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Quaker broken egg

My 8 yr old Quaker Pixie laid a couple eggs the first one she was on a perch and it hit the grate floor and broke and i cleaned it out . 3 days later she laid another i left it this time nothing was wrong with it. she was running about in her cage […]

Mating-Egg Laying

My two cockatiels finally decided to like each other after a year and has now made it and my female is pregnant with eggs. Do I separate the birds in different cages now or do I leave them together until the eggs are laid? I don’t want them to keep mating and having eggs all […]

why?

hey i have 2 cockatiels and recently one of them which is male is sitting in the food pot and protecting it from the other female and the male is also being very aggressive to the other why is this and how to stop this

cockatiel chicks

I have to start feeding a day old cockatiel baby neglected by the parents. I was told he wouldn’t survive, it has been 4 days and he is eating like any other chick after leaving the nest, gaining weight, standing on his own and asking for food. My question is: Since he haven’t been fed […]

Blood feather

Hey. My cockteil got wound in her wings . I took her to the vet doctor. She gave some medicine for 3 days , after taking it she felt good but still she has 4-5 five blood feathers.. is it dangerous to leave Like that ?

Zebra Finch Breeding

Hello, we’ve had a pair of pied zebra finches for about 4 years, and I cannot seem to keep them from breeding. I’ve taken the nest and all nesting material out, but the male just starts chasing and plucking the feathers of the female, and will literally try to build on anything even if it […]

Diamond Dove

Is it safe for my dove to eat parakeet seed mix or does he have to have the kaytee dove mix?

Canary eggs

Hi my canary has laid 4 eggs, not hatched now plus 18 days she never mated . i am not a breeder. will they hatch as she stopped sitting on them now but still protective the colour is light blue with some veins

Zebra finch chick

I recently separated my 4 week-old zebra finch chick from its parents because they were chasing him around the cage as if they didn’t want him there. I also noticed him eat on his own and drink water, so I moved him into another cage next to his parents’ cage. Now I am worried that […]

Feeding my rock pigeon

Hello, I rescued a young rock pigeon that will stay with me as he bonded to me. Can I actually feed him with the classic nutriberries that are given to my diamond doves ( I buy the bucket of classic nutriberries for cockatiel and crush them for my doves , or should I give him […]

Wild finches

Will they abandon the nest after laying eggs they put a nest on my patio next to my screen porch they seemed to continue to build nest. I haven’t seen them but the nest has eggs in it.

Egg Removal

Our female cockatiel got sneaky and laid an egg in (of all places) a bottled water package. When we removed, she would just lay another. We let her lay 4 and replaced with porcelain eggs. What is the best method to remove those eggs? It’s been about a month and she is not abandoning.

Budgie parents

My male parakeet is chasing the hen down and attacking her when close to the nest and when she starts eating he watches her and causes her stress. Should I remove one of the parents or let them fight? If i should remove one which one should I remove. The chicks are about 15 days […]

My cockatiel

Hello my name is Shreya Kumar. I have a boy cockatiel who is 10 years old. Unfortunately, he had an irritation on his left foot and starting biting it. We took him to the vet, however he had bit through to his veins, breaking all blood supply to his foot. We took him to another […]

Sunconure bitten by cat

So after my conure was bitten which was at 8pm in the night I took her to the vet the next morning,it was hard trying to find a avian close by and the closest one to me was about an hour away.The doctor examined her and cleaned the wound and gave her injected antibiotics and […]

cockatoo behavior

I have a S Cr Cockatoo female, 24 yrs. old who constantly preens her feathers and eats the little bits that she pulls off. Is this O K and does it indicate any type of issue ?

should i get another bird?

i have two birds, a female cockatiel and a male budgie, who are living in the same cage. as an inexperienced bird owner i housed them together but am planning on separating them soon. my budgie is a very anxious bird though, and i am worried about how he would react. could getting another bird […]

Trying to hatch toy ball

My 29 year old Senegal parrot has been trying to hatch a small wooden toy ball for two weeks now. The toy ball is in a ceramic dish on the bottom of the cage. I have been using dish keep foot toys in one place. She is eating and drinking but is spending way to […]

