Found lovebird
I saw a lovebird eating from my wild bird feeder this morning. Must be someone’s pet that got out. If I see it again, how would I be able to catch it?
Cockatiels
I have both male/female cockatiels. The male trys so hard to mate but female ignores him, or hurries away from him, even gets physically mean to him. 3 days ago I find 1 egg in breeding box. Male is always setting on it only coming out seconds to eat. Neveŕrrr seen female in box. If […]
IRN’s kept with love for 9 months still no sign of taming
Hi, I bought 3 IRN’s on 12 March 2021. I have given them nutritious fruits and seeds from the day I got them. I also talk to them for hours daily. Still, whenever I show them my hand, or even go close to them, they flap their wings and keep getting scared till I go […]
Airdog purifier
What about the brand Airdog? I have been using this for several years and it works very well. Is this dangerous for birds/sun conures?
Green cheek egg laying
My 5 year old green cheek has laid 7 eggs so far in the last 3 weeks. She has never laid eggs. No mate. No nest box. She is getting calcium supplement and boiled egg. I’m worried how many eggs she has laid. She gets 13 hours of sleep in a dark room.
My african grey is not active and sick.
It happened yesterday 12th feb 2022, my grey was attacked by a stray cat. The cat jumped at my parrot and caught my grey with her paws but my brother quickly grabbed that cat and the cat ran away. There were no scratches or a bite, but my grey is now not active at all, […]
Cockatiel breeding
My cockatiel pair of 2 years old have 2 successful clutch. After that ,I changed their breeding cage and they stoped entering their nestbox and stop laying . Please help!
Feather plucking
My 2 year old male Indian ringneck has started feather plucking he’s been to the vet and he says it’s Behavioral what can I do for him ?his diet is pellets and nutri berries
Can my bird sleep in a box?
I purchased a pineapple conure at 6 weeks old (I now know that is really young). The bird is now 11 weeks old. When I got him he was sleeping in a box with Aspen shavings. I tried tonight to put him in a cage that he has been sitting on here since the day […]
Cocktail egg chirping
Our cocktail parents killed one of their hatchlings. So we took out the remainder two hatchlings and an egg. We hear the baby chirping from inside the egg. Should we help it hatch?
My baby cockatiel
I have a baby cockatiel maby 3 to 4 weeks old I have it for 4 days now the first 3 days it was eating well by today just little by little and it looks fine to me it stil grooming it’s self and nibbel on my hand and fingers when I pet it I […]
Not sitting on eggs at night
My budgie not sitting on her eggs at night but I am not doing colony breeding I don’t know why she doing that and I am doing my best for her to keep him healthy so she sit on her eggs
Breeding
My male cocktail is around 4-5 years and fully hand trained so we brought him a female cocktail who is probably around a year and a half and I think she wants to mate but the doesn’t. What should I do
Chirping
I pulled eggs from cockatiels parents because they never take care of babies, so I decided to incubator them my problem is I don’t know what egg was laid first and they had sat on them for at least 5 Days so they are rolling now, but I hear a chirp, should I take it […]
Would it be okay to get another kakariki pair while our hen is taking care of her eggs?
Hi, I got a kakariki pair a month and a half ago and they live in an aviary. The hen started laying eggs around the 3rd of February (It is the 10th as I am writing this) And she is in her box almost all the time and only comes out to get some food […]
I think, my Cockatiel is pregnant
Hello, my name is Rezi and I have a 2 year-old female cockatiel. She has laid an egg a year ago and I think she’s going for another one. So here are the symptoms: she is on the bottom of her cage and sometimes lifting her tail upwards. She’s still active and eat well, but […]
Indian ringnecks
Hi I have 2 blue ringnekks not sure if it’s male or female they are in between 8month in a big cage outside now I wanne know will it be possible 2 put 2 fully growing pair in there so they can breed will they fight or what plz help is wanted
Budgie breeding box
Hello, I was just wondering if you have any advice for me. My budgies surprised me with an egg that I was not expecting. It was broken on the bottom of the cage. I got advice and set up a breeding box for them. It appears that they have been in it. However today I […]
Cocktail with eggs but not fertile
We recently brought a pair of cocktail which had already laid eggs in the shop after we brought it home we checked the eggs after 15days they had laid 4 eggs but all the 4 eggs where infertile what was the cause?? What should we do to prevent this
Can I feed different berries out of one bowl for different birds?
