So we adopted 2 adult parakeets, previous owner said she had fair share of babies. We put a nest box in cage because she started laying eggs. But would eat some of them. But one hatched and like on day 3 it died, I didn't want to touch the baby as they're my moms and I wanted her to see. But once she came home the baby was apparently eaten. So like a month later two hatched and they were about 1 week than died. But we don't see no injuries and they looked perfectly normal. Nothing broken, at first we thought they killed them but they were big. Any thoughts???

Any reccommendations to keep them from falling? I tried looking online but there was only deterrents. I was thinking a basket or something? But i figured asking here would be better.

I feel horrible that there are 4 baby eggs on the concrete, i don't want this to keep happening. 😥

Edit: they are bullfinch eggs.

There is a mother goose in my town who is currently nesting on a bridge abutment over a creek. When the goslings hatch, their only option out of the nest will be to fall ~3 stories to the water below.

Google tells me that a gosling can safely fall ~2 stores onto pavement and ~4 stories onto grass. I haven't been able to find any info regarding water, but know that landing on it from any considerable height is often compared to landing on concrete.

Will the goslings be able to safely leave their nest? Or is this an issue I should contact a local wildlife rehabilitator about?

my white budgies tail was slightly bobbing yesterday (u can go check my recent post) and today i saw a new sign of illness. she was breathing heavily and mouth breathing but it wasnt constant, she did it for about 10-15 seconds and stopped and started again some time else, once it lasted like 2 minutes and 30 seconds

i know everyone will say to bring it to the vet and i will i just wanna know if this is how respiratory illnesses are like.

she eats and nothing changed much except sometimes she puts her head to the side (not tilt) and kinda looks like one of those old people that have a hunched back

also this morning she was eating her millet as normal but shes eating it normally again so idk if i should be concerned.

ill make another post with a video of her panting/mouth breathing

A bird probably dove has laid egg on top of our door. There's a place on top of it. So the child is out and since there's no nest it keeps falling down. Is there any way we can help them ?

It just hit our window. It is still breathing or so I think. What can I do? Thanks!

This is the best quality photo I could get. Thanks in advance!

Hey guys, figured I’d ask here just in case. There’s a goose that’s limping next to the building I work in and I feel bad for it. Is there anything I can do? I live in Maryland if that helps at all.

This little one hit the window of my dads workplace. Was bleeding a bit above the beak and cannot walk properly or fly. Shes been… panting? A lot.

We really would like to help her before releasing her to a big garden-y area with other doves. im trying to do as much research as possible… if you have any advice on how to take care of her please let me know.

The internet is full of different advice and I don’t know which to follow

hi so my conure (about 7 months) just started moving to bottom of cage at night to sleep. the conure is sick and has been given medications that we are currently giving but he/she hasn’t ever slept at the bottom of the cage like this and he/she makes small small chirping noises at the bottom of the cage at night

he/she doesn’t seem any more abnormal than usual like they do display signs of tiredness, agitation, and other signs of sickness like most birds do when sick but also could be medication side effects.

we have a check up appointment with vet in two days but wondering if this is something we should be worried about

My Galah cockatoo has gained around 18 grams in around a year and a half, he was 277, now he's 295-ish. He also started eating relatively little in the last 2-3 days. HOWEVER, his droppings when he HAS eaten are completely normal, but since he doesn't eat much now, they're more often watery. I also noticed some very slight yellowing around his eyes, but that's not for sure. Other than that, he has been pretty active and doesn't seem to fluff up often, he's acting like himself for the most part. Now, I do know a clinic that MIGHT specialize in avian treatment, but where I live, there are literally no avian vets for 400 kilometers, only ones that might MAYBE help.

So, my question is: what can I do in the meantime to help my parrot? I've heard milk thistle oil is used for fatty liver disease, but other than that, I have no idea on how to help him with his liver. He now is eating a mixture or bird food mix with pellets and nutriberries, and since today I've been taking all the seeds out. I've also been giving him more veggies daily since about 3 days ago. Is there any advice on what might help him?

has anyone had their conure do a CT scan? my bird is very sick and about 6 months old now, the specialist recommended a CT scan, but i’ve heard there are risks associated with it like how really sick birds may pass away during the scan because they are sedated and may not wake up.

i am very very very scared and worried, been crying a lot, it’s very overwhelming, just looking for advice or help/guidance from anyone who has been through a similar situation

has anyone had their conure do a CT scan? my bird is very sick and about 6 months old now, the specialist recommended a CT scan, but i’ve heard there are risks associated with it like how really sick birds may pass away during the scan because they are sedated and may not wake up.

i am very very very scared and worried, been crying a lot, it’s very overwhelming, just looking for advice or help/guidance from anyone who has been through a similar situation

I found this crow outside my workplace and he was upside down lay in a puddle, I’m not sure what happened but he could have been hit by a car possibly. I managed to grab him and took him home, I’ve been feeding him and giving him water, dried him off and am keeping him warm.

