My oldest budgie(female) is named Blue and I’ve had her for around 3 years now. When she was a few months she was the perfect bird. I could take her out of the cage, I could actually touch the cage and mess inside of the cage. She was alone for about a year when I […]
I have 2 cockatels, both hand feed, and i maked them mad… i grabdem, im sorry, and now when i aproach, one of them bites agrresivley, but dont hurt…. I want to apologise to both, but i dont know how…. today i will put a snack in their cage, so they will maybe be more […]
Why does my Parrot dance like Stevie Wonder periodically while spreading her tail feathers
I have handfed and raised this ringneck myself and growing up, she shares a special bond with me and hurting my family members and pets. She is very protective of me as well. She cuddles with me to sleep and takes showers together. Recently, my ringneck is in a very bad mood like every other […]
I recently got a cockatiel from another family member. And I have had him since last December… It did take him awhile to adjust . But he finally did… He was coming to me all the time… Now here recently it has changed. He is being stand offish from me. He loves his cage. He […]
I haved 2 budgie, male and female, and the male died. I let the female out of the cage to play with my other two handfeed (the female budgie is not) female young cockatiels (they look adult, so i tink they are young adults). She is now good friends with the cockatiels, folowing them everywere. […]
My 8 yr old Quaker Pixie laid a couple eggs the first one she was on a perch and it hit the grate floor and broke and i cleaned it out . 3 days later she laid another i left it this time nothing was wrong with it. she was running about in her cage […]
hey i have 2 cockatiels and recently one of them which is male is sitting in the food pot and protecting it from the other female and the male is also being very aggressive to the other why is this and how to stop this
My male Cocktail do some nesting Often. Is that something that makes do. No female in the picture
Our female cockatiel got sneaky and laid an egg in (of all places) a bottled water package. When we removed, she would just lay another. We let her lay 4 and replaced with porcelain eggs. What is the best method to remove those eggs? It’s been about a month and she is not abandoning.
I have a S Cr Cockatoo female, 24 yrs. old who constantly preens her feathers and eats the little bits that she pulls off. Is this O K and does it indicate any type of issue ?
i have two birds, a female cockatiel and a male budgie, who are living in the same cage. as an inexperienced bird owner i housed them together but am planning on separating them soon. my budgie is a very anxious bird though, and i am worried about how he would react. could getting another bird […]
My 29 year old Senegal parrot has been trying to hatch a small wooden toy ball for two weeks now. The toy ball is in a ceramic dish on the bottom of the cage. I have been using dish keep foot toys in one place. She is eating and drinking but is spending way to […]
Hi, me and my partner we have Kikki (our cockatiel female) from February now. We have been lied from her previous owner who didn’t treat her properly and would do anything to have money and give her away, when we first saw her we felt love immediately for her and decided to make her become […]
Hi, My female African grey suddenly showed aggression when I approached it, flapping her wings and beak half opened. It’s like she suddenly sees me as a threat but I love her and have never abused her in any way, at least not that I know of. This has been going on for 4-5 days […]
I bought two budgies a month ago from a pet store, and they have mostly bonded with each other, as a male and female, but the male one shows more interest towards interacting with me and my family. How do I show him that I am no harm, while the female one is always influencing […]
Hello, My Finch has been alone now for 2 years and he seems to be fine but now I read that I should never have just one…what do you think?
I have a flock of 5 society finches, 1 zebra finch and 1 gouldian finch. The societies are all a family (mom and dad with 3 children), and the zebra and gouldian are relatively new. They all seem to be tolerating each other. Is it necessary to have same-type partners for the zebra and gouldian? […]
Hello, is it normal for my 23 year old gorgeous Sun Conure to still lay eggs at this age?
Hi, so I have a Sun Conure, she’s about 1 year old, and she quakes when I put my fingers near the sides of her beak. She isn’t aggressive, nor does she bite, she just quakes, or shakes. Her head just moves up and down really fast, like she’s regurgitating almost, but she’s never puked.
