so they will be free to fly. What kind should I get.
I have 4 green cheek conures total. (1 male and 3 females) Mango, pebbles, Sunny and Turkey. Ive had them all for well over a year now and 2 of them have become bonded. (Mango and pebbles) This is their second clutch of eggs that they have laid now and i haven’t been keeping the […]
Hello, I’m hoping you can help. To clarify, I am not a breeder, don’t believe in it, nor do I want to be. I have 4 pairs of rescues in large homes/cages. about 4 months ago I noticed (with letting all out together for their playtime) that there was a male with another one that […]
Dear Lafeber. We own a pair of Bronzewinged pionus parrots. Initially they were quite tame and interactive with us, however of the last three years they have become increasingly difficult to handle as hormones soar. They spent most of their days outside the cage, have good nutrition, we limit fruits and nuts but give them […]
I have 5 zebra finches, 3 male and 2 female. I had 2 pairs in separate cages but one pair I lost the female. That left the male by himself for about 4 weeks till today as bought him another companion though male. He is younger than the other male aswell. Just wondering if they’ll […]
I have two male lovebirds that I adopted last September. They have been together for about 4 or 5 years since they hatched. They are brothers. The foster mom mentioned that the one overpreens the other and he has a bald spot on his head. They are out in the office with me and I […]
Hi! My 2 year old green cheek conure, chino, might be getting a friend! He was raised with other birds when young and is pretty social with both other birds and people so I don’t see an issue in that, what I was wondering was how do I introduce this permanent resident? Chino is pretty […]
My teil sits in her food bowl and she makes noises
Micky has been ill ,so had to give him medication for 5 weeks.Having to get hold of him has left him so frightened.He is very quiet and not moving very much,but eating ok.He has never been a playfull budgie,so im thinking does he need a friend?
My bird shouts different noise loud all day,ca t stop him he’ll step onto a stuck but he’s not tame at 3years old he hisses at me when I try to touch him ,like he’s really stressed out ,what can I do it’s driving me crazh
My lovebird will be turning 1 this summer and she is very aggressive. She hates hands, but will fly onto your shoulder and won’t let you touch her. I have a male conure that she loves be with, but occasional they will get into fights. How do I stop this aggression?
Hola, el 5 de Enero compre 2 agapornis , creo que son hembra y macho , pero no estoy segura. Quiero saber noooo se pueden adaptar a mi casa y que no me tengan miedo
Should you cover parakeets when you first bring them home
I have a 3year old euresian collar neck female dove named Ju-Ju that I have had since she was a few days old. For the past week she has been unable to sit still, constantly picking at the feathers around her legs and under her wings. She isnt pulling them out, just jabbing herself as […]
We have one cockatiel that has laid eggs and won’t leave the nest. She lives with a budgie. When we try teven look inside she gets aggressive. How do we get close enough to remove the eggs and nest?
I have two baby cockatiels one is 4 weeks old the other is younger about 2 1/2-3 weeks old. The father plucked all feathers from 4 week old baby’s head. I took him out of the cage and now mom is alone in cage with them. Will she be able to care for the two […]
I have 2 parakeets that live outside of the cage. I have purchased a self feeded for food and water. They sleep in extra large plants that are ceiling high. I keep the top of the cage open which they use only for feeding. Last time I visited family back in May I took them […]
Hello, i’ve had my lovebird for about a year. I only have one and im not sure if its a male or female. The vet said that its a female but the pet shop said he’s a male. Anways, he only let me pet him and kiss him and hold him all the time. But […]
My grandma has a parrot, and he is really scared of hands from what I can tell, my cousins provoked him for a while, and ever since then he been reactive to hands in a horrible way. How can I make him calm down and be nice again? We are from Czech and he is […]
We have a Cockatiel (Valentine) who is currently 29 years old..
I have two male cockatiels about a year apart and they have a very strong bond. The younger one does this thing where he sits in his little triangle hut, shakes (like he is cold but its not cold) and makes little pip squeak noises and the other one stands near him. Im assuming this […]
Hi , I got a 3 month old parakeet a while back. He is now 9 months older lad. He bites constantly and is aggressive. He has a large cage with his favorite toys. I have never chased him or forced him to do anything can you give me some advice
Is it OK to introduce female lovebirds and eventually keep them together if they get along?
I’ve had my male cockatiel since he was 7 months old. He was very kind and easy in the beginning but when I moved back home, he started getting aggressive with me after trying to court my boyfriend’s female cockatiel. They’re not compatible at all as she attacks him when he’s near. They’re in separate […]
My Indian ringneck is displaying nesting behavior. The problem is she is under the sofa and attacking us when we sit down. I have tried to block it off but isn’t working and I have tried giving her a box with paper but she isn’t interested.