Regarding cockteil sickness

I have a female cockteil. She had a wound in her left wing at the corner.I don’t know how that happened,I took her to the hospital and the doctor gave her syrup drops for the wound..after taking that she was active for the next two days ..but again today she isn’t active ..she is sleeping […]

Parakeet Laying Eggs

Hello, my female parakeet accidently mated with my moms bird while I was babysitting him while she was on vacation. She has so far laid a total of 5 eggs, one about every two days, since the male is no longer here, we gave her a very nice toilet paper nest at the bottom of […]

Egg Laying

Its been 9 days and my female peach face lovebird who is pregnant has still not laid. She is definitely not egg bound.. no symptoms are present. She has laid successtully many times in past years in a nesting box which I gave them this time as well. By successfully I mean she passed the […]

Cockatiel feathers

I bought a new cockatiel 2 weeks ago. She’ll be around 7 months old .Her feathers are not grown properly and her tail feathers are clumsy and broken. Why is this and is there a cure ?

Older cockatiel 10/15 years

Hi, me and my partner we have Kikki (our cockatiel female) from February now. We have been lied from her previous owner who didn’t treat her properly and would do anything to have money and give her away, when we first saw her we felt love immediately for her and decided to make her become […]

Zebra Finches Not Incubate Eggs and Not Feeding Newborn Baby

There 4 zebra finches in the my cage (2 male 2 female). The finch hens lays eggs and first baby was born yesterday. There were 3 eggs still remain in the nest too. But none of them incubate the remaining eggs or feeding the newly born baby. Why do they act like that and what […]

My parakeet is bleeding

It was out first time letting out our two parakeets and while trying to catch them to put them back in their cages my brother got the tail feathers and plucked them out. We left to not startle the bird anymore, but when I went back I saw blood around the house. Is my parakeet […]

African grey suddenly turned hostile

Hi, My female African grey suddenly showed aggression when I approached it, flapping her wings and beak half opened. It’s like she suddenly sees me as a threat but I love her and have never abused her in any way, at least not that I know of. This has been going on for 4-5 days […]

Feather splitting, while preening

I have a seven-month-old hand reared cockatiel. I have noticed that while he’s preening, especially his tail feathers, he ‘splits’ the feathers. Is this a simple case of a lack of experience in preening that he needs to learn over time and possibly due to him not having had the chance of watching other birds […]

How do I show my budgie I am no harm?

I bought two budgies a month ago from a pet store, and they have mostly bonded with each other, as a male and female, but the male one shows more interest towards interacting with me and my family. How do I show him that I am no harm, while the female one is always influencing […]

Cockatiel no feather’s

Hello….my cockatiel has no feathers under one wing and can see skin…never had this problem before he’s around 17 years old, and his cage door is always left open even has his own chair…he can still fly ok and still his self

Finch

Hello, My Finch has been alone now for 2 years and he seems to be fine but now I read that I should never have just one…what do you think?

Fertile cockatiel eggs on bottom of cage

My mated cockatiel has laid five eggs on a paper towel on the bottom of the cage, they are fertile (candled them). She and mate sit on them, a nesting box. Do we need to put something to make a nest in the cage for when they hatch?

Female bodgy lay in an egg

My budget lay and egg this morning and I’m keeping an eye on her she is heavy breathing I have noticed for the past 6 hours what should I do

pull sparrow died

Hi, I am very sad about the death of my pull sparrow that I found 9 days ago: she was already feathered but with bald patches on the chest. I looked after her for a week, he ate with gusto and I could see her goiter swell through the bald patches. She started flying a […]

Mixed aviary

I have a flock of 5 society finches, 1 zebra finch and 1 gouldian finch. The societies are all a family (mom and dad with 3 children), and the zebra and gouldian are relatively new. They all seem to be tolerating each other. Is it necessary to have same-type partners for the zebra and gouldian? […]

Both lovebirds saddle each other

I’ve notice that both lovebirds mate each si I’m confused I’d they are male / female since they reversed roles. They feed each other and as of now have not laid any eggs and this has been going on for months. What do you think

When do newborn baby birds start eating after they hatch

I have a nest of 4 baby birds on my patio that just hatched about 30 hours ago. I don’t see the mother feeding them. She sits on nest and flies Off every hour or so, but not bringing hatchlings any food. I have not seen another parent helping out. Their eyes are shut. When […]

Food

What kind of veggies should I feed my parrakeets?

fresh vs wilted

it seems that my budgies prefer their vegetable wilted over the fresh that they get mostly the spinach and lettuce that they get . They get fresh every day and they let it sit until it gets wilted then they eat it. unlike the fresh carrot slices which get eaten in record time.