Our female cockatiel (has never laid an egg in 7 years) is sitting on the counter in between a mixer and a banana tree. She acts like she is sitting on an egg. There is no nesting material. She has no symptoms of being bound. She is eating just fine. She sleeps all night, on […]
How can the sex of a cockatiel be determined?
I have two pets . One male and one female,they both are of same age . I got my female bird first and then the male bird.,both are friendly with me ,recently male keeps attacking my female cockateil,but he goes back wherever she goes,they both are 2-2.5 years old.should I have to separate them .?
I have a 17 yr old single cockatiel who laid an egg a month ago for the first time. She just laid another one. Why does this happen? Should I be worried? Her behaviour has changed.
Hello, Can I have 5 budgies as odd number in one large cage?
We have one male and one female cockatiel, both are almost 3 years old. The are housed in the same cage. The male has bonded with the female but she has bonded with me! She shows him no affection, however they mate and but neither of them are interested in sitting on the egg. I […]
I’ve raised and hand fed my Indian ringneck when he was just 2 weeks old and as he grew he didn’t like going outside, socialising with my family members and always attacks my other pets. He is also very protective of me and always regurgitate when he sees me and hes currently 1 year old […]
I have two fischers lovebirds named jet and Orion and jet always seems to pick fights in the daytime with Orion, chasing him around the cage and not allowing him on the top and bottom perch. However at night they’ll sleep together and even feed each other. Is this something I should be worried about […]
I have 3 budgies I’m jot sure of the sex for them . They have been laying eggs ,they have 4 eggs and none of sit on eggs that I know of. I’ve tossed 4 out .they whr cracked . I have a old cardboard box but they don’t use it. What should I do. […]
I have 5 zebra finches. Two (F&M) are bonded, and the other three are 2 females and one male. I have recently notices that one of my females is attacking the bonded female or basically chasing her away from the male. What do you recommend I do?
I recently got a Sun Conure, he was barely over 11 weeks old when I got him from the breeder who hadn’t tried to teach him to step up to much. So he was still a little wobbly on his legs. So the first night I let him sleep in his cage, but when I […]
My 42 year old Cockatoo has laid an egg..I left it for her for 3 weeks before I changed it out for a dummy egg.( Due to the egg had a small crack and was covered in poop, it is not fertile) When she is not sitting on the dummy egg she comes to us […]
Hi, I have male cockatiel and he want to have a female. He is in the breeding season. If I let him out he is attacking us. Now I left him in the cage. What can I do about his behavior? Kind regards.
what do i do my female bird is always sitting on the top side of my cage and will only move to the other side of the cage on the top is she just nerveous if yes how do i help her her boyfriend will still fly around im scared there is something wrong with […]
My green cheek conure used to always be affectionate towards me, and now he’s not. I’ve raised him since he was 36 days and this year he’s turning three, so I can tell he is definitely a very affectionate bird and especially towards me, his owner. But in October 2022 he started to fear my […]
I got these two Conures for three years now. They have always been very loving and kind to each other. The last two days, the male conure has become very aggressive towards the female conure. He tries to grab her by the neck and bites her feet as she tries to run away from him. […]
I have a cockatiel and 2 parakeets that I recently bought because my cockatiel stopped letting me hold him and I thought he was depressed. Then I found out he was a girl. Do they pms when they lay eggs? She’s only layed 2 in a week and I’m following protocol. I just wanted to […]
My bird sometimes during the day lies on the cafe floor . He does that and idk why he just closes his eyes. When i give him food or give him a toy he is playing with it means he is interacting but it worries me seeing him lying on the cage with his eyes […]
I have had my male cockatiel for a few years now and recently we moved into a neighborhood with a lot of wild birds in the area. Every time he hears a bird he screams continuously and i can’t get him to stop unless i cover his cage. This is very difficult because i don’t […]
Hello, my friend has a Cockatoo and her Parakeet passed away and since her Cockatoo seems to be depressed he isn’t himself and not interacting with her as much. She asked if I would do a play date with my Yellow Nape. I wouldn’t let them get too close and may even just hold mine […]
I got Tucker as a boy from pet store after 2 years maybe 3 eggs laid I removed them no problem. The last month he’s laid 3 eggs an I can’t get near him for biting me. How to make him stop biting me. Before eggs he was so tame an sweet but not now. […]
Hi! I have an Umbrella Cockatoo and I noticed she tries to dig in the corners of our couch or against someone’s leg. I originally thought this might be burrowing or hormonal but I have also seen information on the internet that it could be digging and not hormonal. We only pet her on her […]
It’s been more than two years and my parrot won’t stop pulling his feathers off. He keeps it low when we all are having a break from our school but never stops. He eats everything that is in our plate, nuts, drinks everything we drink including milk and even eat bones. So do we need […]
My cocketeil started laying eggs, out of nowhere, around December and laid around 6 eggs. After around 2 weeks she stopped incubating them. So when we thought she lost interest in them, we took it away. A couple weeks later, she would lay more eggs again, and the process just keeps repeating. We don’t know […]
My Turquoisine male has always been a good father but, the last clutch only had one chick and i suspect he killed this chick after it fledged as it was a male. this time, this same pair had only 1 chick again and it has now fledged but still is not weaned. Should i remove […]
How do I get my bird to go into his cage at night without having him bite me?
