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?
The first egg hatched! I don’t know if I show feed it yet! I bought the formula Exact Hand Feeding Formula (with OMEGA-3) and I don’t know how to use it. It says to use 92% water and 8 % for the first few days. How should I mix it in?
Hello! Thanks for taking the time to read this (I am a teen so this might not make that much sense, for I can be informal.) My budgie/parakeet has just laid an egg, which she only lays one egg at a period of time. She has laid an egg before, so this is her second […]
I have 2 timnehs—one is territorial in the kitchen (on the floor), and attacks the other when she comes near. What’s going on?
My 2 year old cockatiel lays eggs outside the nesting box. The male will go into the box but not the female. She sits intermittently, leaving the eggs uncovered at night. Is this normal behavior? Is she too young to know to continually sit on the eggs? She seems to prefer to lay the eggs […]
is it ok to place a woven nest inside a divided rectangular nest box? It just had a bare wood floor, and my bird was not interested in any nesting materials. I was trying to avoid splayed legs on any hatchling. But now she has tossed out her eggs ,unhatched . So I am thinking […]
my budgie sat for a week on her eggs then started tossing them out and breaking some. She is in a large flight cage with her male. I have a rectangular nest box high up . I put a woven nest inside it. Should I let her breed on the bare wood? Do I need […]
Baby Parkeets born July 12th and stays in nesting box with mom had feathers but now seems to have lost the feathers at the back of neck and top of wings. How do I know if it is normal feather forming thing or is in need of vet care?
i have two cockatiel male is brought from a breeder. 1 year later now in age of 15 months male and 17 months female. i dont why the male get so aggresive i give a nest though they are nest some how i find the nest they like but after laying eggs male got aggresive […]
I would like to have the two unrelated pairs together but no breeding box. Can I take a chance with that?
Hi Brenda. Thank you so much for your response regarding moving to a new cage. I have a new larger cage and would like to keep two pairs of cockatiels together. They would both be introduced to the new cage at the same time.
Can I move my male and female cockatiels into a new larger cage along with their 7 week old chicks?
Hi, I have 1 white face cockatail and 1 grey cockatail. I saw them mated I installed a box in the cage. They entered to the box they spend most of their time in the nest but one day the male escaped so, can the female lay eggs and incubate by itself or should I […]
hi, I have a large outdoor aviary which housed my hand reared male and a female, mating was witnessed. I introduced a pair of white faced males who’d lived next door, the female paired up with one, leaving hand reared male and laid a clutch in their nest box. Since laying the first egg, both […]
Please discuss how to prevent egg binding and what to do to help a momma bird keeps laying eggs with no mate? 1)How can we help her? 2) Also how much room do finches need? (Gouldin finches)
Hello I live in Surrey BC Canada and we have a male Cockatiel named Hansey. I have two questions about our bird that intrigues me. 1)We only have one male Cockatiel and he often doesn’t like going to bed in his cage at bedtime. Is it safe to leave him out of the cage at […]
just to ask do the hen lovebird also fertlize the egg? Is there a infertile hen bird.?if.. How can you know if the hen is in fertile
Thanks again for the fast reply dear Brenda, since two days they are already outside the nestbox and I even took them to the living room, luckily the parents didn’t abandon them, especially the daddy take a good care of them and let me touch and try to feed them. The thing I am worried […]
Hello Dear Brenda, Your information and advice have been always very precise and helpful. Thumbs up! Now I want the parents have a free flight, i got an Idea and I don’t know if it is stupid or not, if i take the two 2 weeks old babies with the parents on my Garden Porch? […]
Our cockatiel has been carrying an egg for months and wont drop. What do we do??
For the past 5+ years, my Moluccan cockatoo has laid two clutches a year. I have learned the hard way to leave the eggs in the cage with her and have been doing so for the past 4 years, but did not realize the eggs incubate for up to 29 days. I had been taking […]
Hello! My pair have laid one egg. They are spending most of the time in the nest box together. When should I expect another egg? How can you tell if a egg is unfertilized? The egg my cockatiel has laid looks smaller than it should be. If one egg is unfertilized are all the other […]
How to know cockatiels is Male or Female
I have 2 males cocktail and one female …the female doesn’t get familiar with any of them …she is always standing alone. I isolated one male and left the couple with the nest but the female is still standing alone and not communicate with the male…what shall i do ??
I have a 25 year old female Cockatoo. She has never laid an egg is that normal or should we worry?
So I have two females and one male. I have had the male cockatiel and one of the females (lutino) for 4-5 years . The other female is younger and has been with me for 3 years. I have recently have gotten a nesting box and attached it to their cage. The male has been […]
Hello Dears, My cockatiels now have 2 baby chicks and one unhatched egg, it was due 17.07.2020 to be hatched. Now what should I do to that egg? Just take it away from them or let them have it until another week or so? Thanks
hey there, i have a pair of eno cockatiel . i saw them mating many times but both of them dont enter the nest box that ive hanged at the side of the cage . the female sometimes inspects it from the opening of the box but doesn’t go inside it. what could be the […]
Hello Dear Brenda, Finally my cockatiel pair got their first egg hatched and have a cute chick! I guess there are another 1-2 unhatched eggs… How often/much should I feed my cockatiels now? Should be more or less than ordinary feeding behavior? Is it ok if I hand feed one of the chicks if they […]
My birdie was having trouble giving so we looked up how to help Now the egg is soft and she’s not sitting on them Will it even hatch?
