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Cockatiel Laying Eggs

My single female cockatiel has laid her second egg. Her cage is large and is in one space in the laundry. She has limited daylight hours, I have rearranged her cage and removed anything she could see as nesty materials. I can’t move her actual home, as it is too large to move. So, is […]

Budgie Problem

I purchased my male budgie in January and while healthy, he seemed lonely so I got him a female friend in June. At first, they preened each other constantly, but lately, she chases him from the food and toys and pecks at him. He still seems smitten by her and is constantly doing happy chirps, […]

Male zebra finch

I had 2 finches one was a male and one was a female my female finch excaped from its cage because the cage fell frome were i had it they already had a nest so i go a new bid and the female bird wont get inside the nest

Budgie

My female budgie is fighting with male as well as my male is not chirping not singing only sit eat few and get back on perch he is not sick not stressed

Eggs not hatching

My pair of love birds laid eggs almost more than 3weeks ago but still not a single egg from the cluth have hatched. But still the mother bird is sitting on them should I throw the eggs

Male Cockatiel laying eggs

My male cockatiel was sitting on the eggs and then as soon as he left the eggs 3 more eggs appeared and he seemed to be pushing away the female cockatiel’s eggs away. Why is this?

Spinal or neurological trauma

Ty for replying.i can’t move the tub upstairs as I live in a tiny home and the storage tub won’t fit.they said keep him storage tub.he can fly,walk around ,eat pelots and drink.he can’t pick up food and eat it.how long do you think they will tell me to keep him in this tub?I’m worried […]

Breeding

My love bird layed 3 eggs just want to now if they dont hatch what will happen will she still lay on them

Large clutch

Hi. My zebras hatched 5 babies. They are now almost 2 weeks old. Their nest is so small that they ate starting to fall out. Should I put them in a bigger nest? Thanks.

Egg laying time

My Green Cheek conure, layed a clutch of 4 eggs in April & they hatched in May. Towards June 10th we noticed her closing her eye or feeling weak & then she layed one new egg on June 13th to our surprise.(she was quite on a protein diet for the chicks) .Post which she seems […]

What happened?

So my question is my girlfriend brought home a healthy little sparrow completely feathered and they were doing perfectly fine. I gave the sparrows little bits of banana of the end of my finger (because that’s what my girlfriends been feeding her) before I left at 11:45 AM the sparrow had water and she was […]

Cockatiel breeding

Hi! I’ve a question, so my cockatiels who are 3 years old and not related, finally bonded and started mating. Can I move to another house before they lay eggs?? Would they not get mad and decide to not lay any eggs and breed theme??

Spinal injury and neurological trauma

How do I reply to your answers on here?you replied to my first question.they told me to keep under heat and in a storage tub with a sheet or cushion on bottom.one leg isn’t working well so he’s falling alot and using his beack to move but I’m worried can he get hurt worse by […]

Spinal and neurological trauma

Do all injury take that long to heal?my 3 month old Indian ringneck was shut in the door.the xray showed no broken bones.hes just sitting but can’t perch and leans to one side more cause one foot is paralised.im scared he won’t survive.i have him under a heating lamp.i need help and advise..

Newly Hatched Cockatiel

It’s my second batch of eggs and one hatched just recently, normally they sit on eggs but this time they are not even sitting on the eggs nor feeding, what should I do?

Painkillers or anti-inflammatories

My friend has a 7 year old male alexandrine who has been shredding his tail over the last 8 months. An x-ray showed a deformity at the base of his spine probably from birth and possibly exacerbated by escaping for 3 days. His wings are clipped. He was put on a dose of anti-inflammatories which […]

why is my two birdaying egg

umm it answerd my question partially as why did the female bird bread and again did the same thing with the other bird and they two are in the next and they two also lay eggs for the thought one of my lovebird is laying fertile eggs while the other on is laying unfertile egg […]

My cockatiel

He is not able to fly today. I don’t know if he got injured when I tok him out of the cage. He was fighting to come out

my lovebird layed 2 eggs a day

i have 3 lovebirds when i make wo of them alone they mated ok.but after 3 days i added the female with a another lovebird but now the female is mating with the other one and now they both layed egg an i have 4 eggs in 2days.why is this

