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Hi everyone! I'm a recent addition to these forums. My flock consists of two rescued house sparrows (Keelo and Pippin) and a pineapple green cheek (Ollie). If you'd like to hear our story and meet them I posted pictures and the story of the sparrows up on Welcome Lane. I came here to this...

My female green cheek conure is generally very well-behaved, except in some very few situations. I'm a student, so I spend a lot of time writing either by hand or with a keyboard, and I have her out with me every second possible. The problem is that she gets very aggressive around pencils...

Hello everyone. I received a baby sun conure about a month ago, and he as been really good so far. No issues with biting, until recently. About two weeks ago, he began crawling on my shoulder only to bit my neck ridiculously hard. Of course I didn't react at first, but doing so has made me more...

I have recently become the owner of an adorable peach-faced lovebird. She's my first lovebird. In the past, I have had budgies and all but one were very sweet. She's a slate pied and she is my pride and joy. She's about 5 months old now and I've had her for around 2 months. She hasn't been DNA...

Hi I have a green cheek conure since July 2015 he always been playful and sweet. Since about 6 month I noticed that he's changing it's at different times of the day and different occasions. Sometimes in the mirning coming out of the cage ir just being with me playing, it's on different...

Hello, my husband bought a 4 year old female eclectus about half a year ago. The shop owner warned us she didn't like females, but I am willing to work with her, or just live comfortably with her. For a couple months, she seemed pretty calm as long as I wouldn't touch her. She adores my husband...

Hello! I've had my Umbrella Cockatoo, Bettencourt, for a few weeks now, and she's been wonderful, Of course there are the occasional attitude problems but she is very loving, cuddly, and is thriving in her now home, The only problem I've come across, is that she is extremely aggressive towards...

Hi everyone, I haven't been on here in a few weeks! I hope this is the right forum for this, otherwise admin feel free to move it somewhere more appropriate. Do all parrot species go through a bluffing stage? I ask because I knew it existed in IRNs, but now I've read about it in Lorikeets and...

Hey Avian Avenue, I'm a new-ish bird owner. I've owned a GCC and a couple of cockatiels before, but it's been awhile. My previous GCC was sweet as pie, loved scritches, cuddling my fingers, etc. Just a really great bird. With that being said, my bird owning drought should end and received a...

Hello! So I recently got a Pineapple Green Cheek Conure and he's (not sure if it's a boy or a girl) about two, almost three months old. Sometimes when I take him out of his cage and put him on the top of the cage, he'll start rapidly bobbing his head and then bite my hand hard. What does this...

I have had a pair of parrotlets in quarantine for nearly a month, and was planning to transition them into a new cage in my bird room sometime in the next few weeks. However, I have been reading about more aggressive hookbills doing serious damage to or killing other birds FROM WITHIN THEIR OWN...

Hello everybody, I am new to this sight. I have a 5 or 6 year old female cockatiel. I got her when she was a year old, from a friend who no longer could keep her. Since the day I got her she has hated everybody, and will attack them except myself and her old owner. She will especially attack...

Question: so your brand new baby Birdy wants to mouth at your fingers and hands. I figure this is probably okay because they don't have hands and this is how they explore their world (but, maybe I'm wrong). But the exploring starts getting harder and harder. So...what to do now? Shake your hand...

So I got a new young cockatiel from a breeder (i don't know the gender since they didn't tell me so i decided to call my cockatiel Pearl for now) a few days ago. Pearl can step up onto my finger but whenever I try to pet Pearl, they hiss and bite at me. Am I rushing in this? And if so, what can...

Hello everyone! So I've been a proud lovie owner for 3 or so months. Eros, the peach faced lovebird [possibly pied], will be 6 months old in July. First month- He (I'm assuming) was very timid and stepped on by his nest mates. That's why I chose him really. He was petrified of fingers. He...

I just bought my first avian pet at a pet store and I believe I need some help. The new conure is only about 5 or 6 months old and was hand fed and taken good care of. He jumped out of his cage and walked around as soon as we got him home. He's nice and let's you pat his head but he'll sometimes...

Hello all. I brought home my ringneck, Yoshi a month and a half ago. He comes out of his cage on his own, and is pretty content on my shoulder. The problem is that he does not really like my fingers, so when he's perched on them, he bites really hard until I put him on my shoulder :bash:. Is...

Spencer is nearly 3 months old. I've managed to reduce biting, but it's looking like I'm always going to get bit. Is it realistic to think I can train him NOT to bite at all? If you've had success in reducing biting, I'd love to know how. He bites when he wants something. He bites when he's...

im new to this forum and to keeping cocatiels and need some advice and thought this would be the best place to ask. I have kept birds before , I've kept birds most of my life. I've kept budgies, finches and love birds. This is the first time I've had a cockatiel. I spent along time researching...

I have a cockatiel who after years suddenly is laying over dozen eggs by herself. Should I consider adding a male. I don't think she would get a long with another cockatiel. What do you think? I once introduced two love birds and had to separate them because one would bite the other.