My cockatiel went from being the only “baby” to sharing our attention with a dog (whom he gives heart wings to all the time) and 3 kids. About two years ago, he escaped out the back slider and into the native wash area behind our house (we’re in Arizona). We got him back, but a […]
I have only ever had experience with male parrots, but few months ago I bought a 2 month old female cockatiel for my male cockatiel. My male cockatiel would try to interact with her sexually but because she is too young, she doesn’t return the same energy leaving him sexually frustrated. However, my female cockatiel […]
I have a Emu chick that fell down steps and got a back injury. I live in South Dakota and there are no vets that will even look at him…He has been down for a month now and I dont know what to do. I believe he is partially paralyzed. He eats welI and is […]
my orange winged Amazon has warm feet and diarrea. any indication or suggestion… he’s eating o k ; recently started him on chop – dandelion grns, spinach,arugula, broccoli, carrots, swt potato, orange and red bell peppers. he does go out for a stroll in sun and shade – 85 – 90 degree days …2xs a […]
Hi, I have 2 cockatiel birds and I’m going to go somewhere for three days. I’m debating whether to leave there cage open or closed. If I leave it closed they get stressed and start screaming until I open there cage. Every morning they scream because they wanna come out there cage and fly. I […]
Hi I’ve been having an Indian ringneck of 4 years old and he was always active. He is not tamed. He was completely fine until yesterday but when I woke up this morning and checked on him he was limping while walking. I don’t know what happened. There is a little bit of steel wiring […]
Hi! I have 6 canaries living in a big cage together. One of my canary’s left wing is droopy. I do not think his wing is broken, because he can move it and even fly a little. His behaviour has not changed much, he is still active and likes to eat, but he clearly does […]
Hello, i have a three year old cockatiel on harrisons super fine pellets, since this morning i haven’t seen her eat very much and her droopings are smaller, whenever she eats she would have a few pellets drink water and thats it, 10 minutes ago i offered her food and she was eating whilst bobbing […]
Can I use neosporin on a minor leg wound on a parrolett?
Can a parrot that has had 2 weeks of seizures regain their balance?
my budgie of around 2 years got sick yesterday, he was fine all day and then started acting lethargic, moving his head and closing his eyes. Took him to a vet and then they could not do anything except put him in the oxygen cage. Charged us 500 dollars for nothing. today he would not […]
Dear lafeber I have a 5 months old cocktail which caught cold 2 months ago. 2 times he got seriously ill and needed emergency treatments such as dexamethasone intramuscular injections and couple of oral medications due to labor respiratory problems. And what my veterinarian said was that he got pleural effusion and forbid my son […]
I have a 3 year old male budgie who is regurgitating constantly. He was sick with gram negative bacteria in his crop and feces and was placed on medicine for 4 weeks. He was off the medicine for 2.5 weeks and the bacteria is back. Nothing has changed in his environment so we think the […]
What should I purchase to feed my canary? He has been on a diet of seeds and occasional greens, but I don’t think his nutritional needs are being fully met.
My 3 1/2 year old female quaker is sitting on the bottom of her cage with her tail up. She was her normal self this morning. Now, she won’t come to me, or talk back to me. She is very quiet.
J have a ai think.Male umbrella cockatoo that’s going to tge bottom.of tge cage abg covering up in.New papers he ate apple and ate last night It is Saturday. I m worried he take omega oil for his liver ordered by the vet . I am going to take him o have his nails .just […]
Hello. Today, I noticed that my budgie is puffing up and pooping a bit and I saw that it is dark green and watery, what is the problem?
Its okay if my cocktail parrot doesn’t have hair on its head?
I was given a Indian ring neck that was born on the 15 of Jan 1994 so could you please tell how old she is in human years as well as bird life . Thank you
Hi, so I have a female budgie who is a above one year old, she laid her first egg ever on March 14 She didn’t have a male and was a tamed budgie and I didn’t know that she must have a male during the laying on the eggs, so unfortunately she was doing all […]
While I was eating my food in the kitchen my bird (cockatiel) was on the door wind blew and shut the door and my cockatiel lost 7 of his tail feathers I want to ask if something bad will happen and my question is will something bad happen?
My female budgie is fighting with male as well as my male is not chirping not singing only sit eat few and get back on perch he is not sick not stressed
Ty for replying.i can’t move the tub upstairs as I live in a tiny home and the storage tub won’t fit.they said keep him storage tub.he can fly,walk around ,eat pelots and drink.he can’t pick up food and eat it.how long do you think they will tell me to keep him in this tub?I’m worried […]
So my question is my girlfriend brought home a healthy little sparrow completely feathered and they were doing perfectly fine. I gave the sparrows little bits of banana of the end of my finger (because that’s what my girlfriends been feeding her) before I left at 11:45 AM the sparrow had water and she was […]
How do I reply to your answers on here?you replied to my first question.they told me to keep under heat and in a storage tub with a sheet or cushion on bottom.one leg isn’t working well so he’s falling alot and using his beack to move but I’m worried can he get hurt worse by […]
Do all injury take that long to heal?my 3 month old Indian ringneck was shut in the door.the xray showed no broken bones.hes just sitting but can’t perch and leans to one side more cause one foot is paralised.im scared he won’t survive.i have him under a heating lamp.i need help and advise..
My friend has a 7 year old male alexandrine who has been shredding his tail over the last 8 months. An x-ray showed a deformity at the base of his spine probably from birth and possibly exacerbated by escaping for 3 days. His wings are clipped. He was put on a dose of anti-inflammatories which […]
He is not able to fly today. I don’t know if he got injured when I tok him out of the cage. He was fighting to come out
We have 3 green cheek conures and one of them has become lethargic. He’s about 6 months old. We took him in and fecal exam, physical evaluation, cbc, organ function and x-rays all look good. He went on antibiotics and anti-inflammatory meds on Monday and Wednesday seemed better, but Friday only wants to sleep. I’m […]
Cage. Is that just as sufficient as the real sunlight?
