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  1. V

    Sick conure???

    So my bird Valentine has been this way for a while now, he hasnt really gotten better but he also hasnt gotten worse. He came to me all scraggly and had a lot of stress bars in his feathers but since May (purchase date) he has moulted and his feathers have gotten a lot less black and a lot...
  2. W

    Help!!!

    i have this pair of alexandrine parrakeet. the pair is sitting on fertile eggs at the moment but the problem im facing is that their poop contains undigested seeds its of greenish color, sometimes black and some of it is even gray i give them seed mix, friuts, boiled eggs and bread. PLEASE HELP...
  3. Burbgirl

    New to the site and REALLY need help on this one

    Hey everyone. So tonight my 22 year old cockateil Squeak took a tumble while my bf was watching him. The old man still thinks he can fly but he really can't. Anyway, he tried to fly back to his cage and missed his mark causing him to hit a set of draws beak first and land on his foot. When I...
  4. M

    Help! New to Eclectus Parrots

    Hello everybody, I am very new to this! Over Christmas, we found an Eclectus parrot in our garden. We have taken him to the vets and followed up on lost bird ads, but no luck. Somebody must miss him terribly, but until someone comes up, we are more than happy to care for him. We have no...
  5. N

    Inherited IRN

    Hi everyone! I'm new to this forum, and new to bird owning itself as I have never owned a bird in my life, but recently I inherited a mature green IRN from a deceased relative. I'm not sure how old he is, and my relative wasn't even his original owner. He has never been handled to my...
  6. Minor_Arcana

    How to convince my parents to let me get a bird??

    Hey! So im trying to convince my parents to let me get a cockatiel or a parakeet. I have been wanting a bird since i was 8 (im 12 now) and ive done countless amounts of research on everything. I am responsible and i havent gotten less than an a in school since 3rd grade (7th grade now) in which...
  7. W

    Targeted Lorikeet Aggression - Help much appreciated

    My sister has owned a small rainbow lorikeet for about 2 months now. They used to be relatively inseperable (apart from when she had to go to school) but recently it's started being super aggressive when she goes near it. It will happily hop onto my arm, but even just having her in the proximity...
  8. W

    Sun Conure in his Terrible 2's- HELP!

    Heya! I'm a first time sun conure owner- for a year now, and I've hit this snag with my sunny. I got him when he was about 3 months old, and he was precious. Already tame and what not. He made being a first time Sunny owner easy. I'm a school teacher so during the school year, he got use to me...
  9. L

    Indian ringneck

    Hello! I am new to this forum and I am planning on getting an Indian ringneck within the next year or two (I would have one now but the bf won't let me yet lol) I already own a cat and a bearded dragon but I feel a bird would bring me so much joy (my other animals do obviously but there's...
  10. H

    4 weeks old IRN is sneezing and not acting well please help.

    Hello people! First of all, I'd like to thank everyone for this amazing forum, forums like these help us keep an innocent soul healthy! I bought a 2 weeks old Indian ring neck 2 weeks ago, the breeder told me to feed him Nestle's Cerelac and nothing else. I've been feeding him well with a 3ml...
  11. G

    Conure Advice

    Hello :D I was just wondering if anybody has any advice for my first week of having my new Green Cheek Conure! Nobody in my family has ever had one of these unique creatures and I'm pretty dang happy that there is a forum to find out! Advice would help, I already got the cage, toys, perch, etc...
  12. N

    I think my conure threw up? Help!!!

    My conure started sneezing repeatedly but I saw no discharge around her nose and appearance wise she seemed fine (I don’t know her gender but I call her a she). There are some dried fruit in her food bowl which I saw her eat then a few minutes later I saw her bob her head back and forth and...
  13. J

    Need Some Advice...

    I’ve had two 9-month old sun conures for the past four months, but I think not much bonding has been done still! My family says that they like me the best, they hop up the stairs to my room, scream for my attention when I walk in the room, and they really like being on my shoulders most of the...
  14. S

    New Year’s Eve with parrots. How do I get through this?

    Hello everybody. I have been stressing all month about what to do with my birds on New Year’s Eve and yew years day because my neighbors always like making tons of unnecessary noise and throw a big party every year. This is my first year dealing with this when it comes to birds. My birds normal...
  15. K

    Please help.

    Hello, On the 28th of October I got an untamed, aviary cockatiel. I have been told it is a female and around 3 months old. It has now been eating from my hand for about a week, but is still quite scared of my hand. It has not been out of the cage and has not been on my finger as a perch. When...
  16. SpecificMacaw

    Should i cut my birds wings?

    so, i'm getting an Alexadrine soon and will be having it in an outside walk in aviary. The thing is, the Alexandrine will be less than 4 months old, and i don't want to risk it flying out of it for the first few months in case it won't return, and seeing it's invasive it'd be illegal and...
  17. kailash

    white winged parakeets fighting (canary winged parakeets)

    hi im new to this thread and to being a parrot owner. the only other birds ive had are chickens i have 3 birds. fava, chickpea, and lentil. fava is the biggest then its chickpea then lentil. when i let them out of the cage to fly around lentil will come to my shoulder first. theyve yelled at...
  18. N

    HELP! I want to make things right w/ my 11 year old Amazon...

    Okay, first of all, I apologize. I know that some people might get angry with my post, and you have full right to be. I am angry with myself too. Now let's start with a little bit of background: 11 years ago my father bought a yellow headed Amazon, his name is Oliver! He was just a baby. He...
  19. S

    found a parrot on the street! now what?

    Hello! I am a new member on the forum as a new parrot owner! Recently, while driving home, I almost hit the little guy that was exhuasted and afraid. I managed to catch him and bring him home! Next day I went staight to the vet so that he could check him! He gave me some info on his diet...
  20. haleyd

    Flight suit for GCC?

    Hi everyone, I saw a forum about this recently but for the life of me I could not find it again. I plan to take my GCC with me basically everywhere I go that is suitable, and I believe a flight suit would allow me to do this. I would prefer one with a diaper included, purely because Conure poop...
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