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 […]
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 […]
Can african grey if its the male 18 years old and the female 6 years old can breed together
Cage. Is that just as sufficient as the real sunlight?
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?
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??
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? […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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.
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
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 […]
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 […]
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
My oldest budgie(female) is named Blue and I’ve had her for around 3 years now. When she was a few months she was the perfect bird. I could take her out of the cage, I could actually touch the cage and mess inside of the cage. She was alone for about a year when I […]
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)
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 […]
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?
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?
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 […]
My 3 month old albino cockatiel jumped in mango puree. And even after a bath the yellow won’t come off. What to do?
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 […]
Why does my Parrot dance like Stevie Wonder periodically while spreading her tail feathers
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 […]
Why my parakeet female eating her own egg…1st time laygin egg She has eaten 4 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
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 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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 ?
My male Cocktail do some nesting Often. Is that something that makes do. No female in the picture
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 […]
Is it safe for my dove to eat parakeet seed mix or does he have to have the kaytee dove mix?
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
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 ?
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 ?
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 […]
