Hi. I got a male cockatiel named Echo. His previous owners used his as a breeding male and he had a mate but then she died and he was only 10 months old. He started bitting around that time according to his previous owners. I took him in and started to train with him. I […]
I’ve had this pair of 7 month old cockatiel for 3 months, one of them was tamed pretty easily after a month or so from getting them, and now we have a some what strong bond but the other one (the male bird) is not willing to! I tried everything, what worked for the female […]
I recently got a budgie from PetSmart, a few days days ago. I asked people on facebook groups what gender and age the budgie was, everyone agreed that it was a ≈2 month old male. Today is day 4, and he’s still scared of me and everyone around him. He has a good sized cage, […]
My female cockateils is 2 yrs old Never laid an egg Would she get along with another female
My pearly conure about 6 months now will not get near me. She moves to other side of her cage and if she flys down she runs from me.
Two re-homed conures. Need help.
How I can make to eat my new cocktail?
I’ve kept a pair of adopted cockatiels more than 1 year ago. Worry about they may get bored within the cage, I let them out the cage with the windows nearly closed and mosquito net installed beforehand, before going out. As they are used to be together before being adopted, they are kept in the […]
I have just brought a 10-12 week old cockatiel and am just wondering how to approach the entire thing, he was hand reered but is not super comfortable with human interaction, Im guessing it’s just because he has just moved to a new place and is uncomfortable, another complexity is that I alternate between two […]
I’ve had my male budgie for 4 months and he’s around 8 months old now. He seemed very lonely so we got him a female partner she’s 4 months now. I can’t tame either of them, whenever I try to get near them, they fly around like crazy. Even when I try to take their […]
Hello Lafeber, I bought a green cheek conure (we assume she is female but could be male) back in April 2021 from a past owner due to the fact that he couldn’t take care of her anymore in university. From the start she was never very social with us, but the minimal training I initially […]
Hiya, I bought a female budgie that is less than 4 months old just a week ago, and she’s already become very comfortable with us – she can climb onto your finger if you push her a little, and when we let her out of her cage, she flies around the room and sits on […]
When did birds first get recognized for their potential to provide emotional support?
I currently own an 11 year old green cheek conure who is very close to me and i decided to purchase a 2nd gcc who is 1.5 years old 5 months ago. The 2 have bonded great with each other but he is having trouble bonding with me. I am very quiet when I enter […]
My bird is tammed to my hand but if i near his cage his flying .. he most of time out of the cage all the time i change that in last 2 weeks by putting him in cage in sleep time and im willing to let him spend more time in cage .. another […]
I have had my budgie for over 6 months and he still doesn’t trust me. He’ll let me watch him eat and be near him without freaking out. He doesn’t take food from my hand and when I take him out he climbs on top of the curtains. I live by myself and have to […]
I’ve had my female cockatiel I think close to 10 years and I’ve never been able to tame her. If I try to go near her she completely freaks out. If she is in her cage she will flap about and fall off her perches and scream. If I just walk past her when she […]
So i just recently bought two sun conures that are presumly bonded they always have been together same cage from what i know. Right now they share the same cage, Would it help me to tame them if i put them in separate cages? They are around 1 year old from what i know
hi my 2 budgies are really scared of me. i buy them a treat to tame them but they are also scared of the treat. i dont know what to do
hello! I just bought a baby cockatiel. He is now 2 months old, we want to raise him from a baby so he can get more used to us when he grows up. but, we still trying our best to searching for the best tips and tricks of taking care my baby.
So I am thinking of bringing another pair of birds budgie and I have one pair from 5 months and I am not interested to tame them because I think they have bonded with each other so if I bring a new pair and try to tame them they will do the same I think […]
I have 1 male adult lovebird, his mate died recently and I think he’s lonley, I want to try to tame him but he is very scared, should I try to win him over with scheduled feedings or something?
I recently adopted My first sun conure, and she is 6 months old. How easy will she be to train at this point in time?
Hi. I have 8 month old female Indian ringenck. She’s has only been with us for a week. She’s not been tamed. When sitting by her cage and talking to her she seems to be relaxed and hopping from one perch to another, waking around the cage and sometimes grooming herself. As soon as i […]
I’ve had my 8 month old female cockatiel for 3 weeks now and she doesn’t like hands and I really need help to learn how to get her to trust me and to be able to tame her and get her out of her cage. I also I am currently still in school so I […]
Ive had a budgie for 4 mths and he wont warm up to me, when i put my hand in cage , he runs and is afraid. He doesn’t take a bath either. He only comes to me when i give him treats??
I’ve had my IRN for about 3 months now. When I first got him he was terrified of humans and definitely hands. I sat by the cage and he would just freak out. We’ll fast forward to now and I can get him out and he will climb up my arm, rest on my shoulder, […]
I have a 1 month old coctail bird he started flying around the house I don’t know what to do to gain his trust and to have a bond with him could you care to help me with this issue please
Hey Lafeber i have a question. So i have 2 parakeets clipped but they are really bonded to each other so they wont really leave there side and if they do they chirp really loud. How do i tame both efficiently without grabbing them? And how do i create a good bond with both so […]
I have a conure in a outside cage. Received from previous owner.Very scared and try to taming her. Is it better to bring inside house in a new cage? I also have a male sun conure raised from baby time. not cage bondage. what is best way to handle them?
