My African gray chick had crop burn and I start treating him with medication. The skin become hard and now the fluid is leaking from a small hole. He got crop burn two weeks ago and the wounds were healing. Kindly advise me on this. Please
We own a cockatoo for 20 years. Since December he is self mutilation. We took him to the vet for birds twice. Antibiotics change food and nothing is helping. He is part of our family and we love him. Please let us know if you guys know what we can do. Thanks
My Panama Amazon (27 yrs old) has always had poor feather quality: black feathers on back of wings & off color & sparse on ends of tail feathers. I joined a group on FB that’s dedicated to parrot health issues & the “manager“ of site recommended V1V1-13 vitamins which I started Cookie on recently. Any […]
I have two parakeets and I have no idea if my parakeets are males or females. Fifi has a little bit of blue and white on it’s cere. Casper has a pinkish purple on its cere. (Both young)
hi , i have a african gray and he,s not him self, he,s off his food and only drinks a little water,and all he did yesterday was sleep , could you give me a bit of advice please
How to care and them for a very long time
Hi- for the last several months. my female African Grey (30 years old) has has had problems with, first one, and now both of her feet. It seems like she cannot readily open her talons to grip, She struggles to climb across her perches. People at my local bird store say she is may be […]
i am leaving for a week and i live in a rural area and i don’t have someone who can watch him or come over and i can’t not go. will he be okay if i give him plenty of food and water, new toys and a mirror 🙁 ?
Is it normal for a green cheek conure to breath heavy when hot and is there seeds in the normal pet shop mixes they cant eat
My female cockatiel Leg has been broken. She had hit fan, no other injuries just right leg broken. My couple has given babies three months ago. I have, few questions. Still she able to breed? Her partner will accept her again? Will the leg be cure?
ive just bought a linnet hen and noticed her pooh has been yellow for the last 2 days .I think it could be her liver..is there a treatment for this thanks
My green cheek conure used to love avicakes, but only when they are fresh and chewy. Lately, even though the package has a 2021 exp date, they do not seem as chewy and are more brittle. Now she won’t eat them. These are the main pelleted food she would eat. What is up?
Does African grey parrot need sun in the winter season can we put them out side in the winter ?is it necessary to give sun in the winter?
My Cockatoo has recently started bending way over to watch herself poop. Is there a reason for this behavior? She is 29 1/2 years old and very well adjusted.
How long can you keep your parakeet in a cage on any given day? Our parakeet is about a 1 year and 3 months old. Thanks in advance.
Do you have a calming supplement that you recommend? Our daughter has been using Avitech Avicalm for her cockatiel, but apparently the company is no longer in business. Please let us know if you have any recommendations. Thank you.
hello Ive had two budgies,male and female for about a year… they never bread today i noticed changes in the male budgie; his beak is turning black with sort of granulates and his legs are full with white dendruffs and swollen a bit. is he sick? or is it just a phase??? im worried about […]
What are the adolescent years for love birds?
Hi, My son has a cockatiel, named Steve. It has been to a vet, they said he has liver and kidney problems. Today, Steve is losing feathers near his eye. Samuel phoned the vet and they stated they said the omega irritation can cause feather loss. Can you please let us know if you think […]
We bought our cockatiel April of 1982 Baby is still strong and alive. This makes him about 37 years old. Google says they live only 10 to 14 years. What gives.
My parakeet has a hole in her lower abdomen. No blood comes out and the hole isn’t really that deep. What should I do? Will it heal on its own??
I have a 20 year old male Eclectus. He has had every test available, my question is do you know of any studies being done for skin allergy’s , inflammation ,or auto immune diseases in parrots ? Thank you Nancy
Please find me an umbrella cockatoo in montreal 20yrs and older
My parakeet was rescued 6 years ago and has been happy and seemingly healthy for this time, has suddenly stopped chirping and singing. His behavior seems normal but he is making a noise as if a whistle or party favor is in his throat. I’m very worried. What should I do? He’s eating and pooping […]
I have a friend whose 36 yr old Amazon Parrot recently passed away. The necropsy showed colored string had punctured her intestine and inflammation in her lungs . The only colored toys she had was a Rainbow Shredder made by Planet Pleasures that was purchased from a pet store. Have you heard of anything similar […]
Hi, I have a 16 year old Quaker. I’m looking at buying a home with an indoor bromine pool. I’ve done lots of searching, but can’t find any information on pool chemicals and parrots. The pool room is separately ventilated from the house, but I still noticed a slight pool smell in the main house. […]
Hi I believe you had an article of the average age of parrots in captivity. Is it still available? It listed the various species and age range. Thank you Lori
My Little Tucker Parakeet has suddenly been moving his tail in an up and down movement. Should I be concerned?
My African grey has bornovirus , I need to know if you have any special diets for this ? Thankyou He is 15, For most of his life he picked the feathers on his chest, one morning when I went to his cage , his voice sounded deep, he then became lethargic , on the […]
My cockatiel is about 3 months old I am a new owner and I have done lots of research but she has a lot of feathers missing. It’s mainly only noticeable when she is wet, it could just be because they aren’t fully developed yet but I’m not too sure should I be this worried? […]
My bird likes to hop on my glass and drink my water. Can I drink after him ?
