Bird Bites
Why does my dusky conure bite me? I’m not mean to him, but he bits me whenever he gets an opportunity.
cage refusal and flying away
My boy cockatiel used to always come to me since he was baby. He is nearly 1 now and he flies away from me and wont go to his cage. I had him in a bird sitting place for 2 weeks while on holidays where they free flight everywhere. My girl cockatiel very bonded to […]
Bonded male and female doves and 2 month old babies
I allowed two eggs to develop for a friend who decided not to take the babies. All 4 have been together so far with no problems. I know this is not recommend. Please advise. And the female of the original pair keeps laying eggs on the cage bottom or the seed cup. How can I […]
should I get my bird a friend?
So I have one conure and he is mostly friendly.I was thinking of getting another friendly bird to keep my conure company while I am at work.Would my bird learn and copy the friendly behavior? Or will it stop being friendly all together?
Female lovebird is hormonal and getting aggressive, need advice
A couple days ago i saw the birds mate for the first time since i got the male (2-3 yrs ago) A day or two later in the afternoon the male had blood on his face. I dont have another cage so to seperate them i just moved her wnd her box below the cage […]
Bonding
I have a 6 month old african grey think it’s female has been bread and hand reared by a male.i have had her 3 days but bites me .will it ever bond with me
Brother and Sister Sibling Budgies
I have two blue budgies who were borne from the same clutch and have been coexisting peacefully. I believe they are of breeding age given how long we’ve had them and the color/condition of their ceres. But they seem quite moody and frustrated lately (although not aggressive toward each other). My question is should I […]
death of male lovebird
I had 2 male lovebirds for 4 years and one just dropped dead this morning…they were very compatible and of course I am wondering what to do…thank you!
I doubt that I have two male cockatiels. Please confirm
I have two cockatiels that exhibit male behavior. The pet shop told me that the grey one is female while the albino is male. My intention is to breed them. How can I send you a video to see their behavior?
Male Cockatiel is agressive
I have a 1 year old male cockatiel. He was friendly but has recently started to become aggressive. He will swarm my face and has bitten myself (drawing blood) and my husband when my husband walked by me. I am now afraid to take him out of his enclosure. What suggestions do you have?
Broken tail feather?
Hello, one of my bird’s tail feather broke and she’s bleeding. I put on styptic powder on her tail twice and she’s still bleeding. Our exotic vet isn’t back in the city for 2 more days and no other vet around us wants to see her. What do I do? Its a bleeding nub…
conure wont use perch
Hi, our yellow-sided conure is 22 years old. He is climbing on his cage but hasn’t used his perch all day. This is unusal for him. He appears to be alert and is eating. Do you have any idea what the problem may be?
My male is obsessed with on of his chicks
My two budgies ended up having two chicks hatch about 2 months ago. The first 2-3 weeks, our male, Sunny, didn’t want anything to do with them, and if he got close, our female, Luna, would chase him away. The little ones are older now and are more independent. Ever since they began adventuring out […]
How to we contact Kathy?
Two re-homed conures. Need help.
Yellow Naped Amazon spooked
Hello, I have a yellow naped amazon, around 20 years old. Now, my Dad bought him off a sketchy pet place that has since been moved. He was full grown, they didn’t know how old he was. The vet estimates he’s around 20. Now, I’ve had him since 2012. He bonded with me, completely rejecting […]
Cockatiel transfer
Hi, I was given today a pair of cockatiels with cage, nesting box and their eight eggs as their prior owner was not able to care for them anymore, but i noticed they have not gone into their nesting box at all since being transferred from one home to mines. Is this normal will they […]
Conure laying eggs
Once she has started laying eggs, do I just let ‘nature take its course’? The eggs are infertile I just don’t know if she should lay all 6 eggs, again. She is 19 years old and shares her big cage with a 5 year old female parakeet. They coexist pretty good.
Baby cockatiel not growing
A friend gave me a 1 month and 1 day old cockatiel and it looks like a 3 day old cockatiel. It’s eating baby food for cocktails but dose it have a chance to live?
Bengalese finch
Why is a Bengalese finch sitting on a Canary nest with 3 babies
Conure sudden Death
I have had 2 conures my first one died unknown while me and my family where away but we had someone check and take care of him everyday, Now l have had my second conure and he suddenly died and we don’t know the cause of this and if he had come with a illness?
