The amount of people in this subreddit who have literally ZERO toys in their bird's cage is concerning. Like seriously? How can you be that oblivious. This is a problem that I don't see enough people talk about.

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Heya

I've posted on here before to say that I was being tested for BFL, and today, I finally got the results through to confirm that it is indeed the case. The bird antigens in my blood are above 90, whereas they sit under 10 in the average person.

The doctor said that from a medical standpoint, the only way forward is to continue my treatment program and rehome my budgie. But I adore her beyond words, I had plans to get more birds in the future, and my planned career is in ornithology. So this diagnosis has turned my life upside down and I'm so, so beyond devastated. She's single-wingedly getting me through my depression, anxiety and possible autism.

Is there anything I can do besides rehoming her?

so ive had my cockatiels for about 3 years and I have earned the bond of both of them, but recently for a couple of months now I have noticed that they have lost their bond with me. They have been refusing to step up, and matter of fact, hate stepping up on my finger and I don't know why. Also, when I interact with them it seems like they are just scared of me in general. Please help. I've watched many tuts on how to fix this and nothing is working. (Btw, their cage is big enough for them don't worry and their cage is located in the living room and not my room.)

Hi everyone,

I just woke up to my sun conure passing. I have a pretty large flock, but I did have a favorite and it was her. I loved her so much and had so much love from her in her short life. This month I would have had her for 3 years and I don't know what I'll do without her.

She has been on and off sick for the past year. I can't tell you how many times I have been to vets to try to figure out what is wrong with her and they couldn't figure it out. I thought it was diabetes insipidus, but since I thought this my vet was not really willing to explore that."We have to rule other things out first". I don't even want an autopsy because honestly it will just piss me off. It was also extremely hard for me to get emergency care. Some days I'd call (no exaggeration) 10-20 places and not 1 could get me in.. and all of these places either advertised exotic care or were referred from another failed call. She was surviving off occassional emergency fluids and electrolyte drinks for like 3 weeks.

The main point of this post: for the sake of my other birds, I do not want to live here anymore with these vets. If you are in the US, and you live somewhere with good vet care (especially emergency) or know somewhere that does, please inform me. I don't want this helpless heartbreak to happen again. Feel free to DM me if you don't want to share publicly. Thank you and I wish good health for all your babies.

I want to own a parrot. I live in a studio aparment and work 9 hours a day from office 5 days a week. Please suggest me.

I have two guys, one is a cockatiel, around one year old, and a budgie, three-four months old. Cockatiel seems to be extremely timid, prefer to move as minimal as possible, and sings only in special days he feels like to. He usually changes his position a little and fluff up, sitting there for an hour or more. Budgie is active, curious, always looks around, chirping on everything. My problem is how they act outside the cage. I let them out daily, but it seems they want to leave the cage only if something switch in their brains. Other days they are inside. But even when they fly outside, they always hangout on one particular wardrobe. For cockatiel, it's an old tale, he likes to sit on the edge all day, only looking around, sometimes sings. Budgie used to fly around and inspecting things, even sat on my head once, and immediately flew away. But now budgie sits on the same wardrobe the whole time, trying to get as close as he can to cockatiel. But granted, budgie tries different places or running on the wardrobe itself. These two feels like the most safe and calm parrots in the world, and I don't get why it is this way. I don't even need to lock the door to the room, because they never leave the wardrobe. And blocking the wardrobe with boxes either leads that they sit on the other one (I have three), or find some awkward way to sit anyway. Is this an often situation and I've got confused by the survivolship bias?

I need help on what to do, my conure just hit the ceiling fan and landed on my bed, there were several feathers that came out when he got hit. I brought him downstairs and he's doing okay, he can walk and he even flew to the chandelier when he got scared, but he has a bald spot near his head and there is small blood due to some of the growing feathers being torn out. He can walk and is fine/receptive, I've been watching him for the past 15 minutes, do you think I should take him to the vet?? what should I do?? Hes breathing normal and is grooming his feathers as of right now

Hi! I have two green cheeks, and I'm looking to get a smaller bird. I originally had my heart set on a parrotlet, but one has been difficult to find where I am, and all the nearby breeders offer me Linnies instead.

What I really like about parrotlets is their spunk. I know every individual is different, but it doesn't throw me off that they can be assertive. I have green cheeks after all! I handle my birds just about every day, have huge cages, and like to teach them tricks and useful behaviors.

I've read a bit about Linnies and watched some videos. They aren't stereotypically as spunky, but I've heard some individuals completely buck that stereotype. Do you think I'd have just as much fun with a Linnie as with a parrotlet?

And then there are lovebirds. I haven't spent as much time looking into them because they're old world and I have green cheeks. Would the dust affect my new world birds' respiratory systems? Are they worth looking into as candidates?

Any other good recommendations?

Thank you to anyone who decides to take the time to share their experiences and opinions.

so ive had my cockatiels for about 3 years and I have earned the bond of both of them, but recently for a couple of months now I have noticed that they have lost their bond with me. They have been refusing to step up, and matter of fact, hate stepping up on my finger and I don't know why. Also, when I interact with them it seems like they are just scared of me in general. Please help. I've watched many tuts on how to fix this and nothing is working. (Btw, their cage is big enough for them don't worry and their cage is located in the living room and not my room.)