Ringed neck dove
Is it safe to keep the cage outdoors with a wind protection year round? I live in Central Texas. When should I bring the cage indoors? Should I cover the cage at night?
Cere color change
I have a parakeet which is about two years old. Shen we brought him home his cere was blue. About a year later it turned a tan/brownish color, however now is is turning blue and then brown about every month. Is he sick? He is behaving normal and is active and eating well. When he […]
Lost Bird
I just acquired two White ring neck Doves. I was really enjoying them My female White Ringed Neck Dove flew out of her cage when I was feeding them. I have a male as well. She came back an hour later and I tried to catch her, but she flew away. I played cooing sounds […]
Zebra finch whimpering
From the past week or two, 1 of my zebra finches is just at times making these whimpering sounds, chattering its beak fast and silently. At this time, it also moves slowly and acts like its wierdly in a sort of slow motion. Past few days its been doing this more than usual. There are […]
Conure laying eggs
Hi my conure is in an aviary with 2 other conures. This is her first time laying eggs and has now laid her 7th egg starting April 2nd and her 7th one today April 19th. I have removed each egg and replaced them each time with a dummy egg. She is sitting on the bottom […]
Baby love bird
We had a baby lovebird a few months old, hand trained. One morning didn’t eat, acting sleepy a few hours later dead. What happened any ideas?
Nesting isdue
My finches are sitting outer side of nest rather than inside of the nest. What should be the reasons ?
A problem in egg numbers
I am having an opaline budgie pair for 5 months and this is their first clutch. and they breeded and four days ago hen laid her first egg.I thought she would continue it but still now she didnot lay her second egg, and even though i am proving it with all nutritives daily. please help […]
Chicks++
Thank you for your support, first time doing this. 2 chicks are out now, the first one is eating seed, crushed pellets and banana.. put greens in the area, think most of it fell to the floor.. Parents are feeding all the chicks, yes its their first clutch.. I clean the nest every second day, […]
Quaker parrots
I have a pair of Quakers. First set of eggs she threw out. Has 2 eggs now and she is not sitting on them. Should I take them out and put them under a heat lamp
Cocktail leg broken
How to fix cocktails broken legs how many days to take recover
Chicks +
The fledged chick won’t stay on the floor to eat. The higher he can be the more content.. Parents are feeding him still . No aggression since the little pecking this morning.. There are 4 chicks still in the box. Last one has about 7 days left ..Second chick will be out by tomorrow, that’s […]
Grandson thinks his 1 yr old cockatiel doesn’t like him
My grandson received a cocktail about a yr ago. He has read books and online subject matter on care of this special bird. He seems to do fine with being the care taker but, does discipline, if the bird is not behaving by putting bird back in cage for “time out.”. When I am in […]
About laying eggs
My cocktail bird has layed her 1 st egg on 10th second egg on 11 th. But now its 14th she has not layed her 3rd egg yet How many eggs will she lay. Is it only 2 or is she going to lay further???
Fish oil capsules
Hello! This question is directed toward Dr. Lamb about her cardiovascular disease webinar. You mentioned that you use fish oil (from capsules) for your birds, and I was wondering if you have a specific type of fish oil (e.g., general fish oil, salmon oil, etc.) and/or brand that you recommend using. Thank you!
Chicks
.om and dad seem to be jumping on fledged chicks back and pushing home flat on the perch.. Mom Pecks a little, they will feed hom though.
Chicks
Hi, My first chick fledged today and the second is otw out as well soon. Do I return them to the nest or wait and seen if dad will feed them..I do have formula, but hoping a parent will continue. Thank you for answering my questions.
Sparrow bird
My bird is behaving weird she is sparrow and 13 days old and she is not pooping at all her butt area is hardening than before she is behaving weird lately what should i do
After breeding
Once the chicks are able to eat on their own, how soon can I return mom and dad budgie to the flock. Also, should I separate mom and dad, so they will not want to breed again.. They will not be provided with a nesting box, when they return. Thank you for answering my first […]
My cockatiel suddenly has difficulty flying.