The issue is he isn’t using either of his legs, he’s flapping around trying to move and his legs are just sticking out straight behind him. Myself and my partner have both had a feel down both legs to check for a break but can’t feel one at all and he doesn’t react to either leg being touched.

Does anyone have a clue what could be wrong with him and what we could do?

Hi there, I have a conudrum which is about my bird's sleep cycle. If I lived alone, she'd sleep in the kitchen (or living room) or anywhere that I could grant her some uninterrupted time to sleep 10 to 12 hours of sleep.

The problem is:

• The living room is lively until at least 1am every day, with my family. People will watch TV and sometimes even talk and laugh. But given she's alone from 2am to 12pm, she'll have 10 hours of sleep then.

• The kitchen will not be busy for 30 minutes or 1 hour at a time in the evening, but then someone will go make a sandwich and open and close counter doors, wash dishes at midnight, or even do laundry, all of which make a lot of noise and bring a lot of light. The thing is the earliest human-bird will be in the kitchen by 9am, getting up and eating. The sun is also there by 7am, though the bird has a towel over the cage to make it darker. Then someone else will wake up and be there by 10am. Then someone else by 11am. So she keeps being woken up by kitchen noises.

• My bedroom - I have allergies and I fear this is not a good place for the bird to be because of my own health.

Where do you think she could sleep?

She's sick currently (low calcium, low phosphorus and badly functioning liver, she's being medicated for all those) and I fear the 8 hours of sleep at night are not helping her recover. She spends most of the day napping but I wonder if she'd nap less if she had a full night of sleep.

Hi All -

I'm hoping this is the right sub. Need some advice, please.

There is a bluebird at my house that is in love with my windows. I think it's a male bluebird, and he doesn't really fly into them at full speed but he does fly up to them and the hang on the window screens. He will also scratch at the window behind the screens, and sometimes bangs into the glass.

We've tried the following things to deter him:

- drawing in yellow highlighter across the windows

- putting window clings on the inside and outside of the windows (although, the second floor windows are a challenge here)

- installing a bluebird house outside. I read that if they are feeling like they don't have anywhere to nest, they act this way.

I wouldn't normally care, but it is waking up my son from his sleep and it is startling to my wife and I when we are laying in bed in the mornings.

Is there something else we can be doing to help deter this behavior? Any help is appreciated, and, if I should be posting in another sub, let me know that too.

Thanks!

so for the past few months my bird has been very, very, very sick, he hasn’t been opening his eyes they’re always closed, regardless of anything around him, there’s very little movement, he uses his beak to navigate his cage if needed by touching his beak to objects and perches around him to move around, he is still on formula and is hand fed so he eats and maintains his weight. we went to a specialist and they gave four different types of medication because we don’t know the root type of infection he has. my bird is always sleeping, he can basically be described as a human on life support. we are worried he has become blind but i’m unsure of how to determine that, he keeps his eyes closed a lot and he cannot see objects near him (he only detects by noise). he used to fly a lot and loved it but he can barely do it anymore and doesn’t do it at all, if he does fly (which is only when he has to take meds), he only circles around in small circles and then falls back down. the medications range from 2 weeks to 28 days and the specialist said he should be getting better after 1-2 days given the medicine but it’s been a week and there is no improvement.

his previous vet gave him steroids which is a big nono according to the specialist we are seeing right now.

also he has so much difficulty taking meds, we have been doing the towel wrap method but he just closes his beak really tightly so we can’t even put the syringe in a lot of the medicine falls out but there have been few instances where the medicine has fully gone in because he opened his beak by accident so it’s always a 50/50 if anyone has any advice on giving medicine to birds that would also be really helpful please

i’m just so worried and would love any type of advice we don’t know what to do

any type of advice is useful and appreciated.

Can't fly and hops around. Possible kestrel attack. How do I tend to him