health

Hello, Would you guys recommend multi vitamins? After doing some Internet re-search, a lot of people say its not smart to add Multi Vitamins to water, etc, and because of that, i am unsure if this should be wise to do, or not. Abby eats a lot of Carrot / Peach / Apple / (some seeds and some...

We had a scare earlier this week, Linus's poop was red, like really red, and I was worried it was blood. Turns out, He eats his pellets by color, and decided to eat all the red ones in the morning and leave the others. So sometimes his poop is green, sometimes brown, and sometimes red. How can I...

What happened was, My friend was working in the other room and he accidentally cut his hand pretty bad, I left the room for just a few minutes without putting Linus away and forgot that he likes to fly around. After showing my friend where the first aid kit was, I heard screaming coming from the...

Hello, I never thought I would be doing this, but I think I need to rehome at least one of my birds. I just don't know what to do. To say that animals are my passion is an understatement...my love of animals- birds in particular- is part of my soul. I wanted birds since I was a child, and got my...

Good evening friends. :) Essential Oils - my mother swears by them. She has many pets, including birds, and has two essential oil diffuser/humidifiers in her house (two story). She tells me that the effects on the animals are the same as for the people in the house, and she wants to buy one...

My green cheek somehow managed to find a blue crayon. I haven't found the crayon itself, but she definitey chewed on a blue one because her beak is blue and she smells like crayons. I doubt she actually ate it, but she definitely chewed it. I know crayons are non toxic since they are made for...

I'm getting a cinnamon green cheek conure from a pet store that I trust (I got my other green cheek from there over a year ago). She's just a baby, so I've been waiting about 2 months to take her home and soon I can. Today when visiting her, I noticed that the skin around her eyes was slightly...

I just noticed that my green cheek conure, Shado, has a white spot on the tip of her tongue. It's a pretty good size, like a safflower seed but round. Maybe even a little bigger. She keeps making chewing noises too. She's still eating and drinking and I've been trying to get her to eat veggies...

My green cheek conure, Shado, is only 2 years old, and today she was hanging out on top of my door lik she usually does. I didn't see her there though, and I went to close my door and I didn't see what happened, but she panicked and flew across the room onto the floor. She was breathing heavy...

I'm new to owning Conures, and my Cockatiel never did this. I have recently switched my Conure, Avo, to a new food, and I gave him this new toy. The toy has little straw hats on it, and he loves pulling them apart, but I noticed that he's eating the toy! Like- chewing and swallowing the straw...

so here in california there is an exotic bird franchise (or so i believe) called Omars exotics. Ive nevr really had a problem with them and this post is not meant to attack them or anything, but i recently noticed that in there seed blends they include cat kibble? I cant recall the percent but...

Hello so my meyers, dotty, has had her wings clipped since ive gotten her and her wings are starting to grow back (yay!). but there is one problem: before i made a post about this awhile ago and it turned out she broke a flight feather. she was fine and actually didnt even bleed or anything...

Hey everyone! Since saturday I've had a baby rainbow lorikeet. He's now six and a half weeks old. He's just getting used to being hand-fed. We fed him yesterday at around 21:00, and this morning at 7:00. I can see he pooped yesterday after we put him back in his cage, but he hasn't pooped this...

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Hi there, new to the site! Before I begin I'll just let you know I'm calling my local avian vet immediately after they open tomorrow morning for an appointment (It's late here in Aus). I have a suspected female galah at least 6 years old (not sure of age) who has a swollen area on her lower...

I'm worried about my macaw. She just started having large pale tubular poops. Almost like a worm. It is very firm as well. Does anyone know what this is caused by.

I feel like theres some controversy for whether or not you should clip your birds wings... What are the pros and cons of clipping wings?

Dear Parrot Forums, I've lurked a long time but never signed up til now - Forgive me, and please help me out if you can! Long story short: an incompetent vet (Vet #1) broke our poor green cheek's leg. (I'm furious and may share details later, but I'm right now very concerned and focused on...