Conure babies raised by parents/ removing nest box
4th baby ,last egg, still being fed by parents other 3 eating on their own when to remove nest box as they all 4 sleep in it . Large aviary cage and parents in upper corner. We plan to keep two babies and rehome two babies. Gradually holding each baby to get ready for separation. […]
Is it okay to feed all of my parakeets the same food?
I have four parakeets, one is 9 years old and I need to switch him to a senior food diet. The other three are all 3 years or younger. My birds refuse to eat anything other than birdseed even though they have been offered fresh foods. I want to buy nutriberries senior food but is […]
My lovebird laid an empty egg.
Hi! I thought my lovebird was a male but turns out its a female. She laid an egg a couple of weeks ago and then again a few days later. And now today. I changed her cages a couple of time and i think that worked for a while. Im travelling soon and he’ll be […]
New parents
Hello, i have two cockatiels, male and female and they are both over 2 years old, they have mated before but the eggs were infertile. Recently i heard them mating again so i got them a nest box which they started spending a lot of time in, then i recently found the first egg, they […]
Getting two pairs of linnies in one cage
I have 4 linoleated parakeets in two cages, all of around the same age with the oldest being 6 months and the youngest 3 months. The 2 oldest and the youngest one are female, and the 3rd (second youngest) is male. The older two are a pair, and the younger two are a pair. I […]
Should I be worried?
I made the mistake of having my sleeping budgie unsupervised with a cat in the same room. I didn’t realize even the cat was there. The cage is covered with a blanket, and the cat was standing on the cage with her paws on it. The cage is always uncovered at the top to let […]
I’m not sure if Buddy is male. He’s having his first
He/she is molting ( first one). He’s running his vent along a ladder and chunnering at the same time. He/she is lifting his tail up at the same time. Lovely bird but until I know his gender I can’t get him a mate.
Alkaline Water
I have been buying (and sharing) mountain spring water with my cockatiel. I am now using alkaline water, but am unsure if it is safe for my ‘tiel. What do you think?
Birds
How can you tell female cockatiels to a male cockatiel
Sibling budgies
I bought 2 male baby budgies they are siblings, I have just found out the siblings are female and a Male plus a male I had originally had. Should I seperate the female and get another female for company?
My new cocktail don’t want to eat
How I can make to eat my new cocktail?
Is 4 months too early for a cockatiel’s first molt?
Hello, my cockatiel Mango will turn 4 months old this week. Over the past week she has been losing a lot of feathers and has pin feathers coming in on the back of her neck and around her keel. She also lost several crest feathers and has a bald spot at the base of her […]
Nutri-berries
My bag of nutri-berries has turned into a big hunk and are sticking together and falling apart at the bottom of the bag when I try to get a piece out. Is there something I can do to get them back into a little ball?
Yellow head Amazon
Porque hace la caca muy delgada y oscura, también llora como si le doliera al hacerla
Eating pellets but doing regurgitation motion
I have a 1 year old tiel who out of 3 will eat pellets but after a few moment start doing the regurgitation motion. This is only with pellets, and I’ve tried different brands to. Seeds no issue, fresh food/ chop no issue. Any suggestions? He weighs in consistent around 86-88g and has no other […]
vitamins
I bought your vitamins off of Amazon. I received them yesterday and they didn’t have the spoon thing to measure the amount of vitamins to give to my bird. Is there any way I can get it from you because I am unable to figure out how much to give my bird without it. Thanks
Egg Breaking
Hello, i have a pair of Golden Mantel Rosellas, they are over 2 years old , they have laid 6 eggs in total so far this year , but every time the hen lays, they either both get in the box and break the egg, or the cock breaks the egg, not sure which , […]
Lovebirds
If a male peach face mates with a female black mask lovebird what will the chick look like?
Sun Conure Aggression
We’ve had a pair of Sun Conures for about 10 years. They’ve had 8 babies but now the male attacks the female constantly and we’ve had to put them in separate cages. He’s fine with his children and only attacks his mate. The abnormal behavior has been continuous for almost a year.
Sexing
Thank you for your response to my question. I guess I’ll have to look wait a while to find out, he is only 10 weeks old.
Quaker problem
Hello, My little quaker is 32 yrs old. I hand raised him from 3 weeks. He is showing signs of age but generally has been fine. This morning he as perched beside his little heater (favorite place). Next thing we knew he was on the floor of his cage flopping violently, his head turned completely […]
is eating enough?
How do I know if my quaker parrot is eating enough?
