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Too old?

Hey! I have two bonded Cockatiels and want to breed them, however they are 8-9 years old. while I would love to breed them, it might just not be possible and/or be detrimental to their health. I Have had a nest box for about 3-4 months and while they have spent a lot of time […]

My male budgie died when female was hatching

Hey, My male budgie died when female was hatching, 4 eggs were being hatched and 2 were remaining. The male died due to Rat attack. now the female budgie have raised up all the baby chicks and all are doing well. so what should i do with the female? will she be able to pear […]

Sunconures Couple, one has passed

Hi I had a Sunconure couple who were very attached to eachother. Unfortunately the girls passed away, no idea why… But now the male is on his own What would you suggest. Nr one they are very scares and if you find one they are very expensive and then I don’t know if he will […]

Sun conure care

Hi Brenda. Thank you for your reply. I have couple of questions if you could help me with. 1) Even before my female conure had laid eggs, a small patch of fur from her abdomen where her crop is has gone. I am concerned if she has any disease. She is a very happy conure […]

cockatiel growth

Hi, i have two baby cockatiels both born together except one of them is one day older. Today would be their 20th day old, and one of them hasnt grown much tiny feathers but its eyes and wings hasn’t developed and the other one has feathers grown and eyes are open. now if you tell […]

Can I pull a chick in day 1

My albino cockatiel is pregnant, she hasn’t laid any eggs yet but I’m afraid that the parnts kill the little chicks. I want to buy a brooder to hand feed the chicks can I do that?

Air purifier

So I bought an air purifier with an ionizer and a Uv setting. Am I right to assume it is safe as long as I do not use the ionizer setting?

female conure is eating less

Hi. Recently 2-3 days ago my female conure had laid eggs for the first time. She had laid one egg yesterday. Its winter time in my country right now. I have been noticing she has been eating less since she laid eggs and almost all the time she remains inside the nesting box. My male […]

CH A R L E Y

My Sun Conure named Charley just finished laying her 4th egg for the 4th time over her 7 yr life. She has never had a partner nor bred. Is this normal for her to go into laying eggs once a year even if there’s no male bird?

Conure identification

Hi, I live in Canada and had a question about 2 conures that I got from a person who couldn’t take care of them. It’s about their tags. I don’t know their sexes but upon reading on the internet, they wrote that if the tag is on either left or right leg, it will tell […]

Baby Finches are at Day 7

My male and female finches have laid 5 eggs that have recently hatched. I can’t tell how many babies are growing as the nest is well insulated and there is almost always a parent inside. At 6 days old, I can hear them chirping when mom/dad return to the nest after an absence, and I’d […]

Bald spot on a lorikeet

My 3 month old rescued rainbow lorikeet developed a little bald spot just above her beak, should I be worried?

Aggressive male umbrella cockatoo

I have had my UB2 for about 6 months. He came from an individual who had him for about 6 months also. My question is can certain triggers be done which would cause hormonal behavior in January? I just read on this site how the petting, hiding under things are signs of hormonal changes. He […]

Bird Death

My cinnamon dilute conger died in 2 days. It was 3 no old. My daughter played with it when she was not in school. There were no fumes. It was completely active. We were told it could have fallen. Is this what happen? I just don’t understand.

Sun conure female coming out of nest box..

My question is that why my sun conure female comes out of nest while incubating eggs.. she come out to eat but when am standing there she started aggression on me and wasted time approximately 5 minutes so am worried that her eggs may be dead or something.. kindly guide..

About my zebra fenches

They’ve been sitting on their eggs for 15 days but nothing happened when do I take the eggs and eggs away

Father budgie agressive to the 2 oldest babies.

I need avise please. I have 5 baby budgies 5 weeks and younger. The father is attacking the 2 oldest babies and trying to mate with the Mother. What shall I do? I think the babies are too young to move into a new cage and I am afraid to move the father out if […]

Male Parakeet flew away

My female parakeet had 7 eggs, 2 hatched before the male, unfortunately, got out and flew away. I am concern about mommy alone feeding her babies, what can I do to help? I am already offering soft food, but she is rejecting and I am not so sure she’ll be able to handle all 7 […]

Moving my zebra finch nest lower

My zebra finches have three babies. I’m worried that when they fledge they might have a long way down to fall. Would it be ok to slide my nest lower if only touching the outside back of it?

