My little parrotolet continues to pluck feathers from her stomach,legs and back. Her skin looks dry and she scratches around her head. I give her a few drops of olive oil each week, rub Neosporin on bald spots about twice a week. Don’t see any mites, etc. Took her to an Aviary Vet – no […]
Hi Brenda Thank for answering my question. I had no idea that was the steps to take to introduce a new bird. I saw them this morning sharing a piece of popcorn with out pecking at one another. I forgot to ask. The cage during the day stands outside and as the sun goes done […]
Hello. I have two cocktails. We where told the one is male and the other female about two weeks ago we found out both are male. We took the one male and exchanged him for a female ( he got a new loving home) now my question is how long does it take for them […]
Hi! My finches have laid a clutch of three eggs before, but the eggs got tossed. this time around, they have hatched four of them, and we have had them around 4-6 days now. today i cleaned their nest and after i took out the babies to shake out the droppings and give them new […]
My bird lays an egg once every 1 or 2 weeks and does not sit on them. Why?
We recently have 2 cockatiels, who mated and layed 4 eggs. The female sits on them most of the day and sometimes the male does too. They separate the eggs daily, into groups of 2 (I’m assuming to share the nesting and incubation time) They then both come out in the evening and are away […]
Hi I recently got a pair of cockatiel. They had their first clutch but their first owner sold them to a second owner while nesting. With this, their eggs did not hatch. I was thinking they got disturbed then abandoned their eggs. After a month, the second owner sold it to me making me the […]
How to react when my green cheek conure rubs her bottom on my hand?
Parakeet wont use nesting box, eggs on cage floor above the tray
Will a bubgie sit on another budgies eggs
Hello my name is John. My male is 4 and he is molting, fairly bad. He is fluffing a lot sometimes staying fluffed and wants me to hold him all the time. Still eating and drinking like always. I now recall he done this the very first time but not this much that is why […]
Hi. I had a pair of zebra finches, one male and the other female who got on well. Unfortunately, after laying their first clutch of eggs, the hen died. The male went into a depression so, I got him another female companion. They were also immediately compatible soon enough she also died and the male […]
Thank you the most webinar with Dr Lamb. I asked about my 2 year female cockatiel who has been separated from her juvenile male due to self destructive behaviour (weight loss, self plucking). Aside from rehoming, are there any medical procedures that could help bridge the time until my 8 mth old male will be […]
6 year old rose breasted cockatoo female started sitting on back of couch and putting her butt on my head – is this hormonal
what are the long term side effects of using the hormonl implants? Can they be used indefinitely?
Can you discuss light effects on cockatiels? Possible to adjust to minimize hormonal stress? Cover cage at night? Are there any treatments that my 2 year old female cockatiel can get so she can live with my male cockatiel and lovebirds?
Females (single) of what species, from your practice, lay the most eggs. Cockatiels, I think, but what else? And how is it with rainbow lorikeet?
I have a pair of Eclectus that have been together just over 1 1/2 years and Lola has lain 3 times during that time – not fertile and we discard. Is it safe for her to have 2 maybe 3 clutches a year that are not fertile.
My single albino cockatiel has laid 3 sets of eggs since Jan., How do I stop her laying another set of eggs? Are hemp seeds helpful for hormonal cockatiel behavior?
Tell me if I’m missing anything to PREVENT…. First time GIRL bird guardian & never want her 2 lay an egg since it will be unfruitful. She gets 12+hours sleep (bed time now 7pm), no more than 1t of fat (seed/nut) daily diet of sprouts & veggies no fruit. She’s going on 3 & starting […]
I am a 1st time Parrot mom with a lively 12 yr old conure adopted from a rescue. Are these hormonal changes temporary and if so, how long will it last?
I have a 25 year old male African Grey who often tries to …”mate” with my foot. Is this ever going to stop? Do they outgrow these hormones at a certain age?
I have two rescued male Cockatiels who became bonded. One bird is extremely aggressive and will attack me even if I am not close to their cage. Is there anything I can do to ameliorate the situation?
I have 5 cockatiel boys who were fine in one cage but now I had to separate them. 2 pairs are bonded and the 5th is singing to one of the boys in the pairs and shredding paper. The boys are trying to mount each other which ends in an argument. Should I stop it […]
my parakeets have been going in a hole in my ceiling lately and the female hasn’t come out in a while and i woke up to hear a baby parakeet in the ceiling, so should i move it? i don’t know what to do in this situation. do i put it in a breeding box […]
My male cockatiel died after we put the cage outside for a couple of days while we were fumigating our home. A cat, presumingly might’ve put their paw through the cage and attacked him. He died and I was heartbroken. My female was fine. She started laying eggs 10 days later. She laid 7 and […]
Hi, My name is Allyson and my budgies are not breeding. They have a breeding box and are male and female and are old enough but they just won’t breed! the male has bred with another female, do you think that’s interfering? Please help, i really want to breed my budgies but they just won’t!
Hello, I’ve gotten four clutches over the past few months from my Zebra Finches, but it has been about 4 weeks since I’ve gotten another. What’s more, they’re acting very different. One of them is in the nesting box at all times – they no longer come out and sit on the perches together, or […]
Hi, I just added a nest box for the pair 4 days ago but until now, none of them went into the nest box. is that normal or should put them in myself for the first time? if yes, which one, the male of female? Thanks in advanced
Hi there, and thank you so much for this great website. I have a couple of budgies, which had two parakeet babies three months and and half ago. They have been great, specially in these times, i have enjoy seeing them growing up day by day, so it has been a great experience. Then a […]
Hello there, Why is my 3yr old female Indian Ringneck Parrot nasty all the time; she smashes her perspective swing continually with her beak backwards & forwards, & she has also attacked a Canary we have a couple of times as well? Thankyou kindly for your professional advice in advance. Regards, Jane. (Sydney. Aust.)
