Keeping two different kind of birds in a aviary
Can I keep lovebirds and budgies together in a aviary
Aggressive Male
Male cockatiel is being very aggressive with female now that I put the nesting box in. He bites her and throws her down
Birds
When do the females law there eggs
Parakeet eggs
My birds are a pair and she has 3 eggs, but she is only sitting on 2. Is there something wrong with the egg or should I move by the other eggs.
Feeding
Good day. We have a 3 month old African Grey parrot. I am not sure what the brand is, but she eats a formula in the form of baby food twice a day which amounts to 40ml. She also eats bird food such as seeds. Once again, not sure what it’s called. We would like […]
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How tell two parakeets boy girl tell me
My parakeet is about one years old now and I can’t tell if he/she is a boy or a girl
I have had my parakeet for a year and her nose is lavender, is she a boy? ?
my parakeet
Hi I’m a pet parakeet owner and I would like some advice on what to do with my pet parakeet my mother is in charge of feeding and where to put the cage but unfortunately my parakeet doesn’t get much attention and usually just spends there day in a cage in a room without barely […]
CPR demo?
Is there a resource to learn CPR for birds for emergency situations?
Heat stroke
how to manage heatstroke in birds?
CPR
How to do CPR for birds?
Picking at wound
Should a topical feather picking spray, such as Cease or Bitter Apple be used (with a swab) on the feathers surrounding a wound to keep them from further damaging or picking at a wound/
Dehydration
How do you spot dehydration in birds?
Loose droppings
If a bird´s poop is changed to be more loose and more fluid than normal. Do it help if I only give pellets and water for some days and skip the vegetables. Is probiotic good to use in those cases?
Clipping nails on small birds
When clipping nails would you advise to restrain with a towel for small birds such as canaries? What kind of cage would you recommend to take small birds into the vet?
Broken blood feather
If you can tell your birds broken its feather, and the stem is still in but not bleeding, is it ok to leave the stem to come out naturally? i recently had a feather sitting at a 45 degree angle for a month, i left it to come out but was worried these kinds of […]
Clipping wings
Are your birds wings clipped? Do you advise doing so?
Feeding baby food to parrots
Can we feed an African Grey 1st or 2nd stage Gerber vegetable baby food as in sweet potato, butternut squash
Feather plucking
Is chest feather picking caused mostly because of stress and are African Greys more prone to feather picking?
Broken blood feather
With a blood feather, should you just stop the bleeding, or pull the feather. If pull, what is the best way
Cat bites
Is a cats bite always a death sentence
Polyoma vaccine
Under what circumstances should a parrot be vaccinated for polyoma
Night fright in birds
Fright moult in the night possibly due to a nightmare. My European Goldfinch shed off feathers from one single wing and woke me up during night time. I bought supplements to guarantee the 2 basic amino-acids: lysine and cysteine. He is doing well. I built a ramp to give him the opportunity to climb back […]
Caging mixed species together
wanting to add my canaries (2) parakeets (2) and cockatiels (2) together into a big cage …anything I should be worried about. Right now they are in separate cages but do see each other.
Aggression with bonded parrots
Hello, my problem is similar to the question “How to re-bond my parrots” with some differences. I have three green cheek mutations and one crimson bellied conure all males. The birds were bonded (at my request) before I purchased them from the breeder. I had them all in the same cage for over 2 years. […]
Lovebird Gender
At which age of lovebird chick We can identify n confirm about their gender ?
Budgies
Hi…I have informed you that I have removed the nest box.But today I saw the male budgie mating with the 2 months old budgie that too with his own offspring even without nest box.Now what should I have to do? Shall I put the nest box ?
popcorn
Can parrots eat popcorn with hulls or should we only buy popcorn advertised as hull less to avoid hurting their crops?
Weak Budgie
Hello, After my female budgie did lay eggs, she is a bit heavier, her tail and wings got shorter and she is not able to fly properly. is that normal? For the moment l’m giving her daily calcium and probiotics, she loves millets but she doesn’t eat fruits or vegetables. I want her to get […]
Shipping boxes
Hello, During the first First Aid lecture, I saw a question regarding the use shipping boxes for birds to chew on. I didn’t see that question answered and am wondering the same thing; is it safe to allow the birds to chew on used shipping boxes after the tape/labels have been removed.
My Female Cockatiel Is Currently In Egg Laying Cycle. Male is still trying to mate.
My Female Cockatiel laid 2 eggs in last 3 days. And today the male cockatiel is trying to sit on her back trying to mate while she is still in egg laying cycle. Is it normal or should i not let them mate?
Zebra finches
Hi I have a pair of zebra finches one male and female. They have a clutch of eggs the female incubates them most of the time but they do take turns for eating. We let them out occasionally but have noticed that when the male leaves the cage the female gets aggressive. Today, we have […]
Nutristart Baby Bird Formula
I have succussfully raised baby doves on Nutristart for many years now. Looking to reorder the 11 ounce tubs, I find it not available anywhere. Instead there is Nutristart formula for baby conures and cockatiels. The ingredient list is close, but not the same. Will the original Nutristart 11 ounce tubs become available again anytime […]
Cockatoo only eats her corn
I have a goffin cockatoo. I bought good food for her. The only thing she will eat is corn an sunflower seeds I know this isn’t good for her she is three years old. I love this bird an she loves me. But never was given anything healthy food she screams for corn if I […]
seems withdrawn
Hi I have an African grey 3 months old I’ve had him a week he has gone into his shell and become quite he is healthy and eating do they sometimes take a while to settle to new surroundings? Jamie
Yellow young parakeet.
Why does she go.under paper and stay there?