Hi my cockateil has been hand tamed for over a year and suddenly a few days ago wouldn’t step up and screamed at me and my partner if we went near the cage
My baby finch seemed to be doing well parents attentive but now just found it dead on the pen floor looked to have feathers coming in. What could have happened? Do you think I should have put food and water on the pen floor in case it fell out of the nest?
I just got my female cockatiel for my male and he keeps rubbing his butt on a toy, why wouldnt he just mate with his female?
Hello! We are planning on leaving our two parakeets and two cockatiels for two weeks. My parakeets are always together in the same cage, while my cockatiels are in separate cages since one of them won’t leave the other alone. We’re planning on having a friend come over to change their food and water, would […]
Hi, I would like to buy a parakeet that talks. I was thinking of an Indian Ring Neck. I live in a house and would love to train him to speak. Are they difficult to teach? Are they finicky with eating seeds or fruit? I am 78 and had a cockatiel before who lived to […]
I have a conure that i rescued a year and a half ago, we were bonded and so close. I had to rescue a conure couple and my conure seems lost because they are a couple and he is alone, they preen each other and play sometimes but I feel like my connection with my […]
Hi, can I get my old cockatiel a partner? ,she was given it to me long ago, and idk how old she was back then, but she’s been with me for over 8/9 years, the other day I gave some spinach to play and she started to open up her wings and putting the leaves […]
Hello, i have a male cockatiel thats 2 1/2 years old and is an only bird, ive been thinking of getting him a friend, but im not sure if i should get a male or female and if he’ll be aggressive over them, ive gotten a female in the past and he loved her, unfortunately […]
I had 2 Senegal parrot, they have been living with me for 2 years. It was one Saturday morning the female one started to act weird by sleeping with her head bent over and drinking too much water and she doesn’t eat, I thought it was just part of their behavior. When she died the […]
I have a male and female love bird for 2 years now. I bought them speratly and I know the are male and female. The female love bird seems to keep making nests and seems intersted in the male love bird. The male sometimes does also give the same intrest to her. Although I also […]
My friend has two chicks from sun conure parent waiting for dna if its both same aex like both male or both female can i take both and raise together as my pets. Because i m not interest in breeding. If they both are male and female, i will go for one only and which […]
So my I believe 6-9 months conure well, no one knows her exact age but we’ve had her for a while. She’s a pineapple concurs and ever since we got her she looks like she’s been biting her tail a lot. I don’t know why. I wanna be able to help get stop or anything.
We’ve had Cleo as part of our lives for roughly 25 yrs. She acts like she needs a mate and has pulled some feathers on herself. Cleo sees us as part of her flock and always wants a taste of what we eat. She is very loving with my husband and I, but is selective […]
I have a 23 yr. old female s. cr. cockatoo . Seems healthy, eats a diet of fresh greens, lentils, apple, swt. potato, squqsh. She frequently squats on her perch and shudders and emits a somewhat high pitch vocal grunt. Occasionally I witnessed a leaking of drops but she typically has no problem going to […]
