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Our Avian Vet will answer your non-emergency questions about your parrot. Please give short but detailed information for him to help you. Other questions that have been askedClick below to see questions other visitors have asked our Avian Vet and view his answers. neck injury I took my baby cockatiel (5weeks old ) out of the cage . He flew around the room and crash landed on the floor ,i thught that he was paralysed because ... baby cockatiel bubble Our baby cockatiel has weird air sockets on its back above its neck, what is it? limp leg and hurt wing My bird got stepped on he is a three year old parakeet and now his right leg is limp he cannot grip with it and his right wing is messed up. He can close ...
sick with a lame foot
Our 3-4 yr. old female parakeet has been sick lately hanging around the bottom of the cage all puffed up. my blue parakeet why does my parakeet always stand one one foot, but when i get him out he will stand on both but if i let him sit on the table or on top of his cage he ... parakeet is picky stuff out from under his tail My parakeet is picking black chips out from underneath his tail. We don't know why, or what it is. The black stuff is above his butt, but below his tail.... help! Neck looks broken my cockatiel bird is few years old and the neck it looks like its broken and the stomach is big and blue with red....plese tell me if its going to die ... bloody nose My sun conure is 9 and has just laid 2 eggs for the first time and I understand that to be normal and that she should abandon them on her own (hopefully ...
swollen eye
eye closed and swollen blue and gold macaw
cockatiels droppings!
A few days ago my cockatiels droppings were a very dark green color, basically a black color. Sick Cockatiel Hello my cockatiel is female and we've notice that she has developed pink lumps on her wings about the size of a single peanut. What can this be? Loosing head feathers Our 8 mo. old finch that we got just as a baby seems very healthy and active but continues to keep going bald. All feathers look great except the balding ... Dusky Conure Problem hi there, please can you try and help us? our dusky conure murray has been bitting his leg continually until it bleeds. He has a small bump on his wing ... few questions, eye infection, and vomiting hello there, i have just a few questions to ask. After reading all the other questions I have began to worry. the reason i came on here was to research ... Blue gold macaw wings???? I took my B&G to the vet to have his wings clipped. The man cut them straight across. He no longer has his beautiful wing span. He now has nubbies. Will ... Traveling with parakeets What is the best way to travel with a parakeet in a car? I need to take my keet Lue-Lue on a six hour trip. Please tell me the best way. Thanks,... Cockatiel - picking on her foot, why? 25 year old Cockatiel - recently started picking at her right foot, compulsively. Foot appears slightly reddened, and raw in one area (in the joint of ... sick parakeet Our bird started hanging out on the bottom of the cage.He looks like he can't keep his balance. When he starts to fall over he starts to flaps his wings,... my already dead bird ok.well,about a few weeks ago,i got a quaker parrot.it was a baby,7 weeks old.It was doing well I kept my jack russell away(i tried my best)and afer swim ... Weak grip on my conure and behavior change About 3 months ago my conure have injured it's foot with a long nail. I brought it to the vet and he said it most likely pulled a muscle and prescribe ... red bumps on eye of blue and gold macaw We have a one year old blue and gold macaw. She has 2 little red bumps on her left eyelid. After looking at some of your previous questions, I am wondering ... Budgie Behavior I was recently given two budgies. They seem rather uneasy (scooting away from me as I approach the cage, not very active/playful, etc.), but I suspect ... nerve damage My Grey Cheek Parakeet (Quaker) was treated for zinc poisioning, he went through 4 series of shots (2 a day for 10 days). He now does not act right he ...
blood on my parakeet's neck and back of head.
hello, Face Cyst - Greenwing Macaw I have a 1 year old greenwing who has a tiny bump on one side of her face behind her eye and the bump I am concerned about is right above her eye and is ... quaker bird suddenly quiet he is always very loud and all of the sudden this evening he is barely chirping he seems find but very calm and tired ? i dont know if thats normal i cannot ... Full Spectrum lights I was wondering how you felt about full spectrum lights for conures? I live in PA and have been reading about lighting and have heard stories of the lights ... Eyelid redness My umbrella cockatoo has been a feather plucker since we got her as a rescue bird over 10 years ago. The avian vet we took her to said she would never ... Zinc Toxicity - Macaw diagnosed I am purchasing an 11 year old macaw (male) who recently was discovered having zinc toxicity, while being treated for a secondary infection. He just completed ...
Vomiting and Diarrhea.
Hello, Sick ny bird is getting somehwat weak and started spitting up. She's shakcing and keeps nodding of and that is so unlke her. What could she have? missing feathers around front of neck & under wings parakeet bird looks and acts fine but there are feathers missing from around front of his neck and under both wings plays and wolf whistles eats and drinks could ... baby love bird will not use its leg?? Hi! We just had about 5 weeks ago, a baby love bird hatch. The mommy was taken good care of it. We could hear it peeping inside the breeding box and ... New Furnace Fumes and Parrots I have a Senegal parrot, a parakeet, and a Red-Lored Amazon. I'm planning on getting a new gas forced-air furnace for my home soon and wondered if the ... Cockatile My cockatile had surgery twice once to remove eggs with unformed shells and removal of her uterus.we were informed she will not form any more eggs.now ... feather chewing My quaker parrot started chewing her feathers in january 2008. I took her to a vet who thought that she was chewing out of frustration for wanting to breed.... Conure acting weird...already been to the vet once. Hello! My name is Deepa, and I have a green cheeked conure named Raja. I got him a couple months ago and I believe he is 6 years old. He started sneezing ... bleeding under the wing..must have bitten a blood feather recently my budgie has been moulting and today i noticed that she had a red patch inder her wing and about an hour later it started to bleed very heavily ...
Wound on Wing?
I got an abused Keet from my sister today. She is very aggressive and frightened and seems to hate EVERYONE. my cockatiels wing is hurt hi, my cockatiel called benny is hurt, she got a lump on her wing and it bigger now, my sister is a vet and she said that if we take her into the vet they ...
Traveling by air
I need to transport my sun conure from Virginia to Florida. Is it okay for them to travel by air - in the main cabin? closing of 1 eye on my african grey my parrot has recently had a sist removed from his neck and a wart lasered off his tongue. Before and after his surgery he has been closing one eye. He ... sun conures beak Can a sun conure scratch its beak taking some of the black off?
Fischer's Lovebird drinking excessive amounts of water
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Nonstick interior on convection oven
I would also like to know if a convection oven with nonstick interior is dangerous as well to African Grey parrots. non-stick cookware There are many types of non-stick cookware available out there. Does the danger exist cooking with ALL non-stick cookware/bakeware for birds. or is it ... my three week old baby green cheek conure i have just noticed that my baby green cheek conures neck is starting to swell. i am hand feeding it and it is eating fine. i am kinda worried about ... parakeet molting for more than 2 weeks Is it normal for a parakeet to molt for more than 2 weeks? She has beem loosing a lot of fethers from all over her body, near the top of her head it is ... cockatiel with lump in throat My cockatiel has developed a lump in its throat in the past few days, it seems to be getting bigger and when it has a drink it seems to start choking a ... My Blue & Gold Macaw is coughing & sometimes congested we have alot of dust around due to a remodel, could this be the cause? we took her 3 times to the vet. he prescribed antibiontics all times, one time for ... Puffed up My female budgie parakeet, started acting diferent today. She has been puffed up for about 4 hours now. I know puffed up means sick, but could it be that ... Something wrong with my sun conure My mom has a sun conure which is about 20 yrs. old, she just started today falling off her perches. She's been sleeping too much today and can't stand ... Lovebird loosing feathers My Lovebird has recently lost some feathers around the neck and a little under the feathers. I have always given her a variety diet, seeds, fresh fruit,... My parakeets back toe is bent up He has to shake it at times so he can get it straight to put it on the perch. Sometime he will not stand on it but most of the time he does. But even when ... New Quaker , he is tame but acts like he is a meanie My new quaker is 5-6 months old, he is molting. but my question is, I haven't heard him say or even make a noise. now everyone says these birds talk alot ...
parrot health
what type of medecine should be given to bird when ill Bird's butt bare, no feathers... My bird hit his bottom on cement. I think he keeps pulling the feathers out because it is bare at the very back of his bottom. Anytime he bumps it now,... what to feed a baby rainbow lorikeet hi i would like to know the best food to feed my baby lorikeet and at what age is it best to take it away from the mum to hand raise it. thankyou preventing infection Hi my precious cockatiel Chirpy had a horrible accident last night. Our sun conures attacked her and took out her eye! She also lost a chunk of her scalp....
fleas in my parrot
I need help getting rid of fleas in my parrot and what can I use that is safe.
Bump Towards Tailfeather on Green Cheek Conure
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non-stick cookware
Hello, Making Our Own Playstand I am in the process of making a playstand for a blue and gold macaw. We obtained some crab apple branches from an old homestead. I am wondering if we ... Can a bird have a fever ? I'm a new bird owner , I just bought a Green Cheek Conure about two weeks ago , she is about 3 months old... she is a pleasure to have , she eats well ... Parakeet with large hump/lump on neck Yesterday it wasn't there but we noticed she was sleeping with her head down rather than back like usual. This morning, she has a large hump under her ... Sick Lorikeet My lorikeet is sick. She was shaking her head and brown fluid was coming out. Her eyes are pale. She is drinking more water than usual and not eating ... Lost weight during molting I have a cockatiel and she has went from 94 grams to 78 grams since she started molting and I was wondering if she is sick or if it is part of the stressful ... Bare neck on Scarlet Macaw I have a ten month old scarlet macaw. Underneath his feathers he has a bald ring around his neck (just above the shoulders) where no feathers ever seem ... My parrot has a bump on his back My blue front amazon has a bump on his back..The bump is not hard but feels like an air pocket? He/she is about 30 yrs..I have had Baby for about 26 years.... Abnormal Feather Growth Hi my name is Erica and I just have a question about my conure. He's 11 months old and he has been growing his feathers, the only problem is that one side ...
alexandrine parakeet
how will i know that my bird is having a upset tummy male parakeet pulling feathers from female parakeet I have a male and female parakeet sharing the same cage.The male has begun biting and pulling feathers from the female and even pulling her tail feathers ... sick baby bird Have a baby quaker about 7weeks old on antibiotics for almost three weeks now cold seems to be coming back and now right foot toes seem slightly swollen ... Egg Laying How do I stop my jenday conure from laying so many eggs? She's laid about 20 so far this year. She is my only pet and is not a breeder. This seems to ... nail off my parrot hung one of his nails and it came off . it is healing but he quit talking Quaker Parrot My quaker has starter picker at his leg and it has started to get darker. When I have him outside his cage he doesn't seem to do this. He is approximately ... lost feathers all of a sudden my cockateil has lost his main flight feathers on his left wing Scarlet Macaw red face Hi, Im slightly worried about our Scarlet Macaw as I know that parrots can hide illnesses easily. More recently I have noticed her face which is known ... lifted wings My apparently healthy male budgie keeps sitting with his wings lifted away from his body. He flies well, eats well, and does not seem to be uncomfortable ...
Nanday Conure broken toe
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fluffed feathers
What does it mean when an amazon stands alot with its feathers fluffed out? My amazon has been doing that a little more than usual.
feathers around missing
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Lorikeet Flight Feathers
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Seizures
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Using steriods on parrots
What is your opinion on using anabolic steriods on very sick underweight birds? injured claw on a quaker parrot not sure how it happened but my quaker parrot somehow injured his claw. i uncovered his cage yesterday and noticed his right claw was limp. the only thing ... Red Spot on Conure's Beak My niece, who lives in Elkton, MD, purchased a 3 yr old conure that was a breeding bird from a breeder. Since then she has noticed a red spot/blotch on ... does oxymav b work? hi, i have found that my budgie is continuously snezing, also the other day he looked like he was yawning but he kept doing so repeatedly aswell. A friend ... Bird rolling backwards My bird will all of a sudden start flipping/rolling backwards (like a backwards summersault) over and over again, usually across the floor about 8 or 10 ... Parakeet Death After receiving Claramox for what might have been an infection our bird began turning his head from side to side at an extreme angle. He did this for ... Is my parakeet brain damaged? We brought home a parakeet last December, and her behavior seemed to be pretty normal. She skittered around the cage, trying to get out, squawking and ... parot possible illness i have 2 budgies. The female lately shows me some signs of bad health. it's right wing is swollen and it can not fly well. The flesh on this wing is orange ... my bird's wing hurts what should i do? i suddenly noticed that my pet bird had a feather coming out awkwardly from his wing. it seems to be very sensitive by my touch and ...
sticky poo
Hi Grieving Parrots Recently my father passed away,and I'm taking care of his orange-wing Amazon.He got the parrot at about a month old and hand fed him,and has had him 12 ... male eastern rosella We rescued a male eastern rosella and was tols that he had a liver disease and that he should not be breed. We are feeding him fruity Zupreem pellets and ... Cockatiel rubbing beak on wood perch possible blood in his nostrils My Cockatiel is rubbing his beak on his wooden perch and his nostrils are very red. Almost looks like blood in the nostrils.I take him in regular for wings ... My African Grey Parrot is ll :( i have an african grey parrot, who has never fallen ill and now 2 weeks back started getting loose motions , after we visited a vet this stopped post him ... vomiting of my african grey My african grey likes to what we call dance with my husband. Today my husband picked him or her up and Sam did the normal panting which I know is something ... Scratching too much! Hi! This is Mike & I own a blue-naped parrot. She's 4 months old and she's really beatiful. Lately, she's scratching the area between her eye and beak.... Peach faced lovebirds -Pull out feathers We have two peach faced love birds and we are unsure to if they are male of female. Last month they laided and egg and then they smashed it. They practice ...
