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Preventing Cockatiel from layoing eggs

we have a cockatiel pair. Pied female and Lutino Male. the are free in the house and not caged. They have laid the eggs for the first time. but now we don’t want them to lay eggs any further. how can we avoid that.

My cockatiel won’t stop screaming when I leave the room/home

We have a relatively young, new cockatiel and after asking my parents to babysit overnight (put the bird in a new home for the day) I noticed that the bird has been screeching a lot more. The noise is very similar to a flocking call in sound, but it’s far louder and far more frequent […]

Polymers budgies can chew through.

Thank you for your very forthright answers to my last questions. Good to have clarity at the planning stage rather than once the babies are in the house. Trying to understand what non metals are budgie safe for toys. 1. Could a budgie bite through a 2mm solid nylon thread? It is a single solid […]

Hi

Hi my budgie laid two eggs on the floor and we found them broken and then she just laid another egg that was fine on the floor i picked it up and put it in her breding box and she threw it back out

cockatiel

My bird must be thirty years old. For the past week he has been sleeping on the bottom of the cage. with ruffled feathers. He still comes up to eat. Does this mean he is on his way out? He seem extra tired. Not active today . He has no discharge at his beak and […]

Why my bird’s poop is large?

Well, it’s been 6 days since my female budgie laid her last egg. And yesterday the male bird flew away. So still my female budgie’s poop is large like before her pregnancy. Why is her poop large and is it going to affect her health?

Unfall Wellensittich

Einer unserer Wellensichte (knapp 2 Jahre alt) ist versehentlich aus dem Käfig und dann auf den Boden, als unser Hund im Zimmer war. Der hat mit ihm speilen wollen und dabei ordentlich “gepackt”. Dabei hat der Vogel einige Federn verloren. Flügel nun recht kurz und Schwanzfedern quasi ganz weg. Bin total traurig und mache mir […]

can a female budgie takes care of her fertile eggs without a male

well, it’s been 5 days since my budgie laid 3 eggs. Today when I woke up I saw the male budgie was missing because the cage door was open and I remembered that the door was closed last night. Then I searched the whole room but couldn’t find it. Also, the window was a bit […]

Gas fireplace

Can you use a gas fireplace in the same room the budgies are in. Is it safe to only have the pilot light lit on the gas fireplace at all times in the winter.

Green cheek conure and sun conure

Hi, I have recently fostered in an emergency situation 2 conures. These beautiful birds have been together in the same cage since very young (they are around 6 months to a year exact dates are sadly unknown) although they are together the female is incredibly tame and eager for human attention the other male is […]

Taming a bonded pair of sun conures

So i just recently bought two sun conures that are presumly bonded they always have been together same cage from what i know. Right now they share the same cage, Would it help me to tame them if i put them in separate cages? They are around 1 year old from what i know

Cockatiel Chicks

I have 3 Cockatiels chicks 12 days old. We have just found the mother bird dead in the nesting box. The father cockatiel was in and out of the nest but now will not go back into the nesting box. what should I do?

Regurigation

Hi. One year ago we had bought a male love bird. From last one mothe he started regurigating over all the object he see and if we go near he attacked on us to bite can this be stoped or if continues is there and problem. As soon as he come out off the cage […]

General Question

Online I saw a speciality bird store in Rochester new york. They give you health certificate and DNA test with the bird. The one problem is they are far away I am 5 hours away is that o.k. for the bird? Will the little bird get stressed? Is this a good speciality bird store? This […]

Death of two female Parakeets.

After a couple of months, getting along beautifully, the female dies seemingly of a broken neck, no other marks on her. Waited a couple months before bringing home a new female, and they became even closer than the first. They did everything together and slept so close, they looked like one bird… They were inseparable. […]

Should I get a bird?

Hello! I’m currently a vet tech student and am also getting my bird specialisation at the moment. I’ve been wanting a bird for a while now. But I don’t know if it’s a good idea. The only problem I have is that I might not be there for them a two days a week. Of […]

Health issues, no avian vet near us

My parakeet recently passed away, he was ill for maybe a month. His partner is now sick pulling her feathers out and large soft stools. There is no avian vet around my area. She is alert and very active but I worry her health will become worse. What can I do?

advice please

One of my canaries has laid 5 eggs in the seed feeder. Can i move her eggs? will she still sit on them if i do?

