Parrot Blog Q&A

Loss of feathers  I am a temporary home for a cockatiel that has lost all feathers on its breast and under its wings. It did not come from a good home but has been displaced ...

Do we have to cut our birds wings?  Hi Elizabeth!! Do we have to cut a cockateils birds wing?

What should i feed my cockateil bird healthy fruits or vegtable's?  Hi Elizabeth!! I have a cockateil bird and do you know what fruits or vegtables it eats.

How do I get my budgies to produce babies?  First of all, congratulations on your blog. It is very informative and easy to understand.
I have two budgies - a mother and son. The white female has ...

Baby parakeet with no mother.  Hi,
I may be getting some parakeet eggs as a class project for my high school class. Being one of the students I wanted to learn all I can before doing ...

cockatiel behavior?  i have two cockatiels. a male and female ( from how they look) well the male one is always fighting with the female, for example, they have their own tree ...

Egg Laying?  I have a female cockatiel and she is about 2 years old and i have never found eggs in the cage. There is no place to comfortably lay an egg.I would like ...

budgie eggs (urgent help - please)  Hello, I have three budgies, two females together and one male on his own in the cage, they are all in the same room, I have recently noticed that one ...

how to stop aggressive female indian ringneck  hi, there. i have 2 indian ringnecks. one is male, who i have had since he was a baby, about 2 years ago. about a year ago, i heard of a female indian ...

How do I tame my lovebirds?  I recently bought 2 lovebirds for my kids. The pet store was going out of business and they only had 2 lovebirds left. They were in the same cage and are ...

compare african grey parrots to yellow headed amazone  do african grey parrots have more talking skills than amazon yellow headed amazone?

Jo needs a home  We have rescued a beautiful sulphur crested cockatoo (male we think) from our neighbour who's speciality is cruelty to animals. Could any one steer us ...

Sulphur Crested Cockatoo chases me to bite my boots.  Hi, I have recently acquired a Major Sulphur Crested Cockatoo. I had a "word" with it's owners whilst on holiday because it was being contained in a ...

Help with my bird please   Iv adopted a Senegal parrot we think he is 2-3 years old he does not talk. Will we still be able to teach him or is it to late. Also should he have a mirror ...

To separate male and female baby budgies  Mr and Mrs Budgie are looking after 4 new hatchlings. When they are old enough to feed themselves, should we separate male from female to avoid any interbreeding?...

Why aren't they breeding?  Hi, I have two male English budgies who are brothers, and two regular female parakeets in a large cage. They all get along and are doing well together....

Can Two Female Cockatoos Live Together?  Can I put two female cockatoos together? My cockatoo (I think she's female) is 21 and is a rescue. I've had her for 11 years. My friend has a female cockatoo ...

feeding parrotlets  in process of growing my garden the brussel sprouts didnt grow except for big leaves i was wondering if i could feed my parrotlets them and how

Please help!!!! :0 !!!!!  I have 7 budgies in our aviary( 2 boys and 5 girls)they have been breeding and some of the girls have started laying eggs. they have finished fighting ...

bird behavior  My female cockatiel just laid an egg. I was wondering if our male was the father would she attack him and not let him by her or the cage ? There is no ...

Newer cockatiel causing old one to be aggressive toward mate  Hi,

About a month ago, I adopted an older male cockatiel who was very neglected, and I already own 1 male and 1 female cockatiel.
Well, after I first ...

male ringneck attacking his mate  we have a 5 years old female ringneck and a 3 year old male ringneck and they have been together for 3 years since he was a baby, recently he has lost ...

What are they  In my neighbor's backyard is a pair of exotic type birds. They think they may have gotten loose from someone during the tornado. They are smaller than ...

Baby at bottom of cage Mom looks like attacking baby - URGENT  My baby budgie hatched on June 19 and today it fell out of the nesting box to the bottom of the cage July 3rd.
The mom & dad were freaking out so I took ...

