Hello, We have two budgies who mated and layer seven eggs together. Tomorrow is going to be the 18th day since the first egg was laid. From researching online, the eggs generally hatch somewhere between 18-23 days if fertile, but I couldn’t find consistent results online. How long should we wait till we could deem […]
Why doesn’t our budgies go inside their nestbox and lay an egg? By the way we have 3 pairs of budgies in one big cage.
Types of food can be added
My bird has layed several eggs, looks like she’s pecked three, what do I need to do with the others to incubate them.
Dear Brenda THANK YOU so much for your very detailed response. It is all making sense now. I have left the nests in the aviary thinking it was cosy and home for the birds but it has become more of a problem over the last few years with the babies dying. I felt mean taking […]
My African Grey is always gentle but today she’s biting me when I have her step up even though she does want to come out. Why is she doing this?
is there a certain thing that a male does that a female doesn’t. i am now very into parakeets because i now have to and i want to know as much as possible to give them a better life than at the pet shop.
Male cockatiel is thinking human hand as his mate, it doesn’t pair with the female. How to change his habbit? Both male and female are hand raised. I bought this male a week ago, when taking with him in my hand. It give the sign of matting and started to rub on my hand. Please […]
Does not have enough feather under his wings and every noticable bold spot in his head. Is that normal for his age ?
Can a 20year old male grey still breed at 20
Hiii…. I have placed a nest box in my cockatiel cage. But my cockatiels are very scared to go near it. I think I have placed it for more than 2-3 months.. Please help in fix this problem..
My cockatiel is always screaming and chirping at the same time, but every time I go near him, he stops and raises one foot, and is all fluffed up, however, he is scared of me. If I get too close he takes a few steps back. Nothing is wrong with his food/water or cage. He […]
Zebra Finch parebts stop feeding fledglings that are strong and can fly but they still need feeding and they are dying. Other Zebra finches are pulling their feathers out and sitting on them. How can I save them from this horrible death. I have tried to bring them in from the aviary and feed myself […]
I have a pair of cocktail. Male does not mate in spite of mating sounds. It seems that it is going to mate but not. Female come close to it and made a position to b mated but i havent see it .plz guide
So verde is indeed sick and we are transporting her to the emergency vet now but I have a question. I couldinguse the towle this time to get her in the box because she was too fast and kept flying away. So I just picked her up with my hand is that ok? Will she […]
my green cheek has 12 eggs already only 3 in cage should I take all out
I have a myna bird for 2 years and rescued him from a bad owner. He was with me everywhere and I let him free to fly in house and in the garden. He could hunt insects besides what he usually used to eat such as rice, myna food and fruits. However, I left him […]
I had him before mothers day as a gift for mothers day and he was a baby still is . so yes need help for him to trust me .thanks
We’ve had our pet parakeet for 3 years now. The first 2 years he was able to come out his cage after school. I have owned several different parakeets over my lifetime. I wanted to spend time with the bird so I grabbed him and he got extremely infuriated. He is very jittery and does […]
I have a pair of zebra finches and I provide them a breeding pot and nesting material… They breed after a while..she lays 2 eggs.. Both male and female were sitting on the egg.. One of the baby died while hatching and the other one survived… The female has already laid more eggs before the […]
Today we too had to put to sleep our beloved (we think approximately 28-30 year old) cocakatiel Reuben. Our other one we think is approaching 28-29 yrs of age. Reuben was fat, nice and dark and bright coloured and feisty up until a couple of months ago when he started really picking at his tail […]
Hi I’ve notice that verde’s poop is brown, is this normal? I heard the color of a birds poop depends on what your feeding and they said it could be brown but I just want to make sure if not then I guess we’re going on another vet trip.
My 1yr 6 month grey is suddenly refusing to step up and attacks resorts to biting. Nothing has changed regardless cage or food. She is molting now though. Is so sad that this is suddenly happening. She is chattering and behaving normally. Just refuse to step up. What can be a possible problem?
I have a make cockatiel and its been about 2 months since I have gotton him. When I got him, I left him alone in his cage for a few weeks, afterwards, I sit beside the cage sometimes, but he always walks away from me. I tried giving him some time, but it was no […]
Is any type of cancer generally a death sentence for a parrot? Or can some of them recover from certain cancers?
What are the best nuts to feed parrots? Why would an amazon be interested in a mug filled with coffee or tea but ignore one with water?
best way to get bird to stop biting
How do you get a parrotlet to stop biting? She likes to be with me but just constantly bites. I’ve tried gently blowing on her to distract her. (She scolds me if I leave her in her cage.)
