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I just came back from the vet and my tiel Pepper was diagnosed with atherosclerosis. I got her at 4-ish years old (now 7-8ish) as a rescue from a previous home who didn't care for her well (all seed diet, constant access to mirrors, small cage, trauma with little children...). She had an issue...

TLDR: looking for advice over extreme anxiety from getting a new bird; tips for adjusting or dealing with thoughts of rehoming Hey all! I’m new to this forum and am not sure I’m posting in the right place. I’ve been lurking for a while, but navigating from the home is still taking some getting...

Hi all, it's my first time posting here, so apologies if I havent got the ettiquette down quite yet. I'm looking for advice on rehoming my pair of 'tiels, Spartacus and Cricket. It's something I've been thinking about for a long long time, I only just got permission from my ma, who hasn't seen a...

hello!! i have three budgies currently: cottonball (5yrs), storm (3m), and sunny (3m). cottonball is pretty mild mannered and gentle, sunny is pretty chill also (although he's not that bright), and storm is the troublemaker of the flock. my family is looking to get a cockatiel, but i'm wondering...

Hey all! Genji started his antibiotics yesterday, and while he's a bit quiet and tired today (unsurprising, given he's sick and also worn out from the vet, etc) but he isn't throwing up anymore (yay!) so i'm assuming they're helping :) that being said he h a t e s taking the antibiotics...

Hi. I used to have budgies but they've unfortunately passed away. I made a lot of rookie mistakes with them, such as being too touchy when they were scared of me, placing them in my bedroom instead of a more public area (Several people in my household). I want to get a larger parrot but i'm...

Hey everyone! It's my first time posting here, I hope I'm doing everything right. It's a long story and some trigger warnings for plucking/harming and unfortunately birb passing away. I got a lovebird couple in 2017. I got the male (Melon) first and the female (Muskmelon) afterwards...

My lovebird Shai woke today with an injury, there was blood dried under his right wing. it seems to be on his wing, but i couldnt see any wound so it was either small or closed or its hidden and i couldnt catch it with the look i got. -the bleeding seems to have stopped quite a while ago...

Cockatiel drinking too much water? Drinking too much water? Hello. Recently my cockatiel has begun drinking more water, or so I think. Last month one of my two cockatiels passed away, so I may be overthinking all of this. I’m not sure what to think. Since the passing of my other cockatiel...

Me and Mickey were making great progress about half a month ago before I took him to the vet. I was able to stick my hand in his cage to change his food and clean his perches, I could stand and walk around the room without him running away at the first sight of movement, and he would chatter...

Hello! I recently posted a few days ago about my baby conure, and I was really happy with how many responses I got, and they were all helpful, so I'm going to be posting here when I have questions, and I've got another today. So far today, my baby hasn't been wanting to sit on my shoulder like...

Hello! I'm a new bird owner and I'm in the process of learning what all the sorts of my baby (2 1/2 months old) green cheek conure's behaviors mean. There has been a few occasions where she'd get real low and spread her wings up, while making what I see as angry(?) noises while biting towards my...

Can I use an egg incubator to warm up my birbs after a bath? Thanks for your advice! :)

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

So earlier today the new perches finally came in and while they were initially smaller than I would've liked them to be, they're nonetheless satisfactory for my wee boy. He's currently sleeping on one in a spot that he's been sitting at for the past few days since he's been in his cage and I...

Hello! I'm most likely being over the top about this, but I wouldn't mind general advice and/or reassurance I am doing everything I can for my conure. I live in Southern Cali and for the first time my husband and I have moved into a two story rental home rather than a single level apartment...

Mickey :tiel5: , my new little bird friend, has been here officially for one week! No problems to report unless it's some mistakes I or others have made handling him (me letting him out of his cage on day two YIKES, a relative trying to get him to dance blasting country music), he's very good...

Is my conure sexually frustrated? Hello, A few weeks ago, my boyfriend and I adopted another conure. We already had one conure by the name of Reggae who is 8 months old. The other conure we got (gender is unknown but we refer to her as she) was just weaned before we took her home, she is two...

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...

Hello all! I got myself a budgie 2 weeks ago from the pet store! He is around 3-4 months old and super cute! I named him Pterodactyl, Pterry for short with a silent "P" Lol. I luckily have a lot of free time right now so I am able to spend time around him. I have been trying my hardest to...