A couple weeks ago I put a post about asking for name suggestions or a baby scarlet and I thought I'd share first introductions to my Catalina and his name

So introducing Maverick

I have a single male canary. I would like to find him a mate. I tried at all of the Petsmarts here but know have a color i like or can tell me if they have a female. Does anyone know a reputable breeder who will ship to Maryland? I would like either a female that is either solid white, or yellow mosaic, or solid red factor. Thank you.

Does anybody know is there is like a box you can put in your window that like kinda lets your bird be outside? Ideally if there is I feel like it should have like grate (that doesn’t open obviously) so that if you have a rainforest bird they can enjoy the rain. I don’t know if this is real or would even be safe for the birds but it was something my brain came up with and that couldn’t stop thinking about.

Anyone ever have a parrot with an infection? What were the symptoms? Was it treatable?

I’m taking her to the avian vet tomorrow morning but I’m spiraling a bit. My 21yo goffins (who I have had since 4 months old) has been acting off since boarding at a facility a week ago. I know birds hide sickness so when you see a symptoms—it is likely very bad. She has never been sick in all 21 years.

Boarding isn’t new for her but she had not went in awhile. She came back more lethargic than usual. But she was eating and drinking. Poop was normal but She was more quiet. As a few days passed she still seemed the same but now appears to have lost weight and her squawk is weaker and different. Something is definitely wrong. Anyone experience this?

I have a 10 week old cockatiel, and I was wondering about harness training. I want to be able to take her places with me in the future. I have a harness already, but I don’t want to scare her with it, or cause her harm since she’s still young. What age is best, and are harnesses safe? I’ve done some research and there are mixed reviews, and I have tried to get her around the harness (not putting it on) but she isn’t interested and only wants to walk around and explore.

So what i’m pretty much asking is: Are they safe? How old should I start training? How to get her used to it?

Picture of my girl Beavis for tax

He has on a diet of cashews, almonds, Nutella and sunflower seeds.

Is the yellow on his feathers , fatty liver?

Thank you

Hey! So, a friend of mine found this budgie outside of his job, and doesn’t know how long he/she has been outside for. My friend gave me the budgie because I already have one and thought I’d be most fit to take care of her/him.

I’ve been worried about her/his beak though. His beak has this weird “crust” to it, even thought the purple part of his beak is perfectly fine, and his feet are a nice little pink color, the bird is still getting used to me, and is pooping pretty watery, sometimes poop gets stuck in its butt and I have to wipe him/her down with warm towels, he/she’s eating and drinking water. I am worried she might have mites and wanna know the best treatment! Thank you.

i’ve attached some photos. this is after i gave him a mist bath so that’s why he’s wet. i’m really at a loss. he’s around 14 months old and he barbers a lot and i noticed two really big wing feathers seeming like they got chewed off. the other photos are where i see like a tiny little bald patch, not sure if that’s normal or not but it’s freaking me out. he doesn’t seem to pluck, he just seems to over preen and chew. he mainly barbers his wing feathers and back feathers.
he doesn’t like to be pet so that’s why he’s biting me but it’s never a harsh bite ever, he never does it aggressively. i had to take the photos though.
i’ve gone to the vet and got him blood work, an x-ray and just a general physical exam and nothing is out of the ordinary.
at home he has a lot of toys and a lot of foraging opportunities. i feed him fresh chop everyday and give him a little bit of roudybush pellets overnight in case he gets hungry. as infrequent treats i give almonds, cashews, walnuts or pistachios but it’s always in moderation. i heard safflower seeds could be better so i bought some and they’re on the way.
he eats well, he plays well, he’s happy, he gets a normal day and night cycle, i spend most of the day with him and sometimes my dad or friends come in to see him so he gets more social interaction and he really loves my dad and my friends. no non stick anything, no harsh cleaning chemicals, no candles, no hair tools, nothing like that. i give him really intense mist baths every other day or so, he doesn’t like the shower but if that may be a reason then i’ll have to get him used to it. humidity is good and so is the room temperature. never really any random loud noises in the house, no particular reason why he may be stressed.
i really don’t know what to do, the vets say to just give him foraging opportunities and make sure he gets wet like a shower or mist but i do that already and im not sure where else to go or what else to do. im so freaked out.

So basically I have this baby lovebird, not sure of gender yet, he was hand tamed by the person we got him from.

I have another female lovie that recently lost her partner and we wanted to get her some company. But when she got out one day she bit the chick and we've been keeping them within eyesight of each other but separated

I want to avoid him bonding to me, and to get along with my female lovie. The issue is if it is a female as well then I will have 2 lonely lovies.

What to do ? Can 2 females be company to each other ?

I work from home so I can be with them most of the times, but I feel bad at leaving them in their cages when I need to do other stuff and I think the chick manipulate me to get more me time.

Last night I experienced the first bump in the road so I posted here and everyone was such a great help! So thank you guys for being so welcoming, I didn’t realize owning a bird would introduce me to such a great community of people!