Is kiwi the kakariki a boy or a girl?  Hi,

can somebody help me to find out is kiwi is a girl or boy please? I adopted him about two weeks ago, the breeder gave him away because kiwi has ...

Budgies and cold weather  Hi Does the weather make any difference to budgies.
I had 5 out side in a large cage and temp has dropped to 4 degrees over night and two have died. Do ...

I need advice. I think he's lonely.  I purchased my cockatiel jordy about 7 years ago. I tamed him myself and taught him things to say. I would have been 11 years old so I had the time to ...

How do I get my cockatoo to play with its toys?  I actually have many questions, but here are the most pressing two. I have a male sulpher crested cockatoo that is about 18 months old, which my boyfriend ...

Amazon or African grey?  i currently have a cockatiel to learn about having a pet bird. i am talking about possibly getting one of these in a couple of years and am wondering ...

Why cockatiel tears paper?  Can anybody tell me why my cockatiel tears up the paper in his cage? thank you for any answers you have

young first time pair lay eggs but break them   ihave a 1 year old hen and a 6 month old male pair that have layed 2 eggs first but a stray male got into nest box and hen had fight with it in box and ...

two budgies together, want to add another  Hello,
I have been reading your site and I think it is very helpful for the novice! I have two 2 month old budgies, one wild type smaller male and an ...

Ringnecked amazon parakeet problem  Hello, i have a three year old ringnecked amazon parakeet. It has blue plumege and is a male. I have had quite some trouble with him over the years, and ...

new addition  Hi I have a male cockatiel also a male budgie, both are out all day till late evening when they both go into their own cages. They do squabble a little ...

what food should we give for a budgie  hi i am varun of chennai,tamilnadu,india.i have a budgie who is 1 year and six months old.his growth is late compared to other budgies,he had broken his ...

How do we care for our hatched cockatiel eggs?  Our cockatiels (ages 5 and 6)laid eggs for their first time. They have a clutch of 5. We have no idea what or how to care for them. I know it takes 18-...

2 male cockatiels and 1 female?  I currently have one male cockatiel, and I have had him for a good 6 years now, and unfortunately, he lost his mate back in December (we miss her dearly....

My pet Cockatiel just laid one egg?  Hello I am writing because like my female cockatiel, lady, just laid one egg. She has her mate, soloman, as well in the cage with her. So far everything ...

Why does my umbrella too pick his feathers so much?  My 6 yr old umbrella has started picking his feathers a lot. Almost seems like a nervous behavior. He has picked his leg till it bleeds at times. Only ...

Social inter action with 14 yr old African Senegal  How do 14 yr old African senegal parrots do with new families?

Is it good  Is a sengal parrot good for the family or is the indian ring neck good for the family

When to Feed Pellets to a Young Cockatiel?  How old does a young cockatiel have to be, to be introduced to seeds or pellets? My cockatiel is about 7 weeks old. I am raising him with a dropper. Is ...

Budgie won't share seeds.  Hi my name is Michelle, my boyfriend and I bought a budgie last year for our existing budgie to bond with. We can see there is obvious tension between ...

Biting umbrella cockatoo  Hi, i just purchased a umbrella cockatoo, she is two years old, i`ve been giving her a lot of attention out of her cage,shes been so loving,likes to be ...

What kind of parrot to buy??  I just had some parrot questions and was wondering if you could help me? I am going to be purchasing a parrot. I am looking for a smaller parrot that ...

Buying a Senegal.....  Hi ~ I have had the Red Breasted Parrot similar to the Senegal and would like to purchase one again. The breeders I've talked to don't have any and don'...

getting along with dogs.  We have a friend who wants us to take his cockatoo. He's friendly. We have two yorkies who barked a lot at our cockatiel and were wondering if they would ...

sexing  where & how can i have my parrot sexed.

biting  my conure has formed a dislike to my husbands left hand. he will cuddle with his right hand, but tries to attach his left hand whenever he can. has anyone ...

