advice needed

So I've been trying to play with Mickey for the past few days now, but he's acting nervous like he's regressed. I think this is somewhat normal, but the difference with this is that I'm currently sitting in front of his cage with the door open, and there's a faint nasty smell coming from the...

So Mickey's starting to take to the idea of having his cage door open with him on the perch that's on it. I'm more than enthusiastic about this, except for one thing; there's a mirror right next to his cage. His cage is partially covered by a towel to keep him from seeing it, but I need to know...

Is there anything I'm able to do with Mickey while he's adjusting to his new home environment? Do I just do what I did when initially bringing him home, or should I just leave him in his cage with the blinds half up and down for a few days, slowly adjusting them until he's comfortable with them...

So last week I took Mickey to the vet, and one of the things that the Doctor said to do was to get him out of the cage, forcefully if I have to, and set him in a corner of my room with me so he can get used to me. Does this kind of thing work and will it ruin the bond I have with Mickey? He does...

Hello! I have a sweet lovebird that is new to our family, we are in an old apartment where the heating isn’t good. We need to use other sources to take the chill off the room, I am aware of harmful PTFE chemicals and Teflon to avoid and looking for advice ! Are Dyson hot + cool Fan air purifier...

Hello! I got my BC back in february. She’s 3 years old, spent her entire life in a cage in a pet store with minimal human interaction/handling. When i got her she was terrified and wouldn’t eat or drink for like a week, so i set up a camera above her cage to keep an eye on her and would give her...

Mickey's :tiel5: got his first vet appointment in about a week. I'd like to get him used to moving between his travel cage and his regular cage, but he doesn't leave his cage or step up. Any ideas on how I can start training him to get into the travel cage? I thought about moving his food into...

So earlier this week my house had a Covid scare and so I had to leave Mickey :tiel5: home alone with my relatives because I have a weak immune system. I left for a few days because all of the Covid positive people tested negative and were determined to be non contagious, and while I was gone my...

Hey guys, im Georgia and im from England. I have two conures, one male green cheek 13 years old and one female pineapple 10 years old. Both are paired Im looking for advice. I got them around 4 months ago from a run down pet shop by the seaside and I got them not knowing anything about...

Not sure if this is considered holistic lol but I was wondering if anyone’s used this for their birds? My birds hate baths so every time I get them to bathe I wanna make the most of it, would this help their feather health? Or does it not do anything

I recently brought home a 5 month old green cheek. He’s been really good so far… except for the fact that any time there’s fingers near his feet, he bites HARD! He doesn’t seem to be afraid of hands. He happily accepts treats, head scritches, and will even rub his head against me if he wants...

my new cockatiel will be home next month. i have a green cheek conure and 6 budgies, i know my budgies will do fine but i have never introduced my green cheek to a new addition before. shes very friendly towards other birds, and she is very gentle with the budgies, but i want to make sure the...

Hi! I have two cockatiels and need some advice on feather health. They’re molting and preening each other just fine, but since i’ve have them i’ve struggled to get them to bathe! I’ve tried putting out bowls of water of different depths (shallow, deeper, etc), as well as misting them (they HATED...

Hello everyone, I've lurked on this website before but I finally decided to make an account, hopefully I'm posting in the right place. Last week I took my cockatiel (around 19-20 years old, I'm not his original owner so I don't know his exact age but I've had him for at minimum 15 years) to a...

I have 2 cockatiels and 1 budgie. I am wondering what a good quality molting supplement might be. I researched some and found a couple: UnRuffledRx FeatherUp and Equa Holistics BIOFeather. Does anyone know if either of these are high quality and safe? Does anybody know of any other high quality...

So as you know: One of my Parakeets, Heisinbird has terminal Cancer, a tumor in his back near his kidneys that is too big to operate on. He was initially given only a week to live but thankfully, has miraculously lived longer with the tumor growing more slowly than expected. However, I still...

Hi :) I had two green cheek conures, Rio and Coco. Unfortunately, Rio passed away around three weeks ago, leaving Coco by herself. Rio was a very quiet bird who enjoyed being with Coco. He was not fully trained and was quite scared of humans, so he would always follow Coco around the house and...

hello, i have two budgies and they are the first ones i've ever taken care of, so i am a pretty new budgie owner... i have a few questions regarding their behavior, im not really sure if i should be worried or not :shrug: and i also apologize if using "antisocial" in the title is considered...

Hi! Looking for advice on what bird to get. We are a family of 3 adults and 2 kids (raised around animals and are very respectful toward them). We had a cockatiel as a “starter bird” who sadly died during his supervised outdoor exercise time. We dedicated at least 5-7 hours a day with our...

Hi so I just recently got a budgie like 3 days ago (he is under a year old) I was just wondering If there's any advice you guys have? I have had budgies before but they were a pair but this guy is alone, He is okay with eating out of my hand but that's all. Also I keep hearing that you should...