I have a male cockatiel and he seems to be mateing with this seed bowl and sqwacks as well as sits in his bowl all the time and makes noises is this normal?
Hi,this is Tom from India..I have a pair of lutino cockatiels for about a year and a half now.The hen had started laying eggs about a month ago and she had layed 11 eggs now,and seriously I didn’t know when they actually bred. Several months ago before egg laying the male one suddenly started to […]
I’ve had my lovebird pair for well over a year and I know they are male and female. They are very close to each other but they have never done any type of courting behavior. Since I want to breed them, I placed a nesting box in their cage a week and hoped to see […]
I watched your Webinar last week and asked a question about our Cockatoo. It didn’t get answered, but the situation has changed…. Original question: 23 year old female Umbrella Cockatoo. She has been with us just 12 months. Everytime she is with me she is “huffy” – if you get what I mean. She will […]
My budgies nest box has broken which contained eggs fortunately eggs was safe but I replaced old nest with new one and I placed eggs in new nest box. But my budgie not sitting on eggs what is reason
I have a bonded pair of cockatiels. Recently adopted another male. They have had play dates in & outside cage. It was ok for the most part. Bonded Male is agressive to other male, and chases female around & sometimes agressive towards her. They had barely started living together in same cage(1week). Seems now chasing […]
My budgies are not breeding and some budgies are not sitting on the eggs
My year-old lovebird has always shredded paper and tucked the shreds in her backside. That behavior has accelerated this spring. After today’s very informative talk on hormones I wonder if I should stop giving her paper to shred?she is manic about shredding lately! I am assuming she is a female because of this behavior.
my Male green cheeked conure has been attacking me and my female green cheeked conure until she bleeds recently…. they used to be best friends! can you please tell me why my green cheeked conure is so aggressive towards us?
My zebra finches seem to be trying to mate but the female finch is crying/ screeching a lot while the male is chattering his beak a lot . is this bad/ should i separate them?
I have whit dove my question is how to now if there is both female or Male or female
I have a found Quaker (abandoned in a parking lot, I rescued her), have had her for 19 months and today she lay an egg for the first time. Her leg band “supposedly” shows what appears to be a birth year of 1996, so I assumed she’s old. But with this surprise today, does it […]
I had an egg-bound Cockatiel and now she won’t lay on her last 3 eggs. The male has been wonderful for now but I don’t see him lasting another 7+ days alone. Not to mention feeding them. I do know how to hand feed babies but not so young. I still would like to try […]
I have a question I have two dove I do not know who is female and how is Male they mate and give egg but they do not site on the egg I think they are female so my question is how to now they are female pair or Male and female pair if there […]
Hi I am Jayson I have a pair cockatiel birds I have installed a bit big size breeding box for them but they never enter in the breeding box and do not mate could you tell me why and what we should keep in the breeding box to enter
Will try to be as brief as possible. Believed we had 2 male conjures sharing a cage. However, one started humping the other and one then started to lay eggs. 14 in 3 months and counting. Infertile eggs but we DON’T want babies and the male’s so aggressive when with the female and can’t be […]
Female cockatiel will not sit on eggs for long and male cockatiel tries to make her stay My mom has a male and female at some point she had 2 females and one male in same cage. after 6-8 months one of the females died and we were left with only 1 female and 2 […]
How can we clean our 7/8 month old cockatiels cage out when she’s lying eggs that are infertile? Another question is how can we let her have sleep when we are staying up late?
My budgie do not mate or not lay eggs after 3 months? But now a days the female has no afried to my hand her stand the floor of nest why?
I have a successful pair of budgie . The female laid 4 eggs in which 2 are fertile and two are infertile . At start she was incubating good but suddenly she stopped sitting on them ? What should I do now? Please help me.
My Budgie layed two eggs and no more, what is wrong?
I’m alittle stuck my cockatiel was hand raised by me and prefers me over anyone else, we’ve recently had a baby n I’m afraid with how the bird gets his been left in his cage more see he used to get most of the day out of his cage was really only ever in it […]
My female 36 month old cockatiel is laying eggs. She laid three a month ago. I had put three faux eggs in with hers. She stopped laying. Then, I broke one. She started the process all over again. She has laid another three. She will not sit on her eggs. She lays them everywhere, but […]
my cockatiel pair bonding is good. male cockatiel age 3.5 year & female age 3 year old . when female cockatiel ready for mating/sex then all time male cockatiel mating/sex with cage perch. so female cockatiel laid infertile eggs how to recover this problem . please help
For the past week or 2 my budgie has been in the nesting box, we know that the two budgies have mated, she has layed 2 eggs and isnt sitting on them at all, please help
I have a pair parakeet (male and female). She started laying eggs (2) from the perch. The eggs went to the floor of the cage and both cracked. Two days later, she laid another egg (1) from the same perch on the floor again. Then I placed the egg in the nest, but she won’t […]
I have four zebra finches all males they are making nests out of the things in there cage is this natural or is there something wrong
My female has been inside her box now for over 30 hours now, so I’m expecting her to lay her first egg very soon. The pairs for mmn er owners said that she never uses much nesting material. Shes chewed a hole the size of a quarter in the front of the box on the […]
I have a lutino cookatiel which I know a Male and a albino cookatiel which I know a female, they bonding and kissing and go inside a nesting box but I’ve notice that a female want to go un top of a Male when they want to mate.
