parakeet

Hello I am new here I'm from Ireland and I recently got a Bourke parrot she is I think a Rubino mutation I was told was a female and she's only 5 months old...I've honestly never seen a calmer more pleasant bird...she was quite nervous the first day I have her 6 days now and she's really come...

Meet Buttercup my lovely new baby budgie. Buttercup arrived yesterday to my home. I assume Buttercup is a girl but now I am a bit doubtful because of the slight purple on the cere although there is white around the nostrils. Can anyone help? Please excuse the blurry pics I have buttercup in my...

Hi I’m looking for advice on how to set my sister-in-law up for success with her first bird. None of my birds need a new home…. I have three beautiful six month old sister parakeets that have lived together since birth. Soooo I’m a bit worried about splitting them up and to make matters worse...

Hello! I am new here but my Male budgie has a dark spot on his lower beak and im extremely worried for him. I just wanted information on what i could do because i love him very much and it does make me paranoid to see something unusual like this. I just started seeing it a couple days ago but I...

Hello, I recently adopted a budgie from an animal shelter with no background information other than it was brought in as a stray. Its gender hasn’t been confirmed but it’s likely very young. It’s Cere is light pink which would normally indicate female but I read somewhere the recessive pied...

I took my sweet parakeet to the vet recently because he was over preening. I was worried about a skin condition/mites but the vet said he looks physically ok, so the preening is most likely behavioral. Here’s the issue. She recommended getting my bird mirrors. During years of owning birds, I...

It's been two years since Cutu passed away. He had been with me for 9 years and was practically a baby to me. A few months later we got another baby bird from a friend but she too met a horrible end. I hate CATS. Last week i dared to get another baby bird and he/she is such a cutie but we...

I have a 3 year old male budgie who will only eat fresh fruit and veg if I slice it wafer thin and hold it up to him between my fingers. I've put out chops for him three times a day for three weeks now - I put seeds in the chops, eat the chops myself (yuck), and play around with chops trying to...

Hi all! This is my first time using this forum, so please let me know if I am doing this wrong!! I am the father of a roughly 7 year old parakeet. A couple weeks ago, I got back from a month long trip and my parakeet was having some symptoms that worried me. We only have one avian vet in my...

Ever since we adopted this parakeet three years ago, my parakeet, Mac, makes this weird noise EVERY time he takes a drink of water. Here is the link to a youtube video of him exhibiting the behavior - Odd parakeet behavior after every drink - I hope you can all see it. A about a month ago, Mac...

Someone gifted me a green cheek parakeet yesterday, and I've noticed that its feces is green. I heard that that might mean it could be either health issues, or maybe its previous diet is mainly seed-based. Should I bring it to a vet for a check-up? If so do I need to go find an exotic animal vet...

Rehoming 2 Lineolated Parakeets - I have two males from the same clutch born 12/5/23 & 12/6/23. One turquoise and one green. Both have been to the vet for a wellness check and are in excellent health. They are currently on a pellet and fresh veggie diet. Comes with cage and some accessories...

I'll try to keep this short and simple yet still as informative as I can, as I honestly have never seen something like this before. I've given up researching and calling the place I got him from (a very good place who loves their birds mind you, they just have no clue) and resorted to making a...

Hi. Going to try and make this as short as possible. I have three parakeets, two I have owned since they were babies (We will call them green and blue) and one who I took in from a friend recently (picky bird) because the other bird they had passed away. The three have continued to get along...

I’m in a bit of a panic. It’s in the middle of the night and my parakeet: Lydia started making this coughing/sneezing/hiccup? Soft, squeaky sound. I turned on my flashlight to examine her and she kept acting like she was trying to cough something up. She eventually stopped and hasn’t since made...

Okay so I’ve had to place each one of my parakeets in a separate cage recently because they all started fighting to the point where they were injuring each other. First Heisinbird really beat up Saul, splitting his lower beak down the middle, bruising his eye and inflicting a bite wound on his...

My parakeet always tries to go to kiss my cockatiel. But whenever he does my cockatiel seems kinda aggressive. I have seen them regurgitate to each other many times and have also seen my cockatiel making heart wings while singing to my parakeet many times. When they regurgitated to each other...

So as you all know my Parakeet: Heisinbird was diagnosed with Cancer. He was given only a week to live but has miraculously survived several, months later and is thriving. The vets said the tumor was still present but growing more slowly than they expected. I am grateful for every day I still...

So I have 5 birds ( 2 parakeets and 3 cockatiels) and a service dog. I want to sleep in my room with all 6 of them, but have encountered a few problems. First is my dog. He's got a very low prey drive and in theory should be fine with them, but I'm very anxious about falling asleep with them...

Hi, I have a bird named crystal and she is about 1 years old. She is a parakeet/budgie and I’ve noticed her beak has been getting long. I put mineral blocks in the cage and cuttlebone but she isn’t using it. Her bottom beak looks to be growing to the side and there’s all sorts of crusty stuff on...