Female parakeet died
Why would male parakeet kill female and how?
Dad budgie
Baby budgie is 3 weeks old and dad is acting aggressive towards mom and baby. Out of 3 eggs only one hatch. Baby doesn’t seem ready to be on his own but dad is making it dangerous with his behavior. He fought the mom so terribly and she seems to be guarding the cage from […]
Help me
Hi , i have 2 cockatiel, they both arent tamed, but they eat from my hand normally, just scared a little, the male bonded with the female 4 to 5 months ago, but he always bite the female, and she sleeps a little too much. The male spends sometimes minuts in the nest, but the […]
My female bird doesnt enter the nest
I have 2 cockatiels. The male always bites the female, and enter the nest 5times a day for 10secs. The female never enters the nest. they are coupled like 3 month ago. Idk if the female isnt ready to lay eggs or she maybe dont feel comfortable with the male. Should i seperate them ??? […]
egg food
what can i do to change eggfood daily and disinfect bacteria from eggfood, which the bacteria infests them which can kill its chicks what thier parents feed them.
Breeding and Separation
I bought 3 zebra finches from the pet store (It turned out I had a regular male and female, and a mutant black faced male.) After reading many of your answers I learned that I was given a lot of misinformation. I was told they always needed a nest and nesting material to feel safe […]
Is my female budgie pregant or sick?
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. […]
Infertile eggs
I have a pair of cockatiels, the male cockatiel is five years old and the female cockatiel is one year old. Four months ago (when the female was eight months old), they mated and laid four eggs, all of them were infertile . Again, four months later (when the female cockatiel was one year old), […]
Should I get my older cockatiel a new bird friend?
Male cockatiel passed away a few days ago and the female looks very distressed. She keeps looking for him and keeps acting nervous around us. Is it a good idea to get her an older friend? Male or female?
baby finch
I have been hand raising a finch chick since he was 12 days old. Today he is 30 days old and doing fine. I bought baby parrot powder and mix that with warm water and ground up finch seeds and then I blend a strawberry or blue berry a banana slice some kale and spinach […]
Diamond Dove
Do pellets cause kidney disease in our feathered companions?
Finding Male for 12 yrs old IRN female?
I have a 12 yrs old Indian Ring Neck Female, She lays eggs but obviously they not fertile. I am searching a Male IRN for her. It is difficult to find the male of same age as female. So Can she pair with 4 yrs old Male? or it is too young for her? If […]
Cockatiel is not mating
I’m peting my cockatiel for 1 year now and it’s a pair .both are half tamed. I never seen them mating but whenever I put a nesting box my female lay eggs and keep a good care of them and I checked the eggs they are not fertile… Its the 7th time it lay eggs […]
Feeding guide for yellow shouldered Amazon parrot
Hi, I’m confused about how many pellets my yellow shouldered Amazon should eat. He is smaller than most Amazon’s and I made the mistake of giving him way too many pellets which has led to him having a fatty liver. I’ve cut him right back but still I am just not sure how many is […]
Are parakeets fragile birds?
I had a parakeet when I was young but have bought my grandson 2 and one died in 3 days and one died in 2 weeks. His parents are saying not another one as grandson was heartbroken. Any small bird that is heartier?
Laying eggs
My finch is laying eggs every other day then she breaks why is this
Rainbow Lorikeets weaning
Hey if my 8 week old rainbow lorrikeets are starting to drink water and eat the dry adult mix should I stop feeding them the hand rearing mix every 6 hours they have been eating grapes and apples but do I feed them dry feed only and put them in a cage with water and […]
Swollen and red foot
My lovebird baby her age is and 12 days or something her one leg is bigger and swollen and other leg us okay
baby bird/angel found !
hello ! my names ia Karin. I recently found a baby bird and was wondering when he should be weaned off the baby food ? or any other advice is greatly appreciated ! thank you so much and god bless <3
Injured Goose
One of the geese that nests on my roof has a pin with a small key ring sticking in his leg. A few days later he started limping and can only stand on one leg. I can get close to it when I pour corn onto its plate, but I just can’t rip it out. […]
Do I need to keep my bonded male & female together after they mated and laid fertile egg?
My females spends lots of time in the nesting box with her 5 eggs. Egg laying is finish. Do I need to keep the male parakeet with the female untileggs hatch and babies get older?
Sun conure passed away
Hello, I had my sun conure for a few years and he was a part of my family, very loving and smart bird. One day he just fell to the bottom of his cage and died a little while later. I can’t help but feel like it was something I did wrong in caring for […]
Budgies
My budgies are mated and almost 3yo The male budgie is used to cracking their eggs, and now they had a single egg and he kept trying to get into the nesting box but the female won’t let him. So i separate them after few days, but placed the two cages next to each other […]
Can I Hand Tame Them?
I got a young female parakeet named Lemon approximately 8-9 months ago and was not able to hand tame her. Then I got another parakeet a female named Blueberry and I was close to hand taming her so I put them in the same cage. They two have bonded and now I lost all progress […]
My female parakeet changed over night
Hi, My female parakeet had a her first clutch a couple weeks ago and none of them hatched. She naturally abandoned the eggs and they were disposed. The first two days after, she was very tired and slept a lot. On the 3rd day she started to attack me viciously. I usually give my her […]
Female lovebird lost her mate after laying eggs
My lovebird laid eggs then her mate died. She is in the nest most of the time, coming out only for eating. Should I get her another male? And what about the eggs?
