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Cockatiel laying eggs

I have two female cockatiels that are both laying eggs. I thought I had a male and a female when one started laying eggs but now the other one is laying eggs too. The first one has been laying eggs for months. How do I get her to stop? I know it’s not good for. […]

Should i take out the egg

My bird lay 5 eggs 4 of the eggs hatch one didn’t the first egg was hatch may 13 my question is should I discharge the fifth egg

What should I do?

My budgie laid an egg, but they both were said to be females. Do i leave them or encourage her to raise it?

My love bird egg

My bird lay 5 eggs the first one was may 13 I think the last one was on the the 18 she hav one more is it a good or bad egg can I touch them

Next Clutch

My female parakeet laid a clutch of eggs. I tried to not bother them too much, but once they were almost all covered with feathers, I started picking them up and holding them. Under the pile of babies, I found new eggs. She had another bunch of eggs going before the first bunch were weaned! […]

extra feathers on my budgie’s tail.

Hi, I can send you a picture of what I am going to attempt to explain because I’m sure my explanation is bad. My budgie has started displaying new feathers that I’ve never noticed before, his tail feathers stick out near the bottom of his body at about the point his tail starts. He resembles […]

Injured goose

We have an injured goose( dog attack). She is very alert, eating , drinking and using the bathroom great but is unable to stand, her legs to not work at all and doesn’t seem to have any feeling in her feet. She can move her neck, wings and even wags her tail and hen she […]

fat bird

my cockitiel is over weight seed stays in cage 24 hours so switching too these how many a day at twice a day so he loses weight but not starve.

What colour would I get babies

I have a pale yellow, grey tail mail peach across his nose white face Female is a teal green with vibrant blue tail, ghost face pale peach over nose. They’re having babies what colour variants could I see

Budgie laying eggs

Hello, I have two budgies and it turns out one is male and one is female. Recently the female starting laying eggs, but I believe they have fallen to the cage floor as she seems to be trying to nest on a flat wood plank further up in the cage, I am not sure if […]

Is there something wrong or is it just me

So my female parakeet precious laid three eggs a while ago and now one of them has hatched literally a few minutes ago but she doesn’t exactly seem to be feeding the baby all I hear is cheeping from the baby but I was to be sure that she and the baby are healthy and […]

Cockatiel bonding

We have one male and one female cockatiel, both are almost 3 years old. The are housed in the same cage. The male has bonded with the female but she has bonded with me! She shows him no affection, however they mate and but neither of them are interested in sitting on the egg. I […]

My Indian ringnecks attacking my face

I’ve raised and hand fed my Indian ringneck when he was just 2 weeks old and as he grew he didn’t like going outside, socialising with my family members and always attacks my other pets. He is also very protective of me and always regurgitate when he sees me and hes currently 1 year old […]

Why are my birds fighting

I have two fischers lovebirds named jet and Orion and jet always seems to pick fights in the daytime with Orion, chasing him around the cage and not allowing him on the top and bottom perch. However at night they’ll sleep together and even feed each other. Is this something I should be worried about […]

3unknown sex

I have 3 budgies I’m jot sure of the sex for them . They have been laying eggs ,they have 4 eggs and none of sit on eggs that I know of. I’ve tossed 4 out .they whr cracked . I have a old cardboard box but they don’t use it. What should I do. […]

Head shaking

My budgie had been shaking its head. Sometimes will be slow, sometimes it will be very fast. Is this a normal behavior?

Finches, and more finches

I have 5 zebra finches. Two (F&M) are bonded, and the other three are 2 females and one male. I have recently notices that one of my females is attacking the bonded female or basically chasing her away from the male. What do you recommend I do?

Budgie laid eggs

My budgie laid eggs, and she didn’t sit on them until days after she laid the 9th one. She’s now sitting on them, is that normal?

