How Do I Handle My Molting Green Cheek Conure With Another Bird?
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How Do I Handle My Molting Green Cheek Conure With Another Bird?

Lisa N writes,

Hey Catherine hope all is well I need your help again I thought by now I would be a better mommy 🙂

Our Reggie is molting big time she loves taking a bath every day I know it’s a rough time for birds but we also have a Pineapple conure and yes one is a boy and Reggie is the girl.

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Can I Improve My Budgies Diet Using Vitamins or Supplements?
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Can I Improve My Budgies Diet Using Vitamins or Supplements?

Yvonne S. wrote:

 

I would like to ask you a question about my parakeet.

 

I have been thinking she could use a vitamin/supplement.

 

She has a very good appetite and is active but she is eating like nobody’s business.

 

I eat mostly organic pasta, and fruit, and a lot of baked potatoes.

 

Also some fish now and then.



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Does My Parrotlet Need a Full Spectrum Light Source?
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Does My Parrotlet Need a Full Spectrum Light Source?

Chris S. reached out to ask,

Does a parrotlet need a full spectrum light source?

And if so does it need it all year round if living in eastern PA?

Dear Chris

Unless you are living along the equator, no, natural lighting is not going to replicate what tropical birds need to keep their hormones level.

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Why Are My Darling Birdling Female Parakeets Not Getting Along?
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Why Are My Darling Birdling Female Parakeets Not Getting Along?

Barbara T. writes

 

My darling birdlings, parakeets, happen to both be female.

 

One, MoonShadow, is approx 7 years old…a rescue.

 

When her partner passed last year, after the funeral, MoonBirdy was sooo lonely, depressed, inactive.

 

We, in mid pandemic, bought a pet shop friend for her. Of course, the pet shop attendant assured my husband Mercury was Male.
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I Just Wanted to Show You the New Cage I Got for Kelly Recently
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I Just Wanted to Show You the New Cage I Got for Kelly Recently

Hello Catherine, I just wanted to show you the new cage I got for Kelly recently.

He’s only been in it a few days.

I was excited to see him move around and explore, however, I needed to get the ladder because he was struggling to get to the top play area.

It’s sad to see how helpless he is without enough feathers to fly.

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