Parakeet puffed up with eyes closed
My Parakeet was closed in a door and now he is puffed up with his eyes closed what should I do? Vet check for a purchase of a new bird My wife is very interested in acquiring a young White Headed Pionus from a pet store. We understand the value of having a full check up by a vet prior ... Over Preening???? I have a Green-Wing Macaw that is about 2 years old. A couple of moths ago I noticed alot of down feathers at the bottom of the cage. At first I thought ... New Cockatiel I just recently purchased a cockatiel from a pet store. A few days after the purchase, I noticed that my bird would sound very congested, and at night,... Sick Rainbow Lorikeet I am at a loss as to what to do for my baby. I took him to the vet 2 months ago and he was diagnosed with a condition, putting it shortly though a puncherd ... green cheecked conure my conure pooped in my sink today and it looked different than usual. it actually looked like a light color of blood running from it. i was wondering what ... Parakeet excessively drinking I'm worried. My parakeet has, in the last couple months, taken to biting her water bottle excessively and shaking the excess water from her face. I come ...
rust
will rust on a formerly brass cage hurt my scarlett macaw? 4 month old quaker parrot why does my 4 month old quaker parrot so much and has been making quiet peeping noises for two days Cere on Greenwing I have a question about the ceres on my Greenwing Macaw. The inside part that I can see on one side is smooth and clear, the other is not smooth and has ... Lovebird paralyzed for a few minutes Hi, We got 2 baby lovebirds yesterday and took them out of the cage to start taming them. On the 3rd time taking them out they were quite use to us and ... sore on parrotlets toe Yesterday I was gone for about 2 hours and when I returned I took my parrotlet out of his cage and noticed that on his left foot he has a red mark. It ...
Bird Lighting Question
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swollen nose
Hi Vaccines I just read one of your comments about seeing a vet once a year for checkups and vaccines. What vaccines should and african grey have. My vet has never ... parakeet limping I have a parakeet 8 years old. he is limping on one leg and not grasping. his claw stays closed. i tried some mineral oil and then dabbed with peroxide.... Parakeet with black tip on beak My parakeet has developed a black tip on his beak over the last week or so. It is crusty in nature. It has not stopped him from eating, chirping, or ... Eye problem? When i take off my quaker parrots cage cover in the morning, find him taking a waking up from a nap during the day, or enter the room I find he often has ... Buggie sick I actually have to get rid of buggie my english budgie. His sister had a bird disease. Now we think our small dog Goofy might of caught it and our mom ... My sun conure is lethargic after a fall My Sun Conure recently fell off of her play rope and hit the floor. in doing so she developed a blood feather. We tended to the matter. in fact Ricky Bird ... feather plucking my 4 year old female spectacled amazon{white fronted}is very frustrated and angry and seems to be acting like an unspayed cat. i have other birds,six of ... Birds Toe Possibly Twisted? Hello, today my bird flew out of it's cage and landed on top of my rat cage. Before I could remove my bird, my rat was able to get a hold of his foot, and ...
Seizures
Hi Cockatoo with reddish crop Hi...my cockatoo escaped today out of her cage and chewed up the arm of my sofa...mostly the stuffing. I put her back in her cage and she drank and ate.... Lovebird has red irritated area under wing Yesterday i noticed at times my lovebird was a little sensitive when i picked him which is not normal for him. Today when he was flying to his cage i ... dehydrated foods I have a budgie parakeet, I've had him for 2+ months, he's been pretty easy to train so far but he refuses to eat or even go near any fruits,veggies,rice ... Amazon parrot molting alot after laying eggs My 10 year old YellowNaped Parrot, DeauxDeaux, layed her 1st eggs(3 of them) in June. They were unfertilized, but the vet said to let her sit on them until ... My budgie is continuously yawning Hi my budgie was continuously yawing yesterday, i was so scared I didnt know what to do, he just kept yawing one after another! I just wanted to know whether ...
Is vet wrap perches parrot safe?
I have seen some perch products that have been wound with vet wrap. Is this parrot safe? Does this pose a ingestion hazard? Thank you. Small cyst-like growths on and around eye I rehabilitate injured songbirds for release. A young thrasher has 3 small cyst-like growths on the cornea of one eye. They move with the eyeball as he ... bumps on his back by tail feather Hi I own a 6 month old scarlet macaw and we noticed he has small bumps on his body down by the tail feather we noticed a feather coming out of it it looks ... Preening We have two cockatiels = male and female. They had 3 babies who are now 10 weeks old and doing very well. Curley our male, however, loves to preen which ...
Male eclectus feather plucking
Hi, alexandrine parrot molting time how long I Have a male Alexanrine Parrot who is approx 18 months. He has molted once since i have had him approx six months ago and his feathers come back okay ... Vomiting Nanday Conure I recently adopted a Nanday conure who has had a difficult past. He was abused by his first owners and plucked out all of his feathers except his wings ... Molting bare skin around neck and back of head I believe one of my cockatiels is molting but has bare skin around the neck and back of head. I have a friend that says hers used to look worse then that,... red bump on wing!! what do we do for our cockteil bird?
Diet for a lory with high blood sugar
My Rainbow Lorikeet just had blood work that showed him as having very high blood sugar. Injured lovebird leg I noticed my lovebird has some dried blood on his leg. I am not sure what could have happened to cause the injury but I see him constantly picking at ... My Sun Conure Died My sun Conure recently passed away this morning. We bought him from petco 8 months ago and when he bought him he had a "cold" and had to to take him back.... behavior change in Jenday Conure What might cause my 10 year old conure to suddenly want to spend a lot of time under the paper at the bottom of his cage where he peeps this sweet little ... Changing cockateils food I was wondering how often do you have to change cockatiels limestone blocks, cuttlefish bones, millet sprays, and honey sticks? Sleeping on bottom of cage My new cockatiel has started sleeping on the bottom of cage, we have had him 1 week and he was owned for 5 years but the previouse owners had less time ... blue and gold macaw my macaw has a swollen pink eyelid on top of his left eye. it doesn't look serious. it's not oozing or bleeding, and he can open his eye all the way. i ... vomiting Macaw Hi, I have a neighbor that recently got a Macaw from a friend. This bird gobbles down his food in a hurry and then vomits it on the bottom of the cage....
Lovebird looks a bit sick?
Hi when do green cheek conures become prenant my green cheek is almost 3 so i was wondering if it is a girl wen will eggs lay?? Using Stevia Sweetner for Sun Conures Hello, If I am preparing food for my 2 sun conures would it be safe for me to use the stevia sweetner?It comes in several different bases, and 2 different ...
tailfeather scratching
Hello, help plz my lovebird has a swollen eye but is still eating and drinking wat should i do white feathers I have an alexandrine parrot. He has white feathers all over his body except for the head. He also gets back the green feathers somewhere in july-august ... Budgie with lame foot I have an older (i.e. 8-9 yr old) budgie who has suddenly stopped standing on her one foot. I can see no visible signs of injury. She has a history of ... sneezing parakeet my parakeet is sneezing and it is puffed up and it also has been hittig the walls of the cage at times no runny nose or anything like that. and the other ...
Excessive fleather plucking
Is there anything that you can do for your bird at home, if he has excessive abnormal feather plucking, before going to the vet?? i dont have a choice no vets open now please help me I have a sun conure , she is about 5 weeks old and I have been hand feeding her or him. She has been doing great than yesterday I noticed that her crow ... male and female cockateils my female cockatiel quibbles her voice and bends over as if in mating position, my male puts his beak into her backside as if cleaning her, are they attempting ... Egg laying Why would my 17 year old Sun Conure start laying eggs? She has done it about 3 times in the last year and a half - 3 eggs at a few days intervals each ... eye infection Left bottom eye lid is swollen. Iris is reddish, pink in color. No noted drainage. The eye looks as though it is bulging out of the socket. No injury known.... bleeding actually its somewhat of an emergency! i have no money and my bird is bleeding from her beak and nose, which acts up after she starts sneezing. i need ... Sneezing- Blue and Gold Macaw I've had my Blue and Gold Macaw for about 2 years now. And today he started sneezing. He has been sneezing for quite a bit now. What should I do?
African Grey parrot makes coughing noises
I have an African Grey bird, He makes coughing noises it sounds like a growling dog.? My bird has a runny nose, should I wait for it to pass? I've looked up other symptoms of being sick and she only has a runny nose (plus a few pulled feathers around her eye). I think otherwise she'll by fine.... Unhappy parakeet? My 6 year old, healthy looking parakeet began, weakly, and incessantly, chirping this morning---and only stops briefly when entertained. It is a very ... Egg laying Sun Conure Hi, I just recently became caretaker of a beautiful sun conure named Sunny. We got him 3 weeks ago and then Friday 07/18/2008 "he" layed an egg (it fell ... Greenwing baby with toe abnormality We are getting a green wing, he is 3 weeks old right now. The breeder called me today and said on his right foot he has 3 forward toes and 1 rear toe ... Parkeet info My female parkeet sarted laying eggs in begging of this month and laid six eggs. She has been sitting on them almost 24 hours in a day. It has been 18 ... Cockateil family all missing feathers around the neck We have a family of 4 cockateils living in the same cage (male female & 2 babies) they are all missing feathers around their necks. Is this normal or ... my birds sneezing hi, my birds sneezing alot and scratching his nose i just wanted to know whether he is ok? i only just got him 5 hours ago from the pet shop. Yellow Headed Amazon Parrot / Leg Problem We have a Yellow Headed Amazon Parrot, 30-35 yrs. old. Recently he seems to have a stiff leg. Doesn't want to bend it. Hold his,right, leg up in the air,... vomiting parakeet my female parakeet, Mollie, has been vomiting, runny dark droppings and very sleepy, ruffeled feathers, but she still eats, drinking very little. what ...
8 month old B&G macaw weight?
How many mg should an 8 month old Blue & Gold macaw weigh? (min to max) plucking My 25+ African Grey after laying 3 more eggs (laid 1st 3 around Easter) has suddenly started plucking - chest virtually bare. She now has my full attention ... alexandrine parrot shabby feathers hello, i was wanting some help re my alexandrine parrot. i have two 6 mnth old parrots and one has recently developed shabby looking feathers as though ... FEMALE COCKATIEL IS PREENING MALE BARRABAND I HAVE 7 COCKATIELS IN MY AVAIRY, I ALSO HAVE A MALE BARRABAND IN THERE TO, IVE HAD THEM ALL FOR A MANY YEARS, THEY ALL GET ON GREAT TOGETHER,THEY ALL ... Playpen Wooden Branches Treatment. Hello, I am writting to ask how one would go about treating (bird safe wooden tree branches from your list of course) to make playstands out of them for ...
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Itching/Scratching
Hi and thank you in advance for any advice. Alexandrine Head Feather Damage I have two female Alexandrines which I have had only for a couple of months. They were from different breeders. They appear to have some minor feather ... Parakeet keeps constantly opening its mouth I have 2 parakeets i have no idea how old they are i got them from my aunts friend ive had them for 8 months. One of my parakeets dont open their mouth ... my nanday has weak legs? hi i hope you can give me an answer my nanday conure "romeo" is 11 years old all of a sudden i find him sitting in the bottom of his cage well hes become ... cockatiel injury is there any thing i can do for my cockatiel? he flew into the wall and seems to have injured his neck Cockatiel's Irritated Wing I posted a message about 3 weeks back concerning my cockatiel's wing. He had a small area on the tip of his wing that he continually picked at, in which ... new bird with diarrhea every morning Hi, I recently got a young Alexandrine parakeet. He is now 22 weeks. The day I brought him home he was immediatly put in a separate room for isolation,... Cockatiel head twitching my new cockatiel's head twitches from side to side most of the day. My other two cockatiels never did this but have now started. What have they got please?... molting our african grey is loosing his red tail feathers Sun Conure picking nose and sneezing I purchased a sun conure on Saturday, and he’s settling in pretty well. The pet store didn’t offer a health certificate, but they did offer a guarantee.... Pigeon with pimple like spots by the mouth We raise Valencian Figuritta Pigeons. On one of the young we noticed odd pimple like spots on the outter two corners of the mouth. The bird is still ... Bare vent Area I have four Budgies and noticed that one of them has a bare vent area. This is a male Budgie aprox..10-11 months of age. He's not over weight, eats a healthy ... Green Cheek Conure lost weight Hi. I have a 6 year old Green Cheek Conure that I have only had for about 6 months. She is going through her first molt since I adopted her. She has ... Lame cockatiel egg laying hen My female cockatiel is 11 years old, and started laying her first eggs about a year ago. She was very persistent despite our efforts to dissuade her from ...
Baby budgie - resting her foot all the time.
