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Hello everyone! I need some advice please! I just adopted Azul, she’s a female Northern Mealy Amazon and she wasn’t abused I don’t think but definitely neglected when it comes to human interaction. We flew out to California from Tennessee to get her last weekend and then drove back as we...

Hi everyone. I’ve owned cockatiels for about 5 years and someone my partner works with asked if I’d be able to take on his Dad’s parrot as he is very ill and in and out of hospital a lot and was unable to look after him anymore. I was apprehensive as I’d never owned a parrot before, only my...

I thought I would share the story of my experiences adopting, living with, and caring for, my first bird - Chicken. 1. The Research, and Deciding :orange: I thought long and hard about teh decision to adopt a bird. I spent weeks pouring over article after article, reading a few books I was...

Hello and thanks in advance to everyone! I'll provide a summary first and detail after, since I'm long winded, and many may not have time to read everything: I can certainly take her to the vet at any time, but as I had a full workup done around 6 months ago, and understand these issues to be...

I have only ever joined 1 forum ever...this one, so very unsure how it all works..but I'm also new to keeping my very special little bird Sid, he is a Indian redneck I have taken him since the neighbours over the road moved out of there house after eviction. I've had him a year now and is now a...

So as I have mentioned on here recently, I am adopting a 15 year old senegal. Well I finally met him the other day and he has some personality, boy! He was a bit nippy though. I think maybe because there was a lot of attention on him and he was meeting me for the first time. Needless to say we...

Hey everyone! 2 days ago I adopted a Blue and Gold Macaw named Sunny. He is 34 years old. The woman who owned him previously had to move accross country and was not able to take him with her. Ive been doing alot of reading and research to be able to provide a great new home for him but I still...

Hi there! We just adopted a 30 yr old yellow crowned and would like some tips on how to make her move less stressful. We have 3 dogs and she seems to like them. They are the only ones she has talked to yet. She has begun wheezing a bit and will not relax her feathers. Any suggestions would...

Hello Everyone.. I'm New to the forum, but not new to birds. I am currently owned by a Harlequin Macaw 25yrs old and a little lovebird. I also have a Boston Terrier. My husband and I are proud Parents of 3 kids. Our kids are 23,19,and 12. All but one kid has moved out. Our Daughter gave us our...

Hi everyone! I am new to the forum and new to owning birds. I will try to make my story as short as possible. Any help and advice you may have as your read through would greatly be appreciated. :) I have always wanted birds (just ask my husband....he was getting tired of hearing it lol)...

Hi guys. So I'm a new guy here and I have a few questions to ask. So, tomorrow I'm going to pick up my adopted female eclectus. She is about 2 years old and the rescue said she took very well to men. This is my first time adopting an older parrot and I would just like some advice on what to do...

Hello, I've just joined this forum so I'm trying to get used to it (took me ages to work out how to even post a forum haha) anyway, one of our neighbours has a family member who has needed to make a big change in his life by re-homing his beautiful 3 year old amazon parrot. My family were...

I have recently adopted an eight year old blue & gold Macaw and wanted to get some advice about handling him. He didn't get a lot of attention at his old house but would step onto his old owners hand if he was in a good mood. He will let me stroke him through the bars of the cage at certain...