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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?

Budgies

Can I transfer the small budgies to a different nest as 5 new born are not able to accommodate in the small box where the mother buggies laid eggs. The new box will vept in the same cage.

Parakeet breeding

I have two parakeets and I found an egg at the bottom of their cage yesterday. My husband went to the pet store and they told him all he needed was a small nest and a straw like material. He was told to fill the nest 3/4 full with the straw . I put egg […]

Is there any way to help my bird fly again?

I have a budgie named Sunny due to her yellow feathers. She was sick in November; we do not know what made her sick. She was not singing anymore; she was having a tough time moving around her perches and vomiting. Sunny is ok now, but I noticed that she is not able to fly. […]

Alexandrine Foot Problem – 2

Hi, I literally have no idea how this foot problem started. I want to show him to an avian vet but there’s none in my area. All I can do right now is apply a mixture of mustard oil and turmeric on his foot for treatment, until I find someone who excels in this field.

Budgie not sitting on her eggs

My parakeets I’ve had for 2 years and they finally started breeding. I was excited. I saw 1 egg and then another one 2 days later but since then she has not laid another egg which should have been today. She has 1 in her I can tell. I have checked on them a couple […]

Alexandrine Foot Problem

Hi, From the past month, my bird’s left foot (it’s also the foot he grabs food with) has been having some problems. He has no problems with gripping or closing his foot, but when he tries to open it fully, he can’t do it. All in all, his foot is not flat, like his right […]

Cockatiel Breeding related

Most of my cockatiel pairs leave their babies young & re-mate & start laying eggs, which causes a lot of problems for me & their babies also. what can be the way out of this problem? are there any opportunities where parents raise their babies completely 7 then they move on their next step? Please, […]

boiled corn

Hi Good day. Is it possible to give the love bird a meal of boiled corn every day?

Going into bags

Our lovebird used to love charging / flying / running into paper bags and plastic bags. He would then seemingly guard the opening with his life and would attack a little if we put our hand near the opening. It was hilarious and thought it was cute but never understood why he did that? He […]

Undigested seeds in cockatiel poop.

I have left my cockatiel in my family’s care and am at abroad right now and they tell me that my bird has been pooping undigested seeds. They have sent me a picture and it looks yellow in colour and contains undigested seeds. They tell me it’s because of the bird seed that I brought […]

My cocktail chick died

Hi guys I have pair of Latino cocktails wild once Female laid 4 egg (1st clutch) on and 1st egg hatched on 23 rd December morning and and unfortunately chick died today 25th dec. So i removed the chick and iam not sure if did the right thing or not. Will they abondon the remaining […]

Laying infertile eggs

I have two cockatiels 1 male and 1 female they are both 2.5 years old, they mated about a week ago and layed 4 eggs which are infertile why is this?

Amazon breeding question

Hi Iam Ahmed I have a male Amazon parrot I think age is 5 years n more he is alooot tamed with me and before one month he acts acting of mating with me and do that alooot of times… I showed to many people n they said me the same he is ready to […]

Determine age of baby Lorikeet?

Hello labefer/Brenda, i need help with identifying the age of my baby rainbow lorikeet: – Almost fully feathered. Gray fluff under wings with feathers growing out. – Tail is not fully grown – Beak is mostly black with a tinge of orange – Can fly well, but not high altitude. – Although it has been […]

When is it too late to remove diamond dove eggs?

I have two diamond doves; a male and a female. I don’t want more of them to preserve the ideal conditions they already have, but I am worried about taking eggs away. I have read that it can take only twelve days for these to hatch, so when would it be ethically okay to take […]

Budgie’s egg

I have three budgies in my cage and one among them have lay an egg( 20.Dec.22) but she is not sitting on the egg. Her nesting box is in my room ( a showpiece with holes it like a tree) , she loves to be in there .. should I place this egg in that […]

Baby Cockatiel Not Eating

I have a baby cockatiel about 1 month old It’s parents have stopped feeding it since last night Today i tried handfeeding it, but it spits out more food than it eats And also its legs have some problem, due to which it cannot walk like normal baby cockatiels This is a little different from […]

My budgie

Hello there, My birds have been weak, fluffed lately, and one time i held him and he threw up water and ever since he’s been fluffed, cold weak the color of his wings were a bit dirty and his poop was runny. It’s been getting better but he can’t fly so much no more. What […]

My tiny bird is not able to fly

Even after searching I didn’t find any wound on its body but still it’s unable to fly. I want to set free ..I found it yesterday. How can I help it to fly?

Budgie Eggs

My questions is that I have 2 pair of budgies in a large box with 2 nesting boxes will they breed and eventually lay eggs

I have 2 young cockatiels both are under 1 year old.

I have 2 young cockatiels both are under 1 year old. One is male and the other is a female. Both are in the same cage. However, they don’t seem to get along. They attack each other if they come close to each other. I have them in the same cage for about 6 months […]

African grey

Hi I have recently gotten an African grey he is 6 years old and really beautiful and seems healthy. I just have one concern and that is that he keep skakig his head many many times. And I know they do that sometimes when something is stuck on his beak but he does it regardless […]

Baby Lorikeet constantly screaming even when weaned

Hi Labefer, sorry for the constant questions, but continued from my last post, I started weaning the baby rainbow lorikeet i have and she already can eat nectar from a dish by herself and doesn’t demand handfeeding. However, I still have the problem of consant screaming whenever she sees me. Will this go away once […]

About cocktail

My cocktail pair has done breeding one time but now they are sitting far aways from each othwr why

Young finches

I purchased a pair of young finches one male one female. Store owner said that he had “just gotten them in.” I have them in a cage together and the store owner put a basket and nesting material in the cage. I have taken the basket and nesting material out because I believe they are […]

Laying eggs

After I removed the other pair from the one laying eggs now what ?. Will she lay on her egg till it hatches? Will she be ok ?

Baby Cockatiel taming

Hello my pair of cockatiel had just have babies. If I want them to be tamed How old should they be, so I should start hand feeding them and how should I tame them?

Cockatiel health

avain vet said my male cockatiel lost 20 grams from 2019 he weighted 90 grams. his chest bone is very sharp. how do i put his weight back on him

Feeding chop – ask the Vet Nov 18

“As almost everyone know, feeding veggies chop to their flocks including sweet potatoes , carrots,turnips,beets….. root veggies in certain amount and it is very nutrients. But one I was looking best organic foods for my grand son, and it was very surprising/shocking information I have got that all root vegetables have contains high amount of […]

Not breeding

My female is not breeding male wants to mate but female not mate with him but they are pair

Baby Lorikeet constantly vocalizing/screaming

Hi Labefer, I have a baby rainbow lorikeet that is around 11 weeks old and can already fly a little. However, Ever since i got her she has been constantly screaming whenever i come into view, while feeding, and even after being fed, as long as she sees a human she will scream non-stop. I […]

Vitamins – Ask the Vet Nov 18

I know you have provided this information before but could you please advise the name of the best overall vitamin again. Also for an African Gray that shreds her tail and wind feathers. Also she does not like change, does not like when I put new things in her cage. I have to hang a […]

Conure behavior – Ask the Vet Nov 18

I have a rehomed 14-mo dusky-headed conure. I’ve had him for 6 mo; handraised baby. The first owners found that one of them was allergic. I’ve had conures since the 70s and this is the first one whose primary contact is pinching. He knows the up command and is learning the down command. Very bright, […]

Amazon health – Ask the Vet Nov 18

can a blue front amazon display lethargy, sleepiness for 2 days and then return to normal active behavior. can their immune system overcome an illness.this parrot is 5 years old

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