Hi Sun Conure picking feathers till he is bleeding on his chest. I have a 8 year old sun conure. He has a large cage and is in a sun porch. He is generally a happy bird, very noisy and hand tamed. I woke up this morning ...
wood and metal toxicity, organic food, and cage-top playpen
Is linden wood toxic (tilia) for parrots ? (it is not on Dr Vanden's list) Sun Conure eggs How big are the eggs? I have a sun conure that had a large egg ~3" in circumference. I am not sure if she is distressed or if it is normal. She may have ... parkeet quesrtion hi my female bird laid her 1st egg on july 1, then another one on july 2 and third one today July 5. she is sitting on them most of the time. But my other ... my lutino lovfe bird can be heard each time he breathes in suddenly please can u help me i have a lutino peachface loe bird and suddenly everytime he breathes i can hear him...he seems to be a bit offcolour and sleeps alot ... Macaw Please help! My 2 year old Macaw has 2 red bumps on the face, one on each side. A while ago the same red, pimple like bump was there and went away. I ... rust in the cage We have 2 sun conures that are 3 months old and we like to put them in a very large out-side cage that has some rust spots on it. Both birds love to climb ... Cockatiel death Hi, my cockatiel of 12 years died a couple of days ago. About 2.5 years ago, he had a spell where he was breathing heavily for an afternoon. He stopped ... changing crown color Our two parakeets have spent time outside in our sunroom. We keep them up high so that they do not get any direct sunlight but just a well lit room. Both ... Should i play with my budgie with a cold? Hi i've got a cold right now and i just wanted to know whether it could be harmful if i took out my budgie and kept him on my shoulder? It isn't a serious ... Budgie has a bad foot my budgie has a bad foot he will not close it on the perch. when i looked at it i can see two small red markes thet look like they could be sores. i thought ... Quaker putting a strain on marriage Dear kind vet: I apologize in advance for this long email. I am at my wits end with my 11y/o male quaker. He has always been an active, vocal bird. He ...
Female conure alone, male just died
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Prolonged molting in TAG?
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Cockatto's left foot seems to go limp at times
Hello, Plucking Green Cheeked Conure I have read some of the articles regarding feather plucking but wanted to ask you about my bird in particular. She is a green cheek conure about 7 years ... Multiple Bird Recue questions I am writing in hopes to get some help with my 4 birds. I have a 14 year old eclectus (who is a plucker and has a naked chest and under his wings) and ... Eclectus rescue I just got a eclectus male, not sure which kind i think he maybe a soloman he has a orange/yellow bill.I took him in as a rescue. this bird is so bald.... breeding process i was wondering how old my female green cheeked conure should be before i breed her
Male Cockateil is pulling feathers out under his wing
For the past week I noticed what appeared to be the ring wing "swollen" Do older conures need special care? I have a sun conure that I have raised since he hatched. Now that he is going on 16 years old I wonder if there is anything special he needs as he gets ...
Is it bad if it's face turns from white to yellow?
My blue parakeet has had a yellow face it is always white but it's featers have turned yellow. foot suddenly turned black please can you help me ...my south african lutino love bird suddenly has his right leg gone black and seems to limp abit...also his underwing on the same ... i just found out that my male yellow nape is a female she has been laying eggs, almost 21 yrs old is this a sign that she may be dying? thank you.....this is the first yr that this has been happening...christina... Eclectus I have a female SI. She only has her dark grey feathers. I assume she is plucking but I do not know for sure. Her beak also grows very long. Is there ... Peach Faced Love Bird My love bird is 7 years old and I noticed her slow in climing the cage. Under her tail is a very large sack, what would this be? Parakeet's wing My parakeet is acting strange. He always is stretching out his wings, but today I noticed that he is lifting his right wing away from his body, and it ... How to prevent cockatiel from chewing wing feathers? Hello, my cockatiel of 10 years just recently (within the last 4 months) started picking at his wing feathers in one specific area. During the first few ... My parakeet is sitting on the bottom of its cage. My parakeet is about a year old or younger. About 2 days ago, it started to scratch it's beak a lot on the perch. It keeps opening its mouth but not the ... Lame Gallah My Gallah is unable to put any weight on his left leg Sudden onset over 2 days. Not particularly swollen. Has seen a vet and given anti inflammatory medication ... Head twitching (african grey)&parrot gathering? I have a 6 month old african grey parrot. Her head kinda of in between a shake and a twitch.Is this normal? I did brought her to a avian doctor to get ... new carpeting Due to the recent flooding in our area we had to pull out all of our old carpet in the basement. My question is I was looking at new carpet that has the ...
Pulled Tail Feathers
Hello, Proventicular Dilation Disease We recently lost our Greenwing Macaw to PDD. She was our only bird. How long should we wait to get another bird? Our vet said to wait two weeks before ...
Can a pregnant lovebird travel?
Hello, stiff fingers Yesterday i notice that my 19 years old white fronted amazone parrot can't use his fingers, they look like they are paralyse... even when eating, instead ... Afican grey has lump in neck My Afican grey has a lump on the side neck and it does not have feather on the lump. what could this be? Missing flight feathers Hi I have just bought a 10 week old budgie from a pet store and I am worried because he cant fly - he has no flight feathers! also his tail feathers seem ... Can parrotlets eat cardboard I set a tissue box in my two parrotlet's cage with some torn up tissues for bedding. they completely chewed up the front and ate it. Is that ok? Will ...
Paralyzed neck - African Grey TAG
Hello, Bird Dandruff My African Gray has some weird white stuff in her feathers on top of her head. It feels really grainy. Her beak has slivers that feel like you can tear ... weight loss in Souance Conure My 10 yr old conure has appeared to lose weight about a yr or two ago. Around the same time I put him on a recommended pelleted diet. He did not eat ...
Rabbits
Is dende good for rabbits with kidney problems...ie early stages of kidney failure. Love bird smearing poop on his face I have a love bird that has started pooping on the strings that hold his bed up and he smears his face on it. I just want to make sure he is not sick and ... my lovebird my lovebird seems to suffer from fits and seizures. what can i do short of taking it to a vet. i'm on ssi and thus have a limited income Living with a Parrot Hi i have an african grey, and watching television yesterday a woman said that if you live with a parrot it is very hard for a woman to get pregnant and,... LOST HIS VOICE My Sun Conure Marly has lost his voice. We bought him a little over a week ago and he was noisy as ever, but now he can barely get a sound out. He seems ... hand fed baby quaker parrot few weeks old baby quaker parrot. loosing 5 or more tail feathers. baught him at a flea market, I am hand feeding him. he is living a box like hermit crabs ...
African Grey Dandruff
Why does my 40 year old African Grey Parrot have dandruff? was my parrot too young when he was taken from his mother i bought my african grey 4 months ago and he has been very sick twice since. the vet weighed him the other day and said he was very small for his age(the ...
why is my budgie plucking its head?
my budgie was fine one day and started aggressively plucking its head to the point of bleeding. separating a pair that have been together for 1 year I am breaking off a relationship with an inconsiderate man that wishes to take back a gift he gave me and my male blue/gold a year ago ....Her name is ... Cockatiel sneezed on my nose This is the second time that I have suspected that my cockatiel has given me a sinus infection. The first time, however, he didn't sneeze directly into ... Egg Laying I just adopted a Yellow Naped Amazon that I was told was a male bird. I have had it about three weeks and it has been around my other Amazon. In the same ... 5 Month Yellow-Collard Macaw We just brought home a 5 month old Yellow-Collard Macaw and I noticed that when I'm holding him, and he is nibbling at my fingers, his one wing twitches?... baby tiel with stretched crop I have a 18 day old baby tiel, that I pulled the night before last to handfeed. When I went to feed him yesterday morning, his crop was still full, so ...
My lovebird has seizures or fear
I have two healthy lovebirds about three years old. One of them has started having odd behavior when I pick up the cage and move it. loosing his feathers Why my Alexandrine parrot start loosing his feathers from the head? He start bercome bold. Shal I take him to veterinary? I'm in the hospital now for few ... Parakeet wings are trembling and away from body? I came home from work today and one of my parakeets had its wings slightly extended from its body and kept them there. They also seemed to be trembling.... 14 yr. old African Grey ill My 14 yr. old African grey is ill. He has had large droppings. At first they were bright green with an odor. He was treated for a bacteria infection ... my parakeets wing bleeds my parakeets wing bleeds and when it does not bleed my parakeet holds it out. whut should i do about my parakeets wing bleeding at home
feather plucking
my quaker is pulling out his feathers and bleeding . Sneezing macaw I have a 7yr old Scarlet Macaw that came from a home that chained smoked around him. He has been to a vet and got antibiotics for a sinus infection. He ... Severe Macaw has red tint on face and feet My severe macaw is showing some red tint on his face (in the white feathers) and on his feet. What is causing this and is it an issue I need to be concerned ...
Parakeet has strange poop
Good morning, my macaw has lump on vent hello i have a paralyzed macaw blue and gold and well i noticed he has a lump right by his vent so i was wondering cause morgan doesnt have any tailfeathers ... Feather plucking We have an aviary of all male birds - cockatiel, rosellas, red rump, barraband etc - well apart from a wrongly sexed Rock Pebbler who turned out to lay ... 5 Year Old CAG Has been pink for 3 weeks I had my birds wings clipped 3 weeks ago, and it obviously stressed him terribly. He stopped talking for about a week, starting plucking feathers,and ... DEWORMING COCKATIEL BABIES MY COCKAITELS ARE PROUD NEW PARENTS AND I READ THAT I SHOULD DEWORM THE BABIES. THE WAY THE BOOK MADE IT SOUND IS THAT I ONLY NEEDED TO DO IT IF MY BIRDS ... 3 month half moon conure I bought my conure in the market and it seemed healthy and alert. The next day he seemed alert and fine. Two days after I purchased him he seemed lethargic ... lovebirds legs cracked and bleeding I purchased a pair of blue-masked lovebirds in December, they were about 6-8 months old at the time. We were told by the petstore that they were male and ...
sleep time
My son has two lovebirds. He keeps them covered a lot of the time. Can you tell me how much time should the birds be kept covered ? half moon conure loss of appetite and inactive In the past month I have noticed Cisco has become much less active, less talkative, actually has fallen from his perch at least once, sleeps more in daytime,... Jenday conure strange behaviour "My Jenday conure "Jaydee" has now for the past 3 days been playing underneath his cage lining. Making these funny squibbly squeeky noises. Is this normal?... lovebird seizures My lovebird, 3 years old, has occasional seizures. She falls off her perch, screems and her head is back and her claws are cluched. It only happens at ...
surgery to remove cockatile's uterus
hello my macaw stressed or sick? my 8 year old blue and gold macaw and i just moved down to florida by car,and the first few days he was acting normal then all of a sudden he turn aggressive ... plucking electus male What in YOUR opinion would be the best pellet for him. He is 11 years old and has plucked his check the last 5. I think he had something in some new ... sick tiel I have a cockatiel that is a little over a year old. Starting 6 days ago she starting having major issues. I noticed her poop became a solid black. It ... Cockatiel Died My husband and I got a baby cockatiel that we had to hand feed until he could eat the seed diet we got Snowy in Nov 2007. Everything was fine we took ... Parakeet scratching and rubbing his face; lots of white flakes For the past few weeks (probably more than a month), my budgerigar has been rubbing his "face" on various objects (my finger, the perch in his cage, etc.... Parrotlet died - intestinal? My parrotlet was 4. she seemed very happy the day I found her on the floor-passed away. She was on the top of her cage playing and then I looked over and ... Double yellow amazon white flakes. Hi I just got a double yellow headed amazon a few weeks ago. I have given him pellets and pretty bird pellets plus seeds. He has a lot of white flakes ... diet for african grey I have a 23 year old grey timneh that I adopted from a shelter. He had a companions also a timneh who who was 27 years old who died last week. The vet ... Excessive Egg Laying I have a female and male 7 year old Jenday Conures. Clutch mates..the female starting laying eggs last July. Layed #37 this morning. They wont nest them.... Green Cheek Conure's feathers?? A couple of the wing feathers (the ones that are closest to his body / that sit on his rump) are partially green and partially faded yellow/brown in colour ... 25+ African Grey still sitting on eggs It has been over 3 wks now since Bertie surprised us by laying 3 eggs in quick succession. Have followed the vet's advice, careful to pet only head and ... Sick Parakeet, tried to get help. PLZ My parakeet is shaking and i think she may have a fever. We went to an Avian vet but they didn't help at all. Her appetite is o.k. although the vet said ...
Sun Conure
Hi, Screaming Greenwing I wanted to know if you had any opinion on the SHHHH no scream from Kings Cages and if this would be a good option to calm down a loud bird. Appreciate ...
milk
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Sick Hahn's Macaw
Our 17 year old Macaw has vomited, is weak and warm. What would be your opinion as to what could be wrong? Thank you, Parakeet excessive drinking We've had our parakeet for about four years now and he/she has always consumed a lot of water; however, this is now becoming excessive. He/she is happy,... eastern rosella Hi. My beautiful eastern rosella died at the weekend. He had not been sick at all and in the morning before he died, he was whistling and talking just ... 25+ suddenly(!) female African Grey In less than a week our African Grey, has for first time, laid 3 eggs. Should I take them away from her? Should I be taking away her adored cardboard boxes ... my macaws tailfeather hello i have a 2 year old blue and gold macaw that had fallen and i have taken him to the vet which he has extensive nerve damage so his feet always twitch ... moth type bugs I just purchased a sun conure parrot. I brought the bird home and noticed moth looking insects flying around the cage. We also got the cage from the same ... sleeping why is my crimson rosella always going to sleep
to determine the sex of an alexandrine parakeet
at what age does the ring on the neck appear on male alexandrine parakeets? Feeding My mother has a 6 month old Macaw and seems to be a picky eater we are concerned if we are feeding him the right food. Do young Macaws have a different ... Sun Conure's beak I have had my Sun Conure for five years. His beak has always been solid black, even at a young age. I have moved to Tennessee since Hurricane Katrina ... Orange Wing molting My orange wing in going through the worst molt I have ever seen in the five years that we have had her. She is delightful and we got her when she was about ... Supplemental vitiamin & best commerical brand food for lory parrot Is it safe to give my lory parrot supplemental vitiamin drops in his nectar. what would be the best commerical brand food on the market for a lory parrot.... eye infection hello, i recused a conure parrot about 6 mon.he was hit by a car. i believe he was a pet but no one answered the ad. he had an injured leg and a injured ... human-to-bird illness I have had a flu-like illness and now my bird is sneezing. Is it likely that my bird would get sick from me? What are some measures I can take to protect ... Parrot making strange sounds and puffing up its chest... A week or two ago I rescued/purchased a Yellow Collared Macaw from an owner that banished him to the garage since no one in the family wanted him or wanted ... abnormal beak growth and liver failure My mother had a Parrotlet for about 8 years until he very suddenly died the other night. When he was less than a year old he developed severe sinus infections ... infertile eggs I have a pr of african greys that are 11 & 12 yrs old.They have had 2 & 3 clutches a yr for me for the last 5 yrs.All of a sudden,the last 2 clutches of ... What activities, games, or toys could I buy my cockatiel? My Cockatiel, Tiki, seems to get afraid of his toys, is that common for this kind of bird? What games can I play with him that won't make him lose my ... Yellow Collared Macaw Someone locally has a ten year old yellow collared macaw which I am considering buying. All of the macaws I have owned in the past have a nice white bare ... macaw parrots macaw parrots are they allowed to drink milk. Milk what us humans drink.