Parakeets

I have 2 parakeets both female with brown ceres. They have been together for just over a year. They have laid a few eggs but I knew that they could do that. But last Friday one of the eggs hatched and I have a baby parakeet. Is this even possible?

Birds trying to nest?

My two cockatiels (one male and one female) have suddenly started obsessively shredding paper. I bought them a few months ago and both have relatively settled well (i.e. theyre properly eating, chirping/singing, flying around and coming back to their cage on their own). Since about a week now, ive noticed that the paper has bitten […]

lovebird false pregnancy

I have a male peach faced lovebird and a female Fischer’s lovebird. We had the male in his own cage, and the female was the last of a new baby Fischer’s clutch and we hand fed her and she is very tame and we decided to keep her. We felt the male was lonely and […]

Acrylic cage ventilation

I know the general opinion against acrylic cages and I share it but still trying to think of ideas to make it work in the interest of allergies. So here’s addressing some issues with them. 1- Lack of climbing exercise -what if I put acrylic panels over a regular cage (which I intend to build) […]

Finch not feeding babies

i have 1 pair of finches and yep they have alot of space in there cage they oftenly give eggs and almost every time have 1-3 babies but the twist is that they dont feed them and unfortunatly die out of starvation asthe parents dont feed

sudden death

my normally healthy 8 yr old parakeet died suddenly appeared healthy all days eating chirping acting fine, I have 10 birds all budgies they get the same diet everyone else is fine.

Is my budgie being aggressive or is this normal behavior?

I had two budgies: one girl and one boy which lived together for 5 years. The girl passed a few days ago and I felt bad that my bird was alone now so I went to the pet store and got him a friend, also a girl. They are in the same cage and have […]

How to make bond

Hello , I have a green winged macaw pair I just bought it from another person they are not familiar with each other how I can make their bond want to breed them in future

I think I have a sick budggie.

My female budgie has a round sack on her lower abdomen. It’s soft to the touch and it’s been there for approximately three and a half weeks, She’s using the bathroom fine and I just don’t know what’s going with her or if she’s in any danger ?

Owl finch plucked by others

I have 3 owl finches (rescues), I suspect all males. Michael, Buster and GOB. Michael has always been getting a bit plucked under the beak/neck by Buster, which surprised me because I thought they were paired (they sleep next to each other and GOB usually sleeps alone. Buster recently got a respiratory infection, and I […]

My cockatiel tries to bite my male cockatiel when he sings

I have had a male cockatiel for a little under one year now, he is finishing up his first molt. About 3 months ago, I got another cockatiel who is under a year old and I think is a female (still waiting for DNA testing). Sometimes, my boy will walk up to her with heart […]

Pet cockatiel

I work and was thinking about getting another bird for company for Ozzie ..will this affect our friendship?? Ozzie is a hand raised cockatiel?? The other bird is not

Meri mada kokteil

Meri mada kokteil ke egg ko 25 din ho gaye hai lekin vo futa nahi hai or bacha nahi nikla hai

budgies being scared of me

hi my 2 budgies are really scared of me. i buy them a treat to tame them but they are also scared of the treat. i dont know what to do

Breeding

I have 2 adult cocktails been together 2 years one yellow female one grey female is ready keeps eating sand sheet very active whistles a lot head under wing at times crys for attention but male just not interested last year she laid 7 eggs but none hatched even though she sat on them she […]

Male parakeet

Why does my male parakeet rub himself on top of my head & gives me love bites. All the female parakeets run away or peck him cuz he too aggressive & they hate him.

male budgie attacking a female budgie

hi we bought two budgies at a fair. we have two feeders. one day i saw the male budgie hitting the female one on the head because he wanted to get on the feeder that she was using. another time i saw that the girl budgie wanted to use the feeder where the male budgie […]

Male budgies cere ?

Hello, Why would my 6 year old male budgie’s cere change from a bluish purple to gray….he is going through a severe molt

Budgie mesh size

Can a budgie cage be made of rodent proof mesh, or will the small aperture be potentially injurious to toes? It’s 5mmx5mm 0.6mm thickness.

