parakeet

Hi, I’ve just gotten a budgie after quite a few years of not having parrots. I was pretty well aware of the healthy diet at the time, or so I think, of pellets, fresh foods and a small amount of seed. I took the little guy to the vet to get him checked out and make sure nothing was wrong, and...

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, I'm having issues with my two male parakeets and my female cockatiel, any advice is appreciated. Lately it's been a real issue. My two male parakeets are Katkout (if I had to guess his age, I'd say 2-3yrs old?) and Beskout (1yr old). My female cockatiel is Kouki (guessing around 5yrs)...

Hello all- I am a woefully inexperienced bird keeper seeking urgent help with my 7.5 y.o. female blue budgie, who I have named Sol. My parents gave her to me, along with her partner who sadly passed young from stomach cancer, for my 12th birthday. Because I was very young when I got her, and my...

Hello! I'm new to the forum but have lurked around here a little bit. I have four budgies I'm looking to rehome as my living situation is changing in a couple months and I won't be able to take care of them all anymore. I'm in the Toronto/GTA region. Here are some details for each: Kiwi -...

I just officially moved into my house (house was built in 1948) but my green cheek conure and parakeet have been here for a couple days. Today I woke up and discovered ants in my bird room! I've collected information online - how to kill ants and such, however, I am extremely nervous about...

I just loss Jesse. I feel like it’s my fault. I knew she wasn’t acting normal but I just brushed it off as her being sleepy and it being early in the morning. She just screamed, flew across the cage and then fell dead. I feel like a bad mother. I keep losing my children and now, Saul is all...

Why can’t I find a picture of her? Why did I have to even lose her? Why do I have to keep making these posts?! I’m so sick of this! The vet said she would be fine after Anibiotics! Why did I have to find her this morning?! Why does God want me to suffer and give up on life?! I was promised birds...

My sanity is honestly at its wits end. Two years ago, Gus suddenly died of liver failure and I was the one to find his body then Heisinbird gets terminal Cancer and dies in my arms and now, Lydia has somehow contracted a reproductive infection and her sternum bone is crooked. Am I cursed? I did...

Heisinbird just passed away in my arms and I am a wreck. I just watched him die and I didn’t know what to do other than panic. I am in so much pain. I know there was nothing I could do and part of me wants to blame myself for not being able to save him and another part of me wants to blame the...

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...