chewing

Hi Friends, I have been away from the forum for a while simply because I have been very busy, but have a bit of a quandary I would love your thoughts on. About a week ago, Noco (my going-on 33 year old B&G Macaw) began doing an odd thing - he was spending a ton of time on the bottom of his cage...

Hey all, I just got a hand reared Indian ringneck a week ago (3 months old) Its not aggressive, but when it's on me, it will just reach down casually and chew on my skin and draw blood. Is this normal for ringnecks? I've had other parrots but I assumed with it being hand raised it wouldn't do...

Hi there! My four-month-old green cheek is beginning to molt some of her baby feathers due to her transition to adolescence and the change in the weather here in Ontario. She's been to the vet for a checkup and has been determined to be very healthy, but she tends to chew a bit at her...

Im hoping Saturday to get a different curtain rod, and hang curtains outside the window casing... But in the meantime. Calliope my chewer has developed an obsession with the window casing. I'm QUITE concerned because I believe the Original paint, or at least a much older paint layer, may still...

HI We are lucky enough to have two rescue birds that are absolutely fantastic. When they arrived they were frightened and scared. We wee told we would never be able to handle them. Forward seven years and they are both adorable characters and a bonus to the house. The are clipped but have...

So a few days ago, I decided Sunny no longer was allowed in the hay barn/garage/shed as it’s full of expensive and dangerous equipment..that isn’t ours! I’ve noticed him sitting on the arm of the long extendable chainsaw a few times that’s up high on a shelf (has a cover over the saw part!!). So...

My new ‘tiel, Honey, came home to me three days ago. He’s approx 3 - 4 months old. Since his toys haven’t arrived yet, I put in some DIY toys using paper, cardboard and straws to keep him entertained. However, he seems to be chewing and eating the paper. Max, my IRN, has never done this. (He...

Okay, so I've never had much of a problem with my Goffin chewing wires until recently and, with the profession I have, it's hard to keep wires out of the way. I'm an open cage believer, which means my cages are always open; open door, open top all day long - as long as it's not bedtime or I'm...

A while ago I got a 'party swinger hanging parrot toy'. Bella loves playing with it - clmbing, swinging, biting etc. She makes a kind of 'raspy honk growl' at it too! A few of the wooden blocks were chewed and fell through the grate at the bottom of her cage. When removing them I found no...

Sorry if this has been covered previously. I tried using the search of the forum using words such as deter, deterrent, chew, chewing, prevent but couldnt find anything in the listed threads. Iv been browsing google for some time looking for bird derrent sprays, but most of the recipes are for...

Recently, i acquired a 20 yr old parrot from a friend. My addition of chewing toys inside his cage have been ignored. Suggestions are appreciated. ThankYouAll

Those boxes that you put and attach to your cage for your parrot do eat/drink from. Well my parrot started chewing everything and he loves it, as is tradition. But he started chewing the boxes and started pulling them off and then knocking them down. With water and food in them. I always add a...

Hi guys! I've had my Green Cheeked Conure, Olive, since October. She just turned one year old the 21st!! She's molting right now, as far as I can tell. I took her to the vet, maybe a month ago, to get a general birdie checkup. They did a weight, a fecal sample, a general look over. Everything is...

I posted here about the most wonderful little budgie boy Tesla I adopted on January 1. He has been doing very well except his wing and tail feathers. :( He was reportedly from a local shelter and had a leg band which he chewed off later, and I assume he was tested for PBFD, polyoma and other bad...

Hi, I am a first time owner of a baby sun conure. He is almost 3 months old. He isn't my first bird, my other baby was a greencheck who sadly passed away. Because my other bird wasn't a baby when we formed our bond he was already semi trained. But with Fred, my sun conure, there is so much he...

not just the regular groom streak, run the feather through my beak, kind of thing. though i havent actually seen her chew her feathers either. but, her tail feathers look chewed, shorter, kind of frayed.. not the whole feather, as in not up the cord, just the , feather hairs? attatched to...

Pocky has this weird thing going on. He's currently molting so a lot of his feathers are just falling off. However, when a medium sized feather (such as a wing feather) or a long feather (tail feather) falls off he picks it up and holds it like a sword.:p its actually kind of cute. He'll chase...

Hello, I have a Yellow naped male amazon of 6 years old (that's what the previous owner told me). I think he's older, but I juge from appearence. I bough him 5 months a go with some chest feathers missing. He costed me $500 which is strange. The owner sayed she just wanted to get rid of...

Echo is a 22yo Eclectus male that I adopted about 5 months ago. He has plucked his feathers for the last 18 years (as reported by his past owner). When I got him, he did not play with any toys. He had toys in his cage, but he ignored them. I bought new toys, he ignored them too. I started...

This Sunday i brought home my nanday conure :D! He is a little boy, weaned, but still a baby, and his name is Black Jack. he took no time to settle in, and is already coming out of the cage, playing, and trying new foods. He wont stop chewing my fingers, he only steps up on my arm because if i...

What a great site! I am the proud mommy of Logan an 8 yr old female Dbl Yellow headed Amazon - Magna Logan is a very busy girl and most days I spend either chasing or entertaining her, thank God I work from home! Lately her thing is going under bathroom sink and "nesting" she won't stop and...

Hello everyone, I've had Darwin, a green cheek conure! for 2 years. Recently, just last week, he started chewing feathers. Never had an issue before. He gets hours outside his cage, frequent baths, toys, etc. He is well loved. He eats Harrison's and has since I brought him home. He gets...

Hi everyone! I'm a fairly new bird owner. I've had Paco, half moon conure, for about 8 months. I'm still learning a lot about how to care for him and train him. Before I got him, he hadn't really been handled or played with at all. We've come a long way and he will now step up and down...