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  1. Eepy Beaky

    How do I teach my little conure to play with his toys?

    So June is on his day 2 with us. Yesterday he spent hours playing with his foraging game we set up, we managed to teach him some simple commands, and he was all-around a great birb. This morning he started out cute, ate his breakfast well, and then bit my ear so hard I thought it was going to...
  2. LiefDuivel

    Urgent Not sure if illness or injury - should i go to emerg or wait for appointment? (video)

    As the title says, Genji has been having a bit of a rough time the past few days and I'm not sure if it's something that warrants a visit to the emergency vet, or if he can wait for his appointment with his regular vet - in which case, what can I do for him until the appointment? Video posted...
  3. Chris L

    Help on change of medication

    Hey guys, My 16 year old cockatoo who takes heart medicine for the past five years has been taking Cherry Flavour on his liquid meds for a while. He takes it on a treat and is the only way he will. And his pharmacy has recently stopped making the cherry flavour, which he only loves, and I had...
  4. Z

    Looking for tips on getting a bird

    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...
  5. B

    Urgent Need help figuring out how to get my birdie to the vet!!! Please help!!!

    Hey guys um this is my first time posting here, i hope i'm not messing anything up, and i don't really know much about how this works but i've been needing help getting my little one to the vet and i had no one help me in my life! So i need to figure it out! Maybe you can help? Vet is 4 hours...
  6. B

    Urgent Vet-Visit or no?

    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...
  7. A

    Cockatiel feather turning black

    HELP! So my cockatiel is 8 months old, he’s gotten a recent vet checkup and everything was okay they said , his blood looks good and appearance . His droppings are regular, he’s eating , pretending , flying okay and balancing normally. But I’ve recently noticed black spot on his feather as well...
  8. R

    Need help!

    So I've had my parakeets about a month. My older one will let me touch his chest and sometimes get on my finger/hand but he's still very hesitant on those and doesn't really like it at all unless I have millet. He let me the other day stroke his whole head and back and even preen his head, then...
  9. A

    Crop problems?

    Any advice (other than go to an avian vet- we don't have many here so are hard to get into, they are a 5 hour drive which just stresses them out more, and they just charge $750 a visit to take a fecal smear and say it's fine)??? I have a 15 year old pearly conure female with a history of crop...
  10. Flipercoin

    Egg Carton Toys (Safe???)

    Hi! I am thinking of cutting an egg carton in half and using it as kind of a ladder toy for my birds (will lean it up against against a perch.) When I got my budgies from the pet store, they where unfortunatly clipped. Thankfully, they are growing back and they can sort of fly (can't really go...
  11. Gigglemug

    Cage Placement Troubles, Need Advice!

    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...
  12. C

    Outdoor Aviary Help

    Hey y'all So Im not sure if this is the right thread, but I'm building an outdoor aviary and have a question. I'm using a Hardware cloth mesh (predator proof, safe for parrots, safe spacing, etc), cage clips, and a stainless steel lock. So everything with that is fine. It's a strong mesh so I...
  13. Ratandy985

    Adopted 4 month old bonded lovebirds

    Hello! Yesterday, I adopted two bonded lovebirds, and I'm currently working on helping them feel comfortable with me and settle into their new home. I initially had them in a separate room, but this morning I moved them to the living room to get them used to our presence. In the other room, they...
  14. Sohaila

    Help Is my bird sick or is he sleepy

    My bird had been acting strange lately he would be fine in the morning playing singing and preening himself but when the sun goes down he gets too sleepy to the point he won’t woke up at all even if i give him his favourite food he wouldn’t ear or drink he wasn’t like this at all he was...
  15. F

    Urgent Closed eye discharge

    My Senegal parrot hit her eye before as I said in a previous post. I can't afford to take her to a vet as there is a lack of avian vets in the area and they are outrageously expensive for a poor student like me. Her left lower eyelid is a bit swollen. She was getting better and able to open it...
  16. A

    HELP!!! Cockatiel toes bent after bloodwork

    HELP. Gonna call the vet soon and hope they have helpful information right away. (They are close rn). But basically last night I did blood work for my cockatiel. The nurse did mention that one of his legs had low blood circulation, but he didn’t pay much mind to it. Before I could further...
  17. L

    Is my conure sexually frustrated

    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...
  18. nyxiee

    moving to england with my budgies

    i’m moving to england from italy in november… how do i manage to bring my two budgies with me? i already checked if my flight’s airline allows birds and they do, but which travel cage should i get? do soundproof travel cages exist? they get easily scared and i don’t want them to die like this…...
  19. K

    Pictures Sun conure with trust issue, pls help :(

    I am clueless how to tame my sun conure. It's going to be a bit of reading but I REALLY NEED HELP PLEASE :( This beautiful boy (i assume because he hasn't had any egg being over 2 years old) is Com. He is currently molting but other from that, he shows no temperament. However, he refuses to go...
  20. M

    Cockatie

    Hi everyone! I hope you can help, We’ve had a cockatiel for roughly 5 years with no problems, roughly 2 years ago we bought 2 conures again no problems. however this last year the cockatiel has laid multiple clutches of eggs obviously all infertile. We don’t know what to do with her, is it...
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