I find it very cute when I see videos of parrots singing and dancing, but do they enjoy it the same way we do? If yes, why?

My quaker parrot started opening his beak and closing it. At first, it looked like he was adjusting his crop, but then when i looked inside of his mouth, there was some sort of bubble blocking his throat. This went on for like 6 minutes. then he started making these weird hiccuping noises and started jolting. I have no idea what happened. He's acting normal now and theres no more bubble, but i have no idea what happened. I'm a minor and i can't take him to the vet by myself. My dad knows nothing about birds and keeps saying he's fine. But i know that birds hide illnesses and i'm really scared. I'm scared it might happen again when i'm not here. What do i do? Should i convince my dad to take him to the vet?

I am unsure why my room is always noticeably hotter than the rest of the house, but it stays that way. I got a portable air conditioner (Hisane brand) yesterday to try to make it a bit nicer in here, but as I'm sitting here staring at it I'm wondering if they're completely safe. Should I run it outside for a day or three before installing it in my window to make sure there are no gases that could hurt my girls, or should it be safe to just plug in and start using out of the box? It's the sort that sits on the floor and has a vent that points outside. The guy at Lowe's said they pull air into the room, push the cool air in, and vent the hot air out if that makes a difference.

Thank you from Rydia, Selphie, and me!

I was soaking my mix overnight and this morning I saw all these bubbles, do they indicate anything unsafe? Is the mix still good to feed to my conure? Fungie goes mad for it, I’d hate to have to throw my 1kg bag out 😩

His name is Dusty! He is 15+ years old and had one of his feet surgically removed due to an accident with a toy in his previous home.

Hi, first time poster.

A few days ago, I found an amazon (I think it's a blue fronted). Definitely someone's lost pet as they're not native to my area and also he was very keen to climb up on my shoulder (... and he loves sitting on the shoulder. Not so much anywhere else. He'll step up on my hand... to get to my shoulder).

I've been looking for the owner, but so far - no luck. Not microchipped, no ring, nothing otherwise.

I've got a checkup scheduled for him on Monday (called today, hoped to book one for today, but they were booked out), but in the meantime wanted to consult the brain trust here.

He's been sleeping a lot and been very quiet. That's the only thing that concerns me. Poop looks good (as far as I can tell - never had an amazon before, but it doesn't seem too runny or weirdly coloured or anything). He's not particularly fluffed up (like, he's a little fluffed up when he's chillin', but not worryingly so - or at least I don't think it's a worrying level of fluff). He tends to sleep on one foot, which I think is a good sign. He'll also often just sit there, one footed, and grind his beak contentedly. He's eating and drinking. When out of the cage and not on my shoulder, he'll do a little dance as if he wants to fly to me (but doesn't really choose to fly much, though he did fly a few times). Feathers look very good.

At first I thought he's just sorting out the stress of being outside and away from his family - I don't know how long he's been lost for (from reports that I've gathered, at least 2 days - he was found by someone and re-lost the day before I found him). Also the cage I've got him in right now is definitely too small for him (though big enough to stretch his wings and I'm letting him out a lot) - if I don't find the owner, I might keep him in which case of course I'll get him a better cage - but I feel like a small cage would probably make him antsy rather than very calm? Anyways, it's been 3 days now and if anything it seems like he sleeps more now than he did at first (though not by much, he wasn't particularly active to begin with).

Despite the small cage, I managed to fit in a toy. About a day later, he did start playing (i.e. methodically shredding) with it.

I have two other birds at home - I'm keeping them apart as much as I can and making sure to wash my hands etc., but unfortunately they share the airspace, so I'm worried about them catching something from him. They don't seem to exhibit any symptoms at all so far. The only way I could reliably separate them in terms of airspace was if I put either him or them on the balcony, but wild birds tend to land on my balcony often, so I suspect health wise that could be a bigger risk rather than smaller.

Any tips? How likely is it that he is just sleeping off the stress versus being ill? Or maybe that he's young - I remember my other birds sleeping much more as babies. Though he doesn't look like a baby - but I have no way of knowing if that means he's 1 or 65. I've also read that they can be quiet before reaching sexual maturity, but even then I think he's still particularly quiet (basically makes several noises a day). When I first found him, he said 'hello', but hasn't repeated that since. He also doesn't vocally respond to my other birds' calls or to my speech.

It's really hard to tell - I've only known him for 3 days so I can't say that his behaviour changed - I don't know what's normal for this dude. Any advice, other than the obvious "go to the vet" which I'll be doing?

Hey everyone - any chance anyone knows of any relatively cheap bulk Sunflower Seeds for sale? The last ones I bought were just shell, the inside was empty..luckily returned them. Trying to get them for my Amazon Parrot. TYIA!

My curtain/window ledge is tall and my new birds will not be clipped. How do I keep them off the top of the curtains?

i currently have a cockatiel and am going to look at a galah (rose breasted cockatoo) tomorrow, the galah is hand raised and the current owner said its very friendly

however i am worried about introducing a bigger bird to my little cockatiel they would be kept in different cages but in the same room

is it possible for bigger birds to bond with smaller birds?

I’ve had my rescue Citron-crested since graduating college. We’ve been through life together: moving out of my parents’ house, loosing both of my parents in succession, tears and successes. She was with me through it all. She could tell when I was sick or having a bad day. She defended me too much sometimes. She had a seizure followed by 15 minutes of labored unconscious breathing and that was it. I’ve been crying for three hours because no one is awake to talk to. Love you Edith 💔

Hi! I'm getting a weaned baby green cheek conure soon, and want to start it off on pellets, but pellets are extremely hard to come by where I'm from. The only pellets I can find are coloured. Should I try to buy some online and have them shipped, feed it the coloured pellets, or feed it a seed mix (made by me or store bought)?

Hello, is this something serious ? What can I do to prevent her doing this ? Thank you All !

I just got a pair of love bird babies and was doing research on what to feed them. I found out online that primarily we need to feed them pellets and less seeds, however in my country it's not possible to get any bird supplies, So I was wondering If I can't make pellets at home and what would I need to make them?

Also if I'm feeding them primarily seeds then what should the seed mix be composed of?

What other things do you recommend for their diet?