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 […]
Why my parakeet female eating her own egg
Why my parakeet female eating her own egg…1st time laygin egg She has eaten 4 egg
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 […]
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 ?
Nesting my male Cocktail does it
My male Cocktail do some nesting Often. Is that something that makes do. No female in the picture
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 […]
Sun conure 8 month old
Could I turn candles on at home with my sun conure being in the Livingroom
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
Sun Conure, 23 years old still laying eggs
Hello, is it normal for my 23 year old gorgeous Sun Conure to still lay eggs at this age?
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.
Can I purchase mourning doves and allow them to live and thrive in a region where they are not commonly found?
Hi! I just discovered this page and I really like it, thank you for your efforts! I live in Kosovo, a region in Europe called the Balkans, and I can’t find mourning doves anywhere here. We have ring-collared doves, which are common and I love them, but I also want to have some mourning doves […]
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 […]
sex of cockatiel
How can the sex of a cockatiel be determined?
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 […]