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Weight Loss in birds
Hi I took my Lovebird to an avian vet yesterday and unfortunately he passed away. We're doing a neocropsy. The waiting is making me a wreck. sleeping too much I have a quaker parrot, not sure of her age but she sleeps all the time. When she comes out of the cage and sits on top, she immediately closes her eyes ... Dangers for human pregnancy? Are there any health risks that can effect human pregnancy due to parrot flying freely at home at all times?
Lactaid Milk
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Feather plucking
hi there my bird regurgitates its food Recently my peach faced love bird has picked up a bad habit of regurgitate its food on to stick. why is my bird doing this and what can we do stop from ... He quit using his gravel I have a Crimson Rosella that is about 7 years old. We moved about 2 months ago, and ever since, he has quit using his bird gravel. Any ideas? Is it ... Desperately need help with CAG with MAJOR behavior problems I'm at my wits end here. I don't know what to do. Ryo, my 6 month old CAG is having MAJOR behavioral problems. Let me start off by saying that he is ... CAG with red feathers in places other than his tail 1 yr ago I adopted Archie, a 19 yr old CAG. During this time, he's twice seen our Vet for grooming, weigh ins, and physical examination. (no blood work)...
Love bird with secretions from nostril
Hello, my love bird (7 years old), played with roses all day long (chewing, cutting the leaves and petals, etc), African Grey diet I have a 14 year old Congo African Grey that refuses to eat fruits and vegetables. I tried everything for years and finally gave up. She eats Zupreem Natural ... Overgrown beak I have a 10 year old African Grey. This past year one side of his beak grew into a long V shape point. I took him to a vet and he sedated him with gas ...
Lovebird 7 years old, damaged legs #2
I am taking him to an avian vet today... Found parrot I found a Meyer's parrot outside a few days ago....he seems OK but would like to know if I should take him to the vet for a checkup? By the way he's eating ... Lovebird 7 years old, damaged legs Ziggy got into the freezer for about 3 minutes...before we knew. He seems okay, except that he won't stand on his legs. Do you think that he's suffered ...
Feathers
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Conure losing vocalization
My hybrid Conure is losing his vocalization. It went from a loud, rough noise to just a peep. I am worried. 1 month african grey hi i have a 1 month old african grey and he always lay down he dosent seen much active and am v sad about it.... can u tell me why it is? Jade's head shaking (seizure?) (Mexican Redhead Amazon) Jade is our Mexican Redhead Amazon who is 6 months old. We bought her from a breeder 2 months ago who has said that she never saw her do this (of course)... BIRD COLDS I have a Senegal who has learned to imitate well. My family all had colds recently and sneezed/coughed a lot and now we hear our Senegal sneezing occasionally.... Conure sneezing My Conure has been sneezing every half-hour or so for the last week. He is 4 months old. Chewing on the end of clipped wings I have a 10 month old Hahn's Macaw who started chewing on the end of feathers that are clipped on his wings. He leaves the other feathers on his wings ...
Parakeet in need of some TLC
Hello, trimming budgie black nails My budgie parakeet is still a baby, hasn't had first molt yet, and has black toenails, how do i cut them without being able to see the blood line on them?... Bump on face Well, my bird has a small red bump on the side of his face,in the part where it is white, specifically on the left side. I have never noticed it but my ...
African Grey Neck
Hello, My Blue Masked Lovebird died suddenly I had an adult Blue Masked Lovebird. He had been with me (along with my African Grey Parrot and Citron Cockatoo) for about 7 -8 years. I don't know how ...
Cockatiel laying unfertilized eggs
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wing and nail clipping
Hello Avian Vet, budgie parakeet's hurt foot My male budgie parakeet has had trouble with a hurt foot in the past but later on he started using it normally. One week ago he seemed to have hurt that ...
Conure's eye pink & a little swollen
Hello, Green cheeked conure pulling out flight feathers My green cheeked conure has over the past couple of weeks pulled out every blue flight feather he had. Started on one wing first. Is constantly picking ... Feather plucking-of down feathers Watson is my 2-1/2 year old female white eyed conure. She has just recently started plucking out all the down feathers on her back. She screams when ... peach face my peach face is almost 10 years old he has lost interest in playing and sleeps all day. Could he be sick or is it old age Sun Conure My husband and I have had our Sun Conure for 4 years We took him for his "manicure" today to a pet store. and brought him in his travel cage which has ... My budgies ceres keeps changing colour! I brought my budgies two years ago. Their ceres are changing colour quite often (blue to a dark pink and back to blue again)Something they are blue and ... black spot my parakeet has a black spot on his beak dandruff /african gray congo my african gray likes to clean himself very throughly daily. he has alot of dandruff. is there something i should give him to help this. i know they have ... What type of illness does my parakeet have and how do I treat it? My parakeet is sleeping a lot, not eating or drinking because when she does it appears as if she is about to throw up. I have seen these symptoms before ... Need guideance about parrot's leg paralysis Yesterday morning suddenly my parrot shouts unusually.i rushed to him .i observe that he was in severe pain and unusually he is biting the iron boundry ...
African Grey Feather loosing
Hello, Sticky Poop I have a new SI female Hen 10 months old very anxious. I just got her a week ago. I her fed some fresh foods, dehydrated fruits and veggies and Golden ... Whats wrong? Seizures? I have had my cockatiel for two years now and he is the sweetest bird you could ever imagine. I love him dearly but something has been troubling me. He ... brown lovebird why would my female lovebird turn brown? She did this afew months before she started laying egge and now she is doing it atain. Is this a hormone thing?... swolen leg what should I do if my parrot has a swolen foot can I give him antibiotec if yes which one I need a name african grey cutting nails my african grey had shsrp like half an inch and my uncle who used to take care of agc so,he cut a little peice of my african grey nail and he started bleeding ... Feather loss I have a Green Ring neck parrot for last 1 year. He started losing feather for last 4-5 months. Now he has bald patches around beak, eyes and over head ... indian ring neck parrot eggs are older than 23 days Hello, this is my first attempt with broodering. I owned a male ringneck for 28 years. I just decided that I did not want to lose him with out having an ...
Alexandrine Parakeet strange behaviour
It sleeps with its heads bent and rests it upon its back. he keeps on biting and plucking its feathers.What should i do? Is that normal? My lovebird has irritation on her rear end, My female lovebird is haveing irritation in her rear end , she is constantly picking at her end . I examined her and i noticed that her rear is bright ... Sneezing Green Cheek bird... Hello, and sorry to bother you. I have a Green Cheek bird that keeps sneezing. I have taken him to the vet, and put him on anti-biotics, but it doesnt ... runny nose, dried mucus on beak My african grey congo has had runny nose since I got her. She was born in feb 09. The runny nose has gotten worse, now theres dried mucus on beak acumulating.... Discolored Stool My pet bird is 3 yrs. old and its stool looks a little red. It never used to look like this. Should I be concerned? What is wrong? limping parrot my parrot limping what to do green cheek conure My green cheek conure's stomach feathers are either falling off or she is pecking them off and i want to know if that is a problem? parakeet do I need to see a vet and does it absolutely need shots sick cockatoo???? my dads cockatoo is drinking heaps more water than usual and his poo is a much lighter green than normal,hes had him for ages and never seen him do this,... Cut Neck hi my name is justin i have two baby lovebirds.I got them about two days ago.my one lovebird(PEACH) has a cut.there are no feathers there so im not sure ... Bumble foot My vet told me my parkeet may have bumle foot. What r your suggestions for cure?
overnight feather loss
My two year old female scarlet macaw has, overnight, plucked out most of her body feathers. molting The quaker parrot 3 y.o. removes a lot of feathers from legs belly and chest. He is itching really bad. We drove him to the vet and had bloodwork done.... kidney again the vets that i have spoken to have said oh just kill the animal so now i am even more scared so could you advise me to another vet please i am bebbing ...
My bird is loosing skin
Hello good afternon, I am concerned about my african grey, she's loosing white skin, what can I do to help her. Asparagus and cabbage, how long do toxic chemicals on last fruit trees Hi, I accidentally ran across this site, IT IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL. I have a 6 1/2 (?) yr old lilac crowned Amazon, "Jack" - I rescued him from Humane ... Constipated Budgie Hello, I have 2 budgies, one female and one male but it seems like my male budgie is constipated. I noticed he isn't pooping as much and when he does,... feather growth I bought a young sun conure. The tail and wing feathers do not seem to be growing back properly. It seems that the problem consists of her left side because ... kidney A vet has told me that my parrots 1 kidney is bigger than it should be and i am scared so can you please advise me as well it is pushing on nervs so that ... Blood on beak, black dots in mouth My cockatiel has a small black lesion on his tongue and what seems to be dried blood on his beak. He doesn't whistle or sing very often anymore either.... 6 month old cockatiel weak Hello this morning i got up and my cockatiel was acting funny very tired not talking and weak. He/she is a very active bird up until today. he/she ate ... Parakeet claw problem Bird's claw/leg got crushed behind cuttle bone in cage. Took to vet who said to give it pain med for a week. they were not sure if broken or not. Injury ...
Lovebird with seizures
my lovebird has seizures--- i am a senior citizen & the bird needs some testing among bloodtest. lovebird discolored beek I have a 2 yr old lovebird and she is constantly rubbing her tongue against the inside of her beek. she seldom has her mouth closed. also, she has some ... stuffy nose my 11 yr. old macaw sounds like he has a stuffy nose..should i run a himidifier around him or something? Quaker Parrot plucking issues. My quaker parrot "Mango" just started plucking about 4 days ago. He is just about to turn 2 in a couple of months. He has been seen by a vet and is ... My bule-and-gold macaw won't eat. My blue-and-gold macaw won't eat,but my avian vet says he's not sick,what do i do? Pressure sores on feet I have 5 cockatiels all in a very large cage indoors. They have a variety of natural branches in their cage, one dowling perch and a couple of small calcium/... Stress Bars on Baby Green Cheeked I purchased a 3 1/2 month old baby Green Cheeked Conure from our local bird store. He/She is very social and friendly, and is acting perfectly healthy,... Something fell on my bird! Today, we let our bird fly freely around the house. Though, we left the door open to our toy room and he flew inside! A toy car fell on top of him, but ... Cockatail Im not sure if its an emergency or not, but we have baby cockatail birds and this little one opens its mouth like if it was grasping for air, and i have ...
One conure plucking the other conure
I saw your answer regarding a conure plucking itself, but what are your recommendations for a conure plucking its "brother?" My Austrailian female lovebird yesterday at 6/13/09 at 12:00 i came home and wanted to get my birds because i bought them a toy and i saw my female lovebird with a eye bruised i think ...
my bird has a red lump on head
my bird has a red lump on head My lovebird eggs keep half hatching, and then the babys die because the babys are not ready yet. :( Why does this happen? Is It okay if only one lovebird hatches out of 5 fertile eggs? because the others all died....:(
My Sun Conure has a big chest
Hello, Abadoned baby sparrow I found a baby sparrow yesterday. There were no signs of supervision. He seems healthy, except for his right eye. It has been shut! It's hard to determine ... Symmetrical Lumps on Top of Cockatiel's Wings Near Back Hi. After I had given my Cockatiel, Kirby, a bath, I noticed spots on her wings. I moved the feathers out of the way and saw two spots on both wings in ... Female Gouldian, 1 year old, swelling and feather loss over rt. eye My Female Blue Back/Black Head Gouldian has swelling over her right eye the size of a small pea since 5/14/09. It almost looks like a small boil. She tries ... caique being sedated at 10 weeks Do vets normally put a 10 week old caique under sedation when being x ray? I brung my caique to his a new vet because he was really weak. They said they ... Bubble in Neck? I have 4 baby cockatoos that I am handfeeding..I've been feeding for 12 years..while feeding the babies, an air sac appears in the side of their neck and ... hand raised cockatiel got cooking oil in body Coco our cockatiel had kinda flies around kitchen benches and unfortunately last night i had a cooled cooking oil(deep frying) in a pan and she must landed ... parakeet bill peeling It appears my male blue parakeet ( under 2 years) has peeling of his bill. The peeling just hangs there. Should I pull it off and oil his bill? Is this ... conure parrot gender how do i tell what sex it is budgies who love green beans our budgies love the seeds inside of green beans. I have been offering this to them most days for several years now because they love them. I see beans ... how is the best way to handle and travel with my sun conure in a car? i am picking a sunconure from a personal party and i was wondering what was the best way to travel with him in a car travel time is est. 1 and a half hoursm ... death i have 3 peach faced love birds i purchased a Lutino love bird and put them in the same cage (first mistake) they fought some but the were together`for ... Baby Lovebird Foot Hi, I have a baby lovebird from the last clutch that I hand-fed and raised that is now a day over 8 weeks old. He/she will not open it's foot properly ... Older conure spending alot of time on cage bottom Larry is a 20 year old green cheek and periodically spends vast ammounts of time on the bottom of his cage. Normally he tears up the newspaper or throws ... egg laying My peach face has been acting strangely over the last few weeks (fluffed up feathers on bottom of cage) and her bum was swollen and red. Today we found ...
