I read in a bird book that parakeets should have a lamp that provides UVA and UVB rays for optimum health. Is this true and how strong should the light be. Also is it true that birds can see colors that humans cannot see?
My lovebirds fought yesterday. One died and the other injured but seemingly nort as severe. He or she is calling out every half hour or so. Will this one survive
My 10-year-old Quaker parrot keeps laying eggs, and we are concerned about her health. Please help.
hello today my love bird the male seemed to be falling so we took him outside his cage and he kept falling forward
Hello there! I noticed today that my budgie who I got is march became really sleepy today and had 3 droppings that looked really dark. Almost like black but I’m not sure if it’s just a really really dark green. I’m wondering why my budgie is sleepy and producing dark droppings. He was acting fine […]
My parrot, indian ringneck 2 years old had a crop burn we took him to the vet 2 weeks ago they told us to go back today so we did but then after they checked him we came home now his crop has a hole again and food is coming out from the right side […]
Hi My 5 months old African grey parrot flews from a hight of window and fell down. Consequently, it was a deep wound on his chest. We took him to get Dr. He prescribed an antibiotic for a week and suggested that he would naturally heal. But he couldn’t, so Dr stitched his wound under […]
Hi why is my indian Red neck parrot Rio sleeping with its head bowed down While awake very alert
My budgies is on Liver medicine and digestion medicine, so the poop was black in colour with green liquid… As well as runny poop are coming sometime normal, few time yellow liquid
How can I help my ringneck parrot to stop plucking her feathers. She is not malting. Please help
Hi I have a blue a gold macaw who’s 10weeks old he recently fell off my window seat and stopped walking and we found out that he got a fracture in both wings and a bone fragment pushing up into his spinal cord also has metabolic bone disease he is currently at an exotics specialist […]
I read that this could be bad for her but what can I do?
What are Causes and treatment of loss of feathers around the nares of my ringneck green parrot?
I have 2 year cocatial female. She’s lied four eggs now and she’s the only bird I have. I’m more really worried that something can happen to her. I don’t wanna lose her. Should I get a male? What should I do? And how can she lay eggs when they aren’t fertilized please help me?
My 4 year old budgie has started bobbing his tail up and down and I have only noticed it tonight. I moved his cage upstairs to my room tonight as I noticed him shivering with his beak in his chest (our aircon is broken and it is very cold downstairs). Now it is 11:30pm and […]
My canary ate some newspaper! Will it hurt him
My very old 20+ senegal laid another egg. He poop is very watery today. When i take her out I have always rubber her entire body, didn’t know not to. She has a bum leg and gets around on one for the most part. Should i take the egg away after a few days?
i don’t know what’s going on with my bird, the last times i’ve went on any short like 15-40 minute car rides with him in the day he starts panting, i’ve given him water and the panting continued, i’m not sure why he pants, as in he just sticks his tongue out but i’m pretty […]
My cockatiel hurt his wing and some blood feathers came out. Whenever he cleans himself, he screams and it’s obvious that it hurts him. Can I add neosporin ointment?
My cockatiel has been scratching itself frequently, and I found some tiny red mites around the cage. Probably the cockatiel has mites, although it doesn’t have any crusty areas on the beak or feet. What is a good remedy for mites?
My bird (cockatiel) lost all of its tail feathers by accident, one of my family members actually stepped on its tail by mistake. Since then, my bird has been sleeping a lot and not eating properly. I’ve tried handfeeding it, but most of the time it doesn’t want to swallow the food properly. What should […]
My 10 months old male cockatiel broken his leg a day ago, got himself crushed in a door crevice. His left leg is dislocated from the hip with no movement. The vet said we can do nothing about it and can only make life easier for him. He’s being pretty much of his older self […]
Hello, i have 2 female cockatiels ( one of them was supposed to be a male, but she started laying eggs). She has laid till now 5 eggs (which of course will be infertile since she did not mate with a male). My question is, after laying these eggs when can she mate for being […]
What is a good room temperature for a parakeet with a hot summer coming I’ll be running AC I don’t want him to get too cold
My bird keeps opening his mouth and moving his throat and she looks upwards while doing it is there something wrong with her she seems a little tense too which is making me nervous
My cat got a hold of a lovebird. We managed to save it but I am worried that the bird is not ok and we just can’t see it’s injury
My female budgie has signs of preganacy: Enlarged abdomen, tired, eating more, can’t fly as well, and she’s laying down on my bookshelf (this is a small dark space, but there isn’t any materials to make a nest.) However, this behavior has been going on for a few weeks, and she hasn’t layed any eggs. […]
My lovebird baby her age is and 12 days or something her one leg is bigger and swollen and other leg us okay
My boy budgie has a bold spot on his tummy he’s had it for awhile now an he’s getting 1 on his head also
Hi! My finch, Kona, is an 8 month old Society Finch. From the time he reached maturity, his lower beak/mandible seemed to be a little longer. It doesn’t seem misaligned but the lower beak itself gets quite long, and I have to use a nail file to file it, every couple weeks. I was wondering […]
I have cockatiel of 7 weeks old on handfeeding. It started to sneeze suddenly, now it has become frequent.It also closes it’s eyes . What should I do now?
