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How to Manage 2 Sets of Lovebirds

I have 4 lovebirds – 2 male and 2 female. About a year ago I got the 2 females as babies and was told they were a male and a female. A few months ago I found they had laid 11 eggs. This was the first indication that they were not a male and female […]

Female not letting male feed

Hi , so i have a male parakeet and a female parakeet and female laid three eggs. One of the egg hatched today and I saw that the male bird was trying to feed the female bird but she was attacking him insted. Also she is not letting the male feed her. She is coming […]

Mixed Species Bond

Hi, I have a flock of five birds. This question is regarding two of them. A few months ago, we had two male cockatiels and one male linnie. Then we adopted another female cockatiel, Bo, and a suspected female linnie, Kiwi. We were told these birds were bonded and shared the same cage. After the […]

African Grey

My African grey is about 37years old ans she is blind in one eye. She has a 6year old male. She keeps on laying infertile eggs, although we give them a healthy diet and everything else. Is she too old? What do you think should we do?

Is my cockatiel being abused?

Hi I read your response to the hormonal behaviors it helped me a lot. I have a 3 year old male and a year old apparently female. We thought they were both male until we saw them mating. The female fights the mating and then ends up giving in and mates. At the moment they […]

My cockatiel wont eat!!!

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 […]

8 months female love

I only have a 8 months old female love bird shes kinda lonely so i was thinking to get her a friend If i bring a new male 5 months old love bird will they bond i dont care about breeding i just want them to be with each other and happy

impacted crop in lovebirds

I just read an online lovebird forum post that discussed the danger of fleece huts and toys using rope/string. Pet birds can ingest these fibers, which get permanently stuck in the crop, eventually necessitating crop surgery. My lovebird has a hut made from felt. Is felt a dangerous material if he ingests its fibers? Are […]

Both my male and female cockatiels are in the nest

My cockatiels have been mating for a while and I’m expecting eggs but the last couple of days they have been staying in the nest and I was wondering if it’s possible time for the eggs? Side note : I have checked there are no eggs

Cockatiel Pecking

My cockatiel went from being the only “baby” to sharing our attention with a dog (whom he gives heart wings to all the time) and 3 kids. About two years ago, he escaped out the back slider and into the native wash area behind our house (we’re in Arizona). We got him back, but a […]

Female African grey showing aggression to male

I have a breeding pair of African greys. Ever since I reintroduced the nest box, the female has started showing aggression to the male. Chasing him off perches and not letting him get too close. What should I do?

My 10 month old female cockatiel mating on my hands

I have only ever had experience with male parrots, but few months ago I bought a 2 month old female cockatiel for my male cockatiel. My male cockatiel would try to interact with her sexually but because she is too young, she doesn’t return the same energy leaving him sexually frustrated. However, my female cockatiel […]

Taming 2 budgies in the same cage?

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 […]

3 month old Emu chick with back injury

I have a Emu chick that fell down steps and got a back injury. I live in South Dakota and there are no vets that will even look at him…He has been down for a month now and I dont know what to do. I believe he is partially paralyzed. He eats welI and is […]

amazon health

my orange winged Amazon has warm feet and diarrea. any indication or suggestion… he’s eating o k ; recently started him on chop – dandelion grns, spinach,arugula, broccoli, carrots, swt potato, orange and red bell peppers. he does go out for a stroll in sun and shade – 85 – 90 degree days …2xs a […]

Vacation and I need help

Hi, I have 2 cockatiel birds and I’m going to go somewhere for three days. I’m debating whether to leave there cage open or closed. If I leave it closed they get stressed and start screaming until I open there cage. Every morning they scream because they wanna come out there cage and fly. I […]

Regarding cockteil

I have two cockteil male and female , they both are breeding and she laid a egg 2 days back . she didn’t enter the breeding box from beginning.she laid it on the floor and I took it an kept in the breeding box . Now I was asked not to open the cage anymore […]

love bird

my love bird hasen’t layed any eggs it has been 2 years?

Indian ringneck limping while walking

Hi I’ve been having an Indian ringneck of 4 years old and he was always active. He is not tamed. He was completely fine until yesterday but when I woke up this morning and checked on him he was limping while walking. I don’t know what happened. There is a little bit of steel wiring […]

Separating a bond of three?

I am getting three birds, 2 budgies and 1 lovebird. From what I’ve been told, all three are bonded to each other. The person I’m getting them from hasn’t properly sexed them and doesn’t know the age but roughly 3-4 years each. They are all in a cage that really is a carrier cage and […]

breeding

Good morning My female conure laid an egg, in her outside cage that day. night came and brought them into their night cage in the house and also brought the egg and put it in their night box. Since I did that, they have ignored the egg completely. Don’t know what my next move should […]

Cockatiel making mating sounds

When me and my dad are petting our cockatiel, sometimes it exhibits mating behaviour and makes sounds like this : https://youtu.be/QiUTG-hUA0Q We both do not pet it on the back or wings, we only pet the head and the upper neck. Sometime he even does this when not being petted, just by sitting on us. […]

Mating cockatiels

I recently introduced an 8 month old male to a grown adult female (age unknown) who’s already a mom. Surprisingly after only 3 days they’ve grown fond of each other and I’ve witnessed them mating. I dont have a nest box and I can’t imagine where she’d lay her eggs considering there’s only perches and […]

Droopy wing

Hi! I have 6 canaries living in a big cage together. One of my canary’s left wing is droopy. I do not think his wing is broken, because he can move it and even fly a little. His behaviour has not changed much, he is still active and likes to eat, but he clearly does […]

Cockatiels fighting

Hi. I have a 20 year old cockatiel whose cage mate died of cancer about 6 years ago. He was losing his mind when the other bird did not come back from the vet. Got another bird from a breeder (initially thought was female, is male), did the whole quarantine and introduction thing. Everything seemed […]

