http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/parrot-blog.html The latest posts to our Ask A Vet and Parrot Questions along with any new pages added to our Parrot Information and Supply website. en-us parrot Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:28:52 GMT Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:28:52 GMT parrot-and-conure-world.com http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/biteing.html i have a green cheek conure and hes love but sometimes he just bites me rlly hard in the neck why is tha Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:28:41 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/itching-meyers-parrot.html Why is my Meyers Parrot itching? she keeps itching her self and plucking her baby feathers Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:02:22 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-chicken.html my chicken has a bald rad spot by his butt what should i do Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:59:54 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/crusty-area-at-corners-of-beak.html My blue ringneck parrot Sky has crusty areas at the corners of her mouth. what causes this Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:58:20 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/budgie-throwing-up-seed.html 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 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:07:38 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/hammering.html 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 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:06:53 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-parrot-is-terrified-of-me.html 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 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:05:52 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-new-parakeet-is-not-doing-any-activity.html 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, Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:29:21 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/antibiotic-cream-safe-for-cockateils.html 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 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:28:35 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/to-pluck-or-not-to-pluck.html 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 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:21:47 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/swollen-under-lower-beak.html 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 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:47:41 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/cockatiel-leg-amputated.html 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 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:46:40 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/peach-faced-love-birds.html 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 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:12:32 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-cockatoo-is-a-picky-eater-and-is-under-weight.html 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 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:58:04 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/why-does-my-greenwing-breath-really-hard-when-i-first-put-him-in-stressful-situations.html 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 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:34:00 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/rainbow-lorikeet2.html 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 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:33:21 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/cockatiel7.html why my cockatiel opens hes beack like hes gasping for ai Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:50:29 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/strange-sound.html 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 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:49:37 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/warm-food-transition-to-cold-food-and-egg-laying.html 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 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:15:39 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/scruffy-disheveled-feathers-on-blueheaded-pionus.html 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 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:58:33 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/what-kind-of-bird-is-this.html 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 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:55:42 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-conure-is-losing-the-feather-and-it-eyes-are-getting-red-look-sad-and-tired.html 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 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:33:22 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/clucking-umbrella-cockatoo.html 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. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:32:29 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/can-my-lonely-parrotlet-and-a-parakeet-become-friends.html 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, Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:31:19 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-blu-and-gold-biting-leg-and-feathers.html 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 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:29:21 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/i-have-a-amazon-with-1-toe-missing-help.html 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 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:28:30 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/why-did-my-parrot-die.html 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 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:16:19 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/sick-bird-treatment-ideas.html 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 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:11:40 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/concerned-about-my-birds-beak.html I have a two year old female budgie bird.She may have mites or a fungus and it's affecting her beak.Her beak is growing improperly and is crusty.There's Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:11:03 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-lovebirds-legs-aarent-working-anymore.html Hi, About a week ago, I noticed my lovebird (Roadrunner), holding up one of his legs. It was almost as it was paralyzed. I picked him up, and he didnt Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:08:24 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/need-advise-or-help.html hi I have a 4 mth old amazon that has 1 toe missing making it hard for him to perch what can I do?? is there any advise you can give to me? Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:07:25 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/paper-shredding.html My B&G macaw lately shreds the newpapers lining the bottom of his cage - why? Never did it before. He is about 15 yrs old Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:05:44 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/falling-off-perch-in-sleep.html Our rainbow lorikeet has recently started falling off his perch while sleeping. also as of late it looks like he's mis- judged the small leap from his Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:02:11 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/alexandrine-parrot-with-bare-patches.html My 14 mth old Alexandrine Parrot is moulting , how long does this take, she has little bare patches on here head and bits of fluff floating out (moulting) Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:50:22 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/how-to-get-my-jenday-conure-out-of-her-cage.html We got a jenday conure about two weeks ago. And we went away for the night. And when we came home she is biting us if we try to get her out of her cage. Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:35:21 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/parakeet4.html why would an older parakeet walk with a tilted head and stay on bottom of cage Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:34:44 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/wobbly-green-cheeked-conure.html We have a green cheeked Conure who is about a year old and has over-preened himself to the point where he has almost plucked out all his tail feathers. Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:34:06 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/red-rump-plucking-its-tail-reahers.html i have got opaline red rumps, on male and one female, and the male keeps plucking his own tail feathers and has only got a few left. The female doesnt Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:33:03 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/green-quakers-parrots-beak-and-my-conure-bird.html I was wondering? What is the cause of a green quaker parrot's beak that is growing fast? I might be getting that kind of bird from someone and would it Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:10:53 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/i-got-two-love-bird-and-i-think-they-are-sick.html One love bird (Lucy) puffs her feathersoff and walks sluggish. She, churp to making a purring sound and it to quit. I've notice red spots on the gold Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:42:14 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/nose-bleed-nanday-conure.html We have a Nanday Conure. The bird was purchased in May 2009 and is just over a year old. He appears to have a deformed nostril, the left is a lot larger Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:41:07 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/nose-bleed.html Also, he is a very picky eater. He generally eats mainly junk food (the seeds) and pushes his pellets out of his bowl. Could the deformity and nose bleeds Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:35:59 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/does-my-bird-have-a-tumor-or-is-preganet.html My female parakeet's anal area/ lower belly has been enlarged for approximately six weeks now. It seems to be a pinkish color and dry. However she is very Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:32:53 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/taminggaining-trust-of-my-budgie.html I've had my budgie for four days now. He is eating good and chirping and everything, but when I go to pet him or pick him up he either starts climbing Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:44:17 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/edp-conure-died-at-vet-office.html I removed my 13 yr old sun conure from its normal cage to clean the cage and to remove several dud eggs that she had been setting on for a couple of weeks, Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:17:58 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-lovebird-is-idle.html hi, i brought home a pair of love bird.the male is very active however the female just sits with her head turned back towards her back and puts her beak Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:15:34 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-parakeet-bird-nervous.html My beautiful white, red eyed parakeet is very calm, does not interact much and looks very nervous most of the times. we got her like around 4 weeks and Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:14:43 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/elderly-nanday-with-swollen-ankle-arthritis.html Okay so i just rescued an elderly nanday from an old couple that are having health problems of their own. The bird is alert but walks funny, has a little Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:13:16 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-rescued-parrot-cockatiel.html my parrot's name was totu.actually he had countless names.totu was such a dear parrot.we found him near the lift of our appartment in a very bad condition.he Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:28:07 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-bird-sleeps-upsidedown-now-is-that-normal.html i have a 2 year old senegal Female I think. i recently moved her cage and now she sleeps upside down and she has never done that befor.i dont know if thats Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:24:14 GMT