Today I had zinc oxide sunblock on my arms cause I was gonna do some gardening and then like 6 hours later at the end of the day my lovebird was running her beak/tongue along my arms (probably to try to remove freckles...whole 'nother problem) and I realized "CRAP the sunblock!" Anyone know...

I currently have two Moluccans and the city I live in is chlorinating our water supply. Is it safe for my fids to drink or should I buy bottled water for them?

Hi guys, Kiki my lovebird has been having trouble with breathing lately, it is heavy and her tail bobs. She also gets nasal discharge and sometimes 'clicks' when she breathes. We changed her preening material she uses to make a nest with as we thought the dust was causing this, but just now i...

Hi everyone. I'm new here. However, I desperately need your advice and opinion regarding my current situation. My family has had Roman, my Amazon parrot, for fourteen years (since my grandma, his original owner, passed away). He's part of my family. He came to us while we had two other birds...

okay, i babysitted a friends bird, and im aranoid they were not super healthy. im worried it will affect my birds. What are the rocedures to sanitize a cage, and toys, and cothes that may have come into contact with the bird. ive been reading alot on PFBD, that i didnt even know about...

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...

Hello, this is my first post! I'm kinda breaking down here so please help me! It's about my birdie baby. There aren't many vets that treat birds also here where I live now so he's the only vet who treats birds also so I went to him but he's really vague if you know what I mean? This angel is my...

Hey everyone, Wondering what you guys think about my lovebird. Its doing this weird thing--backing its head into its neck like something is stuck in his throat or a feather that's bothering him. What do you think? IMG 1475 - YouTube

new owner of two sun conures one is missing/and/or/ loosing feathers around its bbeak. what des this mean??? how do i help???

Our water heater goes out, and has to be relit. sometimes it puts out quit a strong odor. is this toxic to the bird? also pet fumes, our dogs pee on our couches. we havent bought new couches yet, gross i know, but will that smell bother the bird? I also have roommates that use the no stick...

Hi there fellow bird lovers! I thought in lieu of an intro thread, I'd start a discussion! I searched the forum, and didn't see this one specifically (though I could have missed it, lol), I wondered what everyone's opinion on letting your birds preen you. Big bills, little beaks, and everything...

So my husband scored an ozone air purifier. BettyMills: Queenaire QT Thunder 24 - Series II - Newaire QTT24-II is this safe to use around my bird?? thanks Fricks mom

I heard about Harrison's High Potency recently and decided to look into it since it is recommended for birds recovering from disease or some that have been on crappy diets for most of their lives. My question is, why is it so "good" if their fist ingredient is sunflower seed? I thought those...

Good morning , I would like to get your advice on a current situation.Last night i noticed that my parrot breath smells rather strange , I searched google and found out that sour breath and breath similar to those of feces is caused by a bacteria in gastrointestinal tract , however my parrot...

i have recently discovered oxy loves egg. he has only had a small amount each time as im not sure how much is healthy for him. so my question is, how much and how often can birds have egg?

i have just had the scariest 24hrs in my bird owning life. currently north qld is experiencing some hot weather. the last couple of days ut has reached about 35 at my place with high humidity to top it off. i have been sure to give oxy plenty of water, mistings etc.... but yesterday we had no...

greenyellow: green::greenyellow: Hello GROUP ::green::green2: I'm MATTHEW Wise from st Charles Michigan. I have two ring neck Parrots and one Senegal Parrot I love them all. Im always interested in learning new ways to keep them all happy and be efficient at the same time. I keep my birds...

Hey guys this is my first post to these forums, hopefully many more to follow! I have a question. I have a almost 5 year old Quaker parrot that I've had since he was hatched. And the past 2 weeks I noticed something growing in the corner of his beak. I don't know what it is, and I can't really...

hello, about 2 weeks ago my dad bought me a Patagonian Conure! he fell ill on the third day, so ill that he was close to die so i rushed him to the vet and they had him on oxygen and vitamins! they didn't know what was wrong with him because he passed the health check by the same veterinarian...