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New Dusky Conure Baby

Hi there, I recently got a dusky conure and I feed her your pellets! I was wondering on average how much you feed daily or a morning/night routine. Also do you feed any toppers or extra mix in such as seeds, fruit blend, and so on with the pellets or if there’s anything extra I […]

Parrot lost

I found a parrot with one tag on left feet, AME 32021 . Exist one way to fins her home?

swapping mates

I have a pair of parrot finches that are building a second nest after abandoning the first. The female fights off the male when he tries to mount her. I introduced a second female and the male immediately copulated with her. she seemed more submissive than the prior female. My question is should I leave […]

Difference

Hi what is the difference between banana flavor nutri-berries for parrot and small birds?

Traumatized budgie

Hi there my name is Paula I’m trying to help a lady interstate who has lost her very tame chatty bird One exactly like him had been found in the area and doesn’t talk Is it possible it’s due to his trauma as he’s been lost for 6 weeks in the bush

Budgie fighting

My bajriga bird laid four eggs. But only one egg hatched. The remaining three eggs were infertile. The baby Budgie died at the age of two days. So yesterday my mom took out the rest of the eggs too. My female budgie has been fighting with the male budgie since yesterday She does not allow […]

Newborn cockatiel running around cage

My newborn cockatiel, I had 2 who bred 3 baby sadly one flew away but 2 remained. I separated one and put him in his own cage it’s day 2 now and he won’t stop running around cage and I’m really looking forward to taming him. What should I do?

Egg Laying

How do I stop my female budgie from laying eggs I know for a fact that they are not fertile how long do I leave them in the cage so far there are 2 ?

Male Cockatiel Frustrated

Hi! I have an 11 year old male Cockatiel. I went away to college for a year and was unable to take him so my mom looked after him for me. Ever since I’ve been home he does not like me anymore (which I understand why) and refuses any human interaction. We have moved to […]

Screaming cockatiel

Our cockatiel will not stop screaming or making a crowing sound. It is constant and he is always in a room near people. We have had cockatiels before and bought this one from the same breeder as our last. We have had him for a month and he is only 3 months old. He eats […]

My cocktail keeps on biting others

So I have a big cage with lots of toys and perches, and a total of 4 birds, 2 female parakeets and 2 male cocktails, Sam and Dumbo. Dumbo will attack Sam and chase him around the cage, expecily when you give Sam attention. but when I separate them, it seems like Dumbo gets anxious, […]

Parakeet Laying Eggs Outside of Box

Hello, My female parakeet has now laid 2 eggs in the corner of the cage and is not laying in her nest box. Last spring she laid her 1st clutch of eggs (about 5) in her nest box and did really well sitting on them, however towards the end she started to kick them out […]

Squawking

Iam looking after an African grey at least 35 years old. She talks and has a quirky personality. Sometimes she just scwaks and squawks very loudly, is this for attention?

What is the best option for my siblingbudgies?

Hello there, I have two budgies, a male and female, that are both from the same nest. I hand reared them because they were thrown out the nest by their parents and their owner didn’t want to keep them. They are now almost 5 years old and the female is not very nice. She’s a […]

Is it the right pair?

Hi I’ve had my male cockatiel for 5 years and my female for 3 years. Usually before they never liked each other and always hated. I’ve always had a nest box in their cage for a long time but they never went in it. Now this time I see that my male cockatiel is so […]

How to discourage breeding in bonded pair?

Hi! I am considering adopting a pair of adult pionus parrots. How do you discorage a pair of parrots from breeding? The birds in question have been breeder birds for some years, and have successfully raised a clutch every year for several years. They are now in their mid to late teens, and I feel […]

My male cockatiel keeps screaming.

I hand raised my male cockatiel from 2 weeks on. He is so spoiled and attached to me that he screams when I leave the room. His voice is so shrill no one wants to be near him. How do I train him to make sweet noises?