I'm afraid of my umbrella cockatoo  I love my umbrella cockatoo, I've had him about 7 years and he's 15 going on 16 years old. In the past 3 to 6 months he started getting more agressive....

possesive male with eggs  Hello my mother has two cockatiels male/female and the female laid an egg. The male has been taking care of the egg for the last 3 days. Ever time the ...

HELP  I want to teach my bird cool tricks but he just bites me. what do i do?

Cockatiel keeps laying eggs  Hi there! My female lutino cockatiel keeps laying eggs. She had about 2 clutches already, and they all had 4 eggs. This time, one of the eggs was dented,...

budgies  i have taken on 3 budgies one is 6 weeks old the other 2 are 8 weeks old the old man who bred them died is it ok to have the 3 of them in one cage

My bird is getting sick  I lost my first english budgie about a month ago and although I moved him to an 85 degree F environment as soon as I realized he was sick and gave him ...

How to raise baby birds?  After they lay thier eggs what do you do and how is baby birds raised?

Can I occasionally feed my cockatoo boiled Rice along with fried potato??  Hi,
I wanted to know that if I can feed my Lesser Sulphor Cockatoo (Sam) boiled Rice along with smashed/fried potato?? This is the food we basically have ...

loss and interaction in a separate room  Hello! I have one parakeet who just recently lost her older cage mate. She is grieving and very skittish.I never hand trained my birds, I gave them each ...

can i seperate my budgies  hi i have a pair of budis that have bred in a home envoirment,last year, but this year she has chucked the eggs out and wont let the male get near to her ...

Poem for Norm  A mother holds her newborn son,
counts tiny fingers, a new life has begun.

The son she adores is so close with his mom,
she will always treasure ...

Should I soak millet spray  I have had my budgie to the vet and he is recovering from mites.I am looking into any reason why or how he could have caught them, he is 4 and we have ...

What benifits do you get out of owning a budgie?  Hello for my research project I am doing "how to raise, train and care for a budgie". one of my guestions is what benefits do you get out of having a bird?...

A seemingly lonely bird  I used to have two parakeets and I enjoyed watching them play around, but when they both passed I wanted to train one! I got my bird, a female and her ...

biting parrotlet  i just bought 2 parrrotlet male and female the pet store said they had been weaned for 3week dont know if they were hand raised the male is not as bad ...

Will a mirror make my cockatoo lay eggs  I have a closet door with a mirror but was told not to place my cockatoos cage in front of it as it will make her lay eggs. Is this true?

Cockatiels not taking care of their eggs  We have two cockatiels that are about 10 years old. We noticed an egg in the cage on Friday night and immediately put a box in the cage for them to nest ...

Do Cockatiels have biological clocks?  I have 2 cockatiels that were rescue birds and all signs lead to them being male. Last year 1 one the birds started doing no-no's to all red toys so I ...

is there something different about albino budgies?  my sister was given an albino budgie girl about year ago, she was shy but got on the finger right away. after about to months she lost all of her left-...

Parakeets  Cant two male parakeets live together in a small cage if I hold them both a lot??

Keep other budgies in the cage while breeding a pair?  I have two girls and two boys, I just put in a nesting box and hopefully one pair will breed, but is it dangerous to keep four birds in the cage while ...

Mating budgies.  I have two girls and two boys, if I put two nesting boxes in the large cage will they pair up and mate or is this a bad idea?

parrotlets and baths?  i have a pacific parrotlet named Kiwi. the breeder i bought him from said i should give him baths, by either spraying him with a bottle or letting him ...

Female mates with brother. What to do?  I did NOT do this on purpose but my 8 month old cockatiels(brother & sister) did 'the deed' last night. I thought I would have some kind of warning in ...