Feather loss
Hi! My cockatiel always suffered from feather mites and its been pretty bad as there is no vet near our home and i tried a lot of ways to get rid of them such as apple cider vinegar for 2 weeks i tried for it didnt work, garlic and i also bought a “stop mites” […]
Parrots get fits, epilepsy.
Why does a healthy male parrot whose breeding get fits? Being fed multivitamin twice a week for years but eventually dies at 8yrs old.
Van life with Cockatiel
We are interested in pursuing a nomadic life style in the near future, with Frisko our Cockatiel. Our main concern is with our Propane stove and heater, due to the fumes it emits. We don’t have any concerns regarding his living condition do to immense training with a harness to new environments, as well as […]
Zebra Finches Depressed?
I have adopted 3 Zebra finches about a week a go. So I know they are still getting use to their surrounding. But I sit with them all day as I am in Home office, and watch their behaviors. They sit in their nest most days and only get up to fly to their food, […]
Baby finches all died
Hi I have a pair of finches they layed a clutch of 5 one did not hatch the others hatched and one was very tiny I hand fed it and it became strong but it was not flying to the food dish it would just land on the bottom and beg for food then one […]
Eclectus parrot
My big green parrot has a small brown spot on his beak and has been shedding feathers. His deposition has changed toward aggressive. Some days he foes not eat his food of ?mixed seed and dry pellets what can I do for him to help him?
Gouldian finches
my finches keep dying their poop is runny . their diet consists of kaytee fiesta canary and finch seed, premium pellets canary and finch diet, special red egg food, sun and bird treat, molting and conditioning food, bird greens, mineral grit, dried mealworms.spray millet and breeders blend.I started treating them with medpet 4-1powder. they seemed […]
A situation
Hello Brenda, Again my Cockatiel pair had 3 eggs, 1 from 3 got hatched on Christmas eve, I have another single female Cockatiel, she is super tame and curious, but she really annoys the little chick and the parents by going inside the nest. When i take the little chick outside from the nest, she […]
Zebra finch male
We have 7 male zebra finches. They are building a nest but there are no females. Is the normal?
Reproduction
I have a female sun conure of 10 months old. I need a male conure too but I’m not able to get of the same age. But if I get a male sun conure of 8 months old then will they mate in a few months time like after 5 months or so?
Nutiberries
How much should I portion out to my AGC on a daily basis.
Another egg!
Brenda, thank you for your quick response. Before I could replace the seed bowl with smaller ones, another egg showed up! Am I to remove it immediately or let her sit on it for a while until she tires of waiting (I read this on other forums)z
Female cocktail incubation
When the female leave eggs and exit nest for eating drinking and stretching, the male does not incubate eggs is it normal ?I mean their temperature will fall and they will die if they are fertilized?
Finch sitting but no eggs
I have a pair of female finches. One laid two eggs in their seed bowl (no nests are provided so as not to promote egg laying). I have removed the eggs but she still sits in the seed dish (fresh seeds provided). Is there anything I should do?
African grey eggs
I have a breeding pair we had 5 eggs two got broke by either the clumsy male or the female(I am leaning more it’s the male cause he is extremely clumsy) I have taken the other 3 eggs and have them in an incubator however when I candle the eggs I’m not sure if they […]
Male cockatiel hits female and chases her preventing her from incubating eggs.
Hi, I have a pair of cocktail 3 years old now. Since 1st clutch they don’t get any fertile eggs, they start intimate enter nest box and mate until the female lays eggs at first they are okay and sometimes the male sit inside nest box too then all of sudden they start fighting the […]
Cockatiel doesn’t have his full feathers
Hello my cockatiel is 5 months old I want to know if he should look almost like a full grown cockatiel yet because he still have quite a few bald spots with feathers growing in and I am concerned that this is due to him plucking out his feathers. But I am not certain
Cockatiel Egg Laying
My Cockatiel unexpectedly laid an egg at the bottom of the cage. I haven’t gotten her a nesting box yet but once I do, how would I make her go in the nesting box? Should I move the egg she laid?
cockatiel couple staying in the nest but there’s no mating
i had a male cockatiel for almost a year, it should be a year and a half year old when i brought him a female, after a while i noticed that the birds were bonding good they stopped fighting and running from each other, so i set up a nest box, now after nearly six […]
Closed it’s left eye lid
Hi Lafeber, My cockateil chick aged 3 weeks ++ and I still hand rearing it. Recently (past 3 days), I found that most of the time, the chick closed it’s left eye lid and leave the right one open. The chick looks healthy and consume the hand feed formula well. It had opened it’s left […]
Bleeding Budgie
Hello, my budgie for some reason has blood on a feather on his head and on his foot. When I was changing the food and water, there was blood all over his toy and a perch. None of the birds attacked him. What do I do ?
Caique sounds like she’s crying
It’s winter and I believe this is her hormonal season. I adopted her 7 years ago after being returned to the pet store several times. She is a great little bird and I want to know if this sounds normal. She likes to go to the bottom of the cage in the back corner a […]
Toys seen in webinar
Hello, I’ve been catching up on the webinars posted to Lafeber’s youtube channel and in the first hormonal behavior webinar with Dr. Stephanie Lamb, she showed a few foraging toys that looked pretty cool! I wondered if you could provide links? I can’t seem to find anything too similar. Also, do you think the toys […]
Lovebird diet conversion
Hi, My lovebird, Luxa, (4 months old) is being really stubborn when it comes to conversion. I have been mixing in Top’s in with her seed mix, but she still is ignoring it, and only eating the seeds, which means she also has less energy for training. She is extremely food motivated, and I was […]