Hello, I am starting to notice that my cockatiel can’t fly well. Yesterday I noticed he was struggling to fly and was using more energy to fly. Today he isn’t flying at all and when he is, he can’t fly high, maybe 2 or 3 feet off the ground for a couple of seconds. He’s […]
Conures
So I had a conure once he was old enough to come home and I’ve hand raised him since he had a little bit of his feathers. He’s now and adult but I have since then got another baby conure ( male ) and brought him up the same way. they both live in separate […]
How do I get the eggs that she laid out is out.
My cocktail laid a couple of eggs already and is laying on them. We do not want chicks Unfortunately we didn’t know but we put a small cardboard Box in there to make her comfortable . You want to remove the eggs Wondering how to stop the whole process of her laying eggs At this […]
Help !!
I have an umbrella cockatoo that I love dearly. She was given to me by someone who could no longer care for her, and since I had an African Grey, I had experience with larger birds. However, the noise is something I have grown to ignore,but my boyfriend can not tolerate. Any suggestions?
Cockatiel health
Hi, How can I tell if my cockatiel is not well. It’s the first time I have one. Please advise. Thank you
Four Month Old Budgie
We just lost one of our budgies which was only four months old. Our breeder said to put the baby in the same fly cage as our one year old. I noticed that the older bird kept harassing the baby at first whenever she went to eat or drink. After a couple of weeks they […]
Zebra finches
Hi I’m looking to get a bigger cage for my finches found one but a review said her finches were able to escape the cage bar spacing is 1.5cm is that to big should I just stick to cages that are 1cm bar spacing please
My birds are mating but not laying eggs
We give them a lot of privacy they daily mate 5 to 6 times a day but the female and male both goes inside nest box but doesn’t lay an egg
Black Poop?
Hi, Yesterday I noticed my 8 month old Quaker Parrots’ droppings turned black. She is acting normal; eating, sleeping playing, etc. Her diet consists of mostly pellets (im still trying to get her to eat veggies). However, I noticed one of her pellets were especially dark colored. After she started nibbling on that pellet is […]
Sudden death of budgie
Found female budgie dead this morning in birdbath she lived in a large cage with one male looked well on examine her body feathers were gone from back of neck and under one wing on back down to the skin up til now she was a young healthy bird 2yrs old I’m gutted
Cockatiel eggs
Hi, so my birds were breeding and laid 4 eggs. I candled them and two of them are fertilized. They’ve laid eggs twice before but this is the first time it’s fertilized. The two fertilized ones were laid I think like 15-20 days ago? Today when I woke up (2 hours ago), I could hear […]
Sudden death
My white cap pionus died today all of a sudden. We grew up together so I’m really heart broken he would of been 25 in September. I’m trying to think it was just his old age and it was his time he wasn’t showing many symptoms of an illness but I did notice the last […]
Old bird
I have a decade old Fischer’s lovebird male who had a healthy lifestyle and stable diet of grains and vegetables. He has this seizure like episodes that occasionally happens and his right leg stops working for few minutes. Then he seems to be fine when it’s over and his feet are perfectly working. I was […]
How to find differences between female and male Fisher bird ?
So I have two birds and I don’t know who is male and female and when I sheared on the internet it showing DNA test or that check two bones that are connected or far but when we checked we couldn’t understand its very hard to check .
Sick parrot
My Amazon doesn’t want to eat or talk he drinks and is very still
Gcconure injury
Head got scraped on door, removed scalp features,head ok,,apart from pin hole size blood(didn’t bleed),seems absolutely fine 2hrs later he’s chatting away from the darkness of his cage now..ty
New Zebra finches
How soon should I put a nest into their cahge. They have been mating on the first day I brought them home yesyerday. I don’t want put a nest to soon for them. So when should I give one ?
Breeding
I have pair of African greys male and female they are about 4 years old can they start to breeding
how to freeze avicakes and nutriberries
Do you need to take them out of the packaging and put them in a freezer bag? Or the packaging can go in a freezer bag and into freezer? And how long do they keep for in freezer? Thanks for your time.
egg laying in cockitails
HOW TO STOP MY BIRD FROM HAVING EGGS.Since march up until now she had 19 eggs. What can I do.
My fisherbird is rubbing it’s feet while sitting in her food bowl like we use treadmill
I don’t know why my bird is rubbing it’s feet while sitting in her food bowl as an example like we use a treadmill. I am really worried…….
