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 Thu, 17 May 2012 01:25:00 GMT Thu, 17 May 2012 01:25:00 GMT parrot-and-conure-world.com http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/air-purifier-for-bird-room.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/air-purifier-for-bird-room.html What is th BEST air purifier for 2 African Greys Thu, 17 May 2012 01:14:20 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/happy-hut-warning.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/happy-hut-warning.html My stepdaughter and her family had a Sun Conure who loved it's Happy Hut. She slept in it, snuggled with it and also chewed it a lot, often shredding it Wed, 16 May 2012 13:12:59 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/why-does-conure-bite-when-out-of-cage.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/why-does-conure-bite-when-out-of-cage.html Why does my conure bite me outside of the cage but when i stick my fingers in the cage he is all nice and sweet and only nibbles? i got him from a family Wed, 16 May 2012 13:07:23 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/mites2.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/mites2.html My budgie has mites bad. My husband and I have treated him several times in the past three weeks. We have cleaned his cage thrown away all toys and gotten. Tue, 15 May 2012 18:45:34 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/dyh-amazon-red-and-swollen-inbetween-nares.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/dyh-amazon-red-and-swollen-inbetween-nares.html should this be a concern?she is in a large birdroom with greys and a macaw and goffin,tiels.....just wondering if it could be dust,we do have a air purifier Tue, 15 May 2012 17:52:05 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/double-yellow-headed-amazon-parrot-scratching-beak.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/double-yellow-headed-amazon-parrot-scratching-beak.html why is my parrot excessively scratching its beak and then begins constant chewing motions Tue, 15 May 2012 17:51:02 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/why-wont-he-let-me-pick-him-up.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/why-wont-he-let-me-pick-him-up.html My conure will take food from me, nibble on me and my clothing, and let me pet him, but he won't allow me to pick him up. I've had him for about a month; Tue, 15 May 2012 01:07:19 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/jenday-conure-wing-twitching.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/jenday-conure-wing-twitching.html We have a 4 month old Jenday Conure.. Out of no where she began having this twitch in her left wing accompanied by a small squeak. It doesn't seem to be Mon, 14 May 2012 18:22:28 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/poquito-hotel-cage.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/poquito-hotel-cage.html I own one of the Poquito Hotel cages and just wanted to put any fears that it will fall apart in an accident to rest. Everything happened without my bird Mon, 14 May 2012 16:05:11 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/green-cheek-conure-has-two-different-colored-feet.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/green-cheek-conure-has-two-different-colored-feet.html Hi there - My greencheek conure has two different colored feet. One pink and one grey. Is that normal? I read online that some green cheeks have pink Mon, 14 May 2012 13:52:38 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-female-eclectus-growth-under-neck.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-female-eclectus-growth-under-neck.html I have a 4 year old female red eclectus. She has develpoed a growth under her neck in just a short time, less than a day to be exact. what could it be Mon, 14 May 2012 13:45:53 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/regarding-rose-ringed-parrot.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/regarding-rose-ringed-parrot.html I am Amritha from Tamilnadu,India. Actually i found a young parrot sitting in my garden unable to fly. it looked tired so i got it and i m feeding it now Mon, 14 May 2012 13:45:28 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/curled-tail-feathers.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/curled-tail-feathers.html I have new Plum head Parakeets and the youngest one has turned ends on her feathers about half and inch from the end. The other babies came out ok. Does Sun, 13 May 2012 00:11:27 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/lethargic-jenday-conure.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/lethargic-jenday-conure.html My jenday conure is acting different he is eating ok and drinking, no diareah but he is not as active and seems to just want to hide in his bed or under Sun, 13 May 2012 00:06:58 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/seizures2.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/seizures2.html My peach-faced lovebird will be 10 in November; for about 3 years now she's had occasional seizures, where she seems to unconsciously flap around. It Sun, 13 May 2012 00:05:36 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/budgie-ill.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/budgie-ill.html 2 nights ago my bird was acting different. He's about 9 years old now, and he's really puffy looking and seems to be breathing harder (his tail and chest Sat, 12 May 2012 16:40:29 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/parrot-bitting-and-angry.