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  1. P

    Injured foot?

    Hey all. My parrotlet seems to have injured her foot, and I’m not sure how to treat it. It doesn’t seem severe, to me it looks like she cut it as she’s still able to perch, eat and drink, and there hasn’t been any bleeding since the incident but she has been biting her foot a lot more and will...
  2. G

    Lovebird randomly started limping

    Hello! I’m not sure how to use this website properly so excuse me if this is posted in the wrong forum. Yesterday my bird was perfectly fine, he was playing with his toys and eating and flying around the room as he usually does but all of a sudden before bed he started lifting his foot and not...
  3. conureluv

    Feet biting during preening

    So I take my bird to the shower, and that’s his designated preening time before he gets wet. So he does the usual wing, tail and forehead preening, then he picks up his foot and preens it. After a minute of foot preen, he will scratch his “beard” with his foot like a detective. He repeats the...
  4. Rallio

    New bird mom and 3 month old cockatiel - hello!

    Hello to everyone! As the title suggests, I've got a young cockatiel (Ventus) and it's my first time bringing a bird home. I've had mostly rodent friends until now, so I am somewhat prepared for the "building trust with a prey animal" dynamic. Ventus (in my profile pic!) is a super sweetie...
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