grief

Hello everyone! I’m new here and I just needed to rant. I’m currently mourning the death of my conure Petunia. She passed away this afternoon unexpectedly. But I just can’t wrap my head around her death. This morning I woke up to two happy conures. They were all fine. Around 2ish my father...

Yesterday at some time in the night a fox has gotten into my coop and absolutely massacred my poor babies, some only 2 years old others seniors. I believe my bossiest hen died protecting her family as she was just that type of girl. Im Devastated as I hand raised most of them for months and it...

Hi everyone, I’m a new member here. I’ve joined to learn as much as I can about giving my birds the best life possible, and to find some solace in the midst of the unexpected passing of my youngest bird. :( This will most likely be long, so I apologize in advance. I had purchased a beautiful...

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Hi. I bought a baby Quaker yesterday. The breeder (SMALL bird shop) said he was a very young baby and sold me formula but, although I'm sure he's very young, he's not eating formula. I've made it for him a few times and he just doesn't want it. But, he's eating his bird mix, seeds, pellets, etc...

Two weeks ago I lost my almost 25 year old cockatiel. A couple days later I noticed a "rough" patch on my son's gcc's belly that looked as if she might have pulled a feather or 2. She will be a year old in about a month, and we've kept an eye on her, but the patch has gotten a little bigger...