Parakeet missing feathers around neck
Hi, Sun conure with hurt leg I noticed just yesterday that my sun conure 4 months old is favoring his right foot/leg, he does still walk on it just with less pressure then before, and ...
taking to vet
AT what age should a baby cockatiel be safe to take in the car to the vet to be checked? we have 4 that are 4 weeks old Caique with swollen crop after laying many eggs Hello, My 9 year old wb caique has laid 8 eights in the pass 2 months and now here chest or crop area is very very full and will not go down and she is ... Little Corella with lump on eye-ring. Hi, My Little Corella has a lump near her eye. It is ovoid in shape and appears to be under the skin, rather than a growth above. The skin covering the ... My cockatiel has dirrhea My 4 month old cockatiel is sneezing and has diarrhea could it caught my cold? My male cockatiel stopped singing but otherwise is acting normal. Mo my year old male tiel stopped singing 2 days ago. He is normally VERY vocal so this is very strang for him. I did notice that he was shivering a tiny ... 6 month old parakeet with black toe nail and swollen toe I just noticed today that my parakeet has a black toe nail and it looks like it could be infected it looks as though its drying up to fall off but im also ... Sun Conures beak My sun conures beak is changing from all black to white iv had him for 3 weeks and i asked the owner befor me if this has happned before and he said no.... Red Spots on a Lovebird If a peach faced lovebird has red spots all over the bird what do you do? Is is bad or serious?
Senegal Parrot losing feathers
Hello, Severe Macaw will not wean I have a 7 month old sever macaw that will absolutely not wean. I bought him from a store owner that I purchased my 2 other parrots from and she handfed ... black beak My mom parakeet's beak is turning black
how to tell if a baby blue naped is not healthy?
i have a baby blue naped parrot(4 weeks or more) Half moon conure losing orange feathers above nare I have a 17 year old half moon conure in generally good health. He's in the middle of his spring molting and we just noticed that nearly all the orange ... Moody Cockatiel I have had my cockatiel for about a year now. He has always been so sweet and affectionate. He would let me pet him behind the head and he would never ... budgie cage and pet shop health. Hi recently i have decided to buy a budgie is a cage the size of 16x17x18 too small also when i was at the petshop i noticed a budgie had a deformed cere ... rescued cockatiel chronic scraping roof of mouth until bleeds with tallon I rescued a male cockatiel about a month ago (I had one for 22 yrs befor it passed) is chronically scraping the roof of it's mouth with it's toe tallon ... question about a Senegal I have noticed a bald spot on the frontside neck of my 18 year old Senegal. I am also concerned about possible weight loss. Otherwise, he is active and ... rubbing himself I have a male parakeet that was given to me by my sister so I have no idea his age. I give him lots of toys and he is very social and almost seems to get ... my ringneck parrot shos signs of flu I have a green ringneck parrot he shows symptoms of flu. he will hold his head up and swallow a few times. it also seems that he is getting cold. he had ... broken wing feathers How can we keep our bird from flying and breaking her flight feathers????? Sick Parakeet, watery stool My bird has had very watery stool for about a month and he started to get better. But now he seems disoriented and losing his balance. Is an avian vet ... crop not emptying my african grey had an episode where he fell back off his perch down to the bottom,and then as soon as he had realised wat happened he was fine,he has ...
lump comming out of cockatials nose
there is a bloody lump comming from my birds nose. Beak was cut too short Today I accidentally clipped my parakeets beek too short and he is now bleeding every time he begins to eat. What can I do? New Buddies for a Budgie So, I'm getting two new friends for my budgie Loki. She's about 2.5/3 years old, and the new keets are about 3 or 4 months old. I'm getting them from a ... bugie foot male bugie 5yrs old, his left foot,when sitting on his perch his claws are'nt gripping,his front claw seem's to stick out.When i picked him up,sat him ... Small/deformed claws? One of my quaker parrots seems to have very small, stunted claws compared to my other one, and she seems to be missing one or two altogether on her back ... Suspected Tumor My cockatoo has a lump on his right shoulder. I just noticed yesterday when I was hosing him. I took him to the vet he says that it is not a feather cyst ... African grey with cut eye lid my african grey has cut is eye lid open on 1 of his toys should i bave it if so what is best. hope u can help thank you. Puffy parakeet?? Hi, I have 3 parakeets. Which I've read tons about and they are part of the Parrot family. Anyway, one of the three birds has been strangely puffy. When ... Black dots Our new parakeet seems to have formed three small black dots on its neck and one over its eye. What might this be? Probs after wing clipping I'm trying to help a friend. She recently bought a 2 month old Green Cheek and his primary flights were clipped even with the secondary flights. He acts ... liver dease using milk thisle budgie with liver dease and milk thisle , she weighs 25 grams and has been seen by a top avain vet in ca , however knowing that she will have this problem ... about my cockatiel my cockatiel has swollen up around his neck and body he is also missing feathers around his neck, it has been going on for 2 days now his legs are purple ...
english budgies advice on health, and food problems
i have two english bugies a male and female and the isuess are as folows symtoms a bird hasw hen it has parasites what symptoms does a bird have when they have parasites Balding around Eye of Cockatiel We have recently put a male in with our female. Their behavior has been very civil. Today we noticed she has many feathers missing around her eye on one ...
3rd clutch of eggs laid in short period of time
My cockatiel hen has just started her 3rd clutch of eggs. small conure has balding on back of neck- please be adivsed this happened yrs ago with another conure here and he got a shot and almost died, he went into shock. then vet had to give another shot ... Quaker vet visits? How many times a year does a Quaker parrot need to see a vet? Baby conure ALWAYS screaming!! I have a 45-50 day baby sun conure and he is always screaming!! I've had him for about a week, and I took him to the vet for a check-up, everything seemed ... 3 year old cockatiel began panting and later died We had two cockatiels, one male (Nibbles - on the ladder) and a female (Bubbles - on the perch). I clipped their nails tonight, which upset the female.... Does my cockatiel have mites? How do I help? My 11 year old cockatiel started out with inlamed nostrilsabout a month ago. Then he started to loose the feathers around his nose a couple weeks ago. I ...
Alexandrine Ring Neck
I received your response and I sincerely appreciate you quick response. 6 month old severe macaw My 6 month old severe macaw still will not eat solid food and I am still handfeeding it with a syringe. My first question, is it alarming it still has ... Alexandrian Ring Neck I just brought home my Alexandrine Ring Neck. I am taking her to the vet in 2 days. Can you tell me what test I should have done. Any vacinations? Eye scratching. My Mitred conure has recently started scratching at his eye. He is 30 years old, and has never been sick. I noticed the white skin around his eye is ... Green Cheeked Conure eating sand We have a sandbox in our backyard, and our one-year-old bird loves to eat the sand whenever he's out there. Will this harm him? He appears happy and healthy,... swelling near vent i have a congo african grey that has developed swelling by the kiel bone and vent area right below the belly.I have always believed him to be male (didn'... drainage on wing our budgie has a yellowish drainage on wing- red appears under the feathers as if the skin is irritated. sudden death in young conure We lost our beloved green cheeked conure Dizzy on Tuesday night. We went to bed and he was fine and behaving normally . I found him dead in his cage in ... 4 month old blue gold --swollen neck Please help we just got a 4mnth blue&gold on 3(80cc)feedings a day. about an hour or so after feeding tonight we noticed her neck swollen(like a bubble ...
Iodine?
I wrote previously about my Indian Ringneck's foot. cockatiel bald under wings watery poops hi my cockatiel has watery poops and is bald under wings and is biting like she has mites there is two cockatiels in the cage only one has this do you ... baby macaw with possible inner ear infection Hi, I have a baby B & G macaw that rears its head to the left, and is slightly off balance. I have an appointment for Tuesday with our avian vet, is this ... my baby sun conure's crop is not emptying on time ?? Hello Sir ! I just got a 4 week old sun conure baby from my friend who bought it for hand feeding and could not do the job so gave it to me. I have a little ...
bites
my rainbow lorikeet never bites me but when mi friend is around he nevr bites her but bites me and sometimes makes me bleed. y? my quaker parakeet is soooo quiet why??? my quaker every now and then have his quiet days and doesnt squawk or talk just stays in his cage and very quiet and then by supper time is his usual self ... cockatiel my female albino cockatiel is bald under wings has watery poops and overgrown nails i have another male gray cockatiel which is fine and has none of the ... Vomiting parakeet Hi my name is Vincent and my blue parakeeet is intermittently puking up a yellow mixture. He is about three and a half years old and he isn't drinking ... liquid poo again this may seem long but please read. Ok my name is sandra and I'm concerned about my hanhs macaw parrot well you see my parrot tajj has started off by ... male australian lovebird i just got my lovebirds and didnt clip my pair of lovebirds and i let them out in the livging room (usualy do)and i wanted them back in the cage by opening ... what is this?? My budgie has devloped a small lump on the side of his beak near the mouth i didnt relise untill we got home on the 26 of april at night i thought i should ... can a yellow head amazon mate with a patagonia conure i have been given a pair of patagonia conures and a yellow headed amazon, one of the pattys want to be with the amazon and the amazon wants to be with ... losing her feathers hello i have a year old lovebird and she seems to be losing her feathers around her face and head . she is in with a male lovebird could he be the cause?...
Small bump/dot on my sun 5 month old conure, mid-chest
Hi, small baby I have two baby java doves that the mom hatched, one is smaller than the other and less developed, I can't find anywhere that it says they will abandon ... my Quaker parrot is bitten badly.please help him Hi my bird is a Quarker parrot and he is bitten on the neck by a rat what should I do and were should I go i live in the bronx and need your help. Thank ... blue amazon parrot my blue amazon parrots(male) beak is getting long, does it need to be cliped?
cockatiel hit window
new cockatiel flew into the window. now he shakes his head. no pain if I touch it. What do I do? What is wrong that he does this?
cockatiel with sore red neck under feeathers?
Bella was brought at christmas time 2008 it was about 3 months old. Sudden Black Foot My parakeet recently developed a black foot which he has now not been able to bear weight on....he only used the opposite leg to stand....and now that ... Parakeet limping on right foot Hi, I have a 9 yr old female parakeet, had her since she was about 1yr old, she's been very healthy over the years but around (Oct.2008) I noticed she ... my parakeet got stepped on earlier today my son accidently stepped on our parakeet, we have since keep it in the cage and kept it covered, her feet have turned purple now though ... lumps i have recently notice that my parro( gloden headed amazon) has a large growth like lump under above his nose, just under his eye. Do you know what this ... new finches I just brought home two new baby finches and they seem fine but I am wondering if I should be concerned. They have been in their new habitat for 24 hours....
hot feet
hello, My lovebird's leg is bleeding. Hi there, i have 2 peach faced lovebird, and they were fighting, and one got bit on the leg. and i have now seperated them both. But one has a bleeding ... Allergic to Harrison's? Hello, I have written a few times in regards to problems I have been having with my Sun Conure (itching all over, constant stretching, sneezing, constantly ... sore foot A week ago I noticed that my Indian ringneck was favoring one leg. It looked like the skin was peeling on one toe. The next day it was quite red and seemed ...
Weather
can finch type birds be kept in outdoor aviary in California weather? Mating Behavior I have two Sun Conures. They just reached there maturity level and have been rubbing there feathers all over my hands. I put them in there cage when ... Head Injury Female Amazon flew full force into a window and is very disoriented. We are scared that if we take her to a vet, that they will euthanize her. Her mate ... Soy Hi, There are a lot of concerns raised on the net and elsewhere about the use of Soy products in hand rearing formula and pellets. It has been suggested ... found budgie, paralyzed legs, will not eat? i found a budgie being attacked by crows. both of its legs are paralyzed. it will not eat, but its drinking water with a small amount of glucose in it.... Seed in Parrotlet's Feces We don't have any avian vets where I live or anywhere accessible. We've had our 9 year old parrotlet to a local vet who does get involved with birds. He ...
stain over right eye
My parakeet has a wine color stain over her right eye and a little over the nose. I just want to know what it could be. Unusual behavior from 7 YO female Solomon Ekkie Rescued her last May. Straight to the vet - dozen different infections, zinc toxic, malnourished/underweight. Chelation worked, Baytril worked, had to ... parrots tongue is very swollen parrots tongue is very swollen and he is not happy Cockatiels I have a pair of cockatiels which have just had babies, they are now 15, 13 and 10 days old. Its seems to me like they are mating again. Is this possible ... Matted feathers and undigested food in feces Once again my cockatiel is ill. She was treated for giardia in Jan. and seemed to recover. Friday night I noticed she wasn't eating and the feathers around ...