More of a bond

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 […]

Cockatiel beak

Hello, i have a three year old cockatiel on harrisons super fine pellets, since this morning i haven’t seen her eat very much and her droopings are smaller, whenever she eats she would have a few pellets drink water and thats it, 10 minutes ago i offered her food and she was eating whilst bobbing […]

Budgies

I have 3 females and 3 males with 3 nesting boxes, I have notice, ( first time budgie owner ) and first breeding season for my budgies that I am finding the eggs on the ground have no idea what to do

cockatiel

i have 3 birds, two female sisters and one male that’s is not related. recently one of the sisters mates with the male. i moved the other female to a different cage due to him pulling out her feathers. my question concerns the female and her mate. they had eggs but none of them hatched. […]

neosporin

Can I use neosporin on a minor leg wound on a parrolett?

Egg laying

I have 2 african grey’s that I hand reared in 2004. They started laying eggs last year 2022 and that is when I realised that they are both females. My concern is that in the last 12 -16 months they have laid eggs 5 times with a clutch of 5 eggs on average. There is […]

Seizures

Can a parrot that has had 2 weeks of seizures regain their balance?

Introducing a male love bird to a older female lovebird

Hi I have recently gotten a male love bird , due to the fact I have a older female lovebird that has been laying eggs over the last couple of years. I thought she could use a mate. But since I put him in the cage she wont even let him eat . Should I […]

budgie not sitting on eggs

My budgie has been sitting on her eggs for the past few days but I went out for a few hours like 2 and once I came back I saw that one of my other budgies was in her cage and after removing that budgie she hasn’t been wanting to sit on her eggs should […]

Baby Zebra Finches

Hi…. i adopted 2 zebra finches… they have 4 babies right now in the nest… i believe its been about 3 weeks now.. the babies all look healthy – when will they leave the nest? will they just fall out?? they seem pretty big and cramped in the nest i have, I will remove it […]

30 year old African grey laid egg, why?

We have a 30 year old African grey that laid an egg recently. I know that my bf has always been bonded with her but nothing has changed recently with their interactions. To our knowledge she has never laid an egg before. She was a rescue. The only change is that our roommate got a […]

Help!!

my budgie of around 2 years got sick yesterday, he was fine all day and then started acting lethargic, moving his head and closing his eyes. Took him to a vet and then they could not do anything except put him in the oxygen cage. Charged us 500 dollars for nothing. today he would not […]

a 5 months old cocktail with respiratory problems

Dear lafeber I have a 5 months old cocktail which caught cold 2 months ago. 2 times he got seriously ill and needed emergency treatments such as dexamethasone intramuscular injections and couple of oral medications due to labor respiratory problems. And what my veterinarian said was that he got pleural effusion and forbid my son […]

Constant Regurgitation

I have a 3 year old male budgie who is regurgitating constantly. He was sick with gram negative bacteria in his crop and feces and was placed on medicine for 4 weeks. He was off the medicine for 2.5 weeks and the bacteria is back. Nothing has changed in his environment so we think the […]

Myna Bird

What does the Myna bird “Caw” mean? Today is the first day the Myna I am fostering…it fell out of a tree nest in the evening and I took it home so the cats wouldn’t get it under the cars it was hiding under.

Cocktail Behavior

I recently adopted a single cocktail bird, she not at all active and acts very weird. Eats less, some gets scary at food tray. So worried

Why is my lovebird not laying eggs?

My lovebirds mate almost every day and it’s been a week or so, but she hasn’t layed a single egg yet, and I’ve done everything you said, I have given them plenty of privacy, and I never move their cage. Please help 🙏😭

Question about canary food

What should I purchase to feed my canary? He has been on a diet of seeds and occasional greens, but I don’t think his nutritional needs are being fully met.

Two budgie mothers fighting

My mother of 5 budgies went into the nest of a mother of 3 budgie. They fought with each other and I separated them before they would kill each other. When can I put them back together again?

My quaker

My 3 1/2 year old female quaker is sitting on the bottom of her cage with her tail up. She was her normal self this morning. Now, she won’t come to me, or talk back to me. She is very quiet.

23 year old cockatoo

J have a ai think.Male umbrella cockatoo that’s going to tge bottom.of tge cage abg covering up in.New papers he ate apple and ate last night It is Saturday. I m worried he take omega oil for his liver ordered by the vet . I am going to take him o have his nails .just […]

Sun conure laid 3 eggs

I would like to know if my Sun Conure always lays eggs but the second time there were no Babies so they eat the eggs for nutrition full of protein and also now she has eggs and they are not hatching we don’t know if they have babies.

Dark green and some watery stools

Hello. Today, I noticed that my budgie is puffing up and pooping a bit and I saw that it is dark green and watery, what is the problem?

Indian ring neck

I was given a Indian ring neck that was born on the 15 of Jan 1994 so could you please tell how old she is in human years as well as bird life . Thank you

Two pairs of finches

I have 2 male zebra finches and 2 female finches both of them have there own nests but both the male finches fight so the other male finch is always in its box only comes out when I am around the cage ..if any of the pair lay egg will the other pair kill there […]

4 year old GCC and aggression

I have 2 bird, a crimson belly conure and a green cheek conure. The birds get long great and we all are together a lot, they eat right, have dedicated time outside their cage and everything I can provide them. Problem is my GCC has been very aggressive the last 48 hours, today she latched […]

Sick female budgie

Hi, so I have a female budgie who is a above one year old, she laid her first egg ever on March 14 She didn’t have a male and was a tamed budgie and I didn’t know that she must have a male during the laying on the eggs, so unfortunately she was doing all […]

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