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Cookatiel mating

I have a lutino cookatiel which I know a Male and a albino cookatiel which I know a female, they bonding and kissing and go inside a nesting box but I’ve notice that a female want to go un top of a Male when they want to mate.

Cockatiel and parakeet

Hi my name is Breanna my mom has a pearl cockatiel and recently got a parakeet but the parakeet keeps biting the cockatiel we have a separate cage that the parakeet came in and we are sure that the cocktail is a female and the parakeet is a male she had the cockatiel way before […]

will a bird need a friend

Hi! I’m thinking of adopting a green cheeked conure, and was wondering if they are better living with another conure, or on their own. Are they happier living with another of their kind? Thanks!

Female zebra finch

Hi I have a pair of zebra finches and she’s been sitting on bout 6 eggs but the male doesn’t feed her or take her any food is this normal?also neither of them are eating fruit or veggies

cockatiels breeding info

Hi im trying to breed cockatiels and i need to know what should I do to make it happen faster and make them more healthier

Female Finch Attacking Male

I have a pair of zebra finches. They have a clutch of eggs. About 1 week after laying the female sometimes gets really aggressive to the male. She chases him around making a screeching noise. Like she protecting the nest. This will go on for a few minutes, 1 or 2 times a day. The […]

Bird behaviour

I find that my indian ringneck enjoys to “nest” in my blanket while I’m watching movies or even sleeping,he’ll sit on my stomach or right beside me and actually enjoys cuddling but I try not to enforce the behaviour as he matures(he is only about 1 year old and he has had a blood test)and […]

my bird is pulling her feathers out

My Pacific parrotlet keeps pulling out her feathers its become pretty bad and I’ve tried everything I don’t know what to do please help

Zebra Finch sick?

I have a female zebra Finch who has been puffed up and sleeping in her food bowl all day. She is normally active and energetic but isn’t even moving out of the way when the other finches try to eat out of the bowl. I don’t know if she is sick or possibly egg bound […]

hand rearing

I am looking to hand rear parrot birds. I am successfully hand rearing finches so I can gain experience but my goal is to do the same with more expensive birds so I can earn money while I am not well, which happens a lot! Is there anything I should know before I invest in […]

Treatment for feather plucking

What are your thoughts about haloperidol use in mutilation/feather pickers?

Iron Storage in Amazons?

I have an Amazon, and I am interested in your view on iron storage in Amazons. I am looking for a low-iron pellet. Any suggestions.

Feeding one year old African grey

How much should I feed a one year African Grey? I am changing from seed to pellets. Should I keep a mix of both?

Possessive cockatiel

My cockatiel thinks I’m his girlfriend. He wants to be with me 24/7. I can’t even leave the room without him continuously calling. He also wants to sit on my head all of the time. Is this a play for dominance? What should I do for him to be less needy?

How Can I help my parakeets like their cage?

Hi! This may will make one year with my pair of Budgies. I found that I may have spoiled them by letting them out of their cage all the time. After they have their breakfast, they’ll start screeching because I try to keep them in until 12pm. (Usually uncover their cage at 9am). Will this […]

Picky Eating Senegal Parrot

What do you suggest for a Senegal Parrot that is an extremely finicky eater. He lives on peanuts, white millet, maybe a little bit of orange, apple or banana once in a while. My friend feeds it crackers and bread which I told he to stop feeding. How do we get this parrot to eat […]

Breeding birds

I have two cockateils i am sure of their gender as the female lays eggs and the male does his thing unfortunately the birds arent i terested in mating the female would make the mating call and the male would just ignore. The male would sometimes try and have sexual inter course with a chair […]

Sitting on egg

My b&g lived most of her 26 years in a cramped cage eating sunflower seeds and no toys. With me a year now she is healthy and enjoys freedom. She had eggs before but were always removed. Now I let her brood and its 34 days and she wont give up. She tossed one but […]

Female cockatiel presented not properly for mating with male??

I have a pair of cocktail. Both are fully mature pair and before that time female also laid her eggs but all were remained infertile. In my case problem is that after two or three times mating cocktail female starting altogether a strange to mate her male pair and she come on the floor of […]

natural wood

Hello, first of i want to apologize for my english, it is not my first language. I am gonna have a cockatiel in a few weeks and i read mutch about how the cage should look like. Natural wood was highly recommended in a cage so i went outside and i found some good looking […]

doesn’t take care of eggs anymore

I have one couple of lovebirds, the female laid eggs. but unfortunately, at night they broke one of the eggs and it rotted inside the cage. after this happened I cleaned the cage and the birds have showered. but, the birds stopped taking care of the remaining egg as if they don’t recognize it anymore. […]

Cockatiel Nutriberries how much a day?

How many nutriberries balls should I feed my cockatiel a day? I just started feeding it to him and he devours it so fast and asks for more. I feel like I am overfeeding him please help! Thank you!

African Grey screeches

hi, My African Grey has started Screeching in the morning and whistling very loudly. He has never done this before. The afternoons and evenings are different. We don’t know why he screeches and whistles and it’s very irritating. Why mornings and what can change this behavior? How do I put him in time out? Cover […]

age

we have just gotten a conure and we were told that it was 10 weeks old but its tail feathers are already full length

Make cockatiel fighting

Hello, my cockatiels are on eggs for the past 5 days. The male is fighting with the hen for some reason. He doesn’t let her incubate during the day & comes out of the nesting box to fight with her. Why is he doing that?

Struggling to fly after not being let out of the cage for 3 weeks.

I recently left my 7 year old African Grey ‘Billy’ at my moms house while I was away for 3 weeks. He was in the correct cage but during this period was not let out to fly. When I returned he did not step up straight away instead he climbed around the cage in circles, […]

Love bird match

I had two love birds. Peach face and Dutch face. They accidentally got out. After one night outside we were able to get the Dutch face back but not the peach face. For a possible mate for the dutch. Do you think an Indian ring neck would be a good match?

