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How many pellets do 3 month old cockatiels eat a day?

Posted on May 20, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

I got a new cockatiel for 4 days now. he hasnt eatten much unless i feed him by my hand and take him out of his cage. he always goes for the seeds that are mixed with the pellets. he’ll eat those first then he’ll eat the peppers. but once thats done, he wont touch the pellets. but how many should he be eatting on average. and please dont say it depends because i asked his vet and he said the same and i asked the breeder and she said the same. i just need an average because im a new bird owner and dont know. like around 5-10 pellets a day? 10-20? 30-40? 50-60? 100-120? please help! i’m afraid my bird isnt eatting much.

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what is the environmental benefit to Cicadas?

Posted on May 19, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

Really ???????? do they do any thing other than buzz loudly durning the day and scare the heck out of people when they land on them. What benefit do they actually have environmental or ecological . I know they feed the birds,frogs…etc but that is only once every 17 yrs . So

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I found a wild baby bird and it just died, does anyone know why?

Posted on May 16, 2012 by admin| 1 Comment

ok i was in Greely, Colorado the other day and a mother black bird was kicking her baby otu of the nest repeatedly after we put it back in the nest. So i brought it back to my house, Peyton, Colorado and it did fine. That is until about 2 days after ive had it here, it was eating and jumping around and stuff but then today i came in to feed again (eggs scrambled and finley smashed up with water and some baby formula) and it was laying on its side (this morning i noticed it had stopped chirping completley and was only making a weasing noise) i had no idea what to do so i hopped on the internet and tryed to find what i should dom and found nothing. He died about 15 minutes after i had seen him on his side. He was about 2-3 weeks old only had a few feathers and pink still showing, I would like to know why this happened. I beleive it could have been a respitory problem judging by the loss of chirping, but i had a heat lamp over him. *This was a BlackBird by the way* ANY ADVICE NEEDED!

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How often do you feed your parrots?

Posted on May 12, 2012 by admin| 2 Comments

I fill my bird’s food dishes up to the top every morning. I have two African Grey Parrots. They pick at it and eat on it all day. They throw half of it out. My question is: Do you leave food out for parrots all day? Or do you pick the food up and give it to them on a schedule? If so, how often should I feed them? They are sooooooo messy with their food. They are on a pellet diet and that is what I have trouble with. I also switch out fruits and veggies and I will make them eggs, pasta, rice, etc. but they gobble that stuff up. It is the pellet food they like to play with and make a mess out of.
Oh, it also makes cleaning thier cage a mess. They poop all of the time and everywhere.

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When should I remove love bird eggs?

Posted on May 9, 2012 by admin| 1 Comment

I have 2 love birds ( assuming they are both female since non of the eggs are fertile.) I put a nesting box in about 3-4 months ago because I kept seeing them doing it. There have been eggs in there since the day after I put it in, but I have been noticing that they have been eating the eggs, because there is white stuff on their beaks, and less eggs. I want to know when should I remove the nesting box and all the eggs?

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baby bird!?

Posted on April 27, 2012 by admin| 4 Comments

I found a baby bird in my yard in some tall grass. I watched it all day & no other birds came to feed it, so I decided to try to raise it. I have had it for two days now & Iv’e been feeding it wet cat food (meow mix). It has been eating, chirping, & hopping around, so I’m guessing it healthy. It can’t fly yet & it’s already lost most of the fuzz & has started to get it’s feathers, other wise it’s a fledgling. I was wondering if it would just stop eating the cat food & start eating seeds when it gets to old for cat food or will I have to slowly start feeding it seeds until it gets used to them???

please don’t post answers such as take it to a wildlife rescue center or something like that!
thanks!
The bird is a blue jay!!!

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Baby bird isn’t Chirping?

Posted on April 26, 2012 by admin| 4 Comments

I recently Found to baby birds out in the streets . I took them and looked for the nest but i was unable to find it so i took them inside and put them in a container with a towel in it and a heating pad on low heat cuz the bird only have little puffy feathers but still bare skin but i fed them formulas but it came to one day that i was feeding them but one of the birds wasnt chirping or wasnt even trying to open its mouth so i can feed it but it poops,moves,and looks perfectly fine but im woundering if there is a problem with the bird!!!And also i had it for a day .

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