The delay ^

I noticed this before but didnt care that much,but now since im caring for the birb,are the spine-like things on my parrots neck a bad thing?

Hello

I have been wanting to get a parrot for a long time and I am doing quite a bit of research before getting one since there are no parrot shops in my small country. I had my eye on two parrots, one is a Severus or Illiger macaw and the other one is a Male Eclectus . I keep finding information online that Eclectus parrots life expectancy considerably falls down if they are kept in captivity due to them not being able to fly as frequently as they usually do in nature. I wanted to find out from Ekie owners if this is true. I really like Eclectus parrots but I would not want to get one if its life would be shortened due to it being a "Pet" bird. I would teach it free flight but I haven't seen any info on this making the situation better.

I'm only a teenager alongside my younger brother (I'm 15 and my brother is 13) and me and him owned a Cockatiel bird. We got him in 2021 because we begged our mom for a bird. We didn't really know the hard work that it came with owning a bird, since we were just kids at that time (in 2021) and the only thing we thought that we'd have a bird. Time skip to 2024 and we got rid of him, but before you come at me we just gave him back to the man who was selling him. The man who sold him is really sweet and a bird lover and was willingly to take him back, he even said so when we got him. So now he's (the parrot) in a better place.

I feel so guilty because I think he got stressed, he started to become aggressive and biting us and it was really hard. My brother was often upset at the bird because he, at first, was only aggressive to my brother and not me. Not sure if it has to do with out gender since my brother is a male and I'm a female. But our parrot was mainly biting my brother. That upset him really much, and I understand that. He really loved the bird and it was hard for my brother to let him go.

We showed him much attention and kept him out of the cage pretty often in 2021 and 2022 but in 2023 and 2024 I stopped being less with him and my brother had his cage in his room and kept him out of the cage when my brother was in his room.

I know I'm the one at fault because I stopped showing him attention and I'm the one who talked to my mother and asked her if we should give him away because clearly our home wasn't the best place for him. I noticed that because he suddenly turned aggressive and I'm not surprised if he got anxiety or was just in general stressed.

I just feel hella guilty and I know it doesn't make things right but I just wanted to get this off my chest

tl;dr I'm a teenager alongside my younger brother and we owned a cockatiel, he got aggressive and hard to be around, we returned him back to the man who sold him. (The man didn't mind and was willing to take him back)

My female green cheek conure is not afraid of the harness and will happily put her head in the headloop for a treat, but as soon as she gets a treat rushes to get her head back out. If I don't offer a treat within a couple of seconds she'll remove her head.

I've been stuck on this for almost a year! I've tried getting her to wait a bit longer for treats and sometimes that works but the average amount of time she'll wait hasn't increased.

From watching the videos about this on youtube, all of the birds used as examples just sit there whereas mine is hyperactive and will not sit still.

Any ideas how to make progress? I can post a video if it helps

Hello, I’ve got this electric space heater I’ve been using in my living room and I got to thinking if this heater is even safe to use around my bird? It’s a Midea 1500W Quartz Electric Space Heater. I can’t find anything online about it having Teflon coating.

I feel bad for immediately pulling away put of reflex and putting my small burd at risk, he always catches a perch or the entrance as I pull but I'm scared I might hurt him with that habit, what should I attempt to do instead of pulling away? I'm obviously not just gonna stand there as he bites me 😭😭

Hi!

I've had my lovebird Momo, for around 4 years now, and it's never been an issue before.

Sure, she used to softly chirp randomly during the night at random noises, but in the past few months, she's been full on chirping, really loudly (same volume than during the day, sometimes even louder), in the middle of the night, when there is no noises or lights at all. It's been ruining my sleep.

For context, we live in a medium size studio, where we have both my and my husband's computers in the same room as her cage. She was always pretty ok with talking/other soft noises throughout the night (we are both up pretty late at night). But we've always covered her cage and it's never been an issue. We even have a white noise machine on all night to drown out noises.

I've tried changing the cover up for the cage to a more darkening one, I've tried turning the white noise machine slightly louder, just in case the noise was the issue, but nothing is working. I've also tried answering her calls to reassure her that I'm still here, but it won't make her stop. I also tried staying as quiet as possible, but she will still chirp.

I can't really move her to a different room, we only have the bathroom, and that mean we would have to carry this really heavy cage at night and in the morning, while it would be on the floor when wee need to use it. But I am so desperate that I will try that soon is nothing else works.

What do I need to do different? I will try anything.

As I’ve stated in this subreddit recently, I had a budgie die over the weekend.

For various reasons, I was not able to perform a necropsy to determine the cause of death. My budgie was housed with 5 other budgies, making me worry about whether they may have a problem as well.