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/parrot-bitting-and-angry.html Dear Sir, I have yellow Indian round neck (4 years old), he is very nice talking bird. Recently, she is very angry and feels irritation on his skin and Sat, 12 May 2012 16:25:32 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/whats-wrong-with-my-parakeet1.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/whats-wrong-with-my-parakeet1.html my parakeet has started limping and just perching himself on the side of his food dish. he stays mostly at the bottom of his cage when not on the food Sat, 12 May 2012 16:21:07 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/birds-sharing-cage.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/birds-sharing-cage.html Can I put my sulphur crested and two galahs together in the same cage/aviary Sat, 12 May 2012 16:19:42 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/tail-feathers-fanned-out-from-fall.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/tail-feathers-fanned-out-from-fall.html My Blue Crown Conure had a fall yesterday and his tail feathers are all fanned out now and won't close. What should I do? Will they eventually close Fri, 11 May 2012 17:45:17 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/african-gray-picking-wing-until-bleeding.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/african-gray-picking-wing-until-bleeding.html I have a Afrian Gray temnih . hes about 12 years old. He has just started picking his wing, Just one wing and I noticed tonight hes picked it to where Fri, 11 May 2012 12:14:28 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/sudden-death-of-my-alexandrine-parakeet.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/sudden-death-of-my-alexandrine-parakeet.html My 10 yr old Alexandrine Parakeet was active and normal. All of a sudden he fell down and I found him to be dead. I suspect it to be Sunstroke. Can there Fri, 11 May 2012 12:13:32 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/sick-parakeet5.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/sick-parakeet5.html my parakeet has a green diarrhoea and twisted neck. what should i gave her to help. i heard that the wood charcoal is good for them Fri, 11 May 2012 12:10:42 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/parrots-tongue.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/parrots-tongue.html Hello, I have a green checked conure parrot about three years of age. This morning I see that the tip of his tongue has changed from dark green/grey Fri, 11 May 2012 00:24:43 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/alexandrine-parakeets-sudden-death.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/alexandrine-parakeets-sudden-death.html My 10 yr old alexandrine parakeet, was active. one morning all of a sudden he died. he was active and the next minute he fell down infront of my eyes and Thu, 10 May 2012 14:47:07 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/humping-my-foot.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/humping-my-foot.html I have had a male Sun conure for like 2 years now and one day when I was reading he was close to my foot and started humping it. Does this mean that he Thu, 10 May 2012 14:16:23 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/housing-two-green-cheek-conures-in-the-same-cage.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/housing-two-green-cheek-conures-in-the-same-cage.html I am purchasing two conjures from the same hatching. One is a yellow sided green cheek and the other is cinnamon. I have purchased a large enough cage. Thu, 10 May 2012 14:04:25 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-blue-crown-amazon-is-limping.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-blue-crown-amazon-is-limping.html My Blue Crown Amazon is limping. The vet did xrays and saw nothing wrong. When he sits on his perch his one toe bends backwards. He acts very normal. Thu, 10 May 2012 13:59:42 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/please-help-my-bird-wont-stop-shivering.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/please-help-my-bird-wont-stop-shivering.html Y I feed him, tinkerbelle many veggies, fruit some katee seed and Pellets, laffebers premium parrot food. plus an egg mix a few times a week. I tried Wed, 09 May 2012 19:15:11 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/parrot-ring.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/parrot-ring.html i have just bought a green winged macaw, but it has no ring...i have the hatching paper...does it need a ring Wed, 09 May 2012 19:06:49 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/lonlieness-mirror-question.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/lonlieness-mirror-question.html Hi!! I was just wondering, because I'm still at high school, if I get a budgie, can I put a mirror in its cage while I'm at school and then when I get Wed, 09 May 2012 18:45:18 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/odd-sleeping-flapping-behavior.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/odd-sleeping-flapping-behavior.html I have a green-cheeked conure. Whenever I turn off the light to let him go to sleep he rapidly flaps his wings and scurries around. Is this normal? Wed, 09 May 2012 18:37:50 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/lump-in-baby-lorikeet-neck.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/lump-in-baby-lorikeet-neck.html My 4 week old baby lorikeet (being handreared) has developed a lump in lower left side of neck. Still feeding but not as much per meal. Is this normal Wed, 09 May 2012 14:54:26 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-african-greys-beak.