Sexing
How can you tell if you have a male or female after their first molting? I just bought a six week old that the breeder believes is a male but of course unsure
How to tame a pair of adopted cockatiels in a short time?
I’ve kept a pair of adopted cockatiels more than 1 year ago. Worry about they may get bored within the cage, I let them out the cage with the windows nearly closed and mosquito net installed beforehand, before going out. As they are used to be together before being adopted, they are kept in the […]
Make not breeding
I have 3 females and 1 male in a long cage . Nesting box on each end . Females are laying eggs . But none are fertilized.. How can I get the male to breed with them . Yes he is also in and out of nesting box’s . But nothing is happening. I’m discourage.whats […]
aviary bird suggestions!
Heyya! I’m building my birds and aviary, I think 3mx2mx1.5m around. Not 100% sure tho cuz we’ve just started panneling. (We could make it bigger but idk about smaller) I’m curious, what birds shall I get aswell? Atm I have 2 diamond doves and 2 king quails. What other birds could I get? My father […]
Bird sitting on egg
There is one bird (I dont know the name/bred) that laid 4 eggs in my ballcony. I watch it every day and when it sees me it fly away and later come back to sit on the eggs. This morning I checked it there was no more eggs in the nest and I know no […]
Feeding Questions
Hello, I have one budgie who is about 12yrs old. She primarily eats your pellets. Recently, her companion of the last 5yrs passed unexpectedly. I have brought her a pair of young budgies who she has taken an interest to but I haven’t been able to merge them into the same enclosure because 1) the […]
Bird behaviour
Hi there!! My question is…. I have a pair of Java sparrow (Java finches/rice Bird).They have been nesting since 15 to 20 day and today they layed an egg in the morning and I observed that the female is not very active, sitting alone closing her eyes not even incubating the egg.where as male is […]
canaries
I have 3 males & 2 females in a large cage, 1 male& 1female are the parents of the other 2 males. The other female is from another pair. Can I put another female in the cage so they are evenly matched or is asking for trouble in mating season.
Fisher Love Bird behavior
Hi, our little bird has toys, food, a nice caged but does not stop screaming. We try to have her outside her cage in the afternoon so she can flies and play but she only wants to be under a sofa and bites after taking her out of it. However, she continues screaming, she stops […]
What can I do?
I have a morning dove that was caught at my trailer and the partner was there too and the little one allowed me to pick it up but his back feathers came off it scared me and I thought I’ve hurt the poor little bird now he has no back feathers and he’s just sitting […]
Older Rehomed Conure Biting
Hi, I have rehomed a conure from a family member who was looking after him initially for only a few weeks whilst the owner was doing exams however that turned into 10+ years. The conure never really got the attention he needed a d was kept in a cage that was too small iny opinion. […]
new bird supplies
hello, I am thinking about getting 2 parakeets (either blue and/or fancy ones) and keep them in my room. I have done research on all of the things I need and put them on a list but I am still wondering if my birds need an uv lamp. also my room does not have a […]
Sun conure aggressive with me when I try to play with his bird mate (a cockateil)
Why is he so aggressive? Should I separate them? How to be his friend again?
how many berries for senior senegal
hello, ive been trying to find out how many nutriberries to give my 25 year old senegal. he gets 6 currently, but he seems to be hungry all the time. but i suspect he has eaten only the seeds out of these for years and wastes the rest. (he has fatty liver which would also […]
ALOT of questions
Hi, i just got 2 new birds yesterday (27th April 2025) One cockatiel and one green cheek conure. I originally had one cockatiel before these two, hand raised etc. I did an introduction in my bedroom between the two cockatiels, straight away started preening each other. The new cockatiels seems like it has been handled […]
Zebra Finches, Taking Eggs Away. Nests. Enrichment Questions
Hello! I have had my male and female Zebra Finches for about a month. They’ve bred 2 clutches! And I’ve removed the eggs. I just read your articles that they shouldn’t breed that much- so I will be taking the best out. But I also wanted to ask, they seem to be avoiding the nest […]
How will moving houses regularly affect my bird?
I have just brought a 10-12 week old cockatiel and am just wondering how to approach the entire thing, he was hand reered but is not super comfortable with human interaction, Im guessing it’s just because he has just moved to a new place and is uncomfortable, another complexity is that I alternate between two […]
Eggs
I can tell my bird is going to lay eggs. If I give her a nest box now, to lay them in, will she lay more then she all ready may have and should I be feeding her anything special?