What kind of food should I feed a baby Cockatiel?  I have 1 baby cockatiel, and he or she is about 2 months old. Parents started maiting and stopped feeding, he eats seeds but he's seems not to be getting ...

HELP young Bird/pet losing all feathers..keep picking self.....   I have a Lutino Ringneck Parakeet that I took in from someone to give it a good home. female I think for she has no red ring around her neck and is all ...

My parrots feather problem  My parrot has recently started losing his wing and neck feathers is he having a disease?And what type of healthy foods should I give him?

Handtraining a pair of Budgerigars  I am planning on purchasing two male budgies from a breeder before summer's end. I want to hand train them so they can have free time outside of their ...

Can a 3 yr old Caique rehomed be trained & adjust?  I'm in touch with someone that doesn't have time for their 3yr old Caique-They got him very young in a pet store where he wasn't social, stayed locked ...

Virgin Sweety laid an egg after 17 years...  We have a 17 year old parrot who's only living her life inside the cage and suddenly laid an egg last night... is it possible?

Help with parrotlet  I got a parrotlet from a pet store almost a yr ago...i have since gotten a baby gcc...i read as much as i could...and everywhere people said not to towel ...

Cockatiel LOST in the City  Hi,

My bird recently escaped from its cage yesterday. I live in Sac, Ca in a complex that has a lot of trees and water. She was in the tree above my ...

Feather Destruction - Please Help  I have a 1 year old Goffins that overpreens and will chew into a blood feather. I've been lucky enough to be home when this happens and I've been able ...

how long for budgies eggs to hatch  i have 4 budgies 2 of each sex which have paire of nicely and now both a sitting on eggs how long do they take and what special needs should i provide...

can you add a budgie into a cage where one lives already  hi we have a girl budgie and she seems lonely although she has loads of mirrors,treats etc so can we add another budgie into her cage or would they fight?...

Companion bird  Should I get another bird to keep my lesser sulfur crested cockatoo company when I am at work, even if they are in different cages?

Cockatiel egg broke   I dont know what happened my cockatiel layed his first egg todday and i found that there was blood and a little crack it seems like he doesnt want it,None ...

Why has my 24 year old Cockatoo started laying eggs?   Sydney is my 24 year old Cockatoo which I purchased as a baby. She has never been with another bird and there are no changes in her daily routine. I ...

cockatiels  I have a question. I had a normal grey that was 2 years old and the owner said it was a male. I bought a 5 month old pearl that they said was a female....

what species is my bird  I have a lorikeet with a full yellow body with a bit of red under his wing. what species is he?

Lorikeet stepup  Why does my lorikeet hate it when I try to put my finger under his stomach to make him step up and how do I get him to step up

eggs of cockateil  my cockatiel layed 5 eggs and she sit it within nearly one month but i was disappointed because last saturday they don't sit anymore the eggs,they always ...

Do I need two males to every female to ensure breeding for parakeets/budgies?  Someone told me you need two males to every female parakeet (budgie) or they won't breed. Is this true?

Citron Cockatoo shaking  Our citron cockatoo will only allow my fiancee' to pet/handle her. She is about 12 years old and lately she has started shaking her body when my fiancee'...

is this the season for female nesting?   My female cockatiel is 1 yr. She seems to be going through something currently. She is very demanding of our male cockatiel. Both tiels are cage free. She ...

Cockatiel - Charlie  We have had three cockatiels and all named Charlie. All have been extremely friendly, but this last one is exhibiting some different characteristics....

How can I encourage my caique to hop?  I got my caique a little over a month ago and she's so sweet and playful. She always rolls on her back and "surfs" like most caique but she hasn't hopped ...

wings  I acquired a white and blue parakeet but noticed that the shape of the wings in flight are arrow shaped. Is that a different type of bird?

Tricks for Budgie...  I would love for my Budgie (the English kind) to be able to do some tricks. Can anyone tell me if they have any experience with www.birdtricks.com ?? Joseph ...