How to handle this cocktail situation
So my male cockatiel and female cockatiel have been mating and have produced 8 eggs will they stop eventually or do I have to do something to force them to stop . They already broke 2 of the eggs and have six left but the male sits on the eggs in the afternoon and the […]
Budgie bald spot
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
Rainbow Lorikeets weaning
My 7 week and a few days old rainbow lorikeet is starting to refuse to eat of the spoon and I offered them some adult dry mix tonight and they both tried it and slowly ate it and I was wondering how I wean them now. Do I keep feeding them both feed the hand […]
Breeding cockatiels
Hi, I have a 3 year old very tame male and a 2.5 year old female who is not tame although she will come and sit on my arm sometimes. They live in a huge cage with 2 male budgies and a female budgie and have their own room where they have free flight. All […]
2 Male Cockatiels
My 6 Month old male cockatiel Is quite chatty and has learned about a dozen phrases that he will talk to us, his human parents. He also talks to himself in his mirror or anything shiny that he can perch on. My question is, do you think another male would be a good companion for […]
Young cockatiel mating female!
I need help and fast! I have 2 cockatiels, disco and Zeus. Disco has never asked to mate with Zeus; my 9 month old cockatiel, before. Today she did. And they mated. Disco is a little over 2 now. Usually, she’s ask to mate with me and whenever Zeus would get close she’d bite him […]
Update
Hi! This isn’t really a question so you don’t have to answer but I am just letting you know that I was only planning to keep one chick I think I forgot to mention that and luckily the male has settled down a lot and he and the female are taking turns again so I’m […]
Breeding love birds
If two of my grey African lovebird breed will i get grey chicks
Parrot tea
Can I give my diamond dove parrot tea?
Two cockatiels
Hello, i am trying to bond my cockatiels together so i can breed them in the future. My male cockatiel is 8 months and my female is a little over a year. I had read online to put them in a cage that doesnt belong to either of them that way they are less teritorial, […]
Surrogate Parents
Will a pair of finches lay on eggs that arent theirs? I have a friend whose finches are laying and she doesn’t want more birds. We have a pair (society finches) that have been with us for 2 weeks and so far no eggs
Aggressive Male cockatiel and Cockatiel Chicks
Hi, I have 2 pet cockatiels, one male and one female and recently they have layed eggs and they have hatched into 3 baby cockatiels. My birds are 3 years old almost 4 and 2 of the babies are 2 weeks old one the other one is a week old. The parents are raising them […]
Egg laying
Should I remove the egg after my parrot lays it? I don’t want her to lay eggs
New hatchlings
I have 3 day old babies and i have heard they get quite noisy durring feeding time how soon does this take? The nest is impossible to see into and i can only tell the babies are there by watching closely for the hen to come out and eat, dad then feeds babies while mom […]
Baby budgie dies after 2 days
Hi Can you please help me with this my budgie laid 7 eggs among them 1 egg hatched 2 days back and today the baby budgie died 😢 I have removed the dead baby and what should I do with other eggs?? Please help me to understand the process
Overgrown lower beak
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 […]
Nutrition once baby finch has grown up
Can finches naturally eat cooked chickpeas as I’m vegan and don’t want to kill animals to feed baby finch I recently have a new chick my daughter told me to ask you
baby zebra finches
the baby finches are 3 weeks old and two have come out of nest but went back the other 2 are still in there but I noticed they are starting to eat the inside lining around the entrance to the nest, what should I do
My Peahen not sitting on her eggs.
My parents layer 10 eggs Monday and isn’t really sitting on them in the day I’ve seen her sit on them in the nite but they feel cold?
Cockatiel sneezing
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?
parakeet
How do these bird have intercourse?
My two cockatiels
I have two baby cockatiels and I want to hand feed them but my parents say no, they say leave them with the parents till they are 3 months old but I want them to be tamed. Is it okay to leave them till 3 months after they have been weaned and then put them […]
Female cockatiel will not stop laying eggs, need advice.
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 […]
Why my young bidgie suddenly die
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
Bonded pairs of budgies
After a bonding pair are separated into their own cage and have raised a clutch, must the pair be kept together or can I separate them back into their respective ( males only and females only) cages?
My love birds infect from pox virus
What medicine i use for pox? which remove the eye pox and dont spread in more birds
Caged budgies.
I have 3 budgie males in a cage, next to an identical cage with 3 females. The females are young so I will wait to breed them. When the time comes, the bird store owner said to let them all mix so they can pair off. Must I then separate the bonded pair for breeding?
Cockatiels, breeding
Hi I have a pair that just paired up, the female is over 2 years old and the male is much older, they have been in and out the nest, the male is a lutino, and I he is a male as he does male behaviors, they laid eggs but they weren’t fertile, so I […]
Nesting Conure
I was left with 4 Conures. I know little about breeding behavior and was unaware that a nesting box is not necessary. At this point one of the Conures now has two eggs. I am doing daily research to educate myself on this topic but one question I’m having a difficult time finding an answer […]
Talking training
My 1 year approx cockateil has just laid a egg, not subjected to a male. That’s how I found out the sex. I really wanted a males as easier to get to talk. If I get a males maybe keep in separate cage for a while but in the same room , will the male […]
My bird bit me
Why my bird start biting me, we used to be friends, and now he more friends with my son than me!
Breeding
Can my make tamed ringneck parrot can mate a female tamed ringneck parrot.
Scissor Beak in Adult Zebra Finch
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, […]
Older bonded pair aggression
I have 2 8 year old cockatiels that are bonded. They are both male. In the past 2 weeks the one male is getting very aggressive towards the other male and going after him. This was not happening before. Any suggestions? Separate cages?
