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umbrella cockatoo 5+ year old bird laying eggs

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

Budgie survivsl

My cage fell and the male budgie got frantic snd flew off and the female with the 4 baby budgies and 2 budgies that are about 8 days old are in the nest box…will the mother budgie be able to survive and rear the young

Self Mutilation

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 […]

Screaming conure

My friend has a 15 year old conure that screams a lot. She was never let out of her cage. I built a large cage and she loved it at first. Lots of toys, a pool for her bath. Has her original cage inside for her to feel secure. She just won’t stop screaming. If […]

Mommy birds overfeeding baby

I just had my birds lay an egg and it hatched. So far, she has been feeding it, but i feel she does it too often. Can the momma bird overfeed the baby? I want to make sure it doesn’t possibly die from it.

My cockatiel behavior

I have a female cockatiel who is bonded with a male but she mates with another male then when she lays eggs she attacks the male she mated with and I have to remove him from the cage and she only allows the other male she’s bonded with why is she like that??

Cockatiel Using feet

When will my cockatiel start using his foot to hold food etc? He is 6 months old now.

How long can you separate eggs from zebra finches

I’ve recently bought zebra finches to breed.a few days after the person I bought them off said they have recently laid eggs two days after I bought them off him I had the eggs and nest boxes off him and haven’t touched them I’ve put them in with the finches now but I don’t know […]

Sun Conure

Hello, My sun conure who just turned one died with no prior signs or symptoms of any illness. He was eating, flying around, playing in the morning, and all of a sudden he made a few noises and died in the afternoon. We were still hand-feeding him baby food and other than that he would […]

cockatiel nesting

My male cockatiel is not showing any nesting behaviors, but the female is biting up the wooden sticks, paper, coir, everything into a cardboard box. My cockatiel are not mating yet, they have together for a week now, and my male keeps whistling to the female, but no mating yet

Cockatiel not staying in the nest box

I have a pair of cockatiels who have been mating for a while, sometimes 4+ times a day, but no eggs. I’m not sure what’s wrong. I gave them a nesting box and Disco (mom) won’t go inside for very long. She only goes inside if I’m interacting with the box, but never on her […]

Taming

I was given a 5-year-old budgie that had never been out of its cage approximately 8 months ago. I want to be able to check its ears and head as it’s doing a lot of scratching and I’m wondering if eventually I would be able to hand tame her or is she too old

Baby doves

We live in Belville south Africa. For the last year and a half we continuously find baby doves in the garden whose head have been bitten off. We suspect it might be another bid that do this. Why? We been staying at same property for 17 years. Only now this is happening.

My budgie sneezes everytime after being fed

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 🤔

Cn a Female Budgie Take Care of Her Fertile Eggs Solely by Herself?

My male budgie escaped from the cage( no one in the household was present to control the situation) and left his female after she laid four eggs for the first time after about two weeks. He cared for her all the time even after she laid the eggs. He fed her by the nest box […]

Eggs?

Hello. I have a female cockatiel, Im not sure of her age. But shes nesting in a trashcan in my room, Im not sure what to do here. Will she lay eggs? Or is she just scouting a nest? She’s also being very hormonal recently, asking to mate at least 10 times a day and […]

Parrot tail feather

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

Why is my sneezing mucus?

My bird is constantly sneezing and sometimes he also sneezes mucus out…..what do you think is the reason for that???

New Dusky Conure Baby

Hi there, I recently got a dusky conure and I feed her your pellets! I was wondering on average how much you feed daily or a morning/night routine. Also do you feed any toppers or extra mix in such as seeds, fruit blend, and so on with the pellets or if there’s anything extra I […]

Parrot lost

I found a parrot with one tag on left feet, AME 32021 . Exist one way to fins her home?

swapping mates

I have a pair of parrot finches that are building a second nest after abandoning the first. The female fights off the male when he tries to mount her. I introduced a second female and the male immediately copulated with her. she seemed more submissive than the prior female. My question is should I leave […]

Difference

Hi what is the difference between banana flavor nutri-berries for parrot and small birds?

Traumatized budgie

Hi there my name is Paula I’m trying to help a lady interstate who has lost her very tame chatty bird One exactly like him had been found in the area and doesn’t talk Is it possible it’s due to his trauma as he’s been lost for 6 weeks in the bush

Budgie fighting

My bajriga bird laid four eggs. But only one egg hatched. The remaining three eggs were infertile. The baby Budgie died at the age of two days. So yesterday my mom took out the rest of the eggs too. My female budgie has been fighting with the male budgie since yesterday She does not allow […]

Newborn cockatiel running around cage

My newborn cockatiel, I had 2 who bred 3 baby sadly one flew away but 2 remained. I separated one and put him in his own cage it’s day 2 now and he won’t stop running around cage and I’m really looking forward to taming him. What should I do?

Egg Laying

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 ?