Surprise parakeets

Hi, I have a parakeets that that lay eggs and have no for baby chicks. They’ve never done this before but I got them a coconut shell play hot thinking they can keep warm for the winter. I don’t know what to do now the mother has been feeding them well they are growing the […]

I caught my male and female cockatiel mating

The question is that what should I do now I mean how should I take care of them during the egg laying process and also one more question that will mating always result into an eggs? Oh and they both are older then 18 months Male is of 21-22 months Female one is 19 months […]

bald spot

My Cockatiel is around 7 month old and have bald spots under its beak and neck but couldn’t really tell because its feathers coving it but as I was petting it and I have notice it. Is my Cockatiel depressed? and is it normal for them to groom themselves too much? What can I do […]

Young male cockatiel angry after adding nest box

I added a nest box to my cockatiel pair in the wrong age, one day, I found the male has become fearful and very agressive (even with the female), but I removed it after some time when I learned it was really wrong, ensuring there are no eggs in it, and saved my female from […]

Paralyzed dove

Four days ago we have found a paralyzed dove its feets are not working he cannot stand but there is no physical ingury we have showed a veternerian he prescribed medicines but still my dove is not moving its legs and cannot walk he is trying to move with his wings and beak please help […]

Can I separate my lovebirds

I’m going to get two lovebirds soon and I was thinking if I could separate them because I don’t want two my grandma is going to take one and I’m going to take one I don’t think they’re mated but I think that there bonded but if I separate them I will bond with one […]

Lovebird not going into nest box

I bought a love bird pair from pet store on 6th January 2023. They said that its a guaranty pair. Its been almost a week, but still lovebird is going into nest box.

Baby food for a adult yellow headed amazon

I have a 10 year old double yellow headed Amazon parrot and she will not eat fresh or frozen fruit and she will not eat raw veggies. She will eat can corn , nutriberries and shell peanuts. I was wondering if she can have all natural baby food fruit and veggies.

Feeding

Hi can i feed my birds nutri berries and seeds as well or should I do one or the other thanks

Feeding

I purchased a cockatiel born on nov. 1, 2022. Breeder told me to put paper dish on bottom of cage with rice or pasta and veggies. He would not eat. I tried putting it in various places since he doesn’t,t go on bottom. He will not eat it. He will only eat millet. I have […]

My Cockatiel Won’t Grow Tail Feathers

My 7 months old cockatiel hasn’t ever grown his tail long enough, and when they do get a little long they break or fall off. While he preens his body regularly I haven’t ever seen him preen his tail feathers which causes them to become messy and dirty. Are the two related?

No long wing feathers

Aviary bred siblings normal but no3 has no long tail feathers still being fed by other adult budgies. What to do .

My cockatiel stopped liking me after I brought him

Hello! I hope you can help me with this 🙁 The thing is, I have had my 1st tiel for about 8 months. He was everything to me. After some rough months of bonding he finally let me touch him. He used to come to me and ask for head scritches and he loved to […]

Eggs and loud squawking

I have a 6 yr old female Caique who lays eggs and squawks very loud, very often. I hear placing fake eggs in her cage will discourage the egg laying. Will it also discourage the perching on bottom of cage and loud squawking all day and night long? She laid an egg 2 days ago […]

love birds

Hi my male love bird was eaten by rat. can the female finish the process of hatching their eggs by her self?

2 Question: baby bird and separation

P.S: sorry for asking again but i got no responze 1. if i will buy a baby budgie with no feathers, and i have 2 adult budgies(male and female), i can let the baby to stay there sometimes? 2. i have a male and female budgie in the same cage and they are mates. if […]

Parakeet not warming egg

My parakeet was sitting on her egg up until the end she randomly stopped about 2 weeks in the babies where almost developed, I took them out and opened them and saw two successful babies. Why did she stop?