Breeding

Can a quacker &green cheek conure mate

baby budgies

hi, my female is currently laying eggs. every time she layed an egg the male plays with the eggs and breaks them then throws them out of the nest box. i seperated them from each other and since then she’s layed 2 eggs again. will it be a problem once the eggs has hached and […]

Breeding

My lovebird is suppose to be female seagreen cinnamon Fischer. My other peach face is laying large clutches of eggs (11) I finally removed them after 2 months passed. She’s laying eggs again. Could a year old male be old enough to fertilize the eggs. She/He was 9 months when mated with female, is it […]

Birds peak

My new born baby cockatiels has cut by the side of its bottom leaf and it peaks wants to turn a little bit from where the injury is I think the mother got to aggressive when she was feeding, so I have pulled it and feeding on the opposite side to try and realize top […]

Does a bird have to sleep in a cage?

I recently got a Sun Conure, he was barely over 11 weeks old when I got him from the breeder who hadn’t tried to teach him to step up to much. So he was still a little wobbly on his legs. So the first night I let him sleep in his cage, but when I […]

African grey broken neck

My 8 years old African grey got his neck broken after got trapped between the closing door and falling down to the ground one his head. The x-ray showed broken neck where the vet rapped it and after a week removed that bond. It has been more than 20 days and my bird can’t walk, […]

Lovebirds

What causes the loss of flight in chicks of lovebirds? 3 months old chick`s flight has decresed with time however it takes proper diet.

food preferences

I have 6 parakeets 2 of my birds which are males seem be addicted to carrots. They will choose carrots chips over their other food they don’t care much for fruit but will nibble on spinach. How do I get them interested in trying more fruits and vegetables. The other 4 birds will try spinach […]

Zebra Finch baby not perching and can’t fly much

My finches have 4 babies. 3 girls are almost on their own. The male baby keeps going down to the bottom of the cage. Doesn’t perch much unless you put him on a perch. Doesn’t seem to understand perching. Doesn’t seem to have much lift. All the other babies are doing everything normally. He is […]

Regurgitated Food All Over Nest

Our cockatiels just laid and hatched 4 eggs. It was not planned….too young. 12 month male, 17 month female. We had to build the box when the female tried to nest in our cuboard. Egg was laid the next day. One week from the first chick hatching and I looked in the nest (shredded paper). […]

Lovebirds

My male bird died suddenly then about 2 hours later the female bird died what could have been the cause looked healthy and ate good and flew around the house?

placing budgies cage outside

it has been hot where I live ( Upstate NY) so I have been putting my budgies cage and all outside ( I have 6 budgies divided into 4 cages ) but where they have to go is on the deck in full sun is it okay that I keep a cover on the top […]

Cockatiels breeding

So I have two cockatiels and I thought they were both male. However, the male I originally had started getting on top of the new ones back and the new bird has been lifting her tail and chirping when he is on the new bird. But the male bird doesn’t mate, just stands on the […]

Older Cockatoo on nest

My 42 year old Cockatoo has laid an egg..I left it for her for 3 weeks before I changed it out for a dummy egg.( Due to the egg had a small crack and was covered in poop, it is not fertile) When she is not sitting on the dummy egg she comes to us […]

My male parakeet died

My female parakeet has still been attending her eggs will she take care of any hatchlings?

Cockatiel behavior

Hi, I have male cockatiel and he want to have a female. He is in the breeding season. If I let him out he is attacking us. Now I left him in the cage. What can I do about his behavior? Kind regards.

do you have an awnser for this

what do i do my female bird is always sitting on the top side of my cage and will only move to the other side of the cage on the top is she just nerveous if yes how do i help her her boyfriend will still fly around im scared there is something wrong with […]

Femail zebra finch attacking male zebra finch

Our pair of finches is in cage with a pair of Scaly-breasted Munia and the femail zebra finch keeps attacking on the male zebra finch and some time she attacks on other also when we keep the male zebra finch out of the cage he tries to go in again and when we put it […]

How to get my parakeets to eat pellets?

Hello I was given two parakeets have had them in the past how to get them to eat pellets? I’ve been mixing a few in the food dish but so far they haven’t touched them. Would it be alright to grind the pellets up to almost a powder add that to the food they are […]

conure troubles with affection

My green cheek conure used to always be affectionate towards me, and now he’s not. I’ve raised him since he was 36 days and this year he’s turning three, so I can tell he is definitely a very affectionate bird and especially towards me, his owner. But in October 2022 he started to fear my […]

Cocktail health

My cocktail is almost 11 months he was hit by a ceiling fan but he wasn’t injuries the vet gave him antibiotic medication but he is not eating now, what should I feed him?