Cockatiel laying eggs

Ihave a 1.5 female cockatiel and 1 year male. They are ok friends only i assume. Later my female layed eggs at the bottom of the cage today i add 4dummy eggs to the ones she layed . I don’t want her to lay more she is young . Since i added the other 4 […]

Helping pipped egg

This is my first time having baby birds. My budgie’s egg pipped about 3 days ago, and the day of, it opened up more so there’s a small hole in the surface. Since then, however, it hasn’t cracked the egg open anymore. I’ve been checking every little while to see progress and haven’t seen anymore. […]

Not producing

I have a pair of finches who were young when I got them, they did produce a clutch of eggs and 3 babies were born 1 was tormented by the male and died the other 2 grew bigger and I gave them away still doing well….now it seems that the female lays eggs but no […]

All tests good?!

We have 3 green cheek conures and one of them has become lethargic. He’s about 6 months old. We took him in and fecal exam, physical evaluation, cbc, organ function and x-rays all look good. He went on antibiotics and anti-inflammatory meds on Monday and Wednesday seemed better, but Friday only wants to sleep. I’m […]

Male cockatiel 3 years old

I have a male cockatiel for 3 years now and he have absolutely changed his behavior in the past week in way that I am in panic mode at this point. He had a mate when he was 2 and half and they produced 6 beautiful, healthy babies. Because I didn’t want them breeding anymore […]

African grey

Can african grey if its the male 18 years old and the female 6 years old can breed together

Breeding

How many times in a year do cockatiel breed and how long should I wait before breeding again? When is the best time to breed?

Budgies

I had 10 budgies then one past away and now I have nine, my question is do I have to remove the extra one out and how do u tell when the pair off??

Baby budgie and budgie balanced food

Hi, Our budgies got a baby budgie 2 days back. They normally eat seeds and millets. May I ask what additional care I should give them? What leafy greens to offer? And in what form? They never had before. Like cut them into small pieces ? And how often to replace before they go bad? […]

Male Cockatiel

I have a 3 year old male cockatiel that was separated from a female after mating. They had 6 beautiful babies all of them very healthy. Recently he mate again with a different female. She laid 8 eggs (first time breeding) but both, male and female parents were absolutely careless with the eggs and the […]

Injured wild finch

I found an injured bird, it looks like the base of its tail or possibly back is injured. One leg is able to move some what but the toes are curled under and has very minimal movement. The other leg seems fine. It has been 2 days nowsince I found it and appears to have […]

Sparrows death

Hi, New to this. I found an undeveloped sparrow on the ground, which I now think was rejected from the nest by the parents. He had no feathers, was tiny and fighting for its life. I took it in and put it in a box and fed it mashed up pea protein and egg yolks. […]

My Quaker won’t eat

I’ve tried everything to switch my Quaker from a seed diet which he was on for 4 years before I adopted him. I’ve tried so many different types of vegetables and fruits but no luck. He does like bread but too fattening. Don’t know what else to do. Don’t want to lose him.

Cage liners

Hi. I am thinking of getting cage liners for my 2 budgies, & was told the sand sheets are not good. Would cage liners for Guinea pigs be safe for my budgies? They don’t go on the floor of cage much, but I wanted something washable or disposable. Please help

4 cockatiels in one cage

Hello I have 4 cocktails, 2 males and 2 females. There is only one nest and they are laying eggs but throw them out of the nest. I have seen both males in the nest so im insure if the one throwing them out is the parents or the extra male. They are about a […]

Chick with an eye issue?