I just bought a lovebird from a pet store what diseases should I have him/her tested for and what are the most common?
My green cheek has pin feathers on her head. How can I remove them for her? Or should I leave the pin feathers alone? Will she eventually take care of them?
I’ve got a blue parrotlet it’s obly small but all it’s doing is sleeping all night for a good 10 hours straight, it spends all day between food and water trays then sleeps again if a night time, is this normal behaviour for this type of bird?
Hi I found a cockatiel this morning and have taken it home. I think its a young bird but how do i tell the sex of the bird. I have put a alert on FB to see if anybody as lost one.
I have a red head Mexican Amazon that looks like new feathers are coming out but yellow, it doesn’t look right. The feathers don’t look soft comb back like the rest of the red feathers the yellow feathers are small and standing up. Do Red Head Amazon birds have yellow feather also?
what is the life span of a Jenday Conure
Have heard that certain scents are harmful to parrots. What can I use to clean and deoderize laminate wood flooring that won’t harm my African Grey?
My parakeet/budgie tail feathers are changing colors from soft whitish yellow to grey. They look almost as if they are just dirty from dragging the tail, except that the greying seems to be also along the scallops edges the wing feathers on top of her back. The last time she molted a long tail feather […]
Hello! My cockatiel (Luna) is going through her first molt. I feel horrible. I don’t even want to know what her skin feels like. She is molting pretty heavily and I was wondering if it’s normal to molt and regrow down feathers. You can’t see them unless I move the feathers on top of them, […]
I have a friend who has about 20 parakeets they all live in one big cage. He needs to get homes for all of them. It can not be healthy for him or the birds. He did bring some to the humane society but they could not take anymore . His home is very smell […]
my conure is losing tail feathers
I had a brazian readheaded parrot for many many years I taught him how to look for food he was free on my house and in the garden he took a couple times a little fly around nothing serious ,he always landed and start to call me desperately–but last Easter I took him to my […]
What temperatures can a African gray bird. Be in.
We lost two parakeets very quickly. The first one lived only a few weeks. We thought it was a fluke so we got another and it died in a few days. We had the vet do a necropsy but she couldn’t find any disease or heavy metals. We tested everything we could think of. (formaldehyde, […]
Hello, Is there a solution to feather picking? Thank you, Maria
I am concerned because my female ‘tiel is too much fluffy and I’ve been told that she is 2 months old (I bought her like 2 weeks ago). So, I am worried if she is fine or she is sick, plus she eats a lot. I am worried because the other male cockatiel is not […]
What kind of cleaning products can I use to clean my house but not harm my birds? This has probably been asked but I am new to owning birds. Thank You.
We think our tile is a girl. has not talked or sings, just whistling when we get home. I freak myself out watching videos of sick birds and then I am watching like a hawk so to speak. Is it bad that my tiel will sit on the chair and get fluffy and fall asleep? […]
Have you ever heard of anyone sharing the ownership of a bird successfully? i’m not talking about shared custody in a divorce but literally sharing the life of the bird into separate dwellings over equal share parts of time . I am considering it as an alternative to rehoming my Goffin.
My dog managed to put a tooth into our African Gray in between the cage bar. It did bleed from the below the eye. Since then the bird does not make any noise and is lethargic can’t seem to be able to keep his eyes opens and we noticed he hasn’t eaten or drank water. […]
My Bengaleze finch has it’s beak open & closing as though it is panting & gasping for air. It also flicks it’s head from side to side now & then. Otherwise it is in good health. It is flying around, eating & drinking OK. I have isolated it in a cage from my other finches […]
I have only had my cockatiels about a month. Next week I am leaving for 3 days. Can I leave extra food for them or should I find someone to come feed them daily?
My question is not using essential oils on my parrotlet or diffusing them into the air. I would like to for example put a couple of drops of lavender oil on a cotton ball around 6 feet away from the birdcage.
I have a sick amazon parrot that need to see a vet. Here in the Cayman Islands we do not have an avian vet. The only vets available here are regular vets and a wildlife vet. Who would you suggest.
My 40 year oldyellow naped amazon has his mouth open most of the time while resting. no heavy breathing or nose discharge.
Is voice change normal? My African gray talks a lot. Lately I’ve noticed it sounds like his voice is kind of a broken record and it seems like his voice has changed. What could this be?
I have a shot certificate with date his first shots were given. I want to know how old my conure could have been when he got his shots, so I may figure out when his birthday is?
I had called your office and talked to a representative about my African grey that I have been baby sitting. she was very informative. she mentioned I might try a reactangular perch my husband could make but she was not sure about the kind of wood that would be safe for the bird. Also recommended […]
My Sun Conure just recently got pin feathers for the first time. I know because he bit me when I touched on, haha! Anyways, I’m scared to touch him again but now I don’t know how to spend time with him. Should I just talk to him, or watch TV with him? Please help.
