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My parakeet keeps biting me!?

Posted on January 23, 2012 by admin| 10 Comments

I have a parakeet, I have had him for about 5 months now. He was always the sweetest bird not once did he ever bite me, he hadn’t even tried to bite. But now in this past week he started biting. He will go on my finger eaisly, but then he will start biting my hand. I don’t know if it might be that he just want food, because most of the time I give him millet when he gets on my finger. But I can’t feed him food everytime he goes on my finger. I really would love to know how to get him to stop biting, because he used to be such a good bird and I don’t want him to bite anymore. Please Help!

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I feed birds millet 7 sunflower seeds. Have a Vitex tree with thousands of seeds. Birds won’t eat them. Why?

Posted on July 4, 2011 by admin| 2 Comments

I feed birds millet 7 sunflower seeds. Have a Vitex tree with thousands of seeds. Birds won’t eat them. Why?

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At what age do a baby cockatiel’s eyes open? And is it okay for the parents to be eating Cheerios?

Posted on April 30, 2011 by admin| 6 Comments

I have 4 babies right now and 3 eggs left that may not hatch (1 was laid on the cage floor and the other 2 had cracks which I covered with clear nail polish). The parents are eating regular cockatiel food, millet, a powdery supplement for nesting birds, egg biscuits, cuttlebone (for calcium), broccoli, and Cheerios. They seem to like the Cheerios best and so far, the babies seem to be doing well (the oldest is 9 days old). Should I just continue on with what I’m doing then? I have been doing a lot of research on cockatiel breeding but I wasn’t prepared and that’s why the first egg was laid on the floor. I didn’t have a nest box in there since I didn’t think they had bred. Thanks for any info.!

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My cockatiels laid eggs and one just hatched, what should I do? What if I want to hand feed the babies?

Posted on April 28, 2011 by admin| 5 Comments

They are in a large nesting box and both parents are in there right now. I can hear the baby chirping and got a quick glance at it. It’s so tiny! There are still 6 eggs that need to hatch. I think the best thing I can do is to not disturb them much. I don’t want them to get nervous and hurt the baby or damage the other eggs. I mean, natural instinct will tell them what to do, right? When do you start hand feeding if you choose to? And how often do you feed them and do you need to keep a heat lamp on them? By the way, my birds cage is in our family room which is 65 degrees farenheit. That’s not too cold, is it? I figure the parents are keeping the eggs and the baby warm. Usually they take turns but since the baby hatched, they both have been in there most of the time. Are there certain foods that I should be giving them? I’ve been giving them cockatiel food, a special additive for nesting birds, egg biscuits, millet (which is their favorite!, a treat stick, and Cheerios.

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my canary is looking real swollen, help?

Posted on March 23, 2011 by admin| 1 Comment

my canary is so swollew i don’t know whats wrong. i just had one die on me daturday and it looked swollened. i just been feeding them canary bird food “premium” blemd, millet, change water twice a day and food. i did bake some egg shells and let them have some crunched up. now i do not. please help. this one is 7 weeds old.

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my canary is looking real swollen, help?

Posted on March 13, 2011 by admin| 2 Comments

my canary is so swollew i don’t know whats wrong. i just had one die on me daturday and it looked swollened. i just been feeding them canary bird food “premium” blemd, millet, change water twice a day and food. i did bake some egg shells and let them have some crunched up. now i do not. please help. this one is 7 weeds old.

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regarding breeding my parakeets…?

Posted on October 14, 2010 by admin| 3 Comments

i have a bird that is about 5 years old(the male) and the female that is likely about a year and a half-2 years old. her cere is a crusty brown and his is a purple-ish blue, but she is aggressive toward him in the sense that if he gets too close she will try to peck at him. he tries to preen her and feed her and has in the past but i’m not sure if their bonded. i took the mirror and toys out of their cage, put millet spray, and a nesting box with pine shavings in it in the cage, but she hasn’t gone in it yet and its been a few days so i don’t know if that’s a bad sign or not.. the male sings to her a lot and chirps constantly, the temperature is right, but i can’t get them to eat anything but the millet spray and mixed seeds.. i’m not sure what to do or how long it takes for them to be interested in mating???? what do i doo??
he looks to be still into breeding its just the female im worried about. ive read a lot on the subject and it says its their own personal choice to breed and i dont know if she wants to.. so should i put the toys back in? and the mirror he was in love with..

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