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Biting during mating season

I have a male cockatiel , single , going through mating season . He suddenly became aggressive and would bite hard . Usual behavior would be a nibble on my finger but now due to mating season , he bites hard and doesn’t let go sometimes . I don’t take him out the cage that […]

How to build trust

Hi, i had gotten a red rump parakeet, a female about a year old that was separated from her parents at the farmers market i found her about a month ago, but as i was transferring her to her new cage she got out the carrier and i had to put her in her cage […]

Can birds die from fright?

I found a very exhausted bird in the scorching hot sun in the middle of the street, I picked it up with bare hands and put it in the shade but it was too hot still so I went on my way to a cooler place until it died in my hands. It looked pretty […]

Love birds

I have male and female they are in the box a lot together is this normal please

40+ male breeding

Hello I have a 41 y/o male and a 12 y/o female. Female came into season and male didn’t even bat a eye at her. They have been together for about 5 mths now and they are not in a cage but get along well with each other. Just don’t know why male does not […]

Female attacking male cockatiel

Hello, I recently asked a question relevant to this. My female from the “pair” attacks her mate. She had laid an egg which is infertile. They don’t mate anymore and she had laid the egg in the nesting box. The male was very interested and willing to help at first, but now he’s just terrified […]

Changed Cockatiel

I got myself a Cockatiel. 2,5 months old when I got him. He is 4 months old right now. He was very loving and loved pets. He is tamed but he started to be overly aggressive towards me. Whenever I try to pet him or somehow interact with him he lunges forward and bites and […]

nibbling

was just blessed with a new baby budgie it is 6 weeks old and when ever I hold it or put my hand in it’s cage it likes to nibble on my hand and fingers not biting not sure if I should break this or let it run its course.

Why is does my bird only eat some types of seed out of a sudden?

My parrot (6yo lovebird) used to eat his seed just fine, but for the past week or so he only eats the sunflower seeds out of his mix. Since I have noticed this, I’ve given him millet, which he eats perfectly fine, and I’ve also bought a different bag of seeds, but the behavior continues. […]

Budgies poop

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

My pet bird is acting different towards me

My bird has lately been almost scared of me,he doesn’t let me carry him on my hand like he usually does and gets so scared he even jumps on my hand onto the floor,he starts to scream and gets impatient when i hold him and lifts his wings up and tries to fly.I’m supper worried […]

Male female

I have 2 birds, 1 yellow shouldered (20+ years ) and a orange winged (40+years) amazon parrot. Can they be put together? Can they mate? Can they reproduce together?

Babies

My cockatiel pair are about 7they always lay eggs but then leave them alone this time they have been sitting on them at the bottom of the cage , I really did not think they would hatch because none of the others did but did not want to distress them by removing, today I have […]

Red Crowned Fledgling

We rescued a Red-Crowned Amazon fledging that somehow got out of its nest before it was truly ready to fly. The nest she came out of was in the top of a very high palm and putting her back was not an option. We took her in and she is doing well now. When we […]

Feather plucking

How can I help my ringneck parrot to stop plucking her feathers. She is not malting. Please help

My lorikeets laid an egg what do I do?

Hi. I have two rainbow lorikeets male and female he’s around 6-7 she’s 3-4 in age. They’ve been showing signs or mating activity and the other week she laid an egg but then the next day or two there. Were egg shells strewn everywhere so I assumed they destroyed it knowing it wasn’t fertile ? […]

Not hatching eggs

Why my budgie is not hatching eggs she layed eggs more but she don’t hatching any agg it is happening from 3 years too still she is not hatching eggs she laying eggs how can I do that she may hatch eggs?plz tell me

What type of double cage?

I have a male budgie and a female lovebird who (so far) have gotten on splendidly together for a year. I keep them in separate cages because I’m aware they normally can’t coexist in the same space. But when I leave their cage doors open, they visit each other’s cages and happily hang out, and […]

Female love bird nesting question

Hi I would like to no how to get my female lovebird back out of her nesting box as she hasn’t layed eggs for a year and a half she only comes out the nesting box to poop eat or drink she doesn’t come out the cage no more or spend much time with me […]

My Macaw has a bad spinal injury

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 […]

Budgie

Hello, I am leaving for ten days and have to leave my budgie alone. She usually has my cockatiel to keep her company, but he has to be left for pension in a hospital while I am gone because of his health problems. I have a friend who will come twice a day to feed […]

Lovebirdsa age

My female peachfaces have 2 year and male 7 month,their breeding gonna be successful? I think if they have egg

Female Eclectus with kidney disease

I’ve only had her a year now but she was not taken care very well previously to me. She’s plucked her whole front and part of her back. I recently found out she has kidney disease. The vet put her on another food but it’s super expensive and can only get with a Rx. We […]

Female cockatiel attacking her mate

There are two cockatiels I purchased as a “proven pair”they mate and snuggle and preen each other, but whenever it comes to a nest box, the female is very aggressive and keeps the male away. The previous owner said they have never tried to breed them before. The female gets so bad that just him […]

Why did my pet bird died

on June 11 I was going to my friend’s house and I took my pet bird. And the whole car riding it was okay.after I left her to my way home her neck kept moving in weird ways.until I got home she was still as rock.

