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Hi everybody, I am surprisingly new to this forum, and I say so because I have been the proud owner of a cockatiel for 6 years without being aware of your existence :52: I seriously need some advice and a friend suggested me this forum. Two days ago our family acquired a new member in the form...

Hello. As you can tell by my username, I have a cockatiel named Pikachu. When we got him we had to go with a budgie cage because there weren't any bigger or better cages in the place we got him from. So I'm looking to buy a new, bigger and better cage online. I'm sure he's not enjoying his...

So my 11 month old Green Cheek Conure, who I've been attempting to flight, got spooked and flew frantically into a mid-speed ceiling fan, then flew back down and landed onto a table. She had a line of dust on her head, presumably from the blade- but she isn't showing any signs of injury or...

Hello All! I am looking for some advice. I recently got a Green Cheek Conure; I am his third home and he is under 1 year old. His first owner was a young girl who neglected him and left him up in her room all day alone since her mother did not like the noise (she was scared of him so never...

Hi all, I'm looking for some advice as so far my internet searches have failed to turn up anything relevant. I have 2 alexandrine parrots, one is about 4 years old and the other is about a year old (maybe slightly younger). They have lived together in one cage for a while now, maybe about half...

So I got a dusky conure on the 11th he's 7 months old and was quite nippy when I first got him because no one wanted to see him due to the other brighter colored birds, which is a damn shame he's such a sweet little guy now but I digress a bit. I tamed him by quite a large margin he doesn't bite...

Hi there! I just became the Parront of a little female, black-headed Caique named Bean. She is super sweet and friendly, however she is constantly making cries that sound like she’s asking for food. Anytime we pet her or hold her or approach her in any way she’ll start her cries. She seems very...

hello everyone! my grammar isn't the best, so excuse that ^^;; my green cheek conures have laid 6 eggs and me and my partner have decided we want to take the responsibility to hand feed them. we want to begin when they are 3 weeks old. some questions i have are: what temperature should i...

Hi all! :57: I currently have a wonderful Rosy Bourke, and I've been thinking about getting another bird, but I have some questions. I absolutely would NOT house them together, but would they be ok coexisting with supervised time in my room? I'm a college student, living at home, and I have...

Hello! I registered here hoping to seeking help socialize with bird owners. As a wanna-be bird owner I'm think about getting a cockatiel! I do have some concerns due to my house and a family member. As a new adult I live with my parents and my mother has MS, I'm worried about getting the bird...

My macaw tries to regurgitate on me every time I scratch his head. I don’t pet him anywhere else since I know the dangers of a hormonal bird and how unfair it is in general but his past owners only ever stroked his tail due to being afraid of his beak and the owners before them were very abusive...

Hi everyone. I’ve been doing research on here in preparation for bringing a new feathered friend into our family. I am quite interested in sun conures, but when I took my partner to our local bird shop over the weekend (just to look and familiarise with the birds) there was a black headed...

few weeks ago, I lost my nearly 40-year-old eclectus. She was also a rescue, my second rescue. Thunder chicken got along with her extremely well. they always interacted with my supervision, playing, preening, flying, eating and just being happy birds. Jen my Eclectus died from a leg infection...

I've had my Indian ringneck male named Forest for a few years now but he is still quite nippy and he bites quite often. His previous home wasn't very good so I understand that it may be because of that but my other rescue birds came around and mostly stopped biting and nipping after a while but...

Ok so first of all I'm new hear and this is my first thread/post idk what to call it haha. Just so you all know I'm kind of bad at explaining things to others even if I am very educated on the topic! Also I'm getting a red lored Amazon today I've never really had any kind of Amazon parrot before...

So im planning on building a couple of cages for my birds. One is an aviary for our budgies, the other is a cage for a cockatiel we would like to get. Recently i found 2 available as a bonded pair, and while we where planning for one, we'd hate to break them up, but want to make sure the cage is...

Hello! It's been a short while since I've been on here. So I am hopefully getting my first hand reared baby ringneck next year. I have been constantly researching about everything to do with ringnecks! I met one in person the other day in a pet shop near where I live. I got really close to the...

Hello! I have a budgie named Putin (weird name ik) and I need some advice. So I've had him for a few days now and he is turning out to be a brave little ball of feathers. He already eats out of my hand, straight up jumps at the door when he sees me putting seeds in my hand. When I have seeds in...

A week ago, I rescued a 10 yo female Jenday Conure from a lady online. I was told she'd step up, was friendly, and preferred men. That, besides her age and gender, is all I was told. She refused to let me come over to meet the bird, which I found understandable given internet stranger, but I...

Hello, my wife and I are relatively new bird parents. We adopted a Severe Macaw about a year ago and he has been doing very well. We have just added a new baby to our flock, an Congo African Grey we call Chilee. We acquired him from a local breeder who has loads of excellent reviews, fives...