Smoking around birds
i am very ashamed to say it but i own two beautiful canaries, and I smoke around them. How long do Peach Faces Live? I have had my bird for 18 years and was told this is very old for these birds? The small holes at the nose one of them has a growth that is getting larger,... sick bird We have spent over $900.00 on our red headed amazon. We have not gotten the blood test or other test back but their seems to be no answer from the expert ... Bleeding The Jarrine is plucking his feathers around his neak and is beeding as a result. My parakeet keeps scratching face and beak seems overgrown We bought her (I think it's a she but what do I know) from Petsmart 2 weeks ago. We were told she was a baby but again we aren't that bird savy... anyhow ... cockatiel bad eye my cockatiel is having a problem opening her eye. the other eye is fully open. What happened? I am giving her warm compress and right after the compress,... Quaker who is scratching his cloaca constantly I have a 6 yr old quaker male who is almost constantly rubbing his cloaca on branches like he's horribly itching. What can I do? Is this a sign of a yeast ... My parakeet. Im sorry to ask this question but, my parakeet was attaked by my 7 month old dog and there are very few mark on my bird, and hardly and blood on him. But ... is my bird sick Is my bird sick? She has a brown nose, and its feekin me out. Its been brown for a month, can you help me? I want her to get better, no matter the cost.... Cockatiels lame foot Our 4 yr (single)old tiel Misty laid several eggs within the last two weeks and as I always do I built her a little cardboard home for her to be alone ... excessive egg laying my 29 yr. old blue and gold macaw will stop laying eggs.until 11/2007 she had only layed 1 egg, at present the total is 30 eggs. i have tried removing ...
golden conure abnormal feather
Hi,my name is joe.I have some question about my nine-months-old golden conure,candy.I find her some new yellow feathre to mix abnormal green color. shaft of tail feather splitting I have a blue and gold macaw, approximately 35 years old, in good health and happy. One of his longest tail feathers is splitting at the shaft. He pulled ... toys hello i am just interest in whether the toys with lots of coloured string (i think they are ment for preening practice) are any good for birds because ... Lovebird is losing feathers and started plucking On March 6, I was at a livestock auction and someone was selling a lovebird in a homemade small cage. I have several parrots at home and felt so sad for ... 14 day old baby cockateil i took baby out of box to raise on my own,now,i find i just cant do it ofter 1 day!mama n daddy bird are still crying.can i return the baby now?to parents?... Bird Hump or Molting.... I have a white face cockatiel and recently she has been laying eggs but we noticed she has a big hump on the back of her neck area. Then we noticed 3 days ... Baytril and Sun Conure Hello I had written approximately a week ago in regards to my vet prescribing Baytril to my Sun Conure. After a week on the antibiotics I noticed her droppings ... Special Care for older aging parrots (orange winged) I was wondering is there special things to do for an ageing parrot in his mid thirties. He does seem to scratch more, but has never plucked any of his ... lovebird lead poison Regarding my previous question with my lovebird with kidney desease. He had injested lead and his kidneys is now damaged. He has seen several vets and ... lovebird with failing kidneys My lovebird has been sick for 2 and a half years with failing kidneys. The vet cannot treat his problem. I usually put Milk thistle in his drinking water.... My birds nose bleeds at times My bird sometimes bleeds rights from his nose it never drips it just goes right under the nostril and he doesnt act like it huts him when you touch it,... Cockateil has lump on her side My 9 year old cockateil gets stressed out and plucks her feathers on the left side. A large bump has appeared. It's happened before and has eventually ... parrots and eggs how long does a parrots eggs hatch?. droppings why did my female lovebirds poo black? cockatiel with sores under wings I recently took in a 12 year old cockatiel as his elderly owner had gone into a home. I had hoped he would settle in my aviary with my other cockatiels ... why my sun conure baby is not growing why my sun conure baby is not growing he is 5 weeks old but look like 12 days old My lovebird does not seem to be eating a lot... I just brought home two 4 month old lovebirds, one dutch blue and one peach faced. They both lived together in the same cage before i got them but now ... Redness around the nostrils of a Blue & Gold Macaw My blue and gold macaw, who I recently adopted from an owner who could no longer care for him, has some redness around his nostrils and abit on his cheeks,... Conure picking at his feet My fiance and I have a cherry headed conure. Many months ago he started mutilating his feet. Originally we thought it might be a toy bleeding out on ... Mating problems I have three male bird a love bird,2 cockatiel and one female sun conure in a seperate cage.The male love and one cockatiel keep humping solid objects ... Bleeding tail feather My parakeet flies around and sometimes lands on his tail. Today he landed on it and it started bleeding. We don't know what to do. He still hops around ... Scratched Eye My 13 yr. old Blue-Gold Macaw has a large scratch under his left eye where I believe he scratched it with his toe. He is not tame because the elderly ... Egg laid today I came home from work and Buddy my quaker laid an egg. She is 9 yrs old. I just got her from a rescue in Feb., so I don't know if this is a first for her.... Female Eclectus Plucking Question I recently received a female eclectus from someone who could not take care of her anymore. She has been a feather plucker for a few years apparently and ...
Sick Budgie
Hey there Baytril and Re-establishing Healthy Bacteria Hello, I had written previous regarding some issues I am having with my Sun Conure (straining to pass droppings/not sleeping at night). She eats Harrison'... Straining to Pass Droppings, Not Sleeping at Night Hello again, I had previous wrote in regards to my concerns with Aspergillosis and Papillomas. You had mentioned "empiracally treating" for Giardia and ... Puffy Ears About two weeks ago, one of our 13-year old Cockatiels named, Bonnie, passed away. A couple days ago I noticed that our other Tiel, Clyde's head is slightly ... parakeet fingers on one leg getting stiff I have a little blue parakett that I have had since 1991 when I had cancer. His beak has grown very long. His one leg, I noticed the fingers that curl ... eyelid scratch in my lovebird hi.my lovebird has eyelid injury on its one eye.it is red and it wants to scratch all the time.I am seeing that there is an injury on its one eyelid so ... crop not emptying I have a 32yr old orange winged amazon, Last year about this time I noticed vomit in his cage and his crop enlarged. Took him to avian vet did tests which ... Egg laying My Green cheek conure is 11 years old and started laying eggs for the first time. She is not very big and has already laid 4 eggs and looks like she has ...
My budgie is opening and closing her beak a lot.
Hello there, swollen stomach We have an African Grey that is now 14 years old. Quite a talker and loves to sing and whistle. For four days, doesn't talk, whislte or sing and then ... Cockatiel Droppings Collecting around his butt My cockatiel is about 13 years old now. And over the past few days i have noticed that he has been more reserved and distant from the other bird. He also ... green wing macaw feathers I have a green wing macaw and it seems that is going to be a pretty big line of baldness on the back of its head . i was wondering if this matters for ... Aspergillosis and Papillomatosis Questions I am having trouble getting a diagnosis in regards to my Sun Conure. Her blood work has come back normal and PCRs for Clostridia and Gardia have been negative.... GCC with a new balance problem Jade is approx 6yrs old. I have had her for 3 yrs. This afternoon she seemed fine, a few hours later she was having problems keeping her balance. She is ... Wing paralysis? I have a 7-year-old cockatiel who seems to be in perfect health, but lately her wings fail her. She doesn't fan or open them, and she will fall to the ... shelter - Lovebirds need a mate? do peach face love birds need a mate with them or they could be alone?what kind of toyes do they like to play with?) umbrella cockatoos face swollen 33 year old m I noticed yesterday his face was puffy around one side of his beak and under his eye a little. It doesnt seem to bother him to bad but he has scratched ... love bird my love birding is eating his food then he spits it out, then he does it all over again.please help me
cockateil gets bubbles in eyes when sneezing
Hi there i have had my cockateil about for eight years, she would be nine years old now. Feathers Turning Black I have a 5 year old Sun Conure whose yellow feathers on her nape and some of the smaller feathers on top of her wings on both sides have turned from yellow ... Sighing Noise when Stretching Hello I was wondering if it is normal for a bird to let out "sigh" like noises during stretching? I have noticed my Sun Conure almost always lets out a ... my bugie my bugie sit at the bottom of his cage and he is makeing funny noises when he is breathing and it sleeps all day and nigth when i first have him he was ... Egg Laying My 14 year old Nanday Conure was laying eggs for about 2 months. She never came off the bottom of the cage after she stopped laying. After a month and ... cockatiel sore eyes i recently took my 4 month old cockatiel to the vet as he had what looked like an eye infection,with some sneezing.the vet prescribed baytril for 10 days.... my lovebird My love bird died today but before he did he had his bone chest cavity sticking out i could feel the bone in the middle as if i had popped out his place.... Pellets What kind of pellets do you recommend. I have heard Zupreem and Harrisons are good. Correct? I would like to get my 2 quakes off seed and onto a pellet ... plant question My parrotlet likes to hang-out in my hibiscus tree which is indoors until spring. I looked it up in your list and it is listed as the wood being safe ... Parrots eyes how do i know my parrot has healthy eyes? Kidney Infection My Blue Fronted Amazon has contracted an air born virus, kidney infection. She is being treated and improving daily. My question is her one leg has gone ... Blue Fronted Amazon puffing up and making weird Noises. Hi, Ive owned a blue fronted amazon for about 2 years now and lately he/she's been puffing his feather up and making weird noises. Like a studdering squeel ...
My African Grey is making a wierd noise
Hi, Installing tile Hello, We have a cockatiel and a lovebird (our cocktiel is about one year old now and our lovebird will be a year in June). We need to retile our kitchen ... cockatiel head bump, lost feathers hello, my cockatiel was startled and flew into the door hard. he was dazed, but now shows all normal behavior except that he keeps losing feathers around ... nail infection My Umbrella Cockatoo has a nail that suddenly seemed much shorter and smaller then the others with a redish discoloration. What is this a sign of? when to vaccinate? Hello, I just got a Solomon Island Eclectus. I was wondering when do I need to take in my Parrot to get vaccinated? She was vaccinated on Aug 15,2008 and ... Lilac crowned parrot my parrot started getting a runny nose and is sneezing and he is always scrathcing one side of his face and he used to let me touch him and he used to ... Timneh Parrot Seizure\Stroke We have a timneh parrot that is about 27 years old. Tulla has always been in good health, and there have been no change to her environment or diet recently.... Fecal Sample and Giardia Testing Hello, I am writing once again in regards to my Sun Conure and the bubbles in her droppings. I visited the vet on Sunday and ended up leaving with more ... My bird is changing colour I have a 10 month old Parakeet who was completely blue when I first got her in August at 4 months of age. Recently in the past 2 months she has started ... Lose of feathers and crest Hi my cockatoo has been well for the last year or so, but suddenly he is starting to malt because i do not see full feathers on the cage just white dust ... cockatiel swollen eye ive had my baby cockatiel for three weeks now.the day after i brought him,the area above his one eye was pink and slightly swollen.there was no discharge ... Shifting leg lameness, excessive thirst I have a five year old female cockatiel named Angel. Mid-October 2008, she started acting lethargic, not preening, and she lost weight (approx. 8 grams)... Lorikeet eyes have gone yellow My friend rescues wildlife and has had Henry a rainbow lorikeet for a number of years now. Last week he threw up and his eyes turned yellow. He has been ... fruits and veggies all the books say fruits and veggies. I would like a list of all the good fruits and veggies that I can give to parrotlets, finches, lovebirds and a cockatoo.... Large bump on Parakeet Hello, About a month ago, I noticed that my male parakeet, who is at least 6 years old, has a bump in his abdomen area on the right side. It seems to ... what is wrong today i woke up and my cockateil isant talking or churping and has red nostrils, and is sneezing and breathing like he has a cold.but is still eating and ... Parakeet with leg injury my parakeet right leg might had been injured by the other two parakeets. his leg islarger then the left and hangs uoer the purch and he hops. he can put ... Budgie's arthritis My budgie keeps his toes in a ball. I think he has arthritis. How do I treat it? lump on back of wing(main Issue) along with a little background i am new owner My cockatiel who is about 10 wks old, (got her 2 wks ago). For one thing I notice that she itches and prines herself alot while we are holding her, bends ... Rescued rainbow lorikeet About 2 years ago i rescued a baby rainbow lori, and all has been well so far, but i never really handtrained him very well, he lets me scratch him, but ... chronic cockatiel conjunctivitis Hi, I have been working closely with a highly qualified avian vet for months trying to find an answer to why my cockatiel has chronic conjunctivitis. Bloodwork ... Broken Wing? How can I tell if our Amazon Parrot broke his wing or dislocated it or what? He just got his wings clipped and nails and beak trimmed. While bring him ...
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you see, career day is coming up so can you help me by answering the following questions??:D B&G Sneezing? HI! i just recently got m first macaw. the previous owners had left her outside in a cold damp area. I have started to notice that when she gets worked ... I think my lovebird has a broken toe Hello, Two days ago I came home and found out that my bird cage had fallen to the floor twice. I have 2 lovebirds and one of them is laying eggs so we ... Nanday conure with disease symptoms hi, i would normally take a bird like this to a vet, but as it turns out, the bird is at a pet shop i work at, and i have no authority to take him (believe ...
Do Cockatiels "Spit" when they are angry?