My budgie can’t fly

My budgie can’t fly since she born, she try to fly many times, she run and jump and flap, but just like a chicken she drop to the floor, Im sure she’s not sick but maybe she has no energy, don’t move too much in day but climb curtains too much and also enjoy being […]

Eggs

Hi, my budgie laid an egg on the cage floor despite of having nest in her cage few hours ago and is not sitting on it. They are 2-3yrs old, we got them from a pet shop few days ago so they aren’t tamed yet and it’s their first time .What should i do ?Should […]

Chronic egg laying cockatiel

Even after doing certain changes in the diet and changing toys position the bird is constantly laying eggs. She is weak and was trembling two days back. We are providing with supplements and medicine as directed by our vet. But how will she recover and how long it will take to lessen her cycle. Weight […]

hard flying

Hi, I have a female Cockatiel, about 8-9 months old. Around New Year’s, she laid 4 unfertilized eggs and since then she seems to be flying hard. I have the impression that it flies slightly tilted to one side. Is it a result of the eggs or should I take her to the vet? TY!

Budgie egg broken even after incubating

My budgie sat on the egg for 20 days now and she threw 2 eggs out of the 3 eggs… I checked that one egg was empty it was clearly white while the other hand a little crack but I checked it was red and black in the half of the egg… While the 3rd […]

Ring necked doves

I feed my parrots Lafeber but my son now has 2 ring necked doves. Does Lafeber carry food that is for doves? I trust Lafeber avian food and would like to continue to use the brand for the doves.

Neck collar for my injured moluccan cockatoo

Hi, I’m trying to help my Molccan Cockatoo recover his neck. I’m wondering where I can get a neck collar made with FRP material, as Moluccan Cockatoo is a large bird, I need a collar that doesn’t break with his beak. Do you have any recommendations? Thank you!

About budgies

My female and male are fighting they have 4chicks do I take male out or female out as he is holding her down at times and want let her near chicks

Should I get a Cockatiel?

I have been visiting this pet store for about a year. I visit with all of the animals, but this 1 year old cockatiel stands out to me. I’ve never had a bird before, so I’ve been researching for days now, I’ve been sure about getting him until I read that without a mate, they […]

Love birds not sitting on eggs during daytime

Why is my lovebird not sitting on her eggs during the day when the evening comes the female and male will go in it and sit on the eggs all night this is not my first time for hatching eggs or dealing with lovebirds I’ve had baby many years I have love birds parakeets and […]

Budgie and Lovebird interaction

I have a lovebird (Luna) and a budgie (Pinù) in separate cages. Pinù recently lost his bonded mate, with whom he shared the cage for years. The budgies were rescues, and didn’t like being out of their cage, so they rarely went out. But I got Luna when she was young and I regularly let […]

Bird cargo

A friend wants to send a patridge from Iraq to Pakistan. I need details charges etc

Clavamox

My new bird canary came in sick with sinus infection. Left nostril completely closed by mucus and right nostril has on/off wet no color discharge. Doxycycline we did 2 course(each course 12 days) and it helped to resolve half of the symptoms but we aren’t seeing further results and clavamox was suggested as next antibiotics […]

birds

what bird species can i put in with a butcher bird?

Conure bonding

Hello, looking for some advice on 2 green cheek conures I got late past December. I had no idea on their sex until I did a gender/DNA test and found out I have a male and female. Both are starting to show interest in each other in which I will have to prepare for eggs […]

Cocktails female

My mum has 2 cocktails male and female, Recently the female has been fluffed up and swaying side to side. What does this mean??

Feeding macaws

I have a pair of macaws. I feed them sunflower seeds, fruits & veges. How much food do they need in a day

Cockatiel food

We had a Cockatiel for over 23 years. After losing him, we got a 7 month old one. My first one ONLY ate Parakeet food, didn’t like the extra stuff in the Cockatiel food, and also shared a cage , with a Parakeet for over 10 years. It’s funny how, I had left over Parakeet […]

My budgie is shivering

my budgie is shivering and is not able to fly and when i take my hand near him, he starts to bite my hand so hard that is starts bleeding. I want to know why is that so

My Quakers death

My Quaker- Caesar passed on December 26th. He was 29 -I was always careful on feeding quality food-( no nuts, salty foods, chocolate, parsley etc)—he had fresh water, homemade Birdy Bread. Woke up that morning she gave him his unsalted green beans that he loved. Wouldn’t eat them or drink water. He was hunched down […]

Female budgie Laing infertile eggs

My female budgie about 6 years old. Alone in cage us Laing eggs for past five days? Naturally they are infertile! She lays and then rejects they lays again rejects … four so far? She is very bright and eating and drinking well when not producing/sitting in eggs? What must I do???