Sneezing after eating

Hello, My young blue mountain lorikeet sneezing after eating her food. My previous lorikeet never did this. I’m feeding her Harrison’s as a mushy cereal like consistency. I’ve tried adjusting the texture. Never fails- she sneezes. She is almost five months old.

Nutriberries

Can my caique eat Cockatoo nutriberries? I ask only because the parrot nutriberries seem to be getting smaller Thank you

Quaker Parrot

I would like to let my Quaker parrot out of hus cage. However I just inherited him, and how do I make sure he doesn’t poop in the house. Also, how do I get him back in his cage.

My female Finch keeps attacking the male

Why does the female keep attacking the male? They are new together and someone told me it’s because she’s trying to pair with him, but honestly he tries hiding from her because all she does is attack

Taming lovebirds

Ordered one pair of lovebirds(male n female ).and m a beginner for keeping pet birds .they are semi adult and already paired with each other so how much time can I tame them ?? Please let me know

Pin Feather Casing

Hello, I have a green cheek conure. She is feed zupreem fruit blend pellets. She is showered 2 x per week. She has dry yellowish debris around her oil gland. Her tail feathers are covered in a thick casing that she needs help to preen. What could be the cause.

Bird Break

Hello, I’ve had my pineapple conure for about 8 years now, and we’re quite close. He is mainly bonded to me but is familiar with my family. I’m going to be moving to an apartment (that I can’t bring him to) for about two years. My options are to leave him at home, where I […]

Budgie and eggs

hi good afternoon! So my female recently just turned 1 years old. And we found this male budgie that we found with an unknown age. They have been mating we tried to stop them multiple of times and we couldn’t and she’s recently layed one single egg. Over the past week we have been debating […]

How do I make my pet Cockatiel, eat pellets and vegetables and not baby food.

My 2 year old cockatiel, won’t eat vegetables or seeds, he only eats rice and formula. We have tried separating him from the formula but he ends up not touching the vegetables/seeds we give to him and decides getting hungry is better. I am fearing that maybe he isn’t getting enough nutrients from his current […]

My budgie has swollen belly around vent

My budgie suddenly has swelling around vent area and red inflammation on the left side of her belly behind her leg with loose stool and yellowish urine the vet said it’s bacterial infection and gave her antibiotics and vitamins but l don’t think it’s only infection because her stomach has been big for a while […]

Bonded male cockatiels

I have 2 male cockatiels in which the 3 of us are bonded. They have a yeast infection and need to be separated for 30 days as I give them medication. How should I go about this in the least stressful way since they are not caged animals. Thank you. Jamie

Moved cockatiel in new cage with their nesting box

Hi , I didn’t know that i couldn’t move them to the new cage when they have laid eggs and i shifted them to the bigger cage with their nesting box , now they are not going back in the nesting box , what should i do? Do i move them back to the previous […]

Can i separate my budgies?

Sorry for asking another question, but i can separate 2 parrots that are mates? i have only 2 budgies (female and male) and i tink they are mates. Beacuse of that, i can gain only their trust. Is a good option to separate them? If i do that, i need to buy 2 mirrors for […]

vet question

hello – i have a double yellow headed parrot and i’m guessing he is around 35yrs old.. he / well she i should say laid an egg years ago but i’ve never ever been able to find a vet that treats birds i take very good care of my bird – i bathe him once […]

Scared but no running

If i move my hand slow, i can get next to my 2 budgie(female and male) when they stay on the stick, but i tink they are scared… if i touch the foot a little bit, they move the foot closer to them, and if i try or touch the body, they get realy scared […]

Egg tossed

My 20 yr old African greys have mated for first time and just laid first egg, however they tossed it. Is this normal?

My 9Months old cockatiels look ready to breed

Once my female cockatiel was exploring the nest box and now the male cockatiel is on top of the nest box I’m feeding them carrots but I have a lovebird and it’s very smart he knows how to get out of the cage so he keeps going inside there cage do you think they could […]

My budgie laid an egg on her cage floor

My buggie just laid an egg yesterday and is already sitting on it. We don’t want to keep the eggs because we don’t know how to raise the babies and don’t want a heartbreak. Do we just remove the egg once it’s laid ? Or what should we do?

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