Something odd happend this morning.. Yellow dots around the eye I have an African Grey (Timneh) parrot. Lately I have noticed that he has some very tiny yellow spots around his eyes that is the white area. Is it just ... baby peachface with few feathers he holds one leg out straight. i can hold him with his leg bent under him but he straightens it out when i release him. is this caused by inbreeding. i ... Taking Bird For A Blood Test/Chemistry Profile Hello I had wrote earlier regarding bubbles in my Sun Conure's droppings and have taken your advice to see a vet for a thorough exam. I have an appointment ... Swollen lovebird eye My lovebird's eye is a bit swollen and is closed half way and it looks like she is having some trouble blinking but she spends most of her time inside ... cockatiel my cockatiel seems to have pale feet and is spending alot of time on the bottom of his cage quite dilusional he doesnt seem to have very ...
Sun Conure small bubbles in poop, Should I be worried?? Vet says no.
Hello I have a 5 year old Sun Conure who I have been working on converting from seed/healthy human food to Harrison's High Potency Fine. Cockatiels nesting supplies We put purple egg crate cardboard in the nest box. It turned their water colored. Will this make our birds sick? We were just trying to give them some ... crimson rosella my crimson rosella has suddenly gone really quiet, he isnt flying around neither. he is walking around in his cage but that is it. he is nearly 2. Conure claw turning red The bottom of our conure's claw appears to be now red colored. He does not limp or act ill. Is there a problem?? Female Parakeet Rubs her rump repeatedly on the perch Is this normal pre-spring behavior? She doesn't seem to be in any pain and she has a boyfriend in the cage. They are almost inseparable.The bird in question ... my parakeet has a swellen foot, his body on perch for balance, my parakeet has a swellen foot body on the prch, stsrts to loose balance but balancese his self back, hes in with his father. i put the other parakeet ... solomon island eclectus female parrot just above the top of my electus parrots beak, is a bald spot, it has what appear to be stubble, or prickly looking things there. she is 2 years old.this ...
Bubbles in poo
Hi, I have read as much as I can but cant seem to get much information. Cold sore on corner of mouth I have a Goffin Cockatoo (Romeo) and a Blue Quaker (Tweety). They are housed during the day in an Extra Large Parrot Cage during the day. They retire ... Is this bad or good? well first off i have a red-lored amazon parrot. I have two questions, first one is when he poops it is a little watery, and one time it had brown in ... Swollen eyelid on a African Grey Parrot Above my CAGs left eye there is a lump. I dont know what it is, but its not an injury. After a while he closes that eye and leaves only one eye open, he ... Cockatiel Sneezing Hi, I've been keeping a male cockatiel since last year. It doesn't sneeze very often. But today, when i was carrying it, he sneezed on my chin. Fluids ... quaker has a blue beak, some blood dried on one side of nostril. I came home today and our parrot's beak looks blue, and there is dried blood on one side of nostril. He acts okay otherwise. Not talking hardly as much ... parrotlet's age Is there any way to tell how old a parrotlet is? Health I have had my Mitred Conure for about 20 years. When I bought her from a pet store (which is now out of business) she was not very nice. There were other ... My Conures nose is bleeding My boyfriend and i bought a conure a couple of months back. beautiful male 3 years old fun happy bird. his nose started bleeding randomly a couple of days ... cockatiel mating I have a pair of male and female cockatiels. I'm not sure how old they are, I bought them from someone that did not tell us whether or not they have laid ... Sick Quaker I have a quaker parrot about 3 years old. She had an infection and the vet was worried about hter nostils and that the infection might have caused irreversible ... Half closed outer lid I have an Alexandrine which has a half closed outer lid. I took him/her to the vet and gave him/her an eye ointment of cortisone/chlorophenicol and used ... Eating I recently (3 days ago) brought home an 8 week-old cockatiel that had been hand-fed and weened. The first day he just sat at the same spot on his perch ...
Patagonian Conure
I need to have my birds nails cut and have not been done for a long time. My birds was breathing funny my birds were breathing funny they rolled on there side and looked as if they were having a seizure im worried because one died after the other we were ... Budgie neck feathers Hello! I'd like to know if my budgie could have mites or some illness, please. He has a patch of missing neck feathers, and I believe that he is molting ...
skin diseases
Dear Avian Vet, losing balance and feet not gripping tight Our blue and gold macaw is just over a year old, for about the past month his feet don't seem to curl right all the time and they don't always grip well.... Discolored feathers? I recently adopted an approximately 15 year old green-cheeked amazon parrot. I am "his" fourth (and permanent) home. I have only had him two weeks. I have ...
Lovebird biting itself raw
Hello! my bird keep eatting it legs Do you know why my bird is keep eatting it right leg until it bleed? i have a 1 year old green quaker lately it keep trying to eat something near the right ... Jenday Conure anxiety hyper feather picker I own a Jenday Conure, I have had him for 9 years. Ever since he was a baby he was a constant preener. When he turned one and a half he became destructive,... Dusky-Headed conure is going bald on the top of his head, again! My dusky-headed conure is losing the feathers on the top of his head and a bald patch is emerging. The same thing happened last year at around the same ... proper distance for full spectrum lighting I have a Meyer's Parrot and a cockatiel housed in separate cages that are next to each other. The cockatiel is 10 years old and the Meyer's is 8 1/2 years ... Ceramic heater I am terribly heartbroken and devastated about the question I’m going to ask. First, let me give you a little back story. I had a 3 year old African Grey.... Injured Wing? I have a Red-Bellied Parrot that is nearly one year old. Today, when he tried to fly a short distance (2-3 feet) to my shoulder (he was clipped about a ... Little green bird with yellow chest Hi can you tell me what species this bird is and what food should I feed him?At the moment he eats sees..and have tried feeding him fruit but he doesnt ... My sun conure has suddenly stopped flapping her wings. My sun conure has suddenly stopped flying. She is acting fine in all other aspects. She is eating, friendly, climbing, drinking etc. She is not sitting ... my male parakeet is bleeding under his neck he keeps bpicking under his neck and he wont stop and it starts to bleed and it looks really bad and he has no hair there and i dont know why he is doing ... 2 Mo. Old Cockatiel seems lethargic I just got a male 2 month old cockatiel from a local breeder. I brought him back home and he was very playfull and curious for the first few days. Now ... african grey im pregnant is it safe to have an african grey in the house (we have 1 already) blood spotting from Umbrella Cockatoo Is this normal for a 12 year old cockatoo? Is my bird in season ? Does this happen with a male or female in season? We are not sure of the sex of the bird....
Budgie with swollen wing?
I have a budgie that's wing has become swollen and orange from the carpometacarpus all the way to the tip of her left wing. 4-wk Sunday - limp leg We adopted a 4 week old Sunday, and he lies on his left leg alot...with it straight back underneath him ~ appears "limp." But more and more he pulls it ... why are cockitels solid white? If a cockitel comes out white is it a ginitic mutation? cockatiel bird has a black dot on his tongue my cockatiel bird has a little black dot on his tongue what does this mean and is it dangerous? please can you get back to me fast really need to no this!... Full crop, but thin I have 2 parakeets - one is 1-2 years old and 1 is 4 months old. I got her a couple months ago from a breeder. I was gone on vacation for about 14 days,... new feathers I have a Goffin Cockatoo. I got her from a rescue center 7 months ago. She had previously been at breeder who treated her terribly. The rescue center ... What could cause my bird's neck to fill with fluid? I have an eastern rosella and her neck keeps filling up with a greenish color fluid. I've taken her to two different vets and they've determind that it'... Cockatiel w/sore under his right wing I have 2 female Cockatiels and 1 male and have had them for 7 years. Zippy, the male, has recently started biting at his feathers. I thought that perhaps ... LoveBird acting very strange I have a three year old peach face love bird who normally is cheery hanging out on the top of her cage. however recently she's been at the bottom of her ... Unusual Crop mark and need advice. I have a question about a problem I noticed today with a 4 week old green wing macaw. The baby is at 433 grams which is a big baby compared to most and ... Dried Blood under my Parokeets Wing My question is that my parokeet has dried blood underneath his wings and on some of his primary wings. He has been going through a molting period these ... Uv lamp I bought the Avian sun floor lamp for my African Grey parrot as per my vet's advice. I am noticing pink on the white skin surrounding her eye. I am getting ...
OK to take birds outside?
Dr. B Feathers missing My Parakeet has missing feathers on both wings and its not alot...but i would like to know what is happening...plz let me know..My other bird jus died ... sensitivity to cold My mother's parrot is in a house that currently has not heat due to an ice storm that hit in northeast arkansas. She is currently in the hospital and would ...
Totally confused!!
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bleeding
My africane h grey has just started to blled from one of tholes n his nose. vomiting african grey-help Hi, I wondered if you can help. My african grey is not herself and seems quiet, and with drawn from her usual behaviour. She keeps being sick. We don'... oils and egg binding Can you use caster oil or olive oil on a budgie that you think might or might not be egg bound? enlarged toes (feet) ,loss of feathers around eye my parakeet has developed enlarged toes (feet) and they seem to be tender. Also loss of feathers around one eye. She seems to be itching alot and perhaps ... My Budgie Keeps Puffing Up His Feathers My Budgie keeps Puffing Up His Feathers And Closing His Eyes Likes Hes Sleeping But He Does It All The Time. Even When Hes Been Flying Around or Just Woke ... my cockatiel my cockaleil has stopped flying could this be because she has recently started laying eggs and eating her sand paper ? Old Parakeet Left Foot Problems. My 15+ year old parakeet has been laying on the bottom of the cage for a day now. He eats and drinks but seems to be having trouble with his left leg/foot.... Feather plucking or natural shedding??? I have a 6 month old yellow-naped amazon named Munchichi. It seems to me like his chest and bottom feathers have patches of missing feathers and it almost ...
rosa burke
what can they eat what thay cant eat, what typs of plantis toxic to them and how to look after them and what to feed them is it normal for baby lovebird to breathe with beak open is it normal for baby lovebird to breathe with beak open sun conure toe I came back from a trip and one of my conures has an issue with one of her back inside toes. She doesn't appear to have any control of it. She almost ... quacker parrot loosing feathers hi my name is Kristal an i have a 6 or more year old Quaker parrot . She been losing all her feather under her wings an some on her wings . She has never ... Do blue and gold macaws need needles and vet visits? Do blue and gold macaws need needles and vet visits? feathers around beak turning dark Three weeks ago I came home to find a pile of feathers in the bottom of my cockatiels cage. She continued to chew her feathers for the next several days ... quaker parrot question My quaker parrot all of the sudden quit talking,squaking everything. going on the second day now. he is eating and seems ok. just concerned why no noise'... Parakeet not standing on left foot Why does my parakeet keep lifting up his left foot? Nothing was different last night, but I woke up and he wouldn't stand on it. I can't see anything ... Vent free gas fireplace Hi I was wondering if it's okay to keep my Hahn's macaw in the same room as our vent free gas fireplace? The installer said it would be fine after the ... lump on back of my african red parrot my parrot fred gained a lump on his back about 3-4 months ago and we took him to our local avian vet and they took a x ray and started injecting the lump.... my fiery shouldered conure is favoring his left foot I do not see any noticable swelling and this has just occured today, he does not want to stand on his left foot. He is standing his one foot up all the ...
Tea and Freeing my birds
Alright, this is a two part question. My quaker got bitten My quaker got bitten buy a rat.how do I take care of it so she can heal? Convulsing bird I don't know if this is an emergancy or not and this is the cloes thing to find out what is happening to her, she alright then she falls off her perach,... bleading head is blaeding and she breathing rilly heard and fast Return to coment on my Cockatiels Like I said before we have done tons and tons of research, I have visited multiple sites, read lots of books on breeding and cockatiels with laying eggs,... Safe to clean cages when pregnant? we have a cockatoo and im pregnant now normally he cleans the cage but today i have to... do am i ok to clean it.. i dont want to get infection from the ... cat saliva i was reading an artical about cockatoo and one of the questions that was posted was about having other pets in the house and that a cat's saliva can be ... Claw Problem I have a problem. My parakeets claws are gone!! All she has is a stub. Her beak is also a brownish grayish color. I don't know how this happened. I'm ... Cockatiel eggs We are not positive with the results of candling the 5 cockatiel eggs which she laid. Her first egg was laid on Dec 29th, then the 31st, Jan.2, Jan4, Jan.... My African Grey is limping My African Grey is about 10 years old, and he's never had any health problems. Yesterday we noticed that he is limping with his right leg, and we don't ... Peach head love bird. Hello, my love bird has a ring around its neck, like feathers are falling out. I notice this since christamas after I moved the cage from the window to ...
my pareket
my pareket has a knot under his right wing My CAG's eye is swollen My CAG's eye is swollen today. we clipped his wings and claws on Saturday. His eye has a clody like appearance when he openes it slightly.... Spots on Mexican red heads eyes. I noticed a small white spot on each of my Mexican red heads eyes, they look like small pieces of lint near the top part of his pupils. I have reason to ... Parakeet has a blue beak. My parakeetsbeak turned blue. She is eating fine but is very quiet. Can you tell me what is wrong. Our quaker is shaking slightly and raising his wings up and down Our quaker is a healthy male about 14 weeks old, he still has his baby feathers and i thought he might be hot. The temperature in the house is quite cool.... Parrot with bubble under the skin We came home on Tuesday evening and saw blood all over in my parrots cage. We looked and could not see anywhere where he could have punctured his wing.... Swollen red bump under eye Hello i have a female blue-fronted amazon whos about 27 years old. Shes in good health however i just recently noticed a bump on her lower eyelid. The ... budgie my budgie seems to have his eyes closed nearly al the time except when he moves around his cage this is not normal for him. there is no discharge or swelling,... Quacker parrot chewing toes I have a happy, healthy 6 year old Quacker Parrot that recently has begun chewing on his left foot - specifically one of his rear toes. I have several ...