Hello, As the title mentions, my 5 years old cockatiel will not stop laying and I believe it is becoming too taxing on her health. She usually goes through a cycle of laying 5-8 a year, and then behaves as normal. This year, however, she has reached her tenth egg and I don’t see any […]
My bird was 1.5 month old . My bird eat by himself for the first time yesterday . He di*d today for no reason . He looks helthy his diet was perfect her cage was clean his temper was perfect he just shaking and 2 hour later he die why
Hello, I registered for Dr Lamb’s 4/12 small bird webinar, but my work schedule changed last minute, so I wasn’t able to watch & submit my question. I adopted an adult male Zebra Finch in June 2019 (age unknown). He has been doing great. Eats a very well balanced diet of seed, pellets, fresh veggies, […]
How do I give meds to my canary when I have never held him? Vet wants me to use a syringe to deliver the medication. Is there another way. I am alone and very stressed out! I’m afraid I will hurt the little guy!
My sun conure has started plucking his feather on his chest and back he has ever done this before. Please help
Hello. I have had him for a few years now but I just noticed he is struggling to fly. He was at the bottom of his cage and could get close to a foot off of the ground but he couldn’t make it to his perch. I have also noticed his chest is a little […]
Two weeks ago my canary started tucking one leg under his wing. Eating singing as usual. Temperature is at 70. It is the foot where Id band is on. Should I be concerned? Male is one year old.
My parakeet has been regurgitating. Something bothers his throat, he might be vomiting but seconds later it goes away. On March 02 I gave him Baytril 0.06ml..he got well now he is getting it again. Should I give him that medicine again? It still is not expired. What can I do?? Any foods I can […]
Hello, I have two cockatiels. The first is more than four years old. A long time ago, the long feathers on its tail and wings fell out and they never grew back I consulted a doctor and he gave me vitamins, in addition to other vitamins that different people advised me, but all of them […]
Hi, my lorrikeet hit he’a head agains by bedroom on Friday late afternoon. He’s been off balance since then and sleeping most of the time. He’s still eating and pooping, but sleeps mostly. Will he recover from this? Really worried😪
Hi, my 2.5 year old female cockatiel laid eggs after 28 days they didn’t sit on eggs so i throw it she got sick can’t fly properly doesn’t eat anything and her eyes are closed most of the time my previous bird died after showing the same symptoms but i didn’t know it was because […]
My African grey parrot is 7 years old and two days ago, I found him being unable to place his grip on the perches like he always does. We took him to the vet and the Vet said he has very weak joints that can’t support him and vitamin deficiencies and Prescribed Calcium and other […]
My Amazon has a toenail missing. It is not bleeding, just noticed it, you can seethe mail in skin. Will it grow back?
My cockatiel is acting strange. I don’t know Whether she’s pregnant or not. She has been supper quiet ,she sleeps all the time and lies at the bottom of her cage. She struggles to walk properly and leans on things to keep her balance She eats and drinks but she poops big
We have a caique who needs a pro-biotic. Do you carry your own brand of pro-biotic or can you please suggest one.
My daughter was playing with my parrot and she came to me with a tail feather I think she pulled it out can it hurt the parrot ?
My cockatiel has dropped two eggs in a week. They are cracked and she pays no attention to them. Do I need to take her to the doctor? How many eggs do they lay. This is the first time and I know nothing about birds.
My 7yr old rescue Quacker (gender unknown) has just started sitting on the cage floor. He doesn’t seem to be doing anything, just sitting or sleeping in the one spot. It bothers me because he’s never done that before. He will occasionally go down there to retrieve dropped treats, but usually he loves being up […]
Can a nail cover be glued back on to the nail, that the parrot has bitten off ?
1 of my budgies beak grows longer than the others he has natural wood perches, cuttlebone and mineral block but it seems he never uses them his beak has had to be trimmed a couple times already how to I get him to use his beak trimming equipment . I have trimmed it twice and […]
does hand feeding cause watery droppings?
Umbrella cockatoo 5+ year old bird started laying one egg every month from last June and this month I took some precautions and I didn’t find her making different body signs but today I started seeing her suffering to lay egg making different body signs help me to stop her laying eggs
I have 2 female cockatiels. One 6 year old named Rio that bonded to me first , and a 4 year old female named Kiwi that continues to try bonding with Rio. Rio won’t have it. They fight sometimes while eating and also for certain perches but then other times they’re just fine. I have […]
Everytime after a feeding my budgie sneezed any idea why this is it has done this for a week now is a hand fed budgie has no symptoms of being sick it just sneezes everytime I feed it 🤔
I accidentally pulled out my Indian ringneck tail feathers and I don’t see any blood and will it grow back ?if so how long will it take
My bird is constantly sneezing and sometimes he also sneezes mucus out…..what do you think is the reason for that???
How do I stop my female budgie from laying eggs I know for a fact that they are not fertile how long do I leave them in the cage so far there are 2 ?
My budgie can’t fly since she born, she try to fly many times, she run and jump and flap, but just like a chicken she drop to the floor, Im sure she’s not sick but maybe she has no energy, don’t move too much in day but climb curtains too much and also enjoy being […]
Even after doing certain changes in the diet and changing toys position the bird is constantly laying eggs. She is weak and was trembling two days back. We are providing with supplements and medicine as directed by our vet. But how will she recover and how long it will take to lessen her cycle. Weight […]
