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  1. Tammie123

    Bird doing weird thing with his tongue?

    I am very confused. My green cheek conure seems to be itching his tongue a lot (?). I've only noticed it since yesterday, and it looks very unusual, he sticks out his tongue and then uses the tip of his beak or sometimes the bars of his cage to scratch it. I've seen this behavior only once...
  2. S

    White bump on cockatiel's tongue

    Hi. My 2 y cockatiel has a parasite problem and she's taking antibiotics every 12 h(metronidazole and cefalexin). Its about a week now and she's better based on her activity and vet sayings. One days ago we had a problem and she missed 2 doses in a row(metronidazole only). Today i noticed a...
  3. bird_mama

    Pictures Is this what the back of a bird tongue looks like? o.o

    I was taking pictures of my baby and I realized, I’ve never seen the back of his tongue! Weird question, but is this normal?? New things with my birds always make me nervous. :scared2:
  4. D

    Cocktiel sticking out tongue

    After giving my cockatiel lots of pets & affection I noticed he was sticking out his tongue. I thought it was cute at first but now i think there’s something wrong with him, as he’s been doing this for probably 15 minutes straight now. He’ll stick out his tongue and rub his beak on something or...
  5. pepsix

    cockatiel biting/playing with tongue?

    hi all, my cockatiel pepsi has been constantly playing/biting her tongue since around noon-ish and i have been trying to research about it but all that's coming up is swollen tongues and bleeding tongues? her tongue doesnt seem to be bleeding but she is constantly biting it and i am concerned...
  6. Itsaduck

    Video What do these movements mean?

    Hello. I adopted a 16 year old Quaker parrot about three weeks ago and immediately noticed she was repeatedly making the movements in the video I attached (head banging, twisting inward with mouth open, beak clicking, swallowing) as well as neck stretching/yawning. This is my first parrot...
  7. Emmceecee

    Urgent Corvid Tongue Thrashing?

    Hello! I'm new. I have a month old Corvid (legal) and she's doing a really strange mouth tongue thing? It almost seems as if she's licking her beak as we would our lips. Ive also seen her stick her tongue out to one side. Is this abnormal behavior? It's not constant. Usually while or after...
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