Parakeet eating her egg

My female parakeet is alone. She killed the male quite some time ago, before she started laying eggs. She has clutches of 4 I’d say every other month. There is no nest in the cage. She lays on the bottom of her cage. I let her sit on them for a little while. I hate […]

YELLOW NAPED AMAZON

I am from New Delhi, INDIA. These days the night temperature is about 9 degrees and day time max. about 18 degrees. I have a yellow naped well bonded AMAZON pair in my aviary. I have seprated them from the aviary and have given them a seprate room with a big cage in that room. […]

Indian Ringneck is acting weird

I just recently moved my birds cage into my room because of something that wasnt good for him in his cages original spot. It stressed him out so i moved him back, he’s comfortable in his cage again but i dont think he’s as comfortable with me anymore. He used to be very attached to […]

Incubation

I have a Parakeet egg tha has been in a incubator, after it hatches can I but it back in the nesting box with the parents.

Lovebird siblings

I took on two lovebird siblings found out one is male and one is female I do not want the eggs of the female to hatch. Is it ok to remove them she just had her first two eggs

My budgie laid eggs outside of nesting box

My budgie laid the egg out of its nesting box i.e. in the cage.the shape of the egg is slightly distorted I picked up the egg and placed it in another nesting box.The other bird has accepted it as its egg so is it right or not

budgie cere change

My two year old female budgie’s dark brown crusty cere is starting to turn light blue on one side. What is wrong?

How do I clean wooden nest box

I have a wooden nest box for my breeding pair of budgies. It has gotten covered in poo but I’m not sure exactly how to clean it without having the wood mold and avoiding toxic fumes for the birds.

Cockatiel laid egg

Hi, I got a female yesterday, the owner said she might lay an egg and as she had a mate, so she did today .but she is not sitting on it. She has had chicks before so she has experince. She is in a big cage with two males that I already have. Why she […]

Cockatiel behavior

My bird suddenly started walking in circles, making a little chirp sound and has his mouth open. I had taken him to the back office where the guys were in earlier, drinking, smoking and whatever else. How sensitive are these birds to lingering fumes in the air? Although it was hours earlier.

Budgie fledging

my one and only birdbath baby is now 5 weeks old when should I remove it from the cage and how do I prevent the parents from mating again besides separating the pair.

Feeding my cockatiel

She will only eats nutriberries , avicakes and seeds. I have tried fruits and veggies, she is so picky she picks out the fruit or veggies from the nutriberries and eats the other parts. What can I do to get her to try veggies and fruits? She will not eat human foods

Cockatiel nutriberries

Hi I put your nutriberries in a foraging bowl for my two tiels,they pick at them all day but don’t eat them all,how long can I leave them in ymthe forager before they spoil?. I don’t want to swop them out every day as they are pretty expensive

Aggressive male cockatiel

Hello, I own 2 cockatiels: a 5 year old female and 2-3 year old male. The female has laid eggs once when she was about 2 years old, she just sat on them and got bored after a week or so. The male was introduced to her when he was very young so there was […]

Cockatiel laid second clutch

Cockatiel laid there 1st clutch and weaned them. Now after a month they laid their 2nd clutch,is it too soon to lay eggs ?

My cockatiel laid an egg

I have two cockatiels (male and female), this is my seeing her laying egg, and i don’t know what to do. She laid her’s egg on the cage floor. Should i buy some kind of box? Every help would be appreciated.

Thanks for your prompt reply

He is definitely hurting them by biting their skin as well because we can see small sores on their skin. Also we haven’t seen him feed him to today though mummy cockatiel tries to feed them abut he won’t let her. Is it right to take the babies out the box because it seems to […]

Daddy cockatiel biting babies

Our male cockatiel is plucking out the feathers of his 2 and a half week old babies. We don’t think he’s driving them out because when we took them out he desperately wanted them back. We are also giving him lots of salt.What do we do?

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