Hi! I have two cocktails and an IRN. All of them are under three, so I’ve been feeding Harrisons until switching to y’all a few months ago per vet recommendation. They LOVE the nutriberris. Since they’re used to eating out of the same bowl so I was wondering if I could put the Parrot and […]
cocktail pair always fighting
i got a pair of cocktails both gray female and male the female is ready but the male keeps rejecting her and they can’t sit beside each other one second without picking at each other should i change the male to another one and try mu luck ? they are together for a week now […]
Feeding a baby cockatiel
Feeding baby cockatiel I read your article on the person who was feeding a three month old cocktail, I have never had to feed baby cockatiels over eight weeks old, they walk away from it. But I have one who is 10 weeks old who wants it I give her 12 ml is the morning […]
tail feather
Asked question about tail feather. Cockatiel has normal tail feathers except for 1 long feather. He is in a good size cage but his one tail feather does go up against and through rungs of cage.He very active. My fear is that he breaks it by accident. He has lost a few but they were […]
Crying finch
My finch was separated from her mate because we have 7 birds, two of which are babies. The parents were getting too aggressive, and we have a kind one that does not attack, so we had to separate her from her mate to be with the babies. Her mate would attack the babies, so we […]
long tail feather on 8yr old cockateil
8yr old cockatiel with long tail feather One tail feather about 6inches long. He is a rescue. Will it fall out? What if it breaks? The tail seems to have grown out in just few weeks. Any recommendations? Only rescued the little guy about 6 months ago. don’t want to lose him
Please help
What baby do i have from a yellow female and a turqblue male fisher saphire
Too young to breed?
My bonded pair of cockatiels are just at 12-14 months old. Our girl started laying eggs a few days ago and we have 2, but she’s looking heavy like another is coming. I’m scared that they are young. She is protective of the nest and cares for the eggs. I was going to wait til […]
AFRICAN LOVE BIRD CANT WALK
Hi,there my African love bird is unable to walk it’s egg hatched baby in my house which is now 1 month even it cant Stand it’s not bending it’s legs by its own It’s the second egg hatched baby the 1st one was perfectly all rite but it make sound as normally and it eats […]
My coworker owns chickens, how careful do I have to be?
My coworker owns chickens in her farm and I own parrots at home, how careful do I need to be when coming home to prevent spread of any potential avian diseases? Thank you
Earning Trust
We acquired a 4 year old male cockatiel a couple of months ago. His previous owner passed away and we have no idea about his history, including if/how he was handled. He will communicate with us and groom my hair through his cage but hisses and gets upset if he sees my hand move toward […]
Reunite parents and babies
Removed babies from parents because there was aggression . They are seven and eight weeks, Color hstill can t tell male. Or female . I j have. Removed nest Full of eggs but not fertilized. From parents. Can I return the babies to the same. Cage ?
Parakeet Doesn’t recognize eggs in nest box
Our parakeet laid a clutch of six eggs in a cozy keet, but we got her a nesting box big enough for babies and she won’t go in it. The eggs are fertile. Should we just bring her cozy meet back?
Surprise egg
I was given three beautiful budgies and told by the breeder they were all female. They did great together. No issues. Surprise egg found this morning in the food dish – and it did not make it. The corner was crushed. I had no idea, so there was no nesting box available. Is it too […]
Crying Finch
My zebra finch has been separated from her mate, and he is in another cage. She has been with him for a long time, and now she starts crying if she is more than at least 6 feet away from him. Can you give me tips on how to calm her down?
Sudden death of my cocatiel
In the early morning I heard my bird hit his cage or something and I jumped up and found him head down in him water dish ,I don’t know if he fell off his perch or was drinking and choked?
Finch eggs
My birds have recently abandoned their nest. Nothing was moved or changed in their cage. Did they do this because the eggs are ready to hatch Or is it because the eggs are not good?
Zebra finch beak
I have a male zebra finch and his beak is growing at the tip top and bottom – looks like 2 little spikes growing out – they are pale in color. He doesn’t seem to be having any trouble eating. I put a cuttle bone and some natural bark perches in his cage but I […]
Bonding pt2
Thank you so much for the information. Sorry I didn’t mention but my parrot is a cockatiel.
Bird layed 5 eggs will it hatch im very excited.
