Category: Bird Behavior - Page 17

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How Do I Handle 2 Flighted Out of Control Cockatiels?

Mitch Rezman
July 9, 2021
Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Biting Birds / Cockatiels
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Elleen A. relates,

I have 2 male fully flighted cockatiels that will not let us handle them. They are bonded. How can I get them to let us handle them again?

Dear Elleen

Short answer. You can’t. Birds of a feather stick together and you have no feathers.

Long answer.

You can clip their wings, separate them into different cages, and plan to spend several hours with each of them individually in daily sessions in hopes to earn their trust and want to be with you.

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How Do I Stop My 21-year-old Female Cockatiel From Screaming?

Mitch Rezman
July 8, 2021
Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting
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Nancy B. has a very needy cockatiel,

My 21-year-old female cockatiel refuses to stay in her cage.

She goes to all extents to get attention, the most of which is constant screaming.

If she so much as hears a squeak as I’m walking down the stairs – she starts screaming.

She can go on for hours at a time until I finally take her out of the cage.

This behavior is constant and interestingly she tries to “mate” when she sits on my finger.

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A close up of an African Grey Parrot with her beak slightly open resting on Top Her Cage

How Do I Stop My African Grey From Making These Weird Noises?

Mitch Rezman
June 25, 2021
African grey / Bird Behavior / Veterinarian Related
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Barbara S. doesn’t know what to do,

I have an African grey named Rocky who is 29 years old.

Over the last couple of years, he started to make these strange noises day and night out of nowhere.

So we took him to our aviary vet and after several visits and numerous tests, it was determined that it is a behavioral issue.

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Two beautiful gray parrots on the branches

Hello, I Am Looking for Help in Training My Parrots

Mitch Rezman
June 25, 2021
African grey / Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Bird Rescue / Feather Plucking
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Sarah A. relates,

Hello, I am looking for help in training my parrots.

I have two African grey parrots.

They are 21 and we have had them their whole lives.

My mom used to handle them, however, she began to have severe allergies from their dust.

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Is There a Difference Between a Parakeet and a Budgie?

Mitch Rezman
June 25, 2021
Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Budgies
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Gabriella M. expresses these thoughts,

I’ve always had parakeets or budgies growing up.

I’ve always had one male and we always bonded.

I taught them to speak they all knew many many words they were adorable so I’m in the market for another budgie or parakeet but could you tell me the difference?

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What Is a Reliable Bird-safe Emergency Heat Source?

Mitch Rezman
June 25, 2021
Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Events / Pionus parrot / Veterinarian Related
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Jean R. is concerned,

I have a middle-aged white-capped Pionus parrot.

I live in North Carolina in an apartment that uses electric heat.

I chose this apartment for my parrot because I ran into issues with gas leaks at other places and was concerned about my bird.

But in making the switch I lost the option to use gas logs in a winter loss of power in cold weather (which we had last winter).

I do not even get hot water.

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Why Does My Older Budgie Continually Fall Off His Perches?

Mitch Rezman
June 18, 2021
Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments
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Older rescued parakeet drops from perches many times a day and then climbs back up.

Avian Vet could not find a reason except that her feet are not very strong and her breastbone is small.

What else can we do for her?

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How Do I Handle My Deceased Partners Double Yellow Head Amazon?

Mitch Rezman
June 18, 2021
Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Breeding / Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments
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I have my partner’s Double Yellow Head Amazon (Hen) he had her 35 years, (he figured she was about 5 yrs old when he got her), I was with him the last 25 years.

He passed away on 1-14-20 Congestive Heart Failure.

I had never handled her I was afraid of being bitten, but I started just after he died I figured it was not would she bite me but when & how hard. In the last year, she has only bitten me maybe 7 or 8 times and only drew blood 3 times.

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An African Gray Parrot Plucking Her Breast Feathers on Top of Her Cage

A Congo Greys Companion’s Feather Plucking Questions Answered

Mitch Rezman
June 17, 2021
African grey / Bathing and Health / Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / Bird Enviornments / Bird Nutrition / Hormonal issues in birds / Plucking/Screaming
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First name: Peggy C.

How long has your bird been plucking?

Approximately 7 years

Species (please be specific, as an example, there are 43 species of Macaws)

Congo African Grey parrot

Your bird’s sex if (known) by DNA or feather color (dimorphic bird)?

Female

Your bird’s age?

19

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A blue and yellow macaw performs a trick involving a toy car at the KL Bird Park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Traveling with Your Bird? Here’s Your How To’s

Mitch Rezman
June 13, 2021
Bird Behavior / Bird Cage Info / The Traveling Bird
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Air travel with your bird is a post all its own so today we’ll focus on terrestrial travel.

We are moving all comments from the old style blog to this new fancy schmancy one, by hand. Any comments made today and moving forward, will be made under your own profile. We apologize for any confusion and hope this new format will help make us all better pet bird keepers. (more…)

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How Do I Handle 2 Flighted Out of Control Cockatiels?

How Do I Stop My 21-year-old Female Cockatiel From Screaming?

Hello, I Am Looking for Help in Training My Parrots

Is There a Difference Between a Parakeet and a Budgie?

Why Does My Older Budgie Continually Fall Off His Perches?

How Do I Handle My Deceased Partners Double Yellow Head Amazon?

A Congo Greys Companion’s Feather Plucking Questions Answered

Traveling with Your Bird? Here’s Your How To’s

Since 1993Online in 2002

$49 Ships Free$7 Ships Small

Toll Free877 ~ 287 ~ 0810

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Since 1993
Online in 2002

$49 Ships Free
$7 Ships Small

Toll Free
877 ~ 287 ~ 0810

618 E Commercial Ave,
Lowell, IN 46356 USA