Abnormal feather – Dr. Lamb Webinar Feb 10
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?
Black feathers – Dr. Lamb Webinar Feb 10
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
Vaccines – Dr. Lamb Webinar Feb 10
Are there any vaccines for any of these diseases?
Plucking head feathers – Dr. Lamb Webinar Feb 10
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.
Nutritional issues – Dr. Lamb Webinar Feb 10
can/do nutritional issues affecting feathers include both low and high vitamin levels/ protein levels?
Location – Dr. Lamb Webinar Feb 10
Dr. Lamb, where are you based out of in Arizona?
Eclectus plucking – Dr. Lamb Webinar Feb 10
“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”
Parrotlet feathers – Dr. Lamb Webinar Feb 10
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 […]
Feather Structure – Dr. Lamb Webinar Feb 10
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.
Avian Vet – Dr. Lamb Webinar Feb 10
Can you refer me to an certified avian vet in the Los Angeles area?
ABV – Dr. Lamb Webinar Feb 10
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
Feather barbs – Dr. Lamb Webinar Feb 10
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)?
ABV/AGN – Dr. Lamb Webinar Feb 10
more information on borna and ganglio
Psittacosis – Dr. Lamb Webinar Feb 10
Can psittacosis or the treatment for psittacosis cause plucking?
Plucking chicks – Dr. Lamb Webinar Feb 10
Is there a way to prevent parents parrotlets plucking their babies?
Male canary tweets
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 […]
My birds poo is black and sticky
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
Ne disciplinirani papagaj
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 […]
My Female Grey
My 1 year old African Grey has started putting her butt in the air. I can’t find an explanation of why. Are you able to help me
Blue throated and pineapple conure
I have a 5 year’s old blue throated male and a 9 months old pineapple and i am really having hard times trying to make them bond and breed my question is can i breed them or its not okay or unhealthy
breeding conure
been breeding parrots for many yrs and this one as baffled me this pair of yellow sided conures.. early part of last year layed 5 eggs 4 hatched, then later in the year layed 4 eggs two half size two full size none hatched this year2023 just check 5 egg two half size might have […]
My lovebird started biting
My bird is biting I don’t know why but I have another lovebird that actually bites hard but the other one is tamed and it’s kinda starting to bite I have a baby brother I think she’s scared of him because he’s annoying her
Finches
Hi i have finches they are young but I always used humans immune boosting for my dogs after asking vets if it all ok and equine joint support the vets cleared it I wonder if the birds are same can they turmeric and flexi joint and the same vitamins I have loads and can mix […]
No feathers at 2&1/2 weeks for my chick
My cockatiel chich is 2&1)2 week old. It is the 3rd one from a cluster of 3. I’m hand feeding them currently. The first two are perfectly growing. Though the 3rd one was with its parents until last week. The parents were not feeding him and started plucking at it. So I seperated it from […]
new eggs
my hen keeps laying eggs and mating after raising 6 chicks.. can we remove male
Female finches laying unfertilized eggs
Hi there, I have 2 female finches and one of them has been laying eggs since the last week and has laid about 7- 8 eggs so far. She sits mostly in the nest I’ve provided in the cage and not coming out much. To feed or drink water. She is groaning quite a bit […]
I don’t want them to bond
I have two birds I just got a new one and I have a old one the old one is kissing the new one from the cage they are in separated cages my new one is two months old but I don’t know the gender the old one is a boy I don’t want them […]
Bathing
Why does our kakariki flap wings when taking a bath
Sibling budgies in same cage
Can I keep budgie siblings in the same cage? They are more than 1 years old. Would breeding between them have any issues?
Prevent nest building
I recently purchased a male and female zebra finch. I only wanted them for sweet entertainment. The young people at the pet store encourage me to buy nesting material and a round wicker nest. Unknowingly, I provided wonderful nesting material LOL I now have four adorable fledglings. Please help me because I need to prevent […]
What Should i do to help my budgie
So i have had birds before and none of them acts like the one i have now i got him from a pet supplys shop cause i saw him getting pushed around in the cage so i took him my mom named him budgie cause she likes the name we have had him for months […]
Bird dropping
So my bird I believe pooped black? It was really dried tho and I only just came back from school. But after I saw him poop green I’m not sure if my bird has to drop more black in order to tell if there’s something wrong with him. Also does bird poop when RESLLY dry […]
Laid second clutch of egg too soon
Hi, i have a pair of cockatiels they laid their first clutch of eggs in the first week of January that had 4 eggs in total two of them were hatched from which one baby died after two days and the second one passed away after almost two weeks, and the rest two eggs were […]
crop stichted but leaking
my african grey parrot got stiches few days back i make him wear collar after stiches but still minor leakage from crop i’m applying antibiotics creams and powder to it for healing the stitches and cover the little leakage wound am i doing it right because i have no other way my african grey went […]
My cockatoo is just sitting on the bottom of his cage
I have a 8 year old male umbrella cockatoo and he just started sitting on the bottom of his cage. He is eating and drinking. Could he be nesting? And what can I do for him
Budgie
How to increase size of budgie
How to stop Sun Conure from laying more eggs
My Sun Conure will be 11 years old in March. She’s very healthy and active. About a week and a half ago she laid an egg for the first time and a few days ago a second egg. I wanted ask your advice on what I should do since she is a single bird and […]
Ringneck lost its tail
My 12-13 year old female Indian ringneck has lost her tail for over months now, and it wont grow back. She doesnt show any signs of illnesses, has a healthy appetite and no significant behavioural changes except shes shouts when none of the family members are in visible sight of her. I may have seen […]
Sun
How long should you leave the unfertel eggs in the cage
Cockatiel eggs
My female cocktail just laid an egg. But she does not have a mate. So I understand that the eggs will not hatch but what should we do with them? And how can we prevent her from laying more eggs?