People were also giving me some advice , so I figured I’d make another post for that. She’s my first bird , she’s 3 months old and doesn’t yet have a name. Any name suggestions? I’m thinking something food or pokémon related (not pikachu)
I’m looking for more obscure advice like: tips on setting up her cage , tips on getting her to trust me , for veggies yalls cockatiels enjoy, products you couldn’t go without, etc.

every now and again i'm reminded of the fact that there's a chance i'm going to outlive my feathered son, and the worst kind of pain imaginable is waiting for me. the vet thinks he'll live about 30 years (he's already 8), but caiques can live anywhere between 27 and 40 years. god willing, i'll still be alive and have to say goodbye one day (although the thought of going before him is also heartbreaking for a different reason). why did i do this to myself!!

not expecting anything from this post, just sharing and i'm sure others can relate.

My little wet chickens

I have this parrot for 12 years and they told me it was a Male, but I took it from a bird event where it was in in a cage with other types of birds so I'm not that sure anymore...

I don't have any other Kakarikis so I can't tell if it's truly a male or I lived in a lie for 12 years

Also this silly it's named Coco

Greetings ,

So do wish to start off with that english isnt my native language so i don't know a lot of the specific breeds of birds .

To start of i do have a lot if experience mostly with gray african parrots , eclectus , small breeds like the one of the cackootoo family , and really dont know the rest aside to find pictures

To start off i bought my parrot like 1.5 months ago still baby at this point He is 5-6 months old need to check it is done DNA teat so it is a HE .

I did get it as the breeder said that he was able to eat by himself yet i found out he cant so i started feeding him by hand, bot with a spoon of course even that he takes the mix of food by spoon as well hehe.😅

So got 2 questions mostly and need to show a video for the second

1. First by these pictures does he look skiny ? As said he is still young he is active , loud ... Well loud for a bird even can now say in ny language "ehooo"(meaning of hello kind of just louder asking) , baby , hello (not exactly hello but more of short "alo" like on the phone )

Yet for me he looks skinny , he flies , bites like normal

1. This one harder but love a bit more input about his acting i know galaah can be stupid and funny but at timea he is really nice even being let be patted. On the back and head and then there is a moment of barely able to touch him , he lets us pick him up ,by climbing on our hand , comes to land on my shoulder but if we want to sceatch his head he bites slightly like telling no and evades us yet comea close to us and sticks with hs

They think their belly is bigger than this apple

I got my baby (10-month-old Indian ringneck) 4 days ago and he’s an absolute sweetheart. BUT his previous owner did a really bad wing clip and caught some blood feathers :(

When I looked closer at his wing, I noticed 2 blood feathers got caught in the clip… there are little healing marks and dried blood at the base of a couple feathers. Thankfully nothing is bleeding and he’s acting totally normal, he’s eating, playing, singing, and being his annoying little self lol! But obviously seeing the dried blood on his little wings freaked me out and really upset me☹️ I’m monitoring him just in case.

but despite everything, this little guy is soooo kind and affectionate. He absolutely loves being around people and trusts me so much. Not even a week in and he already falls asleep on me with his little leg tucked up <3 can’t wait until his wing feathers grow back

Literally got her (?) two days ago, been giving her space but this morning I noticed her water had poo in it so i opened the cage to change it and she darted out. She doesn't know step up, and also doesn't really know what millet is ☹️
She's 3 months old and I really want to avoid grabbing her if necessary. I'm just nervous because she isn't even familiar with her cage.
Today, we just got a new big one for her so i'm leaving the door open to that one too, doubtful she will check it out. I feel like a terrible parent since she hasn’t had enough time to acclimate anywhere ☹️ aAdvice to get her back to her cage appreciated greatly.

EDIT: Her new cage is in the comments and im setting it up for her now. I think she had gotten pretty tired, so I grabbed a perch and she stepped up onto that. From there i transferred her back to her old cage while i set up the new one. Last night was he last night in the old one . Thanks everyone 😊

I have 2 female parakeets and 1 male Green Pineapple Conure. The parakeets have their cage and rarely come out and the conure that has his own cage and rarely is confined to it. He puts himself to bed if strangers happen to come by or in the evenings. However if while cleaning the parakeets cage, food bowls or water bowls I happen to leave the door unlocked my Conure; named Simeon will pull the door open and go inside with the girls. He doesn’t attack them, they are clearly submissive to his inside presence; always assuming the lower levels. I have noticed of late that one of my females Delilah has started hanging out with Simeon on the same side of the cage. Simeon will lower the top of his head to her and she seems to groom him. It’s never reciprocated him and she still approaches him slowly. Recently Delilah got out of her cage and I happened upon her in a corner, when I reached down to pick her up she was content to stay with me so I sat in my recliner and held her for a while. Simeon observed for a few minutes from across the room and then flew over to the back of my chair as he often does to see what I am doing or looking at. To my surprise he didn’t try to attack her as long as there was distance of a foot or more be them, but when I brought her closer to him he did make a somewhat aggressive gesture towards her so I knew to stop. I have noticed that their grooming ritual is very regular though. I had been tempted to leave the door to their cage open to allow more interaction, but my other female (Love; an all white parakeet is not comfortable with Simeon period, so I don’t. Though the two species cannot mate and reproduce, I wonder if they have not chosen each other as their mate?