The Parrot Blog

This page should help you keep up to date on the latest questions and answers posted on our Ask the Avian Vet and Parrot Questions pages.

We will also add our newest pages and any major updates on existing pages.

Mar 11, 2010, My cockateil has a sore on her eye what should i do?

My 6 year old cockateil has a sore by her eye. Shes had it since my freind gave her to me Well it comes and goes. It will heal up for about 2-4 months

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Mar 11, 2010, foot sores

My Grey Cheek parakeet (55 grams) tends to get sores on the bottom of her feet. I have changed to all rope perches of various sizes which are replaced

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Mar 10, 2010, biteing

i have a green cheek conure and hes love but sometimes he just bites me rlly hard in the neck why is tha

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Mar 9, 2010, Itching meyers parrot

Why is my Meyers Parrot itching? she keeps itching her self and plucking her baby feathers

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Mar 9, 2010, my chicken

my chicken has a bald rad spot by his butt what should i do

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Mar 9, 2010, crusty area at corners of beak

My blue ringneck parrot Sky has crusty areas at the corners of her mouth. what causes this

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Mar 8, 2010, Budgie throwing up seed

I had a problem before and I asked my question here, I got my birds a bigger cage and made it more comfortable for them. The day I moved them to the new

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Mar 8, 2010, hammering

We have a male umbrella cockatoo who we purchased from an aviary at 6mos. old. He has been with us for 12 years now. Over the past few months he has

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Mar 8, 2010, My parrot is terrified of me

My red bellied parrot climed of his cage and was roaming around on my carpet. I went to pick him up to put him back of his cage and he went flying and

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Mar 8, 2010, My new Parakeet is not doing any activity

Hi, I got 2 new parakeets. I have all sorts of toys in their cage. Its been 2 days and I cant see them playing or doing any activity. One of the parakeet,

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Mar 8, 2010, anti-biotic cream safe for cockateils

My lutino cockateil that i just got about 6 months ago is scratching her eye to the point where it bleeds. I give her lots of baths and it seems to help

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Mar 8, 2010, To pluck or not to pluck

My african grey seems to be in an alful long molt - going on 3 weeks. Also seems to over preen himself at times. He gets about 2 heavy spray mist every

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Mar 6, 2010, swollen under lower beak

Please help!!! My African Gray Parrot is swollen just below the lower beak. ( a few dayz ago it bumped onto the window as it was flying).This swelling

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Mar 6, 2010, cockatiel leg amputated

hello, last night my cockatiel had a night fright, dont know why but he lost all of his flight feathers from his left wing. He then tryed to fly out

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Mar 6, 2010, Peach Faced Love Birds

My two love birds have started to pluck out their feathers around the neck area, why and how can I help them to stop. They have toys, clean cage,plenty

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Mar 6, 2010, my cockatoo is a picky eater and is under weight

I have a cockatoo she was rescued she had 5 homes we had her for 4 years now she plays on the bottom of her cage seems very happy with us, but she is under

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Mar 5, 2010, Why does my greenwing breath really hard when I first put him in stressful situations

My greenwing was breathing so hard when he was put in a cage for the first time we had to take him out why is that

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Mar 5, 2010, Rainbow Lorikeet

I have a fantastically friendly and energetic Rainbow Lorikeet who'd about 3 years old. He's always happy and energetic and seems very healthy except lately

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Mar 4, 2010, cockatiel

why my cockatiel opens hes beack like hes gasping for ai

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Mar 4, 2010, Strange Sound.

Hi i have an Alexandarine parakeet couple, today i fed them with tomatoes they ate it very anxiously and after four hours of eating they started making

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Mar 3, 2010, Warm food transition to cold food and egg laying

I have an 11 year old Umbrella Cockatoo that I rescued. She bonded to me immediately. She was on a poor diet and a feather plucker. I have changed her

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Mar 3, 2010, scruffy, disheveled feathers on blue-headed pionus

I recently adopted a 6-year old female blue-headed pionus parrot. She came from what seemed to be a knowledgeable home, where she had been one of about

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Mar 3, 2010, What kind of bird is this?

Hi, my brother found this bird today, he has a short back feather and i was wondering if its because someone cut it, or if he is a baby. Also what kind

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Mar 2, 2010, my conure is losing the feather and it eyes are getting red look sad and tired

my green cheek conure is losing feathers and it eyes are getting red around the eyes my bird is in my sister house so i took it in a cold day to my house

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Mar 2, 2010, Clucking Umbrella cockatoo

I have Umbrella cockatoo that has started mutilating herself. While doing that, she is making a clucking sound and trying to hide things under her wings.

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Mar 2, 2010, Can my lonely parrotlet and a parakeet become friends?

6 month old parrotlet just sits in the cage cuddled up to his mirror. He is fine when we get him out, will sit on our shoulders, walk through our hair,

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Mar 2, 2010, my blu and gold biting leg and feathers

I just got a 5 year old blue and glod macaw. The previous owner had him in a cage outside the home. When i got home i notice he would bite his leg. I put

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Mar 2, 2010, I have a amazon with 1 toe missing help???

hi I have a 4 mth old male amazon that has 1 toe missing making it hard for him to learn to perch?? how can I help him perch what could I use??? pic enclosed

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Mar 2, 2010, Why did my parrot die?

I found my parrot at the bottom of the cage in the middle of the night. He was fine the day before, eating normally and drinking water. I am very careful

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Mar 2, 2010, Sick Bird/ Treatment Ideas?

My bird is puffed up and appears to be breathing heavily. I have put a heat pad over her cage and changed her water and food. I didn't know what this may

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