CBD for cocktails with arthritis
My 21 year old cockatiel has pretty bad arthritis. Our vet put him on meloxicam about a year ago. She wants us to add CBD. How ever she doesn’t know much about it. Can you help at all?
Color change
My bird used to be all green, bow he’s turning brown
Sun conure eggs
My sun conure laid two eggs jan30th she laid one second one was on Feb 2 so when can I take the eggs out she has no male.
Underweight cockatiel
I have an 8 week old cockatiel that parents are not (and have not been) feeding. I’m giving Higgins Intune formula 3x Daily and he has a good blend of seed and pellet mix, but he’s not really picking at. He only weighs 72gm and I can’t get him to gain any weight. I took […]
Sassy cocketeil
I have a male cockatiel 1-1/2 years old. A pretty friendly chattering bird . The past few days he had been frolicking in his little food dish and picking on the seeds. Any explanation?
Abandoned after one week of incubation
Hi Lafeber, My Lady Gouldian finch pair took turn to incubate their eggs and abandoned the eggs after about one week. This happened 2 times. The first time I thought may be the cause was because I peeked in their nest. I waited for one week, and removed the abandoned eggs from the nest. They […]
Aggressive male cockatiel
I have 2 male cockatiels. Both about 2 years old. They have never been best buds. Jefe is gentle and sweet and cuddly. Paco still bites me and now he us more aggressive than ever and lunges at me and has even bit me so hard, my finger bled. I have never had a bird […]
Baby cockatiel leaving nest
If one of my baby cockatiels have on there own left the nest box should I put it back in or leave it.
Peach faced female lovebird
We have a single peach faced lovebird. She has no mate and we didn’t even know she was a female until we suddenly found an egg in her cage. She is a little over a year old and is nesting. We’ve done everything to keep her from trying to shred things up but she is […]
Canary
My canaryhas been doing this today. She doesn’t make any noise but this makes me think if hiccups or some kind of pulse
Adopted 2 conures 1 green check and 1 pineapple.
I adopted these 2 beautiful souls. Now l found out l am there 4th home. Theirc1st home there were paired and had 3 litters. Then they sell to this man Kodi. I would assume to breed l do not know. Now l adopted thisx2 beautiful souls 4 days ago. They ate finally eat apple from […]
aggressive cockatiel
i was given a male cockatiel who wasnt handled for five years he came with a female can handle her but hes very aggressive he bites charges at me when i clean cage i have tried to work with him but its not working at all i cant handle him what do i do how […]
Female cockatiel not interested in its male
Hi. So I have adopted a female pearl cockatiel 7 months ago but since it put eggs, I brought a male lutino for it, 2 months later. The problem is that he is very into her but she can’t even stand sitting next to him or eating in the same plate with him. And bites […]
Wild bird seed
Do you sell any wild bird seed to the public in 20 pounds or larger bags?
Nutriberry ball
My budgies are bonded but for some reason they just throw nutri berries out of the bowl and eat the seeds. Are they playing a food or do they hate nutriberries? One of my birds tasted nutriberries once.
Recently got a Derbyan Parakeet he’s had 3 owners before me
I think he’s scared of me, is there any advice on how to tame him? Or stop him from getting scared. I’ve had him for 2 weeks.
Cockatiel one egg
My cockatiel laid one egg and she is a new for eggs and she doesn’t sit on it? What do I do?
parrots
how many time do i need to change my parrots food and water daily?
Budgie gender
I had to know my budgie gender i am confused can i send you pictures and how
How to grief
I had three conures and 5 parakeets . Two of the conures and 4 parakeets house together in one room two cages but goes in and out of cages freely. @0 minutes after being let out and fed new food. All except one parakeet died. The other conure who roamed with us everywhere in the […]