My grey parrot gives 5 eggs will they hatch . I was reading your articles you said normally they give 3 eggs only but mine gave 5
Hello there my budgie just laid an egg a day ago
I would like to know if the female stays in the nest in the night to heat the egg…. and if I should allow her to do so.
My cockatiel keeps laying eggs
Hey there, my 2 year old cockatiel layed eggs for the first time on the 11th of Oct last year and after laying a full clutch I waited three weeks until she’d lost interest when I removed them but then she layed another clutch. She hadn’t layed anymore until Tuesday this week (25th Jan) she […]
Budgie eggs
What to do if I bring a pair of budgies from pet store with eggs Will the budgies sit on them?
Bonding
Hello, so I had my parrot for about a year and a half and she can eat from my hand, I can pick her up, but whenever my hand is higher (doesn’t matter if I am trying to touch her or anything) she bites. I always let her out for at least two hours if […]
Bourke parakeet died suddenly and has 2 eggs in nest.
I’ve had a pair of bourke parakeets since December, Noah and Rosy. This morning I found Rosy laying still on the floor of her cage. I don’t know why she died. What can I do for Noah to help him through this? Is there any way of saving her eggs? I have supplies for handfeeding […]
My bird is not incubating her eggs
My bird gave 2 eggs in the feed bowl inspite having a nest box. I don’t understand what to do please help as l think if l will touch them they will abandon them
temperature for lovebirds
can lovebirds be safe with freezing temperature?
My Male cockatiel is attacking my female cocktiel
So my dad was walking and a male cockatiel flew on him and he asked people if they own this bird so no one said yes so we took him. We thought he was alone so we got a female and put them both in a cage. Now I don’t know how old he is […]
PLEASE HELP , FIND CESARARR.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET YOUR BIRD BACK, EVEN IF ALL HOPE IS GONE.Im willing to do everthing that i can do to get my bird back , hes just a baby and ive had him since he was four weeks old. he flew away while doing some flight training. on december4th of last […]
Canary calms down in afternoon
Our new Red Factor canary is very active flying perch to perch from about 6:30 am to 3:00pm, where he gets real still and quiet. He sometimes breathes fast too. Is this mormal!
Late egg laying
We have had a sun conure for about 9 or 10 years. We do not know the age of her since we got her from another family. She just laid her first egg. Is this common?
Moving eggs
My parakeet laid 4 eggs in the food dish. If 1 or or more are fertilized the dish is too small to hold them. It barely holds her. So I moved the eggs to a nesting box. Will she follow the eggs or should i move them back.
Laying eggs , no male
Just realizing my cockatiel is female and displaying mating behaviour. She is 7 months and wondering if I need to provide her with a proper nest to lay the eggs in, so she can atleast sit in them so she doesn’t go back into egg laying mode immediately…… what is the best aDvice for a […]
PLEASE Tell Me, WHY DID My Sparrow Died Suddenly???
My pet sparrow was 3 months old. His name was Mikey. He was very active and healthy. He used to eat a lot. Me and my brother used to pet him. He was very friendly and like our family member. He never wanted to leave us. He always used to be around us. And, he […]
How is it safe for a pair to feed it’s babies
Dear Lafeber! I hope this message finds you well. My yellow ringneck pair has been feeding/rearing it’s four babies since 17/01/2022. All four babies are growing very well. We serve soft food (boiled egg, soaked whole grains including lentils, pulses etc) fruits and vegetables (beans & guava), boiled corn, corn and mix seeds etc each […]
Zebra finches
Hi 3 babies 3wks old why do the parents chase them like there being told off is this normal behaviour just found an egg I took the nest out so she shouldn’t be laying eggs I have removed the egg ?
Budgies parakeets
Do budgies parakeets talk I mean can they learn to talk or do they just tweet and whistle .
Female cocktail
My bird has just layed 3 eggs in the past few days. She has not layed anymore. How long until I take them away or what do I do. I have just got the Bird and don’t know if she has layed before
is my bird fighting
I have had 2 cocktails in the same cage since i got them at the same time. Just recently, one of them has started to get aggressive with the other, chase and nip him, has my bird now decided he wants to live alone? He is 2 years old
Feeding duration
How long days should a cockteil baby be hand fed?
Feathers color changing
I have a couple of budgies and recently one of the birds feathers around her beak have gone from white to black. I feed them nutriberries, avicakes, some seesds, millet and apples and green vegs. She is an albino if that makes any difference. Otherwise she is healthy. Should i be worried?
