The pet store told me that he loves the toy so much that he thinks its his mate and is feeding it. I thought maybe it could be a female and thinks that the toy is her baby? The bird is healthy in every other way.any suggestions??
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Are my Cockatiel birds really mating?
Ok, so I bought what I was told was a pair- but then a pet store told me the females have very light colored cheeks. My “female” has dark cheeks. Anyhow, the “boy” sings to her all day and sometimes he mounts her. He is on her for what seems like forever and she is chirping loudly the whole time. Then he gets off and she chases him all over the cage and tries to bite him. They “mate” about 4-5 times a day, if not more. Usually he is the one in the nesting box, not her. No eggs have been laid and my husband insists that they are 2 boys, but why would the bird let himself is one and (2) wouldn’t the one who is always pretending to be the girl eventually want to be on top? My husband says maybe he wants to, that’s why he chases the other one around the cage. What do you guys think?
By the way, the “girl” is all grey with orange cheeks- the “boy” has a yellow head, orange cheeks and a grey body.The girl does seem smaller, in body than the boy.
Help Please! unsure what to do???
Bought my new baby cockateel from pet store,it turened out she wasnt even weened so we payed for specalist help, she spent 4 weeks going from being hand fead and sleeping on hot water bottle, to feeding herself and sleeping on her perch.
and after 4 long weeks she was well enough to come home 
we own a adult cockatil as well and at first things werent so bad,except on the first night when the birds were being put in the dinning room where its more quiet at there bed time “Both birds” went into “panick mode” flapping around there cages just because the new bird was brought out first? since then we move both birds into the dinningroom at the same time,
my question is how can i bond with my new bird as she seems to becoming more paniky “rather than carm”? she will eat from my hand so shes not scared ov me,but my adult teel starts scwaking and she joins him in panick mode,how can i carm her???
both birds r in there own cages n it seems like our adult teel is panakin as if something is going to happen to our baby teel rather than case of him not excepting her? our adult trusts us 100% so why does he act like this? could it be because our baby teel makes some very strange sounds? she spent 4 weeks homed up with 1 macawl,african grey,2 parakies and a cockatile not sure which she mimics excepet its not the cockatile lol
she even makes screaching noise which sounds like “chimpanzie showing its dominance”???
my budgie did not survive…?
i had a post last night due to the bird feeling ill..i kept him warm and did what i could but he did not make it till the morning…this budgie was 9 yrs old..and was the healtheist of all of them…i went to a pet store and said that he may have had a cold…but he was feeding a mom of 7 budgies……i think he may have strained himself feeding her and them…what could have happend and why all of a sudden?
thanks for the answers…..i had another budgie that died 5 months ago but i had him for 11 yrs….this one that died was active….he flew a lot he had a lot of energy…i figured he had atleats 3 or so yrs to go….the mom seems to feedign the older ones more….the budgie did not eat anything out of the ordinary,,,,same diet same routine…im betting he got a cold..another question i have a baby budgie 2 months, that may have caught a cold..and seems to be “chocking..but he is eating and drinking..however he is calmer and i have put the cage in warmest part of the house.
ther was clicking the first day but now it has calmed and barely does it anymore….is ther somethign i could pick up at a petshop to treat this
Please help!?!?
My sister really wants a chinchilla for her b-day so my mom and i are going later to suprise her and get her one. My pet died last month and i really want a chinchilla too so my mom said on thursday she will buy me one. When we were looking at the chinchilla that my sister wants the other day i saw this cockatiel that was following me around. I really like it too. And the pet store said that they hand feed the birds when they are babies so they are used to humans. I told my mom about that and bcuz the chinchilla and the bird both cost $120.00 i could get either one. I cant make up my mind on which one to get. Please help!!
By the way the bird is very young. Its only about a 1 or 2 months old.
Do you need a big bird cage to put a bird nesting box in it?
I just got two parakeets a female and a male i called the pet store and he said i will need a big bird cage so i can put a nesting box in it and bedding for the nesting box and also he is trying to sell me a nesting box for 15.00 isnt there any cheaper ones or he the pet store trying to make money off of me?
i just got my 2 parakeets and the cage the other day and the cage itsnt really big its about normal size they look pretty happy playing with their toys and everything but i wanted to put a nesting box in there and the pet store said i would need a big cage, can i make my own nesting box or is there like anything you can use in the house for a nesting box. People has told me to cut an empty water jug and but some leaves and branches in their cage to make a nesting box
I was brought a baby blue jay by a customer. What to feed him?
I live in Oklahoma and I work at a pet store and a customer dropped off a baby blue jay and he has down feathers and some bigger feathers on his wings. Since we have Hand-Fed birds I am certified to hand-feed. i have been feeding him store bought baby bird formula and crickets. He has been eating really well and pooping good. He has a neck problem to where he cant keep his head straight but he is able to move it when he has an itch, so I know his neck isn’t broken. I need help to what blue jays eat and how often and how long to be hand-feeding him. If he lives he wont be able to go back into the wild because with all the other problems he is also blind in one eye! I have a dumb bird on my hands please someone give me advice.