Hello my name is Faizan and I was wondering how I could tame these two budgies together. Since a separate cage would be a lot I was wondering if there are any tips to tame them both.
I have a cockatiel almost 2 months old. This is my first time taking care of one. she used to come to me when I have food and her poop is light green even though i was feeding her baby formula and her beak smells weird. I had gone away from home for a long […]
i got my cockatiel 6 days ago it loves spending time with my budgies so it doesn’t another tiel i’ve been trying to tame it by putting my hand in the cage for fifteen minutes i’ve seen some progress now it doesn’t seem so frightened like if used to in the first days but do […]
Hi, I just got my 1 year old cockatiel yesterday, and he’s very shy. I tried to let him out, but he flew everywhere and was crashing into blinds and the ceiling. I had no other way to get him except for grabbing him. I felt awful afterward. I’ve been trying in-the-cage training like offering […]
can parrots carry a grudge or react negatively towards an owner if verbally disaplined?
Hi, i have had my loverbird for 3 weeks. He is 2-3 months old. Now, we let him out from his cage first thing in the morning, and we uasually close the door when he is eating at the evening. He is not fully tamed yet, but we are seeing progress every day. He eats […]
I hand raised my male cockatiel from 2 weeks on. He is so spoiled and attached to me that he screams when I leave the room. His voice is so shrill no one wants to be near him. How do I train him to make sweet noises?
Why my bird doesn’t want to be touched
i have 2 baby cockatiels from my two pets, they are currently 6 and 8 days old. i am wanting to hand rear them but i do not have nearly enough time to feed them. is there a way for me to rear them just by being with them? and if so when should i […]
My bird keeps flying over me like he wants to land on me but then just keeps flying. Maybe he’s not comfortable enough with me yet or he’s just unsure. What can i do to make him feel like he can land on me.
How to train a Cockatiel
Have a 10 month old Indian ringne k. Hes hand tamed he comes to me on my own. Only problem is. He likes to lightly bite my fingers on ear. He gentle most of the time but then he will Bite to hard. He’s not trying to hurt me. Is there anyway I can teach […]
4 5 months ago I got 2 budgies (male & female)as a gift from someone. Then they mated and layer eggs but they didn’t hatched. The female bird laid eggs again in August but those eggs also didn’t hatched. I kept everything clean so that the eggs won’t get dirty. Then one of the pet […]
My question has a bit of a long backstory so bare with me! I got my cockatiel at 45 days old. Started to hand feed him (even though the breeder said he is half weaned). He is 3 month old now but still begs for formula. If he doesnt get his formula it is as […]
Hi, I am quite new to taking care of a budgie and I have the following situation. I have one budgie (Blue) that once we got it, we tamed it and she is super friendly and social with me and my girlfriend. We basically let het fly all the time while we are at home […]
Hi. Ive had my cockatiel for about 4 months now and ive spent so much time with him and even though you can tell he is bonded to me more than my partner,he is still scared and nervous of my hands. He will let me give him millet inside the cage, not outside, he will […]
I have 2 cockatels, both hand feed, and i maked them mad… i grabdem, im sorry, and now when i aproach, one of them bites agrresivley, but dont hurt…. I want to apologise to both, but i dont know how…. today i will put a snack in their cage, so they will maybe be more […]
Hey, I just recently got a 3 month old African grey and I really don’t know where to start or what to train him at this age. He still doesn’t know how to step up and balance that well so I take his feet up and he grabs my hand, is this okay to do […]
When I try to touch my 2 Budgerigar they move and climb up their cage I have a boy and girl but do you guys know what this means (we just got them yesterday
I have a female parrot of 1 month.Does he talk like human being
I recently acquired to two mature female parakeets. It’s been two weeks they’re still nervous and scared when I sit near their cage, they also don’t move from this one perch in their cage, they do not interact with toys at all. They do eat and drink water though.
I have two cockateils they are around 20 to 22 weeks old i want to be able to handle them . i stick my hand in their cage they take off from me . i know they say you have to becareful
Ever since I got my bird ( he was 9 months old) he bites a lot and doesn’t want anything to do with me. He is now 2 years and 3 months old. I would like to for him and I to have a better bond.
Hey Lafeber, I have a Indian Ringneck who is about 1 year old I believe and I’ve owned for a few months now. When I first got her I left her to be alone for a few weeks to settle into the house and get used to everything, then I started to slowly start the […]
I have a male cockatiel that is about a year and a half old And I have been taking care of him for several months. We got used to him and he got used to us. If someone is not at home for a few hours and then we come back, we find him sad […]
Should I allow my new ring neck to get out of his cage on his own or is it better if I take him out myself. He isn’t tamed.
I am a experienced bird mom I have a African grey and a Yellow headed Amazon so I know a lot about bird care, just recently I decided I wanted to get a few little budgies because I have larger birds and I wanted to get some cute little friends to add to my flock. […]
i was given a male cockatiel who wasnt handled for five years he came with a female can handle her but hes very aggressive he bites charges at me when i clean cage i have tried to work with him but its not working at all i cant handle him what do i do how […]
I think he’s scared of me, is there any advice on how to tame him? Or stop him from getting scared. I’ve had him for 2 weeks.
Hi when can we stop hand feeding formula for a cocktail ? I have a pair of cocktail which is 2 and a half months old one is friendly with me and other one is trying to bite my fingers ? When I remove them for training they fly away what is the solution?