I have a one month old Black copper Maran chick. This past week either her conjunctiva or third eyelid seems inflammed. It’s distorting her eyelids. It’s both eyes. Seems fine otherwise. Could this be some kind of deficiency? I noticed some bubbles in the corner of her eye a few times. No discharge. The other […]
How old roughly is my baby lorikeet please??? Dark beak, slightly redining, has tail feathers though very short… Can eat lorikeet mix, though is still learning and drinking water is even trickier
My 3 month old albino cockatiel jumped in mango puree. And even after a bath the yellow won’t come off. What to do?
Hello there, I have a Indian Ringneck that is about 1-2 Years old and I believe she is plucking her feathers. I saw this because I noticed a lot of feathers on the ground and i noticed some small white feather poking out of her back and stomach. I have bought her many toys and […]
After won’t move my vet said prop him up in a towel hand feed every 4 hours if the up position in 48 hours give up hope that he recover but he is showing movement trying to get up multiple time is there hope should I find a new vet
Hey. My cockteil got wound in her wings . I took her to the vet doctor. She gave some medicine for 3 days , after taking it she felt good but still she has 4-5 five blood feathers.. is it dangerous to leave Like that ?
Hello my name is Shreya Kumar. I have a boy cockatiel who is 10 years old. Unfortunately, he had an irritation on his left foot and starting biting it. We took him to the vet, however he had bit through to his veins, breaking all blood supply to his foot. We took him to another […]
So after my conure was bitten which was at 8pm in the night I took her to the vet the next morning,it was hard trying to find a avian close by and the closest one to me was about an hour away.The doctor examined her and cleaned the wound and gave her injected antibiotics and […]
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 a female cockteil. She had a wound in her left wing at the corner.I don’t know how that happened,I took her to the hospital and the doctor gave her syrup drops for the wound..after taking that she was active for the next two days ..but again today she isn’t active ..she is sleeping […]
I bought a new cockatiel 2 weeks ago. She’ll be around 7 months old .Her feathers are not grown properly and her tail feathers are clumsy and broken. Why is this and is there a cure ?
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 […]
It was out first time letting out our two parakeets and while trying to catch them to put them back in their cages my brother got the tail feathers and plucked them out. We left to not startle the bird anymore, but when I went back I saw blood around the house. Is my parakeet […]
I have a seven-month-old hand reared cockatiel. I have noticed that while he’s preening, especially his tail feathers, he ‘splits’ the feathers. Is this a simple case of a lack of experience in preening that he needs to learn over time and possibly due to him not having had the chance of watching other birds […]
Hello….my cockatiel has no feathers under one wing and can see skin…never had this problem before he’s around 17 years old, and his cage door is always left open even has his own chair…he can still fly ok and still his self
I have a nest of 4 baby birds on my patio that just hatched about 30 hours ago. I don’t see the mother feeding them. She sits on nest and flies Off every hour or so, but not bringing hatchlings any food. I have not seen another parent helping out. Their eyes are shut. When […]
hello i bought 8 weeks old african grey parrot a 4 days ago and i have a questions is it normal that my bird breathing with its mouth and the second question is my bird has diarrhea and there is no veterinarians for birds in my city and the color of his poop at the […]
As you said here ,my baby crane which was 10 to 15 days old . We found two more babies with it yesterday evening , which were 1-2 days bigger than it. The fell under a tree where many cranes are there. The small bird was not even able to walk properly, my mom bought […]
there are so many miss leading answers on the temperature range budgies can tolerate . I would like a accurate answer since they live in the Australian desert and I know that desert temperatures have a great range from 40 F to 110F what can a budgie safely tolerate.
Why my cockatiel has tears in his eyes and is loosing feathers around his eyes
I have two female cockatiels that are both laying eggs. I thought I had a male and a female when one started laying eggs but now the other one is laying eggs too. The first one has been laying eggs for months. How do I get her to stop? I know it’s not good for. […]
Hi, I can send you a picture of what I am going to attempt to explain because I’m sure my explanation is bad. My budgie has started displaying new feathers that I’ve never noticed before, his tail feathers stick out near the bottom of his body at about the point his tail starts. He resembles […]
We have an injured goose( dog attack). She is very alert, eating , drinking and using the bathroom great but is unable to stand, her legs to not work at all and doesn’t seem to have any feeling in her feet. She can move her neck, wings and even wags her tail and hen she […]
My budgie had been shaking its head. Sometimes will be slow, sometimes it will be very fast. Is this a normal behavior?
My new born baby cockatiels has cut by the side of its bottom leaf and it peaks wants to turn a little bit from where the injury is I think the mother got to aggressive when she was feeding, so I have pulled it and feeding on the opposite side to try and realize top […]
My 8 years old African grey got his neck broken after got trapped between the closing door and falling down to the ground one his head. The x-ray showed broken neck where the vet rapped it and after a week removed that bond. It has been more than 20 days and my bird can’t walk, […]
What causes the loss of flight in chicks of lovebirds? 3 months old chick`s flight has decresed with time however it takes proper diet.
My finches have 4 babies. 3 girls are almost on their own. The male baby keeps going down to the bottom of the cage. Doesn’t perch much unless you put him on a perch. Doesn’t seem to understand perching. Doesn’t seem to have much lift. All the other babies are doing everything normally. He is […]
it has been hot where I live ( Upstate NY) so I have been putting my budgies cage and all outside ( I have 6 budgies divided into 4 cages ) but where they have to go is on the deck in full sun is it okay that I keep a cover on the top […]
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 […]