Lovebirds breeding
I have 6 lovebirds I keep 3 pot but one lovebird only going to 3 pots it’s why
My doves had two babies
My doves started a beautiful family. Three questions: 1) when i remove the babies; at an appropriate age, will the parents get depressed? 2) if the siblings are opposite genders will they mate together? 3) If I keep one will the father try to mate with it if it’s a female?
Princess of Wales bird
We have a young male Princess of Wales and are getting another one. What type of food do you recommend for Princess of Wales? You don’t have them listed. Which other parrot would you say they are closest so we can read articles that we can associate with Princess of Wales. Our vet told us […]
Mystery Disease
Hello, I am a passionate animal lover and bird enthusiast, I have 6 birds of my own, including a dutch blue peach-faced lovebird, pineapple green cheek conure, 3 society finches (1 is special needs), and a spice finch. 2 of my society finches as well as my spice finch all live together in a very […]
White finch sitting alone
I have 4 finches one finch sitting alone during night time. And all three sitting together in the pot. Day time also the one is not mingling with the others. It looks so lonely. Please suggest what to do
Budgies
My budgie (female) died today.She has 8 baby budgies who she was feeding.Can the male feed them now?i am seeing him enter in the nest but i dont know if he’s feeding them all
Dangerous to work near other parrots?
Hello, How dangerous would it be for my pet parrots at home if I were to work at a store that sells parrots (disease/illness transmission wise)? I wouldn’t be working in direct contact with them on a daily basis as I’d be working in the office, but may have to interact with the store birds […]
Yellow skin around wound
My parakeet has some wounds on his head from my other parakeet from when they fought and the skin around the wound is a yellowish color. Also the wound is not very recent. What does yellow on the skin near a wound indicate?
Sleeping cage size
Hi- What’s the best size for a pionus sleeping cage? Thanks!
Love birds hiding in nest box
i got a pair of peach face love birds they used to be in a cage without nesting box . i got them for 3 days now in new cage with nesting box , and when i removed there cover this morning i saw they were sleeping inside they nesting box , also started hiding […]
Help needed
I have two pairs of zebra finches, I have introduced nesting boxes to their aviary and they seem to like sleeping in their food dish instead of using the nesting boxes, is their a way to encourage them to use their nesting boxes as I have notice them now laying eggs in their separate food […]
How to increase the weight of an underweight cockatiel?
My cockatiel is very skinny. He is 78 grams and 3 months old. I feed him vitamin seeds and how should I change his diet so that he gains a little weight?
Introducing a young female conure
I have a green cheek conure who is 2 years old. I have a young female which is 16 weeks old in a smaller cage next to him. I have tried to introduce them and he is very aggressive to her straight away. Can you tell me how I can end up have them together […]
Fly
My bird is not able to fly this morning Till last night she was able to fly…one of her wing is down,,what will be the reason
My bird’s poop is high level watery and black in color
Yesterday my bird’s neck was strucked in door. Consult one vetanarian medical, they gave one tablet. Now my bird is better. But today afternoon and evening, he is pooping like high level watery and black in color. Could you please tell why it’s happening and Is this is serious. Please suggest remedies also. Thank you
canary hutch lefted by hen after 3 days of last egg laid
Should I purchase an incubator for the eggs? I have read all articles, blogs etc. about canary breeding time. I am honestly very distraught.
Heat pad
So I have successfully bred my two Cockatiels, but the female doesn’t seem to sit on the 4 eggs she has laid. I don’t want to use an incubator for hatching them, and decided to use a damp towel/bowl and a heat pad. But I don’t know if that would completely work for hatching them.
Sex of my parakeet
My parakeet is white with with yellow neck and forehead. It”s chest is blue and the back of neck is blue with black stripes. It is a year old. It’s cere is lavender with white around holes. Legs are pink. Her white feathers seem to be turning yellow. I’m so confused. Is it make or […]
My New Blue Crown Conure
I have a new blue crown conure named Paulie. His last home, he was alone all day with the radio. I have tried to acclimate him to my other birds, but he hates them He screams nonstop. I take him out of the bird room and put him by himself with the radio on and […]
Defeathering and abnormal feathers in budgie chicks
Hello, My chicks up to 15-20 days have good feathers (primary and secondary feathers was grown) but from this days their feathers specially secondary and primary feathers begin to drop and grow abnormal feathers or small feathers or don’t grow feathers at all. Until now I have 12 affected chicks. I take PCR test of […]
