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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 […]

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?

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 […]

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 […]

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?

I have a weak male cockatiel

I have a weak male cockatiel and I only give him grains in food. He does not want to eat fruits or vegetables. What can I do to keep him healthy?

Barn Swallow

A new nest was built by barn swallows & eggs were laid. However it appears that only the female is sitting on them. It’s been over 3 weeks and no hatching. Should I leave them alone?

Moja samotna nimfa zniosła jajo.

(do czepialskich:nimfa niedługo dostanie towarzysza 🙂 ) Witam. Moja 4 letnia nimfa, która byłam przekonana że to samiec, zniosła jajo. Jajo w jakiegoś drążka zniosła z góry na raszki. Jajo jest zbite, lecz trochę się poddenerwowałam. W klatce mialam jakiś czas budkę, lecz bardzo dawno ja wyciągnęłam. Trochę się zmartwiłam. Ktoś miał podobna sytuację? Nie […]

2 young male cockatiels

Hello, I have two male cockatiels, one is a year old and the other is 6 months. They’ve been around each other for a little over a month or two in their cages until I let them interact outside of their cages. And it’s been over 20 days of that and they’ve been singing to […]

Gluten free diets

Hi, We have a client who was diagnosed as celiac recently and her budgies are on a seed diet. Any commercial seed diet without gluten in the ingredient list you can recommend (we understand it would not be certified GF)? Or any homemade seed diet you can recommend? Owner has been trying to convert to […]

young male budgie

I have several budgies but one is a male less than 1 yr old hand tamed so I can handle him with out a problem the other day while out of his cage he landed on my shoulder and nipped my face put him back in his cage I think this may be hormonal since […]

African Grey turns aggressive toward roomate

My 22 yr Timneh African Grey, Tiki, used to like everyone and let my roommate hold and pet her. A year after having Tiki, she tries to jump on my female roomate and attack her most days. It was just sporadic at first. Tiki would step up fine, then suddenly bite her. Then sometimes she’d […]

Nesting box

Best size nesting box for Alexandrine Parakeet. Plus bedding material.

Sunconure Kills her Chicks

Hi, I have 8 Pairs of Sunconures. This is my 1st time to breed sunconures. 2 of my females kill her chick after hatching. Kindly help me.

Pairs

Hi, I’m getting a pair of cockatiels for the same egg clutch, I think they are a male and female or two females what’s the most important thing/way to keep them from laying eggs in the future?

Using deodorant spray

Is it ok to use deodorant spray in the bathroom with the door closed and then walk past my budgie with no contact after I leave the bathroom and closing the bathroom door behind me ,

Help! Bird plucking

Hello there! My lovebird has been plucking his “armpit” region to the point where it’s bleeding. He plucks at only this region only from what I’ve observed. Is there any medicine I could potentially get for him to maybe prevent any infection or stop his itching? I am currently at a position where due to […]

2 male cockateils

Hi I have 2 male cockatiels,the oldest one is not hand readed where as the youngest one is. Lately the youngest has started to attack the oldest cockateil for no reason, following him around,attacking and also not letting him eat.What is going on,it is hormones,territorial or just being aggressive? They have recently moved into the […]

Sister Wives?

I have a male cockatiel who had been without his companion for about a year when we decided to adopt 2 female sister cockatiels from someone needing to find them a home. At first I kept them separate from my male but he was so curious and after a few weeks I allowed them to […]

Cockatiel feeding

What food do you use for a one-day-old cockatiel? Because I suffer from weak growth.

My cockatiel

She had fluid build up and was drained by the vet and she also admitted her for 2 nights. She was very energetic and her breathing was fine when she came home. She died 9 days after draining the fluid. She was still on antibiotics. What could have caused that?

I can’t tame my budgies.

I’ve had my male budgie for 4 months and he’s around 8 months old now. He seemed very lonely so we got him a female partner she’s 4 months now. I can’t tame either of them, whenever I try to get near them, they fly around like crazy. Even when I try to take their […]

Qué puedo darle?

Uno de mis periquitos australianos bebes (como de un mes y cachito, ya tiene todas sus plumas pero aun no vuela) tiene el vientre cerca de su colita muy hinchado y se le sientd como agua, el ya come solo pero se ve triste. ¿Qué medicamento para humanos le puedo dar y que fosis?

Bird Keeps Eating Eggs

For some reason our male bird keeps eating our female bird’s eggs, he starts chipping at them and when he breaks them, she throws them out. Why is he doing this? How can we stop it?

Lovebirds

Hi my name is dee, my lovebirds had babies growing fast. Everything was going great but the male suddenly became aggressive towards mum not letting her feed the babies instead he wanted to feed them. I have separate the 2 adults what should I do know

Is this cardiovascular?

Hello, I have a 12 year old lovebird. Last year he had an episode where he flew to a playground perch and he couldn’t control his left foot to perch. I called my vet and explained what happened and the dazed look for a minute after until he recovered. She said it was a seizure…possibly […]

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