We have a large flight cage that we are setting up inside because of outdoor diseases and animals and the weather is tough at times. what diseases should we worry if we put the greys outside during nice weather? We have a couple of cages a round tall cage and a square cage for them […]
Is weak Chamomile cool tea safe for birds to help calm their hormones? Thanks so much for answering.
Several days ago my Meyer parrot began getting very broody. She did not lay an egg, but instead “adopted” a small round rattle as her egg. She now lays on it. When is an appropriate time to remove this “egg”?
Would it be possible to bring the avian virus inside to your parrot from packages delivered to your porch?
What would you recommend to provide a parrot with to calm them down, e.g.when travelling somewhere? Are there any herbs to do so, like bee balm or so?
For me, the question is, what mechanism does a parrot use during incubation to distinguish a non-embryonic egg from a fertilized egg and then reject it?
My budgie often fluffs the just feathers over his spine just before his tail feathers. The rest of his feathers are smooth. Does this mean anything?
Hey. I live in a tiny house and moving my conure to a smaller cage. It’s 14×18 and cage alone is 59.6. Is this too small?
Hello, I have two CAG. Female is year old and male is 4 months old. We introduced them slowly, they didnt seem to care about each other at first and they currently have cages next to each other in our living room. At first the female was keeping her distance from him and just looking […]
I acquired a Lovebird back in 2012 that is very high strung, will bite and attack. She has also ripped out a lot of feathers. Last year I acquired a male. Three months ago she started to rip up paper. I put a nest in the cage but nothing is happening. She just keeps ripping […]
? .. my cokatiel bird lost her wings and tail feathers long enough to grow new ones back .. she haven’t grown feathers .. no wings .. no tail .. since then she is unable to fly .. and whenever I hold her on my hand she jumps excitedly and try to fly and get […]
Is it right that tamed male alexzandrine parrots are very less fertile.
Is this dangerous. Is it possible the eggs are fertile. It’s just been a few days but shes already laid two eggs.
My budgies are so lazy how i made them to bite and fight me
We have lost one of a pair of zebra finches – can the remaining finch live out the rest of his days alone and if not I have a friend who has approx 11 budgies, should he be part of their flock so he won’t be lonely – thank you.
After 1st clutch there have one egg hatch successfully, but with the parenting chick female start mating call again, and they do mating after 18 day of last egg layed. I don’nt want to let them breed again, What to do now to stop laying egg now.
Hello. My 41 year old African Grey has developed poop that is a little loose and smells like bile. She eats very well and is alert, so I don’t know what this could be. She had an episode a few weeks ago when she dropped two infertile eggs and I am wondering if there is […]
My Bird is loosing a lot of feathers around her eye and it’s all crusty and you can literally see her skin around her eye
Hi, my 4 month old cockatiel lost a bit of feathers on the right side over his nare 4 days ago. He seems fine no changes in his behavior, he eats,drinks, sings, flies, normal poops. Is there something I should worry about cuz in my country (Kosova) we don’t have avian vets and other vets […]
Hello My raw parrots have layed 4 eggs ,starting from the end of January. They layed their first egg on 20th of January and completed their clutch till 1st February .I checked their eggs to see if they are fertile on 26th February and they were all infertile. The shape of the eggs was perfect […]
Hi, I have a male cockatiel and he is very temperamental. he is love-able one minute wanting all the attention, the next he is attacking us and my partner. We are working with him daily trying to do training, but he is so temperamental. He initially bonded to me, however, he even attacks me at […]
My quaker parrot broke his leg. He was seen by the vet the same day and splinted with a collar. He was okay on night one but obsessed with chewing on his splint. Night two seemed good when I went to sleep and woke up, and he had passed. Was this from stress? He had […]
My budgie laid 3 eggs and has been incubating them. However egg number 4 was on the cage floor cracked so we removed it, and now egg five is also on the cage floor but looks ok. We are not sure if she laid them there on purpose and if we should move it or […]
I am a experienced bird mom I have a African grey and a Yellow headed Amazon so I know a lot about bird care, just recently I decided I wanted to get a few little budgies because I have larger birds and I wanted to get some cute little friends to add to my flock. […]
I have an incubator and i was wondering when to stop the automatic turner so that they can hatch and when would you recommend me to stop the auto turner . Thanks
Hi Iam Ahmed Iam having African grey bonded pair with the DNA and also I saw them mating I think more than 5 times so it’s been 25 days that still I didn’t see them going to breeding box. So Iam confused what to do. Will they lay eggs or no. When are they gonna […]
My female budgie making angry sound i don’t know why
A while ago my two cockatiels mated. And recently one of the eggs hatched. I don’t know exactly when it hatched, but when I got home from work it was dry and clean. But I have been noticing that the mother cockatiel ignored the baby and the eggs, and the father was in the nest. […]
Can I keep 2 male and 1 female cockatiel at my house
Hello I found out my Jenday conure is a girl because she laid an egg. I heard calcium helps but I’m not sure what brand to purchase or from where? Please advise
so my male budgie is trying to crack his eggs and then throws them to the ground. he is also constantly trying to get into the nesting box but the female won’t let him. should i separate them
Currently have 2 male Cockateels & planning on getting 2 female. Can they all be in same cage or separate 1 female with 1 male in separate cage
I have a pair of lovebirds (green and yellow). Yellow and green is likely both female. Yellow is 8 months old while yellow is 2 and a half months old. Yellow and green often fights over toys and perches and nip at each other’s foot and wings so i separate them but when i separate […]
My budgie pair doesn’t mating and not regurgitate feed male dont show any interest and not active also female what i do??