I have a one month old Black copper Maran chick. This past week either her conjunctiva or third eyelid seems inflammed. It’s distorting her eyelids. It’s both eyes. Seems fine otherwise. Could this be some kind of deficiency? I noticed some bubbles in the corner of her eye a few times. No discharge. The other […]

Age of my baby lorikeet

How old roughly is my baby lorikeet please??? Dark beak, slightly redining, has tail feathers though very short… Can eat lorikeet mix, though is still learning and drinking water is even trickier

Female White Parakeets

Hi Laefber, I’m only 8 years old.Here’s my question,I want to learn more about Parkeets because I want one as a pet .I wonder how do you tell a Female White Parakeets apart from a male! (P.SPlease write back)

Aggresive IRN

Hello, I recently made a question talking about Plucking and going about taming but I have a question, My IRN seems to be really aggressive at times, she has bitten many times every time I try to teach step up and place my finger under her, sometimes I even hold a treat up and then […]

Eggs not hatching

I have 2 green cheek Conyers. I didn’t realize they were both a male and female period now I’ve got 4 eggs, and she has been sitting on them for past 20 days now and it’s over the time that they should have hatched period what can I do? What should Ido?

Female love bird not sitting on the eggs from evening

My pair of love birds laid 2eggs. The second egg was laid after 3days from first egg. But I noticed a strange behavior. During the day the female bird continuously sit on the eggs but from evening till late night she don’t sits. I am not getting what to do?

Lovebirds

Brenda, thanks for your reply. Very helpful! One more question. I took all four chicks out last night and rearranged the cage with toys and perches, covered them up early and quit giving them fresh food as you suggested. We had only noticed them mating one time two days ago, but today, they were going […]

2 mad cockatiels

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 […]

Yellow Nape

Why does my Parrot dance like Stevie Wonder periodically while spreading her tail feathers

Lovebirds

My bonded pair recently had a clutch of 4, which are just now out of the box and yesterday started eating on their own, but are still in and out of the nest box. I was going to separate them all tomorrow and take the nest box down, but looked in awhile ago to see […]

Female Love bird laid 1 egg

My pair of love bird laid 1 egg on 03/07/2023 will it lay more of them. I am providing calcium on a regular basis pls provide if any thing is necessary. And will she lay more eggs

Doesn’t sit on their eggs

Hi, I have a pair of parrot from a long time I got them from my relatives but I don’t know what are thier species. I think they are cockatoo parrot, they are white in colour and they have a red spot on their cheeks. Before a week they laid 8 eggs but they doesn’t […]

My cockatiel

My cockatiel died very suddenly.She was at the bottom of her cage she started to spread both of her wings.She normally does this when she her space so we gave her space and left her alone.A few moments later after we left her alone she started making sounds that sounded like yelps and then we […]

IRN Plucking

Hello there, I have a Indian Ringneck that is about 1-2 Years old and I believe she is plucking her feathers. I saw this because I noticed a lot of feathers on the ground and i noticed some small white feather poking out of her back and stomach. I have bought her many toys and […]

5 week old quaker parrot flew into window

After won’t move my vet said prop him up in a towel hand feed every 4 hours if the up position in 48 hours give up hope that he recover but he is showing movement trying to get up multiple time is there hope should I find a new vet

My tamed ringneck making me bleed alot recently

I have handfed and raised this ringneck myself and growing up, she shares a special bond with me and hurting my family members and pets. She is very protective of me as well. She cuddles with me to sleep and takes showers together. Recently, my ringneck is in a very bad mood like every other […]

About my 7 yrs old cockatiel

I recently got a cockatiel from another family member. And I have had him since last December… It did take him awhile to adjust . But he finally did… He was coming to me all the time… Now here recently it has changed. He is being stand offish from me. He loves his cage. He […]

2 cockatiels

I have 2 cockatiels, that i tink they are female and are handfeed. Q1: How i know their age, the person we bought them said that are babyes, but they look like aduts(have all the feathers) Q2:How i know their gender…. I supose that they are female… The older one is a full yellow, and […]

Single budgie

I haved 2 budgie, male and female, and the male died. I let the female out of the cage to play with my other two handfeed (the female budgie is not) female young cockatiels (they look adult, so i tink they are young adults). She is now good friends with the cockatiels, folowing them everywere. […]

love birds

my male lovebird kicked the female out of the box months ago but I looked in the box and their were eggs in there I don’t know if they were there when he put her out but they look new. he won;t let me in there and he bites all the times . so how […]

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