I have two tame cockatiels and they’ve laid a lot of eggs and they have hatched many times but every time the male always ends up attacking the female and chasing her out of the nest box. I have separated them and I put the male cockatiel in another cage with the rest of my […]
Is there any chance of matting of two male cockatiels
Cockatiel Parents are nibbling the chick may be out of love but sometimes it is so harsh that it starts bleeding and chick cries in pain. I’m worried if it is normal or its time to keep the chick aways from its parents. The parent isn’t kicking it out of nest but just scratches the […]
Hi my question today is my female cockatiel laid an egg it is her first time ever laying them I bought them as babies and we didn’t know if they were male or female we’ve had him for about three years now and I’m wondering on how many eggs she can hatch so far she’s […]
I have 2 pairs of budgies who are over a year old and should be the right age to mate. I have put both pairs in one breeding cage (was this my first mistake?) and added two nest boxes (was it too soon?). However, birds don’t seem to be bonding at all. The females seem […]
I got a male cockatiel to be the boyfriend of my female. He is in a small cage and I want him in her larger cage. I put the two cages together and the female walks up to his cage and goes inside. But the male won’t come out of his cage. He’s younger. About […]
i have Cockatiel Chick 10 days old, parents of the chick are taking good care of it. it is the only alive chick of the clutch of 6 eggs. it was the first clutch of the pair. my concern is that the chick is 10 days old, still its eyes are not completely open, no […]
I’ve cockatiel pair and it’s their first time to hv chicks, the hen laid 6 eggs out of which only one chick survived, the parents are taking good care of chick but sometimes it seems like they are overfeeding it. The chick is 8 days old.
I have a pair of budgie. The female started laying eggs and now has 3 eggs layed in the nest box. But she sits very little on the eggs, she comes out frequently. The weather here is not too hot n humid that she would not like to sit on the eggs. So, my question […]
My love bird lays egg four times in a year.how can I discourage them?
Hi. I already asked about a 4 years old male and 10 years old female greys. I already have all the requirements you mentioned and a great diet but i am confused about them getting along. I don’t mind not having him as a pet if he bonds and become capable of breeding. Given that […]
Hello Dear Lafebar Team, My cockatiels are already in a breeding phase, the Hen laid 2 eggs so far, All they eat is either Millet or seeds, and green leaves of carrots. I am afraid if they have their eggs hatched and still feed their chicks with this diet! Or it is healthy&normaldiet and I […]
Hi. I have a 4 years old African grey that has beed very sexual/hormonal in the past two months so i have decided to get him a female so that he might bond with her. I know it might never happen but i dont mind trying. The female is 10 years old. Is this age […]
Hello Dears, I have a coupled cockatiel pair, the Cock is 8 months old and the Hen is 6 years old, they have been mating since a week, is it possible not to get eggs while the male is immature? Or as long as they mate she will get eggs? Otherwise he couldnt do the […]
I have a blue female and green male Quakers they are a year old they mate every day for about 2 months no eggs yet but they have become very mean and they were very tame before they started matting I don’t know if I should keep them apart or just let them stay together.
What color will their very be for a male ?
Hi, I have had an ornate lorikeet since July 2019. I wasn’t sure of her sex while getting her but eventually I tried out the pendulum test on her and I was quite convinced that my bird is female. I would say she has bonded very well with me but she is quite aggressive towards […]
My lovebirds led eggs at once after some time they through them down from then thex do not laying eggs
Why do cockatiel parents pluck feathers out of their babies?
How long does it take for a cockatoo to lay an egg once the process of laying has started?
When they have babies how long I can have the babies in formula
Hello I had a question a weeks ago and thank you for your help. My new question is. Why does my Male cocktail prefer his food bowl to pleasure him self?? The two are getting along way better then in the beginning, sitting next one another with out pecking. He seems to be “getting it […]
My male is 1 1/2 years old. But he started to do things which they do while mating so I bought a female but she is also 1 1/2. What should I do now?
Male kicks off the female out of the nesting box and doesn’t allow her to sit on eggs. He’s aggressive when ever female comes near to the nesting box.
I have a pair of finches. They have been together for almost a year. They have four baby finches in the nest. They were good for a few days and randomly the female started chasing the male when she sees him from inside the nest. Then after a while the male sat on the babies […]
My male lovebird is ready to mate especially when he hears or sees my female chick who is only two months old. What shall I do? It pains me to see him pining for her but he sings so well, is so playful, I’m very reluctant to give him up. I’ve no other option at […]
My cockatiel is 14 years old. Became very friendly recently when we started petting her and letting her come out of cage. Four weeks ago we noticed when we petted her she makes cooing sounds and enjoys the petting at the same time lifts her tail as if she is being stimulated. Then all of […]
how many birds can you put together
My African lovebirds mating number of time but not laying eggs why
