Nesting my male Cocktail does it
My male Cocktail do some nesting Often. Is that something that makes do. No female in the picture
Egg Removal
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.
cockatoo behavior
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 ?
should i get another bird?
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 […]
Trying to hatch toy ball
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 […]
Older cockatiel 10/15 years
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 […]
African grey suddenly turned hostile
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 […]
How do I show my budgie I am no harm?
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 […]
Finch
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?
Mixed aviary
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? […]
Sun Conure, 23 years old still laying eggs
Hello, is it normal for my 23 year old gorgeous Sun Conure to still lay eggs at this age?
My bird quakes when I put my finger near its mouth
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.
Egg Laying
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 […]
sex of cockatiel
How can the sex of a cockatiel be determined?
Why is my cockteil keeps attacking my female cockteil.
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 .?
17yr old Cockatiel has laying eggs
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.
Budgies
Hello, Can I have 5 budgies as odd number in one large cage?
Cockatiel bonding
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 […]
My Indian ringnecks attacking my face
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 […]
Why are my birds fighting
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 […]
3unknown sex
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. […]
Finches, and more finches
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?
Does a bird have to sleep in a cage?
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 […]
Older Cockatoo on nest
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 […]
Cockatiel behavior
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.
do you have an awnser for this
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 […]
conure troubles with affection
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 […]
Sudden aggression in my male Conure.
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. […]
Parakeet bonding
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 is lying on the bottom of the cage
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 […]
Cockatiel Screaming
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 […]
Introducing a Cockatoo and Yellow Nape Amazon
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 […]
My quaker bites
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. […]
Digging in Cockatoos
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 […]
My indian Ring-necked picks his feathers
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 […]
Why won’t my cocketeil stop laying eggs
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 […]
Turquoisine pair
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 […]
Getting my cockatiel to go into his cage
How do I get my bird to go into his cage at night without having him bite me?
Izzy my cockateil
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
Baby finch
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?
Male cockatiel rubs his butt on a toy
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?
Can I leave my birds for 2 weeks?
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 […]
which bird to buy
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 […]
Conure rescue situation
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 […]
Older cockatiel
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 […]
Cockatiel companion
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 […]
Why did my male Senegal parrot suddenly becomes aggressive after the death of the female one.
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 […]
Love birds not mating
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 […]
Same parent same sex conure for pet
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 […]
Conure tail biting ?
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.
Cleo, Goffin Cockatoo
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 […]
possible egg activity
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 […]
Male cockatiel attacking my female cockatiel and singing her a song the next minute
Why does my male cockatiel attack my female cockatiel and sing her a song the next minute? I got a female cockatiel for my male cockatiel few months ago and the female cockatiel is few months old and she’s nervous around the male. The male gets shy and avoids her but sometimes he asks her […]
My cockatiel is obsessed with mirrors
Recently I found out mirrors are bad for birds because they get to attached to themselves. My cockatiel has that exact problem. Over the years he has had mirrors in his cage. Every time we tried to breed him with another bird he is aggressive towards them. Right now I took his mirrors away and […]
My 4 year old Sun Conure laid an egg and is behaving differently. What can i do?
Hello. I have 2 Sun conures and, yesterday, one of them laid an egg .Ever since before the first egg was laid, she was acting a little different than usual. Now she is biting on the little house we have for when they sleep, and is wailing her wings and making noises. What should I […]
reflection obsessed
Hi I have a question, I have a kakarikki, a boy, his name is hawke. Hawke is a very tame bird and likes me and his family. He never had a mirror in his cage but I had one in the room I keep him in. He recently discovered the mirror and got absolutely obsessed […]
How should I proceed In bonding?
I recently acquired to two mature female parakeets. It’s been two weeks they’re still nervous and scared when I sit near their cage, they also don’t move from this one perch in their cage, they do not interact with toys at all. They do eat and drink water though.
Male cockatiel
May I put a friend with my male cockatiel because I can’t put them with this Mum and Dad because they fight all the time
Behaviour and next steps
Hi Brenda, Thank you for quickly answering my question about my bird not wanting to hatch her eggs. I did remove the box and the egg as suggested. Currently the male who mated does get a little protective and ocassionally attacks the single male bird. But the single male bird is not attracted to the […]
Toys for parakeet
What is safe / unsafe to give a parakeet in terms of toys that it can chew or shred, etc. to keep it from getting bored. My parakeet eats any paper it can get a hold of. Is this safe?
