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My bird is a softbill and not a parrot, but I still want to be an active member here. I encourage you to participate in the discussion of avian companionship. I think about my relationship with my canary a lot. I have owned many pets throughout the years, several species, and there wasn't a...

Hello guys!!! So I have a cockatiel here, I've had him for well over a year now and I haven't found anything to help.. So he's not exactly completely aggressive towards hands. If i go to pet him, he's completely fine. I can kiss him, and pet his head. As SOON as I try to get him to step up he...

Hi Everyone. I am a long time experienced parrot owner. I have an African Grey, a yellow shouldered Amazon, a Cape parrot, and I just got, what I thought was my final dream bird, a red fronted macaw. I have read that they are the most affectionate and friendly of the macaws, and I had met a few...

So we have a pair of Eclectus that we have been slowly trying to tame or rather "trust us". They kind of do, we have a great relationship, but at a distance. By that I mean they interact with us, so long as we don't try to touch them. My wife fairs better than me with this as she is the one who...

Hello all, Jojo my goffin cockatoo has been living with me for a few months now. He's known me for close to a year. We have been buddies from the start, and I am actually pretty proud of our progress, as Jojo frequently bit people (out of excitement, usually) and I have curbed him of that...

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...

My birds will only eat seed and only one will take millet. Neither one of them will take anything fresh. I have tried putting the stuff in separate dishes from their seed feed and even in the same dish with their food but they always avoid the treats. They won't take anything from my hand (they...

Hello, im new to forum, im Senad (19) and before 1.5 months i got myself a young green IRN (i will maybe post some pictures later on). This bird was not kept alone in cage inside the shop but outside on the open in the bigger cage with its parents and 2 siblings. So when i got her home of-course...

Hi, I had a tame pineapple conure for some weeks, he/she is fully tame, fly in my house every day (good or bad idea?), likes to play with me when I at home, and I'll adopt another yellow sided conure this weekend, which is not tame, 8 months old, any suggestion to train/tame the new baby...

hello. i recently bought(a week ago) a couple of Indian Ringneck Parakeets[/B]. they are 6 months old(seller told me). my question is how do i tame them. i watched many videos on youtube about how to tame a wild bird. but the thing is my birds are so scared of me. when i go near their cage they...

Hi, I'm new to the forum and also new to keeping birds and would be very grateful for any advice :) Thanks. My family and I got a Green Cheek Conure two days ago and I haven't been able to find any really good advice on how to tame it. Its 8 months old, unsexed and has been with a previous...

Hello everyone! First off, how is everyone doing today? My question is relating to my little budgie friend named Glow Worm. I am trying to figure out where I am going wrong in my training. From what I have read online, he should be about one year old or so. He is a male, and he sings all the...

Hi, I wanted to buy a Sun conure chick but I was thinking of buying two instead of one, not for breeding purposes but so that it doesn't feel lonely. I can devote an hour daily to it (and my sister is also willing to take care of it) but just in case I was thinking if it would be happier if I...

Hi All, Just a quick question about my Orange Winged Amazon Mowgli. Briefly I'll let you know about him before I get to my problem. He came from a home where he was cooped up in a very small cage and never let out - he is also missing one of his toes ( which having taken him to the vets - is...

Hello everyone, I went today to place see and place my deposit on an IRN at a local breeder. Mango is currently 7 weeks old and not fully weaned yet. Thankfully, the breeder is very experienced and handles the birds everyday. I chose Mango because he seemed pretty quiet and wasn't afraid of...

I found an Australian Cinnamon, with a lame right foot, in back yard, a little over two weeks ago. I could not find the owners. I decided - maybe unwisely - to keep her. Between the cage, the vet, groomer, and so on, I'm sure I've spent over $400. I have also spent a lot of time. I have been...

I wouldnt need a baby anyway because conures can sometimes live to be very old but would it be harder to get a 10 month old conure rehomed because of allergies to trust you then a baby?

I just got two Green cheek Conures from a lady who couldn't take care of them any longer. One is a yellow-sided female:green: (according to her) and the other is a "regular" green cheek male :green1: The woman I got them from bought them with the intention of breeding them, they were hand-fed...

hi, so today is my birthday and im jumping at every opertunity that my chances of getting a bird even slightly go up. i have some birthday money so that helps too. first of all i know many people get budgies for their kids because some oconsider them "easy" or "disposable", i know hey are...

Ok hi I just bought a green cheek conure from the pet store yesterdaythey told me that the hatch date was in 2006 so that would make him around 4 years old anyways I know I bought him Kinda old but he was so sweet in the pet store compare to the other younger ones but yea here's my PROBLEM now...