like some people say you can use paper but im afraid my birds will eat the paper and choke on it. i dont know of a place to buy one and im afraid that they will lay their egg but it will break or something
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bottom of cage behavior?
i have recently aquired a pair of peach faced lovebirds that are thought to be a year old. they are very happy with each other, feed and groom each other. question is: they love to be on the bottom of the cage chewing up newspaper and then hiding under it. also, one of them likes to roll paper up under itself (even folds a paper towel if I put it in the cage). the bird rolls the paper with its beak, stuffs it under himself, and them rocks back and forth on it. is this the male or the femal? is this behavior “O>K>”?? thanxs.
Posted in Bird Feeding
Tagged beak, behavior, bottom, cage, Feed, femal, groom, pair, paper, paper towel, peach, peach faced lovebirds, question, year
I have a male cockatiel age 7 years and a female 9 months.?
Last week the young female laid an egg on the floor of the cage. I bought a nesting box, attached it to the cage, and with a paper towel moved the egg into the box on soft material purchased with the box. I do not see either of the birds sitting on the eggs or even going into the box. Today I found another egg on the cage floor and moved it into the box as before.
I would like to have a baby cockatiel. Am I doing things correctly? If not, how should I proceed?
Posted in Bird Nest Boxes
Tagged 9 months, age, birds, box, cage, cage floor, Cockatiel, egg, eggs, floor, material, paper, paper towel, soft material, towel, week
Today I found a baby bird, help please.?
Today at work my friend told me he found a bird in the parking lot and he put it into one of the flower boxes hanging off of the restaurant. I went over to see it and i felt bad, he was really small and had no feathers and his eyes werent even open yet. So before i left today i got a paper cup and lined it with paper towel and took the bird out of the flower box and brought it home. When i examed it for a little bit i noticed it’s skin is see through, so i have a few questions:
First off, what should I do with it, i dont want it to die.
If i find a birds nest around my house, should I put the bird there.
PS. I looked around and there is no bird’s nest in site of my work
& Click this link
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ArSpegrdUXrwUDdD2mx__zpIzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20080505191654AACpK5G
then click the link in her question because the two birds are practically identical.
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Tagged baby, baby bird, Bird, feathers, flower, flower boxes, friend, little bit, lot, paper, paper towel, parking, parking lot, Restaurant, today, work
I have a boy and girl cockateil, I found an egg in the corner of the cage a couple minutes ago, what do i do?
They are both about 3 years old, i figured out that one is a male and one is a female (based on cheek color/social actions) I found an egg at the corner of the cage like 20 minutes ago, and the bird that was a bit aggressive, had bright cheek spots, and was very noisy (which i learned is the male) is sitting on the egg, and the calm, more dull colored cheek spots, (female) is sitting on a perch in the cage. Im pretty sure its fertilized, since theres a male and female in the cage, but idk. What do i do?? I would love to be a grandma of a baby bird 
Should i put a nest box or paper shreddings in the corner with the egg? Can i touch the egg or will the parents stop caring for it if i do? How do i put the egg on the nestbox/paper shreddings?? What should i start feeding them? I’m a horse expert not a bird expert D:
if i sit in front of the cage and watch, the bird that has been sitting on the egg (supposedly the male) first goes to the center of the cage, looks up at the other bird (supposedly the female) then attempts to get near her, but when he gets close he shows aggression. but the bird who has been laying on the egg shows all the signs of being a male, but i see that it looks like he’s the one who laid the egg because his lower stomach is fat, or it may just be the feathers fluffed up.
also, when if i get a nesting box, should i put it inside the cage? or outside the cage with a little tunnel connecting to it? My dad’s friend’s daughter (sorry long relation there lol) had a cage and a tunnel connecting to a nesting box, is it better that way or just a nesting box inside the cage?-
sad news, when i checked on the egg it was cracked open because daddy squeezed him between the bars at the bottom of the cage. i died a little bit on the inside when i had to take out the egg and see the yoke dripping out 
are they going to continue breeding? Was that even a fertile egg?
just a small question, why must i take the baby birds from the parents and put them in a brooder? wouldnt that make them strangers to their parents? sorry for all the questions, when it comes to bird breeding i’m retarded lol
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Tagged 3 years, baby bird, Bird, bird expert, boy, cage, calm, Cheek, cheek color, cockateil, corner, couple minutes, D Should, egg, Expert, girl, grandma, horse expert, nest box, paper, parents, social actions
i found a baby bird. it looks like it just hatched. it fell from a palm tree. what should i do?
we live in guam because my husband is in the military. so i am not familiar with the birds here. i dont know if i should try to feed it or what to do. i put it on some paper towels in a box and left it outside (cause i have 3 dogs inside) and its hot outside all year round and air conditioned in the house. let me know what you think. also i didnt touch it with my hands to make sure my scent was not on it
Do I move the baby birds back to the nest?
I have baby birds in a nest in my garage. They are in a box. I went out this morning and found one of them still alive on my garage floor. Do I pick it up with a piece of paper and put it back or just let it die? I want it to live my kids listen for them every morning. Help
I didn’t notice that there was a stray cat in my garage (its open to the outside) and by the time I got back out to check on the baby (five minutes) The cat had eaten it or done something with it.
The nest is in the box. I didnt even know it was there until recently when my 2 year old heard them. I do not even own a cat and have no idea where it came from and sat outside till it started raining to make sure that it didnt come back for the others.
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Tagged baby, baby birds, box, floor, garage, garage floor, Morning, nest, paper, piece, piece of paper