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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
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. […]
Can I use neosporin on a minor leg wound on a parrolett?
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 […]
Can a parrot that has had 2 weeks of seizures regain their balance?
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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
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 🙏😭
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.
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 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.
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 […]
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.
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?
Its okay if my cocktail parrot doesn’t have hair on its head?
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
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 […]
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 […]
We had a blue gold macaw with Cecal prolapse and was intended for taming, was kept along with many macaw in the same room. It was just 52 days old. Can mastrubation be a cause for this prolapse?
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
While I was eating my food in the kitchen my bird (cockatiel) was on the door wind blew and shut the door and my cockatiel lost 7 of his tail feathers I want to ask if something bad will happen and my question is will something bad happen?
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
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
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
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?
Are they safe for a young Parakeet
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 […]
My love bird layed 3 eggs just want to now if they dont hatch what will happen will she still lay on them
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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??
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 […]
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..
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?
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 […]
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 […]
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
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
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