About house finches (bird)

There is an open nest above my side door, the bird had four babies, yesterday I found one of the babies on the ground, it’s eyes where open but it wasn’t moving, I checked to see if he/she was stiff or cold an it wasn’t, I read to put the baby back in the nest […]

Male canary

Why is my male canary sitting in his food bowl? He’s eating, drinking. Probably be in molt soon but seems otherwise normal. Eats canary pellets

How do I tame 2 birds in a cage?

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.

how to tame a cockatiel

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 […]

Eggs

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?

Seeing zebra finches

Hi What age/weeks do zebra finches start to show whether there a boy or girl there beaks nearly normal colour ?

Is this Odd parakeet behavior

Is it normal when you have 3 pairs of parakeets and one female chooses to breed and lay eggs, that the other two females keep destroying her eggs. I’m a first time birds parents so this is odd behavior to me

Bobbing Tail?

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 […]

Parakeet mates

My son gave me his two male parakeets, Irving and Cloud who had been cage mates for 3-4 years. After a couple of days I put them in with my others now 4 females and 4 males. 6 birds have now coupled (male/female) including Irving. His former cage mate Cloud is quibbling with Irving and […]

Baby house finch

All the babies died after a couple of days should i remove so the mom dont see babies dead and cause her additional sadness. Im not sure if she will come looking for them and panic or she knows they are dead? She made a nest in my balcony plant buy they didnt servive im […]

Formerly bonded love birds fighting and resource guarding

I have a pet sitting customer with two love birds who are several years old. They’ve been together a long time without any issues. About a year ago one of the birds (green & yellow) was injured. It got stuck in a cage toy, and neede veterinary care. Over the last year we’ve noticed one […]

new baby parakeets

the mother is in cage with father and another female parakeet she laid the eggs in a food bowl on top of pellets they hatched now 9 days old should i move birds to bigger nest box with paper towels so they can be in clean environment is it ok to put fresh bedding so […]

African Grey

What is the best way to introduce mature male with mature female in big out side cage

Overly “friendly” male Cockatoo

I have a 15 year old Make Umbrella Cockatoo who is obsessed with meeting new people. Anytime a new person comes around he will run to them to the point that I had to lock the cat door in my office because he would fly out of it to meet someone outside! It doesn’t appear […]

Canary

My canary ate some newspaper! Will it hurt him

Female with blue cere

I recently bought a six month old grey female parakeet to eventually breed to one of my males. I’m confused because she has a blue cere. The breeder told me this is normal for greys and blues. I am going to send a DNA sample for sexing but I would like to know if a […]

nestling finch diet

Hi. If you have to hand raise baby finches, what diet do you recommend? What formulated diet would most be like the seeds the parents regurgitate to them?

Laid another egg

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?

Is it ok for two females to breed

My two lovebirds which i paired because i was told one was male and the second was a female but recently i saw a bump on both what should i do

Cockatiel Aggressive Behaviour

My cockatiels is around 16 to 18 months. Recently I got a female for him but it seems the female is too young. Now he is on heat and she doesn’t respond to him. Since then my cockatiel’s behaviour is very aggressive and he is biting me. Not letting me come closer to him.

Eggs

Why is my conure birds eggs not hatching? She laid her first on April 30th which had a slight crack but the rest came within a week after. We didn’t check if there was cracks or not because she sits on them all day without leaving. it’s now currently June 7th. For more information, the […]

weaning baby budgie

my budgies have a baby which is 3 weeks old had to take the female out because she was fighting with the male so the baby is with the male he seems to ignore it at time the baby is picking up seeds and vegies from the dishes at the bottom of the cage, the […]

Irn

Can a male and female irn live together in a cage and not breed? They live together in an Avery with a lot of other birds

Conure parrott

Could you tell me why my boy conure Parrott has died I have a boy and a girl conures and yesterday coming back from our caravan he was fine when we left and they have travel this way many times could you tell me what happened. The girl is fine.

conure roadtrip

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 […]

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