So before people tell me that it's dangerous, I know that you shouldn't paint your nails around birds. I know that NOW...didn't think about it while I was painting them. Anyway, my Cockatiel is 7 months old and decided that while he was hanging out on my shoulder he was going to jump down and...

Hi everyone :green: this is my first time posting on here but I needn’t some suggestions... after doing what seemed like endless research I decided it was time I got myself a little 3 month old green cheek conure that I named Waddles! I’ve had him for about month now(first vet visit went great...

I would love to hear some advice as I will be adopting a cockatiel by the end of June most probably! Anything at all helps! :D :yellow1: :yellow1: :yellow1:

Hi, I'm new to the forum and new to bird ownership. A few weeks ago I bought 3 cinnamon conures and I am loving every second I spend with them. I am their third home and they are 4 years old. Big Bill is the least timid of the three and I have been able to get him to step up pretty...

So I've always wanted a sun conure just been waiting for the right time to get a bird. I recently went and looked at some and seen a blue throated conure and fell in love. I am curious is there is any real big differences in peoples experience between the two besides the colour of them? I do...

hello! i literally just picked up my bird from the pet store and put him in his cage. i got a pineapple green cheek conure and he is beautiful and lovely and i decided to name them Oswin. i decorated the cage filled up their water bowl and food bowl and he was a bit nervous when he got in his...

Hi All, I have a 10 week old Conure and he doesn't appear to be liking his cage. I have plenty of toys and stimulus in the cage itself along with plenty of water and food, but as soon as I put him back in his cage (after having something to eat) he just does laps of the floor until someone lets...

Hi All- So glad I found this site! My name is Starla and I live in Georgia. I have an Eclectus parrot named Romeo, of which has lived in this home for 20 years this year. He is actually my fathers, but my father is truthfully incarcerated. He has lived here since a baby, and my father has been...

Hi all :) I am excited to join the community and learn as much as I can. I have had my 4 month old alexandrine for two weeks now and already love him to bits. I got him from a fantastic breeder who hand-raised him and gave him a very loving start to life. At this stage, he knows how to step...

So, I know that a well rounded diet of pellets and fresh fruits/vegetables is most important for our feathered babies but my question is... Is there a particular ratio of these nutrients that Quakers are supposed to have on a daily basis? I know with Eclectus, the ratio is no less than 60%...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bird-Parrot-Cage-Chinchilla-Cockatiel-Conure-Large-Cockatiel-House-Metal-Wheels/272531842722?hash=item3f7429e6a2:g:JasAAOSwo4pYhakC I'm hoping to home a green rumped parrotlet in the near future and deciding on a cage has been... overwhelming. I've searched for...

Hello, On the 28th of October I got an untamed, aviary cockatiel. I have been told it is a female and around 3 months old. It has now been eating from my hand for about a week, but is still quite scared of my hand. It has not been out of the cage and has not been on my finger as a perch. When...

I have a 8 month old sun conure, I’ve had him for 5 months now and although he’s been loud at times it hasn’t ever been a problem because I had a ton of time to spend with him, as I just graduated in June and when he’s with me he’s completely quiet. I have just gotten a job and my parents have...

I have birdies that visit me each day and now that winter is coming I want to offer them a nest to rest in. They aren't parrots, they're little birds but you guys are nice so help me. What do I use to stick the wooden nest to the plastic frame or something? oh and I don't keep the nest...

Hi everyone! I am a bird lover with an aviary of 20 budgies and two tame budgies who are strongly bonded with me. After much consideration and research, I have decided to get a cockatiel, and I have found a reputable breeder with a lovely hand-reared 4 month old baby. Firstly, since I am new...

Hi there, first time poster desperate for some advice. Like most people I didn't do enough research before getting my birds. Me and my boyfriend really wanted a cockatiel, since his grand mother had one that was very friendly, we spend months waiting for someone to sell them as we had no pet...

Hello everyone. I'm new to this community. I have recently bought myself a house, and found myself feeling like something was just missing in my life. Everything clicked into place when I saw the mourning dove nesting in the gutter (her babies have hatched and have gotten to the flying stage...

Hello there! I regularly browse these forums, however I only recently decided to join. Just now actually, heh. A little about me, I'm a 20 year old artist from Texas, and I've loved animals all my life. I've had many different kinds growing up, and currently have 3 cats, a dog, leopard gecko...

Hi all. Exactly a week ago my partner and I picked up our new Green Cheek Conure - Benji. We are first time parrot owners and would like to express our concerns and hopefully find some advice to what we are doing right or wrong. Benji is 4 months old and we got him from a couple that...

hi, i've only had my ggc two weeks, and he is my first bird. im pretty sure he's never been to a vet, im not sure of his age, but he's starting to molt, im also pretty sure hes under a year. today he woke up with a funny small sounding voice which lasted about a minute, and hes sounded like hes...