my birds eyes closing alot
My african grey bird is closing his eyes alot and the one eye he cannot open often. He stands puffy he walks My parakeet sneezing and standing on one foot My parakeet keeps on standing on one foot now, and she seems to be sneezing. I am afraid she might be sick. Is she? Should I take her to the vet? GCC with irritated eye... He's a 2 yr old GCC, named Cosmo. This morning when I got him up I noticed that his right eye was not opening. He was holding it shut and occasionally ... prices hi there i really would like to take my two indian ringnecks to the avian vet but am very short on money and am wondering what the usual price is for a ... dog attacked my quaker parrot Yesterday, my dog attacked my 6 year old quaker parrot, Percy. There was no blood, and nothing broken. I know I dodged a huge bullet!!!! My dog, however,... how can you tell if a rainbow lorikett is a boy or girl hello my name is jessica bonney i got a bird it is a rainbow lorikett and i just want to know that how can you tell if its a boy or a girl,is there a difference ... Why did my budgie die? My brother had a budgie that we had for about 6 months before it died. The bird showed no signs of being sick the day before. Today he was at the bottom ... worming hello there. The person i go to with my parrots is nicknamed the ''bird man'', he has worked with birds his whole life and has a house full of them but ... breathing hi there. In the past few weeks i have noticed when one of my indian ringnecks lands on my shoulder i can here a wheezing in my ear. Now since i have taken ... Rainbow Lorikeet breathing strangely... My Rainbow Lorikeet (about 5 months old) has started making unusual wheezing and heavy breathing sounds when he gets excited or is playing. Sometimes he ... Mystery Diagnosis My rescued 13yoa Blue/Gold Macaw has symptoms my (avian) vet is unable to diagnose. He's had blood work, craw culture, and x-rays - everything seems normal,... problen with my budgie my budgie was flying about and missed his landing and accidentally flew straight into the wall but i don't think that he flew into the wall by accident ... Dutch Blue peach faced Lovebird has odd behavior My bird has been chewing up a portion of his food. Particularly the smaller millet seeds and regurgitating them into horrible smelling little mountains ... blood coming out of my umbrella cockatoo's nose I woke up this morning to take my umbrella cockatoo out of her sleeping cage to find blood on top of her head and then upon looking further her one nostril ...
Beak Discoloration
I have a year and a half year old green cheek conure. What do I feed my bird I dont know if it is a baby parrot or a lovebird and the only food we have is food for parakeets and wild outdoor birds. The bird seems to enjoy only the ... watery poops and diet I have an 8 month old quaker parrot and for the past couple of weeks his poops are unusually watery. Can this be a symptom of an internal problem? I'm ... parakeet hi, i dont know whats worng with my parakeet. i also dont know if it is a emergency becuase i am unaware of whats worng with my bird. i have a parakeet ... Should I be concerned? I recently got a green wing macaw whom the previous owner had ten years. He seems to be adapting well, lets us handle him... etc. He has his times but ... New quaker parrot with some particularities Hi I just got a new quaker parrot that has a featherless spot on its head and other feathers growing over its body (white pins). I just wondered what that ... Unhappy Parakeet? We bought a parakeet about 3 weeks ago, and she doesn't seem happy. She doesn't chirp often (she will a little bit if I play clips of other parakeets chirping)... Our Sun conure X Jenday Parrot might be ill! We havent had our sun conure long he is about 18 weeks old and we have noticed he is twitching his wings like he is irratated by some thing but we have ... Swollen area above vent in male budgie Hello, I have a male budgie who is almost 8 yo. He just recently is showing signs of a swollen area above the vent and behind his legs. About a year ... info on green cheek conures i got a 7 month old green cheek conure yesturday and just want to find out if i need to provide the gravel stuff that i used to use with my parakeets. that ... cockatiels i bred some cockatiels and the babies have stopped growing they have been the same size now for nearly 2 weeks and should have nearly been ready to leave ... parakeet claw fell off Our new parakeet has one toe and claw that is brown (the others are all white/tan). today the claw in the brown toe fell out. is this likely secondary ... Baby Peach Faced Lovebird My baby peach faced lovebird makes this little buzzing, gurgling sound with her beak. I have had her for only one day. She moves her beak and the little ... Painted Cage I have purchased a used cage that has been spray painted... is it safe to use?
African grey congo- weak legs
Hi, possible broken toe my parakeet is favoring its back toe on his right foot, and it looks like it may be broken. I noticed the back toe is sideways and the foot is blueish/... Gestation Period of a yellow peach faced lovebird Hello, I was wondering what the gestation period is for a yellow peach faced lovebird. Also, if my lovebird has laid many eggs in her lifetime and her ...
December molting of love birds with much loss
I have two three year old love birds who have been molting and are showing much of their skin on their breasts back and neck. Age when Quaker parrots mature? I have two young quaker parrots. I'm wondering how old they will be when they have reached the full length of maturity? Both are less than 6 months of ... Eyes changing color Hi there. My baby cockatiel hatched on 5th December. When the eyes opened 10 days later they looked red. Now at day 17 the eyes look dark. Is this ...
Is this a stroke?
We purchased a 25 year old CAG a few months ago. Health of conure while laying eggs Last winter my conure laid 2 eggs. She was ok. She looks like laying eggs this year too but we can't understand what's wrong with her. When she wants to ...
my parrot have flu
please guide me what to do with my sick mealy amazon Parakeets rub face till they bleed Hello! I have 2 parakeets that are doing some strange stuff. They have recently had drainage from their nare. It was a brownish color. On the one bird,... Foot problem We have a 7 year budgie, who is free-flying for part of the day and until now has been very healthy. Recently we took him to get his claws trimmed - one ... Cockatiel I've had a cockatiel named Oscer for about two months now, well we decided to get her a new cage, it was much taller then the other, and then today we ... tail feather loss Our maroon bellied conure lost all but one of his tail feathers within a few minutes. He was not in an unusual or stressful situation when they came out.... Eye problem Orange Winged Parrot I have an amazon orange winged parrot and he is holding his left eye shut this morning - there are no other symptoms yet he is eating drinking ok etc - no ...
parakeet put its foot in its mouth
hi my parakeet put his foot in his mot=uth and sems to vomit or spit up seeds all the time--is he ill or what could be wrong with him? Rainbow Lorikeet vomiting/ regurgitating hey my Rainbow Lorikeet 'Babycakes' has been vomiting and regurgitating a milky clear slimy liquid today... he seems less playful but still very affectionate ...
Trembling
Is it normal for a bird to tremble when it isn't cold. growth-like bump on throat My Green Cheek Conure has a bump on its throat right below its beak. The skin is red and seems swollen. When touching the bump/growth, it feels like ... death of a budgie My budgie was 12 years old and was always full of life and happy. I went on holiday for five days and my daughter looked after him, the day after I came ... Bald patch on budgie I have recently noticed a bald patch above my 1 year old budgies right wing. He is acting, eating and drinking the same as before so it doesn't seem to ... Pulling out feathers Hi my african grey is around 1 1/2 years old. recently he started pulling out the feathers on his leg. is there anything i can do and what could be the ... White bump on my cockatiel's head My cockatiel just passed away last night. She started out about two months ago with her right eye closed in the mornings. Eventually she went onto antibiotics ...
Breeding Macaws
Hello, missing feathers under wings My double yellow headed amazon is missing feathers beneath one of his wings. He seems to be fine, is eating, talking, normal behavior. Can you tell me ... head twitching my orange winged amazon,(fibi), has got head twitching when she is not active, she is eating well fruit am and seed pm,(rob harvey) amazon mix. can you ...
Cockatiel
My Cockatiel sits at the bottom of her cage. Coocktal handfeeding I have handfed (Cerelac through syringe)) the baby coocktals as the pair is not feeding properly to them and had left the babies too early. Now the problem ... Door shut on parrot's foot as my parrot loves me when i washed my hand i put him on the bathroom door then my little sister closed the door and gave a little cut on my parrots leg ... bleeding under wing African Grey, about a year old. Bleeding under wing. It seems it scratched itself. The bleeding is not heavy or flowing. Should I be concerned or is there ...
Lovebird Throws Up Food After Eating
Hi, My cokatiel has a lump by its beak My 6 year old cokatiel has a pinkish lump about the size of a grain of rice on the left side of her beak. I just recently noticed this and she's never ...
cockatiel with swollen belly
Hi bump on umbrella cockatoos tongue.. My umbrella cockatoo has a large bump on its tongue as if its growing another tongue on its tongue. I just wanted to know if its normal and will go away ...
Lovebird Baby Behaviour
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a sick parakeet
Hi, how are you? green checked conure with growth in nostril someone has just given me a darling, 5 year old, female green checked conure. She has an enlarged left nostril with what looks like a growth in it. The ... my cockatiel is limping, i just clipped one of my male cockatiel's toenails and now he isn't using that foot. He is limping while trying to move around the cage. Is the foot broken?... leadbeater diet I have a pair of leadbeaters bonded birds.previous owner said they ate oatmeal-raisins-course harris food- nutriberries. the only thing they will eat is ... my bird is acting like its sick my bird has its plummage fluffed, it has green dropings,it is constantly iching, it has a cut under its wing, and its only a few month old female parakeet ... poop what will a quaker parotts poop look like when it meets a new owner? worried about bubba my parakeet is sqeaking everyday & sometimes @ nite? is that normal or is she sick?
brown claw
hi i got a african grey he is 4 months old and 1 claw is brown and the other is grey is this a problem Eclectus dent in beak I'm wondering if you could help me. I'm looking at purchasing a baby female Eclectus but there seems to be a slight dent half way along her beak. It runs ...
Minor bleeding in the right wing
Dear Vet, Eclectus throwing up seed I feed my Eclectus seed and he seems to throw it up, he has full range in my home and I find it on my tile all the time. is this normal? my parakeet is limping all of the sudden Yesterday my parkeet was limping, it was only using its left foot to walk, and his right foot looks swollen. she or he is in a cage in my home, I've never ... indian parakeet tending to sleep a lot Hi, My name is Jan and I live in Mauritius. My Indian Parakeet, Bonny is just over 4 years old. He is usually very chatty and active but recently he seems ... Hi I had a Quaker Parrot.He was cute and cuddly.I loved hi- I'll just skip straight to the part.Ok well he died and was only 8 weeks old.But I don't know ...
Cockatiel with lump on its eye
My Cockatiel has a lump on its eye, it came up about two weeks ago but has grown over time. our bird has air pocket on the top of his head my pet cockatiel has a strange pocket of air on the top of his head its not hard and i can gently push is back and forth and he does not notice and he ... lovebird keeps yawning is it sick hi i have a 14 year old love bird that seems to be yawning more then it was could it be sick ?. it sems to be eating ok and drinking and even flys ok what ... gestation period wha's the gestation perio for an eclectus parrot? sneezing & trouble breathing My blue and gold macaw was sneezing and sounded congested before he passed away. He was fine at 9am this morning but by noon he was gone. Was there anything ... My african grey parrot is acting strange. Today, me and my father went to take my parrot out of the cage. She was quiet today in her cage and she did not make any noise. Also, she started to ... Chewing nails off I have an 8 year old parrot and he recently got injured do not know how because he was home alone. It was just a cut above his middle finger so we cleaned ...
Dead bird!
My question is........ caique feathers we have a 1 1/2 year old white bellied caique. after he took a bath in his water bowl we noticed that his belly feathers were not drying at a closer ... conure has broken beak what can we do for it?? can it be clipped ?? Budgie with sore foot Our young budgie has hurt it's foot somehow. Was fine yesterday. This morning found it on the aviary floor.Picked it up and seems like it has a sore foot....
A sore on my parakeets foot
What can I do for a sore on my Parakeets foot? wound under wing My 3 year old lovebird seems to have a cut/wound under its wing near where the wing meets the body...it has dried blood and t seems like a bit of an open ...
Psycho Eclectus
I am at my wits end with my wife's Eclectus. Non-Toxic Paint hello we are getting a new baby maroon bellied conure in a month. we have already purchased the cage. it is supposed to be a good cage and is brand new.... pulling out feathers My mom's sun conure for no reason a couple of days ago got very upset started squawking and either pulled out all of her flight feathers or they fell out ... Keel bone injury My bird (5weeks)injured its keel bone by crash landing because I clipped its wings . The bird seems to be in pain because it moans when it moves its head ... Is this submission OK (from SiteSell) Trying one more time to make sure. Maria's Parrot with Enlarged Kidney There is a lady out here, Maria, who has written twice about her poor little parrot having an enlarged kidney. The vet she has taken her bird to has said ... Cockatail Im not sure if its an emergency or not, but we have baby cockatail birds and this little one opens its mouth like if it was grasping for air, and i have ... cockatiel looks like plucked chicken! Help! My F Lutino tiel is 9 yrs old. I hand fed her from day 1 (parents rejected) She always cared about her looks, but the past year I put her with a ... green wing macaw feathers well i should of said before that the bird is 9 weeks old and is a baby . it has not lost any feathers. they just aren't growing every where it seems. there ... Buying an unweaned baby parrot - Dr. B's opinion This is topic about which Missy and I have very strong feelings. We have come to feel very strongly about the ethics involved in selling unweaned baby ... Another way to search for answersEnter a search word from your question below and it will search our site and give you every page that has that word. Use a unique word, not parrot for instance.If you are concerned your bird has fatty liver disease, then enter "fatty liver" in quotes or even just the word liver without quotes. Then it will search for every page that has the word(s) you typed in. Please visit our Parrot Supply Store when done with our Avian Vet Question form.
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