I’ve had my birds for at least a year now I got the female one first then a couple weeks later I got the second. I didn’t try and tame them with food until three months after so I think that’s why but I’m not sure they keep running away and panicking and breathing really […]
Can female cocktails can lay eggs without male?
So my conure whenever I’m in bed with him (not sleeping or anything just relaxing) and I just like usually let him do whatever he wants sometimes he suddenly gets really scared and heads straight to my neck and tries to get in between there. Like he tries to hide himself in my neck or […]
Can where on the body a bird picks offer insight on what could be going on medically? What if a bird is also scratching on one area of the body, e.g., one side of face and beak?
My cockatiel has polyfoliculitis affecting her flight feathers. Is there any treatment available for this?
My little 2-1/2 year old budgie Clancy does a complete moult every 3-4 months. Is this normal for him to do it so frequently. He is very healthy and talkative and has a great appetite. I feed him Nutriberries & premium seed, plus broccoli and bell pepper seeds. He does not like fruit. Am I […]
the pin feathers on the bird’s head would be which type of feather?
My 7-1/2 yr old female BHC and the tips of her tail feathers are yellow. I honestly do not know how long this has been, but would like to know if this is something to be concerned about?
my female pineapple gcc will grow a bad feather every once in a while. I believe it comes from the same area of her body. her regular blood work hasn’t indicated anything. is this concerning?
What can be the cause of small black feathers appearing on a female indian ringneck? just a few single feathers in different spots, on a wing or on a head
Are there any vaccines for any of these diseases?
there’s a bird that was posted on a group I’m on that is pulling the feathers from her head with her feet. No actual cause has been found yet.
can/do nutritional issues affecting feathers include both low and high vitamin levels/ protein levels?
Dr. Lamb, where are you based out of in Arizona?
“My female eclectus picks her feathers on her neck. She is a perch potato. Doesn’t exercise. What can I do to exercise. She is 21 year old”
Our parrolet has had terrible looking feathers since we got her. She begins to grow normal feathers but then they become jagged and just fall off. She also has a lot of down feathers at times . She is on conditioning food as an additive to her normal food and daily vitamins but nothing seems […]
IS THERE ANY IMPORTANCE TO THE ANGLE THE BARB MAKES WITH THE SHAFT? dOES THIS ANGLE VARY AMONG DIFFERENT BIRDS AND DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SAME BIRD…..WING FEATHER, TAIL FEATHER OR BODY FEATHER? i HAVE DONE SOME MEASUREMENTS ON FEATHERS FROM OUR AMAZON AND DID NOT FIND ANY FEATHER WITH AN ANGLE OF 45 DEGREES.
Can you refer me to an certified avian vet in the Los Angeles area?
How does Avian Bornavirus Ganglioneuritis affect feather destruction? Is it a specific pattern or more generalized? What underlying mechanism causes the bird to pick/pluck ie. pain
What does it mean when the part of barbs (and/or barbules?) closest to the shaft are thinner than the outer parts (about 1 mm on each side all along the shaft)?
more information on borna and ganglio
Can psittacosis or the treatment for psittacosis cause plucking?
Is there a way to prevent parents parrotlets plucking their babies?
Hello my bf bought a male canary almost one year ago and he said in the beginning he was making a little whistle but now we also have a female and he already put them in the same cage but he don’t sing they both tweet at each other is it because he maybe molting […]
Hi. I have budgie and his poo is black and he is eating a lot of seed. His feathers are very ruffled and he is acting sick I don’t know what’s wrong with him
Pozdrav, imam mužjaka nimfe starog oko godinu dana, a kod nas je tri i pol mjeseca. Došao je iz vrlo loših uvjeta i u početku je bio jako plašljiv. Bojao se svega. Dugo smo se bavili njime i postigli odlične rezultate. Sada zna stati na prst, maziti se i uči razne riječi. Međutim, u zadnje […]