My bird quakes when I put my finger near its mouth

Hi, so I have a Sun Conure, she’s about 1 year old, and she quakes when I put my fingers near the sides of her beak. She isn’t aggressive, nor does she bite, she just quakes, or shakes. Her head just moves up and down really fast, like she’s regurgitating almost, but she’s never puked.

Egg Laying

Our female cockatiel (has never laid an egg in 7 years) is sitting on the counter in between a mixer and a banana tree. She acts like she is sitting on an egg. There is no nesting material. She has no symptoms of being bound. She is eating just fine. She sleeps all night, on […]

Why is my cockteil keeps attacking my female cockteil.

I have two pets . One male and one female,they both are of same age . I got my female bird first and then the male bird.,both are friendly with me ,recently male keeps attacking my female cockateil,but he goes back wherever she goes,they both are 2-2.5 years old.should I have to separate them .?

Laying Eggs in Bottom of cage

Hi there! I have a 22 year old pair of Nanday Conures. They have been together since 6 mos old. I am the 2nd owner and have had them for 5 years. Danielle has laid eggs only once prior about 2 year ago. None hatched and after about 30 days she abandoned the nest. I […]

If budgie eggs get wet will they hatch later?

This is the first time I see my budgie laying eggs and I am so excited. My budgie has layed the 5th egg today. But the weather was extremely hot today so i just sprayed water in the aviary and accidentally water got into the nest box and all 5 eggs got wet. Though the […]

my parrot has diarrhea

hello i bought 8 weeks old african grey parrot a 4 days ago and i have a questions is it normal that my bird breathing with its mouth and the second question is my bird has diarrhea and there is no veterinarians for birds in my city and the color of his poop at the […]

Why my bird die suddenly?

As you said here ,my baby crane which was 10 to 15 days old . We found two more babies with it yesterday evening , which were 1-2 days bigger than it. The fell under a tree where many cranes are there. The small bird was not even able to walk properly, my mom bought […]

My Lovebird

Can i put a proper nest in the cage after she laid a egg in the cages floor? It is laid put with newspaper

Baby Doves found dead

I live in the Pacific Northwest and have mourning doves who nest under the rafters of my deck. I have had several clutches over the past 2 years and noticed the parents are very attentive to the babies. They are so precious. This second clutch the parents behave different. A dove sat on the nest […]

17yr old Cockatiel has laying eggs

I have a 17 yr old single cockatiel who laid an egg a month ago for the first time. She just laid another one. Why does this happen? Should I be worried? Her behaviour has changed.

temperature

there are so many miss leading answers on the temperature range budgies can tolerate . I would like a accurate answer since they live in the Australian desert and I know that desert temperatures have a great range from 40 F to 110F what can a budgie safely tolerate.

Budgies

Hello, Can I have 5 budgies as odd number in one large cage?

Breeding Budgie named Nia

Female budgie laid 6 eggs 2 hatched about 2 months ago. I took the male out of the cage when the babies started feeding themselves. He was picking at Nia’s head. The 2 babies now are the size as their parents. Last week she laid 3 eggs but is sitting on the last egg laid. […]

Tears in his eyes

Why my cockatiel has tears in his eyes and is loosing feathers around his eyes

Eclectus laying eggs outside box

Hi. I have a pair of eclectus parrot. They set in the nest box but the female lay eggs outside the nest box and thus they break.

Broken feathers on tail

My bird cockatiel has broken his tail feathers as he kept falling in cage (wings are clipped and he is hand reared bird about 7months old) I didn’t pull feathers on they just broke off by themselves. What should I do about the broken off feathers still attached at the bottom of the tail? Any […]

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