Do Zebra finches think it’s funny to dive bomb people
Hi I been keeping my babies separated in plastic bowls inside the brooder. I keep them apart because they are 2 days apart. The older one is significantly bigger then the other. So he bullies the other one. I don’t want to keep them in separates bowls anymore I want them to explore the brooder. […]
Hi I have incubated my birds eggs from the start. I have hand fed them from the start. But the 12 day old one seems to be mean. He/she hisses at me. It’s not a hunger cry because he/she’s crop will be full. He/she will stand on its feet and stretch its body upward to […]
Hello. I have a 3-4 month old cockatiel who loves singing. He says peekaboo and a bunch of whistle sounds and makes kisses. But he won’t sing in front of anyone or outside his cage. I’ve hand raised him from day 1. Why could this be?
I have a pair of budgies in a single cage a few days ago I saw a broken egg shell inside the cage, today the female laid another egg however she didn’t sit on it while the male dropped the egg from the breeding box, what should I do?
I have my 2 indian ringnecks both 3 years old male they are showing sign that they want to mate because they are trying ti scratch their butt on the rope perch what will i do since they are both males? Thank you for answering.
We have a relatively young, new cockatiel and after asking my parents to babysit overnight (put the bird in a new home for the day) I noticed that the bird has been screeching a lot more. The noise is very similar to a flocking call in sound, but it’s far louder and far more frequent […]
My bird must be thirty years old. For the past week he has been sleeping on the bottom of the cage. with ruffled feathers. He still comes up to eat. Does this mean he is on his way out? He seem extra tired. Not active today . He has no discharge at his beak and […]
Hi. One year ago we had bought a male love bird. From last one mothe he started regurigating over all the object he see and if we go near he attacked on us to bite can this be stoped or if continues is there and problem. As soon as he come out off the cage […]
After a couple of months, getting along beautifully, the female dies seemingly of a broken neck, no other marks on her. Waited a couple months before bringing home a new female, and they became even closer than the first. They did everything together and slept so close, they looked like one bird… They were inseparable. […]
My two cockatiels (one male and one female) have suddenly started obsessively shredding paper. I bought them a few months ago and both have relatively settled well (i.e. theyre properly eating, chirping/singing, flying around and coming back to their cage on their own). Since about a week now, ive noticed that the paper has bitten […]
I had two budgies: one girl and one boy which lived together for 5 years. The girl passed a few days ago and I felt bad that my bird was alone now so I went to the pet store and got him a friend, also a girl. They are in the same cage and have […]
I have 3 owl finches (rescues), I suspect all males. Michael, Buster and GOB. Michael has always been getting a bit plucked under the beak/neck by Buster, which surprised me because I thought they were paired (they sleep next to each other and GOB usually sleeps alone. Buster recently got a respiratory infection, and I […]
I have had a male cockatiel for a little under one year now, he is finishing up his first molt. About 3 months ago, I got another cockatiel who is under a year old and I think is a female (still waiting for DNA testing). Sometimes, my boy will walk up to her with heart […]
I work and was thinking about getting another bird for company for Ozzie ..will this affect our friendship?? Ozzie is a hand raised cockatiel?? The other bird is not
Why does my male parakeet rub himself on top of my head & gives me love bites. All the female parakeets run away or peck him cuz he too aggressive & they hate him.
hi we bought two budgies at a fair. we have two feeders. one day i saw the male budgie hitting the female one on the head because he wanted to get on the feeder that she was using. another time i saw that the girl budgie wanted to use the feeder where the male budgie […]
I am thinking on going on a vacation but it will be about 4 weeks long. My mother and father will be home for a whole week before they travel as well and will be able to feed change water and take him out everyday. After that for the next 3 weeks I will have […]
I have a 3.5yr old female cockatiel abd she has developed the problem of acute egg laying. Every 2nd month she layes 3 eggs one after the other. What should I do about it? She doesn’t like being in cage and even we have made her roam around free in the house. So whenever I […]
I’m currently hand rearing/weaning a baby lovebird he is around 2 months old but he is stuck to me like velcro and screeches when he isn’t with me, is this normal? If not how do I go about correcting the screeching behaviour. I’ve also recently introduced him to his cage, if that has any contribution […]
Avi So my friend has two budgies in cage of 13x13x13 and they fear everything around them except him and their food and so watched on somewhere where they told me to put cardboard on sides of cages so I recommended him to do the same but I have budgies but I didn’t do it […]
I have a 4 month old sun conure. I’ve had him for a few weeks now.I haven’t done a dna test yet so I’m not sure if it’s male or female but I call him “he”. A few day after I brought him home he became very attached to me. It’s almost impossible to have […]