I plan to take one of my budgies to the vet this week. I cannot bring all 5, becuase for some reason every vet charges an “exotic pet” fee for an animal that is almost as common as a dog and a percent of the size. Because of this, I am going to take one budgie to the vet and concurrently discuss what happened to my deceased budgie, hopefully to get some insight on preventative care.

I need help deciding which budgie I should take to the vet.

First, there is Luna. She is around a year old. She has recently begun to tail bob pretty significantly. Other than that, she seems alright, minus some minor lethargy, though that may be me hyperfixating.

Next, there is Pixel. She is around 4 years old, and has began demonstrating some strange behaviors recently. All of these behaviors began slightly before my other budgie passed. Firstly, she basically sits in the food bowl all day. She doesn’t really eat more than she used to, but she sits on top of the food bowl. She also is constantly chewing, whether there is food in he mouth or not. I’ve also noticed that she eats he food very slowly and chews on it for a while. The few times she’s not at the food bowl, she’s still chewing on air, seemingly. Lastly, she has a reddish liquid around her mouth. I don’t think this is blood, but rather just the red pellets in her food. I could be wrong, but it doesn’t look at all like blood to me.

It’s worth mentioning that they’ve all been screatjing their heads and preening a lot lately, though this could just be due to springtime. I don’t know if I’m overreacting or not. I’m just looking for some informed opinions on what my next actions should be to ensure the safety of my budgies. Thank you.

so my bird had recently bonded to another male and the past 2 days they’ve been holed up together inside a coconut hut toy… took me a very long time to get them out as she did not want to leave which is unlike her. She also looks a little more swollen around her stomach? I’m not sure about the process of eggs and how that works. Not sure if I’m just imagining it

It was about 5 years ago now that my grandparent's neighbor gave my grandparents their Solomon cockatoo, Cupid. My grandma has never been the best with training animals, so I worked with her for a a few months and gained her trust. To the point that she would stand on my hand. Though she was still prone to biting.

My grand uncle, great uncle? Came back from prison, and started to live with with them. Being a middle schooler at the time, I didn't really like him very much and began avoiding going to my grandparents. He took over caring for her and would let her out haphazardly, though i dont think he ever got the point were she would step up for him. He was kicked out, and now I've began trying to reconnect with her.

She hasn't been out of her cage in about a year at this point, and I've recently swapped her diet from seeds to pellets. She is a friendly bird, sociable and fun to play with. When she wants me to pet her, she will grab at her own head and making a grabbing motion. The thing is, she will still snap at my fingers on separate occasion, and while she is friendly and will let me pet her from between the bars, I can't find myself trusting her yet. Currently, my grandmother and I wear a thick welding glove to be able to give her food and water.

I think she still has a form of bond with me, and I've been thinking of trying to just let her out of the cage and interact with her without the glove. Though I'd have to wait till my grandparents aren't home. Additionally, I'm not sure if this is the right move either. When I was first bonding with her she would sit on the perch in her cage, but now the only thing she wants when the gate is open is to come out.

I would take her home, but I live with my mom in a rented house with little room to spare. This means that I only see Cupid every 3 to 6 days. Though if I'm prepared to increase the visits in order to be able to take her out of her cage again.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Tl;Dr: trying to reconnect with a Solomon Cockatoo named Cupid that may or may not be friendly to me still outside of her cage, and I'm struggling to continue to make steady progress.

Hello reddit

So yesterday I made a post about my cockatiel. For thoes who haven't seen it, basically, yesterday my cockatiel fractured his finger and the vet told me to keep him in a small travel cage for 2 weeks and to limit his outside time. Well, yesterday when I took him to the vet he could not use his foot at all, like he was limping, could not step up, just looked like he was in pain. Today, he is completely normal, like seriously he's jumping around, climbing the bars of his cage, everything. I let him out today and he climbed on top of the big gnome we have like it was nothing (this is not an easy thing to climb for a bird). Even though I did let him out, he was still in the small travel cage for most of the day, and he was sitting in the same spot all day either sleeping or eating, that's it. He seemed almost depressed, as soon as I took him out he looked so alive and happy, so I'm making the decision to put him back in his normal cage. But tbh what happened? Like he was in so much pain yesterday but now he's fine? I mean, I'm happy that he's feeling better but this is so weird. The vet literally did an X-ray and saw a fracture, so it's not like he was faking it (although idk how he would even be able to fake something like that). Has this happened to anyone before? She also prescribed him anti-inflammatory pain medication, which I will continue to give him, and I will still limit his out of cage time, but I don't think that moving him to a small cage is necessary.

He is friendly and doesn’t bite me or anyone just bites my ears shirt buttons

I’m getting a green cheek conure or cockatiel and I built a standing wood perch is it safe to use spry on sealant? Or should I just leave it as is?