Male Cockatiel Frustrated

Hi! I have an 11 year old male Cockatiel. I went away to college for a year and was unable to take him so my mom looked after him for me. Ever since I’ve been home he does not like me anymore (which I understand why) and refuses any human interaction. We have moved to […]

Screaming cockatiel

Our cockatiel will not stop screaming or making a crowing sound. It is constant and he is always in a room near people. We have had cockatiels before and bought this one from the same breeder as our last. We have had him for a month and he is only 3 months old. He eats […]

My cocktail keeps on biting others

So I have a big cage with lots of toys and perches, and a total of 4 birds, 2 female parakeets and 2 male cocktails, Sam and Dumbo. Dumbo will attack Sam and chase him around the cage, expecily when you give Sam attention. but when I separate them, it seems like Dumbo gets anxious, […]

Parakeet Laying Eggs Outside of Box

Hello, My female parakeet has now laid 2 eggs in the corner of the cage and is not laying in her nest box. Last spring she laid her 1st clutch of eggs (about 5) in her nest box and did really well sitting on them, however towards the end she started to kick them out […]

Squawking

Iam looking after an African grey at least 35 years old. She talks and has a quirky personality. Sometimes she just scwaks and squawks very loudly, is this for attention?

What is the best option for my siblingbudgies?

Hello there, I have two budgies, a male and female, that are both from the same nest. I hand reared them because they were thrown out the nest by their parents and their owner didn’t want to keep them. They are now almost 5 years old and the female is not very nice. She’s a […]

Is it the right pair?

Hi I’ve had my male cockatiel for 5 years and my female for 3 years. Usually before they never liked each other and always hated. I’ve always had a nest box in their cage for a long time but they never went in it. Now this time I see that my male cockatiel is so […]

How to discourage breeding in bonded pair?

Hi! I am considering adopting a pair of adult pionus parrots. How do you discorage a pair of parrots from breeding? The birds in question have been breeder birds for some years, and have successfully raised a clutch every year for several years. They are now in their mid to late teens, and I feel […]

My male cockatiel keeps screaming.

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?

My budgie can’t fly

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 […]

Eggs

Hi, my budgie laid an egg on the cage floor despite of having nest in her cage few hours ago and is not sitting on it. They are 2-3yrs old, we got them from a pet shop few days ago so they aren’t tamed yet and it’s their first time .What should i do ?Should […]

Chronic egg laying cockatiel

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 […]

hard flying

Hi, I have a female Cockatiel, about 8-9 months old. Around New Year’s, she laid 4 unfertilized eggs and since then she seems to be flying hard. I have the impression that it flies slightly tilted to one side. Is it a result of the eggs or should I take her to the vet? TY!

Budgie egg broken even after incubating

My budgie sat on the egg for 20 days now and she threw 2 eggs out of the 3 eggs… I checked that one egg was empty it was clearly white while the other hand a little crack but I checked it was red and black in the half of the egg… While the 3rd […]

Ring necked doves

I feed my parrots Lafeber but my son now has 2 ring necked doves. Does Lafeber carry food that is for doves? I trust Lafeber avian food and would like to continue to use the brand for the doves.

Neck collar for my injured moluccan cockatoo

Hi, I’m trying to help my Molccan Cockatoo recover his neck. I’m wondering where I can get a neck collar made with FRP material, as Moluccan Cockatoo is a large bird, I need a collar that doesn’t break with his beak. Do you have any recommendations? Thank you!

About budgies

My female and male are fighting they have 4chicks do I take male out or female out as he is holding her down at times and want let her near chicks

Should I get a Cockatiel?

I have been visiting this pet store for about a year. I visit with all of the animals, but this 1 year old cockatiel stands out to me. I’ve never had a bird before, so I’ve been researching for days now, I’ve been sure about getting him until I read that without a mate, they […]

Love birds not sitting on eggs during daytime

Why is my lovebird not sitting on her eggs during the day when the evening comes the female and male will go in it and sit on the eggs all night this is not my first time for hatching eggs or dealing with lovebirds I’ve had baby many years I have love birds parakeets and […]

Budgie and Lovebird interaction

I have a lovebird (Luna) and a budgie (Pinù) in separate cages. Pinù recently lost his bonded mate, with whom he shared the cage for years. The budgies were rescues, and didn’t like being out of their cage, so they rarely went out. But I got Luna when she was young and I regularly let […]

Bird cargo

A friend wants to send a patridge from Iraq to Pakistan. I need details charges etc

Clavamox

My new bird canary came in sick with sinus infection. Left nostril completely closed by mucus and right nostril has on/off wet no color discharge. Doxycycline we did 2 course(each course 12 days) and it helped to resolve half of the symptoms but we aren’t seeing further results and clavamox was suggested as next antibiotics […]

birds

what bird species can i put in with a butcher bird?

Conure bonding

Hello, looking for some advice on 2 green cheek conures I got late past December. I had no idea on their sex until I did a gender/DNA test and found out I have a male and female. Both are starting to show interest in each other in which I will have to prepare for eggs […]

Cocktails female

My mum has 2 cocktails male and female, Recently the female has been fluffed up and swaying side to side. What does this mean??

Feeding macaws

I have a pair of macaws. I feed them sunflower seeds, fruits & veges. How much food do they need in a day

Cockatiel food

We had a Cockatiel for over 23 years. After losing him, we got a 7 month old one. My first one ONLY ate Parakeet food, didn’t like the extra stuff in the Cockatiel food, and also shared a cage , with a Parakeet for over 10 years. It’s funny how, I had left over Parakeet […]

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