Black stool in my baby bird

I rescused a baby nightangle about 3 weeks ago Ive been feed it mainy fruits that include watermelons, melon, mangoes wild berries and boiled pulses Since yesterday his stool and been a dark black almost aa though it has ink Everything except that has been completly normal This started yesterday night and is still happening […]

Sudden aggression in my male Conure.

I got these two Conures for three years now. They have always been very loving and kind to each other. The last two days, the male conure has become very aggressive towards the female conure. He tries to grab her by the neck and bites her feet as she tries to run away from him. […]

Smelly Budgie poop

We recently got 4 new budgies in addition to our 2 existing budgies. the 4 new ones are in quarantine now and I have noticed that their poop smells a little. Our old budgies’s poop never smelled so I am concerned and out of ideas, as to how to treat the new birds as avian […]

Sudden Death of Baby Sparrow

I had a baby sparrow fall out of its nest a few days back. I started feeding him, and it had gotten a lot better. He was hopping and running around in 3 days, and seemed much healthier. I went out somewhere last night for 4-5 hours, and came back to find him dead. What […]

Conure has to have foot amputated

My green cheek conure is having his foot amputated in the morning. I’m so worried for him as he eats with his feet, holds his food with one, I’m not sure how he will eat well without it and how he will move around.

Cat bite

Hi he has been to the vets and has antibiotics and ant inflammatory medication

Parrots

Hi looking for some advice I have 2 pacific parolets and they been mating? I have attached the nesting box on outside of cage as advised. But they have snapped the purch off and won’t go in it?

Cat bite

How long should I keep my kakariki in his cage after a puncture wound by a cat

Female cockateil layer eggs

I adopted 2 cockateils from the humane society , they are male and female . Last week the female layer an egg on the bottom of the cage . I took it and put it in a shoe box with shredded paper towel and sat it in the xage bottom . She layed 3 more […]

Parakeet bonding

I have a cockatiel and 2 parakeets that I recently bought because my cockatiel stopped letting me hold him and I thought he was depressed. Then I found out he was a girl. Do they pms when they lay eggs? She’s only layed 2 in a week and I’m following protocol. I just wanted to […]

Diamond dove eggs and nest

There is no bedding in the nest the diamond doves are sitting on currently. New at these sweet birds. I researched what bedding to get and ran out to get it. Is it ok to remove the eggs, put proper bedding down and replace the eggs immediately?

My bird is lying on the bottom of the cage

My bird sometimes during the day lies on the cafe floor . He does that and idk why he just closes his eyes. When i give him food or give him a toy he is playing with it means he is interacting but it worries me seeing him lying on the cage with his eyes […]

Budgie not laying eggs

Hi there My budgie is not laying eggs after mating and we have two female budgie and one male budgie

Budgie Cage

Hi There, we have two budgies in a 24″ square cage with a height of 36″ . is this sufficient or is it better to have a less tall cage and 36″ long?

Travel cage size for 2 parakeets

I am moving and driving two 4- hour stretches with a hotel overnight. How large should a travel cage be for two parakeets? Thanks for advice!

Female budgie beak

My female parakeet has developed a change in the color of the nostril area from light to much darker. Is this an indication of a nutrient deficiency or what?

Cockatiel Screaming

I have had my male cockatiel for a few years now and recently we moved into a neighborhood with a lot of wild birds in the area. Every time he hears a bird he screams continuously and i can’t get him to stop unless i cover his cage. This is very difficult because i don’t […]

Breeding parrots

Hi I have all breeding pairs at adult age and ready for breeding… so the main question is can parrots breed without breeding season.. (parrots like Amazon,cocatooo umbrella,cocatooo gala and African grey pairs) Like is it must for them to breed at breeding seasons only? Or they can breed anytime in year.. because I heard […]

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