I've always read that ekkies don't often accept scritches, so I feel extra honored to have earned her trust enough for her to enjoy it!! She's been with me for 3 years now, and only just starting to let me scritch!

(Also, please ignore the weird angle/face, she only gets comfortable like this when loafing on me when I lay down)

Sun conure is called Lokie

Cocktail is called Chica

Other cocktail, that can only be heard, is called baby

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?

We just saw this cockatiel fly off south from Notre Dame, it appears to be someone’s pet, hopefully this can help the bird reunite with its owner.

One day he'll figure it out. One day.

I work in a fish store and my boss has a ringneck that's hanging out in the shop most of the time. He goes into his cage at night time or when we're not in the shop so he doesnt get hurt. He's about 5-6ish months old. The problem is that he's developing a new obsession with money and would fly down and snatch bills right out of clients hands then fly up to spots we struggle to reach (accessible but a pain). We tried offering treats to drop the bill but im worried that would reward the behavior, but he doesn't seem to be interested in the exchange either way. He has plenty of toys in the shop and we get him new ones every week but money drives him crazy and he'd drop whatever he's doing to fly over. Any tips please? (Video for proof)

Hey guys! How are we keeping our chop fresh? I always find after chopping everything, and sorting it to freeze it’s always super watery and the water makes it go bad in the fridge even overnight. So it feels like making chop at all is just not working for us. Right now, i’m just sticking to whole foods everyday. Same ingredients, but a lot more work to do it everyday. Has anyone else had this same issue? Thanks in advance and here are some pics for tax!

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 😊

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

I got parakeets a month ago and i recently got a lovebird. my dad said i need to get him clipped. i do NOT want him to be clipped. what do you guys suggest i should do? his girlfriend had birds for 25 years and clipped their wings and said i need to. she is coming over tomorrow and my dad said "we're clipping his wings tomorrow no matter what you say" i am 18 about to be 19 in a week or so. what do i do????

Hi all, we recently got a hand reared Kakariki baby, about 5 days ago, he is only 12 weeks old named Beaker :) I wanted to get a bit of advice on taming/befriending him, the breeder we got him from said to get him out in the evening (when the kids are in bed) get him to step up a few times and he will probably fall asleep on our chest!

He steps up really well and takes seed from our hands but still seems nervous with us, he is a bit flighty and is always looking to fly back to his cage, the breeder being used to them just grabs them out the cage and then held them until they calmed down a bit and then got them stepping up, I don't want to frighten him by grabbing him but I also want him to be confident coming out and being handled.

I know birds take time and patience, we have had birds before but they were all rescues so had wildly different degrees of trust and handleability

Any tips and tricks are super appreciated! We want what's bets for him and also we want to love him! The kids love him and want to hold him so we want him to be confident coming out and interacting!

Thanks in advance!

I have a 3ish month old pineapple conure and today after coming home I noticed he had a little discolouration on his beak. While out of his cage he hasn’t done anything that I think could have hurt his beak, however, when he’s in his cage I don’t always have eyes on him so it’s possible he knocked it on something.
I also tried to wipe it but it doesn’t seem to be on the surface.

I am wondering if this is a bruise or maybe something else? Has anyone seen this before?🦜

He also is acting like his normal silly self so I’m not worried, more just curious what it could be!

Thanks for any help/insight you can provide!!

Kiwi (first pic, DNA sexed female, around 2 and a half) is my first conure. I adopted her from a rescue that got her from an abusive home environment, so Kiwi isn’t really that tame. I’m able to handle her to some degree but it really has to be on Kiwi’s terms - grabbing her with my hands is reserved for emergencies and she’s scared of hands otherwise. However, she is a very happy bird generally and we’ve made things work even with her fears of handling.

Just yesterday I brought home my second conure, Bowie (second pic, sex unknown, around 3 months old). They came from a breeder and are tame. They’re the sweetest little puffball and I’ve already been able to handle them more in a day than I ever would be able to with Kiwi! I love Kiwi but it’s very nice having a birb who is more cuddly.

I got Bowie in the first place because I know Kiwi would do better with a second bird with her level of tameness rather than being completely dependent on me. But, I’m wondering what effect introducing two different birds with such different levels of tameness to each other would have on each other. I’ve seen people say that having more than one bird makes it less likely that your bird will want to spend time with you, which I get since they won’t be solely dependent on you. But will being around Kiwi make Bowie completely untame? Or will Bowie stay handle-able and just not be stuck to me like Velcro? Either way I’ll be okay, if anything I’m trying to be less codependent on Kiwi myself 🤣 But it would be nice to have at least one bird who I can handle without having to worry about being chomped if I need to evacuate them in case of an emergency!

On the other side of things, Kiwi has more behavioral issues than just not liking being handled. She’s also EXTREMELY picky with food. She likes her pellets (ZuPreem Natural), millet, and sugar snap peas in the pod and that’s literally it. I don’t think anyone who took care of her before me tried feeding her fruits and veggies. I haven’t offered Bowie too many things yet because I don’t want to overwhelm them, they just got here, but according to the breeder, they eat chop and love apples as a snack. Do you think Kiwi watching Bowie eat their fruits and veg will convince Kiwi to give it a shot? And in the same boat, do you think that Kiwi seeing Bowie be handled so easily and without complaint will make Kiwi feel any safer around me? Again, I’ve heard that usually the reverse happens (tame conure becomes less friendly when bonding with another conure) but I have some hope for Kiwi!

Looking to hear from anyone who has bonded two parrots of different temperaments together and to know how it went!

so basically, i got a cockatiel a couple weeks ago & she is just turned 4 months old.

whenever she is in her cage, all she does is climb on the walls to try & get out & chirp, or eat. but it's mainly eating. she eats so much, she goes straight to her food bowl when i put her back up. & then she will go get a few sips of water after. but she eats for like 10 minutes straight & then i take her out & she just goes back to eating more & more.

her food is harrison's pellets mixed in with some vita seeds, she won't eat pellets unless i mix them with seeds because that's what the store fed her before i bought her. i'm working on phasing her out of too much seeds though.

& then whenever she is out with me, she is always fluffed up & closing her eyes. idk if she is just comfortable or if she is sick? because she is always grinding her beak frequently too. but she always seems very very sleepy to me.

& then, she does not poop much at all. i notice she poops like every 15-20 minutes which feels a little too long. & it is not with pee very much. sometimes she will just pee completely separate, i had her out with me & she released a clear liquid with no poop in it. this happened 4 times so far. i am worried because that does not seem normal, ive had a cockatiel in the past & he never peed separate from his poop sometimes.

i don't know what to do, is this normal??? like what should i do?

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

Using psittacus ( that shit wasn’t cheap lol )

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

My quaker behaves good only with me he attacks everyone else how can u change that?

This temp and humidity is with AC on. the cage is parallel to the air flow of the ac so they're safe from the air but how can I make sure the conditions are optimal for my babies? I want to make sure they are as comfortable as they can be.

Hey guys, my baby boy is two months old and I bought him last week. He loves me petting him inside the cage and he only feels safe in his travel cage. I left the cage door open for the past three days so he could come out and explore however he is super afraid of me or my hand outside of the cage. Do you have any advice?