Going On Vacation For A Month

I am thinking on going on a vacation but it will be about 4 weeks long. My mother and father will be home for a whole week before they travel as well and will be able to feed change water and take him out everyday. After that for the next 3 weeks I will have […]

Nutrition breeding cages and perches health

So I have 2 budgies their cage size is 13x13x13 I have been caring for them since 5 months and they fear me and their surrounding it’s the reason why I haven’t installed Any toys in their cage they fear everything surrounding them and it’s winter in India and I was trying to install cardboard […]

When to wean?

I am hand-rearing a baby cockatiel. He was taken out of the nest early because his parents were biting off his claws. His one foot barely has any toes left. I would say he is between 4-5 weeks old. I have read so many articles and each one is different. When exactly should I start […]

baby cockatiel

hello! I just bought a baby cockatiel. He is now 2 months old, we want to raise him from a baby so he can get more used to us when he grows up. but, we still trying our best to searching for the best tips and tricks of taking care my baby.

Poo colour

If my parrot eats pomegranate than what color poo will be?

cockatiel death

Hello, my friend lost her 6 year old cockatiel yesterday so unexpectedly. she said the bird (I don’t know its gender) the thing started when she came back home from school and saw the bird has drunk or eaten nothing. she tried changing to food and also tried multivitamins on the bird but the bird […]

Infertile eggs

I have a pair dna tested African greys I give them their box in march they do their business but the eggs are not fertile their diet is seed vegetables fruit and pellets they were both to the vet a couple months prior for check up blood work shows they are healthy no issues the […]

Acute egg laying!

I have a 3.5yr old female cockatiel abd she has developed the problem of acute egg laying. Every 2nd month she layes 3 eggs one after the other. What should I do about it? She doesn’t like being in cage and even we have made her roam around free in the house. So whenever I […]

2 month old lovebird screeching

I’m currently hand rearing/weaning a baby lovebird he is around 2 months old but he is stuck to me like velcro and screeches when he isn’t with me, is this normal? If not how do I go about correcting the screeching behaviour. I’ve also recently introduced him to his cage, if that has any contribution […]

Behavior and enrichment

Avi So my friend has two budgies in cage of 13x13x13 and they fear everything around them except him and their food and so watched on somewhere where they told me to put cardboard on sides of cages so I recommended him to do the same but I have budgies but I didn’t do it […]

Conure sleeping tent

I was not aware that I should not utilize a tent or sleeping area for my conure. She does have a separate sleep cage. This works for my situation. I have found that my conure will go to the tent if nervous. She will automatically go to her tent once I put her in her […]

4 month old conure

I have a 4 month old sun conure. I’ve had him for a few weeks now.I haven’t done a dna test yet so I’m not sure if it’s male or female but I call him “he”. A few day after I brought him home he became very attached to me. It’s almost impossible to have […]

My Celestial birds are fighting

I have 6 Celestial birds in a big avery, they all are good together, i added a couple of 2 where the one keeps on chasing the other and fighting and i really dont want to get rid of the couple

Shall I get my budgie a friend?

Greetings. I have a male budgie named Ki and I have him since he’s a baby, now he is 4 years old. I got him alone at first because I was spending my entire days in my room with him. He is not scared of my hands, he hops on me freely, but he is […]

Taming and behaviour

So I am thinking of bringing another pair of birds budgie and I have one pair from 5 months and I am not interested to tame them because I think they have bonded with each other so if I bring a new pair and try to tame them they will do the same I think […]

Glue safe to use

What glue is safe to use to make or repair budgie toys? Thank you

Budgie safe adhesive

What are safe glues to use to make budgie toys? Or is there a home made adhesive recipe you are aware of? I’ve read that certain glues are safe after drying but the sources aren’t reliable, just other people stating it. Same thing with the home made recipes of flour, gelatin, and water- not from […]

Behaviour

I have a pair of budgie and their age Is under 9months i think And they bite me aggressively especially the male one so what is the reason behind this and their basic info is They live in 20x20x20 cage The shopkeeper told me to give millet as daily diet And i bought them 4 […]

Zebra finch fledglings

My zebra finches have had 4 chicks, all of which have fledged the nest for the last 4 days and returned to the nest each evening – mum and dad showing them the day. One of the chicks is smaller than the rest, day 1 we found it on the floor and put it back […]

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