Cocktail breeding

I have male and female cocktail they give egg but not in the box they lay egg outside the box and they break them what should I do?

IRN feathers

Hi! I have 15 IRNs which molted late last Summer, August-September. It is now March and many of my birds are molting again and or looking “rough.” They are not real keen on bathing and the room is dry heat w/little humidity. I thought I was going to go into my breeding season but it’s […]

not laying egg

my cocktail is nota laying egg

chest bump

Hello, i was recently given a Hispanolian parrot as a gift by a family member, i would like to find out why she came without feathers also why she has a medium size bump on her chest. Regarding the taming part she bites and does not want to be touched. I’m trying to be slow […]

Big change in attitude

Hi I have a pair of cockatiels. The male sings constantly and is very happy and showy. He and the female have gotten closer and finally tried to mate for the first time yesterday and than again today. From that time the male hardly sings. He spends alot of time with his eyes closed even […]

Budgie

What to do if my budgie wing bleeds

Travel Companions?

What p;recautions should be practiced when taking a green-cheeked conure with me during, say, week-long visits to another community or vacation spot? A smaller, “travel cage” will need to be acquired. What other considerations are there?

Not babies

I have two cockatials, has had eggs for a couple of years, but never have babies. Male is 4 female is 3. I feel bad they have the eggs and nothing comes about it. Both lay on the eggs when they have a clutch, the male likes to most of the time. Why aren’t they […]

different sleeping

hi i have a canary and he sleep differently and i just wanna know his okay … he don’t use his wings in sleeping mood and his head is down ….

baby canaries

What do you recommend to feed newly hatched canaries? I do not intend to hand feed them. I want the parents to feed their young if at all possible.

Amazon parrot

My bird fell 3′ on 2 Feb. Since then he sleeps lot, is listless, and doesn’t play. He hurt one foot and can no longer hold his food, but he eats eagerly if I hand feed him. Often when he sleeps his head hangs forward below his perch, as low as the end of his […]

Broken toy

I’ve broken my birds placst mate will he be ok

Umbrella cockatoo

Lately my cockatoo has been sitting a plastic bottle, she will Sit on it all day if I let her, I take it away and she looks for it, should I be concerned about this. Like this morning we let her out of cage she went right for the bottle and put it on couch […]

My new babies

What to do? I was not intending to breed babies. My parakeets seemed to want a cozy dark space , so I got a coconut shell for them, no nesting material, and next thing I know she laid 4 eggs. 2 hatched this week. I am excited and nervous. Mom fiercely protects(sits on/screams at me […]

galah

Hello, I’m wondering if you might be able to help me? I feed the wild birds where I live in Tingoora Qld. I have about 12 galahs that feed here. There are 2 that are a bit smaller then the rest and there colours are not as bright as the other ones. They are quite […]

Size

Hello, im getting a Eclectus parrot soon. I was curious if you could help me figure out the best size cage for him.

Love birds

Why does one pick at just one love bird.cause it’s picking the feathers of the one so had to separated them.

Talking eclectus parrot

I have a wonderful Solomon eclectus and he is 9 years old I saved him from a previous owner that was really bad to him and he became a really bad feather plucker under his wings the outside is beautiful he started feather plucking his chest to where it started bleeding I usually spray my […]

Mixed aviaries

I have communal aviaries and cages. How should I present food for 3 different bird varieties – canary, finch and parakeet?

fighting

Hi im concerned about my parakeets i have 3 1 male and the others r supposed to b male and female but im thinking both r females they do a lot of squawking and the solid white 1 (a female i believe) coontinues to bite and make loud squawking noises any time the other 2 […]

Cockatiel Mating issue

My creamwhite cockatiel laying unfertile egg 3rd time. Male sitting on top of female for mate but not mate properly whats the issue.

cross breeding- masklovebirds

I happen to have a male blue mask and a grey female mask. both unpaired in separate cages. if I put both in one cage, with a nest box, will they breed? or, a larger question is – do masked lovebirds inter-breed?

PARASITES

Can a conure get parasites from a food source ? my blue crown I’ve had for at least 25yrs is demonstrating odd behavior. any advice is greatly appreciated.

Finch birds

What do I do about bird having eggs in food? They already had babies a few months ago, I don’t want anymore lol

My Bird lays a lot of eggs

How can i help my girl she lays eags every couple of mounts and i dont know what im doing wrong i do cover her at night and her diet is seeds and raw peanuts and some bird treats some times she will get a piece of bananas but i do pet her on the […]

Breeding

cHello Brenda, I had a Pair of Cockatiels since last 7 months. They are Old enough to breed more then One year older. They tried mating lots of time but they did’nt alable to make their Breed. many peoples asked me to change the male cockatiel and try breeding again. So I have changed my […]

Sun Conure laying unfertilized eggs again . Has laid 6 egg 3 times in 4 months. 3 first time, 2 second time and do far just 1 .

I Changed cage other side of room , rearranged toys, only rub on head, left eggs 2-3 weeks then removed. Scraping cuddle bone in food. Help please.

Budgie keep breaking her own eggs urgent

I have 4 budgies in which there is one pair so when they reached breeding age I provided them with a breeding box and fortunately they breeded and hen starts laying eggs but the problem is that she keeps breaking it and not even try to hatch them. After searching online I find out that […]

Senegal babies

live on Martha’s Vineyard MAssachusetts and am having a really hard time trying to find a young SENEGAL parrot to ad to my family..i have all thre “”FIXINS” waiting and ready ..a nice large cage and in the summer i will spend plenty of time outside tethered to me and am looking forward to a […]

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