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-african-greys-beak.html hi my parrot has got a split down his lower beak.I would like to know if he will fix this by himself Tue, 08 May 2012 16:02:17 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-indian-ringneck-tinkerbelle-shivers-please-help.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-indian-ringneck-tinkerbelle-shivers-please-help.html I took my bird Tinkerbelle to the vet on 4-25 because he was shivering he does quake like a quaker but this was different. she put him on sntibiotics which Tue, 08 May 2012 13:56:00 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-moustached-parakeet.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-moustached-parakeet.html My Moustached parakeet is a healthy happy bird but I've noticed his anus is always fluctuating open and shut... I am just real curious why that is Tue, 08 May 2012 13:52:31 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-parrot-acts-like-it-is-choking-or-having-trouble-breathing.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-parrot-acts-like-it-is-choking-or-having-trouble-breathing.html Our 18 year old parrot has these attacks where you can hear him making a wheezing like sound. We are not sure if he is choking or having trouble breathing.The Mon, 07 May 2012 21:43:42 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-mccaw-doesnt-want-to-go-back-to-her-perch.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-mccaw-doesnt-want-to-go-back-to-her-perch.html My mccaw has recently been hanging out in the laundry room and doesn't want to go back to her perch. Shes always been on her perch while I'm home. Gets Mon, 07 May 2012 02:29:02 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/lonely-cocatiel.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/lonely-cocatiel.html Hi there I have a female cocatiel.I live in a villa and my neighbour out the back also had a cocatiel.Every morning they would screach to one another Mon, 07 May 2012 02:27:47 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-friends-indian-ring-neck-stuck-poop.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-friends-indian-ring-neck-stuck-poop.html My Name Is Tracey And My Friend Just Bought A Indian Ring His Butt Is Covered With Poop And Its Hard Like A Rock ? I Told My Friend To Soke The Birds Mon, 07 May 2012 02:27:05 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-yellow-fronted-amazon-parrot-bites.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/my-yellow-fronted-amazon-parrot-bites.html I have bought a Amazon Parrot who is 4 yrs old in his own envioremnet he was fine,but when we got him home he has started to bite really hard,he loves Mon, 07 May 2012 02:13:00 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/vicious-biting.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/vicious-biting.html Why does my Jenday Conure viciously bite and attack my sister? She has never done anything to the bird, yet the bird hates my sister. My dad once opened Sun, 06 May 2012 17:24:55 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/yellow-headed-parrot-decoloration.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/yellow-headed-parrot-decoloration.html My double yellow head parrot is becoming white...what is the problem Sun, 06 May 2012 17:22:54 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/what-type-if-any-fresh-friut-can-you-feed-them.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/what-type-if-any-fresh-friut-can-you-feed-them.html what type if any fresh friut can you feed budggies Sun, 06 May 2012 17:17:42 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/rainbow-lorikeet-has-lost-tail-feathers.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/rainbow-lorikeet-has-lost-tail-feathers.html We have had our Rainbow Lorikeet for almost a year now and he seems have lost all his (or her) tail feathers. What could be the reason for this - is there Sun, 06 May 2012 17:16:13 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/regrowing-feathers.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/regrowing-feathers.html i recently aquired a 3 yr old female quaker parrot (ava) when i got her she was nearly bald of her feathers except a few tail feathers, flight feathers Sun, 06 May 2012 17:15:05 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/birds-together.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/birds-together.html hi can you put a server macaw in with a African gray congo please let me know thank you bil Sun, 06 May 2012 01:31:07 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/why-roseringed-parrots-dont-have-hairs.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/why-roseringed-parrots-dont-have-hairs.html why Rose-ringed parrots don't have hair Sat, 05 May 2012 18:34:44 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/beak-growth.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/beak-growth.html Conure's beak is growing at an alarming rate since we got Polly...won't use the beak buffer or the cuttle ...affects her eating...what do we do Sat, 05 May 2012 17:50:13 GMT http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/indian-ring-neck-at-9-wks-wont-eat.html http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/indian-ring-neck-at-9-wks-wont-eat.html I just got my indian ring neck and his previous owner sd he eats pellets and veggies and fruit and he wont drink water, wont eat out of bird dishes. and Fri, 04 May 2012 18:40:51 GMT