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What Can I Do to Stop My Regurgitating Macaw?

Catherine Tobsing
January 29, 2022
Feeding Exotic Birds / Feeding Pet Birds / Small Macaws
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Charles S. is concerned with feeding his macaw,

I have had Cookie since a baby for 15 years. Every day for years she/he regurgitation food that is barely if at all digested. I feed her the best parrot food Zupreem and a few nuts and sometimes a little table food.

It looks like she regurgitates as much as I feed her. It’s a lot.

Otherwise, she is very healthy. I have taken her to the vet a couple of times and am told it may be a mating thing. She does this year-round!

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Do You Offer Bird Training? We’re Considering Adopting an Older Bird From a Shelter.

Dear Alyssa,

Unfortunately, birds are not like dogs and training is not something you can pass off onto a service to do.

You will have to do it within your family and household.

Dogs like to be told what they should do and not do as they live to serve their owners.

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Can I Bring an African Grey Into Our Home With Our 5yo Amazon?

Rebecca A. relates,

We are the (at least) fifth home for an older yellow-nape amazon.

The only information I have from the couple that took him in before us is the previous owner died of old age, he doesn’t like outdoors, and his name is “Brindle”, and he bites… a lot. That was 4 years ago.

He is now a healthy 743 grams (appropriate for his larger than usual size frame, according to his avian certified doctor) DNA-sexed male, microchipped, well socialized, loves classical music and opera, has arthritis in his shoulders and jaw, “walking bird” who trills and plays with family and dogs.

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I Have a Parakeet That Is Very Mean I Keep Trying to Tame Him

Catherine Tobsing
September 28, 2021
Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Biting Birds / Budgies
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Kathy B. relates,

I have a Parakeet. He’s very mean. I keep trying to Tame him and he killed his female Mates. It’s female partners and kill all the eggs and I just don’t know what to do with him

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Should I Cover My Conures Birdcage at Night?

Catherine Tobsing
May 7, 2021
Bird Behavior / Bird Lighting / Hormonal issues in birds
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Dawn C. asks,

My conures cage at night it is in our lounge where we watch tv hence there is some light from the tv etc.

Also, he has become quite hormonal and aggressive towards me over the last 2 months whereas he was quite the opposite before spending lots of time with me now I am very wary of him and at times fearful of him attacking me.

What can I do to get back the loving funny bird he used to be. Btw he is very gentle with my husband.

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What Should I Do for a Hormonal Male Black-headed Caique?

Catherine Tobsing
April 14, 2021
Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Caique
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Donna L. asks,

What should I do for a hormonal black-headed male caique, 17 years old?

Screaming while holding a toy with his beak on the cage bottom or screaming while hanging on the cage bars, screaming at 2:30 AM.

Losing weight, killing any toy he can find, and just starting to pick at his chest and bottom of his foot.

Stopped eating his pellets (Harrisons), has combined with other pellets, not interested. (more…)

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Why Does My African Grey Picks His Feathers?

Catherine Tobsing
March 26, 2021
African grey / Bathing and Health / Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments / Plucking/Screaming
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Rachel C. is concerned,

My African grey picks his feathers.

He has free roam of the house with a large perch in the living room.

He doesn’t like water and doesn’t like any toy I get him.

He does like the challenge of taking the lids off old pill bottles to find a treat.

He likes very few people.He definitely does not like little people. He goes outside with me and enjoys climbing around. I put him in the cage

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How Does My Family Keep Our Blue & Gold Macaw as My Parents Age?

Catherine Tobsing
March 4, 2021
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Habitats for caged birds / Hormonal issues in birds / Large macaws / Senior Birds
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Kirstin B. relates

Hi,

I have a blue and gold macaw parrot. He has been in the family since he was a baby. Sadly my great uncle was the one who got him and died shortly thereafter.

He has gone through 2 other family members until sitting with me and my dad.

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