Can we give dry fig to indian ringneck
My boy and girl cockatiel are always hormonal now. For months they shred the newspaper in their house or hide under it. I move their cage around, rotate their toys, cover them up early, and they do have a LOT of time out of their cage to play. They get so worked up ; what […]
I have 2 green cheek conures how much out of cage time do they need? Do they have to be Only on pellet diet? Should there cage be covered at night? Should green cheeks be seen every year by the vet? Can you tell genders of conures? Also should i get pet insurance for birds? […]
I have a female cockatiel that has laid eggs. She has become aggressive to the male. I had to take him out of the cage. What should I do?? Try to put him back in the cage or keep them apart
we adopted Hansey about 4 months ago after my mother in law passed away. Hansey has known us from our visits at our mother in law’s place. Recently in the last month Hansey has become very attached to my mother in law daughter Sandra. Hansey follows her everywhere around the house, walks around the house […]
Hello sir, I am vasanth from chennai. I am having 4 budgies….. 6 months ago 2 baby birds were born … one died in that….. so now there is only 1… It is not matured and got mate with another budgie and now there is a egg…. That small baby budgie dont know to take […]
Hi. Just lost one of a pair of zebra finch. Should I remove the body straight away or leave for a while so his partner can realise/grieve. Thank you
I’ve had my little budgie for 2 1/2 weeks I keep a shallow dish of water in the bottom of the cage and a dish of seed and pellets , every day I try a different fruit. The only thing he’s enthusiastic about is the seed and to my knowledge he has never had any […]
My cockatiel who has pretty much up to this point been compliant with bedtime routine. However, the last 6 weeks he has become IMPOSSIBLE!!!! He flies off, screeches, bites and is a real monster when it comes to bedtime. Now anytime we go to try to get him he flies off thinking we are putting […]
Dear Brenda, Thank you so very much again Brenda for all your help with my Senegal Parrot Socrates. He was not like this quite a while ago. I also never had a parrot before. I got him originally from my former boyfriend Joshua a couple years ago. From someone who was giving my Socrates away. […]
Hello, my name is Piper and I had a male and female zebra finch who had 3 beautiful babies, 2 males and one female. Just today my mama bird who has been with me for years passed on. I now have her male mate and their two sons and one daughter. I was concerned that […]
Dear Brenda, Thank you so very much for getting back to me so soon. I really appreciate all your help. I removed my Socrate’s hut. I really hated to do it. But I followed your advice. It hurts me to do it because he felt so safe and secure. That was like a security blanket […]
Hello Brenda, My Senegal Parrot Socrates; his behavior towards me changed. And I don’t understand why. He was originally very friendly towards me. But recently he has become extremely frightened. He used to let me pet his head. He used to sit on my shoulder sometimes. But when he bit me once on my ear; […]
Hi! I followed your advice and took advantage of verde’s new sweet side and worked on stepping up without chewing or biting and I’ve been letting her come out of the cage and it was Wonderful! She loves spending time with me but I have two questions. My first question is how can I make […]
Hello again! I followed what you said and let the parents feed the chicks. 3 of then are pretty big and are about 12 days old. I had a baby chick hatch four days ago. I was worried that it wouldn’t be feed properly so I moved the bigger ones away from the nest and […]
Hi there , I have a green cheek Conure (cheeky )who is about 12, we think he is a male. He has some fears about finger which I am training , cheeky is getting much better with hand, he gets alone with other birds. He has meet and stayed with a Alexandria parrot (Lui, he […]
Why is he doing that
Verde stayed at my friends house for a while because we went somewhere over night just for one day, and when I got verde back she was a completely different bird she lets you pet her she steps up without and glove thing on my hand hand her bites aren’t as nearly as hard as […]
How many nutri berries per day as his main food do you suggest? I’ll also give him fruit and vegetables daily. Thank you,
I have some problem with my gouldean finch. Already my 5finches has died. I can’t treat them .I give them medication and enough light but it didn’t work. As u know I from Bangladesh I can only give medicine only which I found locally. Their symptoms were lose motion which is white, floppy body and […]
Can you tell a little about Yellow Wing Tipped Canaries Parakeets.
I have Lady Gouldian Finches. They have access to grit, cuttlebones, fresh kale, egg yolks, and broccoli. They have regular beak and nail care, drops of iodine in the water, vitamin drops, and regular dosing for air sac mites. My problem is…. a bird will become “dumpy”. listless, eventually sitting on the bottom of the […]
How can you tell the difference between green cheek conures and maroon bellied conures?
How come some zebra finches have orange cheeks, while others have mustard yellow, and some have black?
Hi…i have a 5 month old Timneh AG who is a real mommy’s boy, he is afraid of everyone else.. what do I do when I go away next year for 10 days a month on business? How do I handle leaving him with a bird sitter?
Hello I’m interested in buying a bird but i live a 3 1/2 size Appartement building . which bird species would suited for life in a Appartement? I would a medium-sized bird.
My cockertiel is of 4 months. He is losing his feathers around his eyes. He was not active for past 1 week. He used to sit dull with fluffy feathers. And was not eating much.
My girlfriend and I have been living together for nearly a year, and she has a little bird named Pilot. I’m still a little uneasy with how messy and loud birds can be, but the bird is very important to her and I want to be able to work with it. When we first moved […]
I have a pair of ringneck doves. I adopted the male about 8 months ago. I already had a female ( her mate passed at 9 years old). She is also about 9 and I adopted a male about same age. I had the stupid idea of letting them hatch an egg… she is beautiful […]
My tame cockatiel lost one foot due to injury this morning. He’s had the foot amputated and I’m bring him home now. How can I help him adapt? He was outside in an aviary, but I now plan to bring him indoors in a cage.
My birds all fly in the house will thy have eggs
This is a curiosity question… Lori, my housemate, owns a Maroon Bellied Conure – female – 13 years old. We have cable news on during most of the day as background while we are doing other things. The Conure is in the same room as the tv. So she hears a lot of news and […]
