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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Could I turn candles on at home with my sun conure being in the Livingroom
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 […]
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 […]
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
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?
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?
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
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 […]
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? […]
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
Hello, is it normal for my 23 year old gorgeous Sun Conure to still lay eggs at this age?
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 […]
What kind of veggies should I feed my parrakeets?
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.
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 […]
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.
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 […]
How can the sex of a cockatiel be determined?
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 .?
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Can i put a proper nest in the cage after she laid a egg in the cages floor? It is laid put with newspaper
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 […]
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.
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.
Hello, Can I have 5 budgies as odd number in one large cage?
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. […]
Why my cockatiel has tears in his eyes and is loosing feathers around his eyes
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.
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 […]
what does it mean if my cockatiel is wating a lot more and sleeping mire often
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. […]
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
My budgie laid an egg, but they both were said to be females. Do i leave them or encourage her to raise it?
If they need to eat every 2 hours, what do they do at night?
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
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! […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
My budgie had been shaking its head. Sometimes will be slow, sometimes it will be very fast. Is this a normal behavior?
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?
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?
Can a quacker &green cheek conure mate
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
