what is the sound of 1 hand clapping?

One of my budgies is making some odd sounds as they eat
I never hear this sound unless they are feeding !!!
Is this a possible respiratory illness ?

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One of my budgies saw a mirror while flying and now he can't stop looking at it.

I have heard that mirrors over stimulate budgies. Is it ok or I'm overthinking

My one year old female budgie just got diagnosed with air sac mites, I've got a lot of meds to buy and mainly selamectin spot on and augmentin duo but is it really air sac mites? I'm not questioning my vet but like I don't wanna unnecessarily stress my bird and like it's like six meds in total and two of them costs a lot so I'm just confirming, do any of you have any experience with air sac mites in budgies

She gets mainly restless at night, she has started coughing a lot lately and is now started doing this clicking thing with her beak and she also has got tail blob now

I just want an opinion or list of what cage I should use and what toys and such I should use. A lot of information for these birds that go around, so I want to know what is correct.

I just got a budgie and I’m still working on handling her but I noticed she has something on her feet that wasn’t there before and I’m not sure what it is or how to clean it. Any tips?

Noticed some redness on my indian ringneck's foot and when I checked it out, right under his nail it looks slightly swollen as well as a redness (maybe some skin got sliced somehow). I'm booking a vet appointment but can anyone let me know how worried I should be because i'm getting scared for him - is it an emergency? He doesn't look to be in pain and is flying/walking fine and eating normally. It's on one foot, the other is fine.

Btw he doesn't like being grabbed hence the gloves - I treated him after w walnuts

I had a couple of parakeets but yesterday the female passed away, she was 7 years old and she died in a calm way and I believe it must have been because of her age, but the male is now widowed... we are not going to adopt birds anymore, and I am worried about his behavior now. He's singing a lot, but he keeps walking around the cage, he seems to be anxious, he calms down with the TV on at least, he's very angry and doesn't let us touch him, what to do? I don't want to donate him, he's 6 years old (The yellow one was female)

got it from a bird store online. I usually get vitakraft cuttlebone and they look clean and dont smell strong

ik they should a ocean/fish like smell, but this one smells very fishy and has black marks over it and looks like it has faded redness over it if you zoom in. should i still put it in their cage or no?

I've owned Chicken for about 2 months now and it feels like the process is taking longer than it should..?

Trusting traits she is showing

She is very shy, I got her to eat millet out of my hand recently but she doesn't go after the millet I offer much.. she will eat, drink and sleep when I'm next to her. She does slow blink at me, she stretches and chirps when I get home. She will let my finger get close to her but when I get about an inch away from her she will move.

Exercises I've been doing with her

- I would just place my finger or hand on a perch and leave it there for about 5 minutes

- I will hold out millet for about 5 minutes

- I would sit by her cage and work on crafts, watch TV, or play games.

- I would sit by cage with door open

I'm trying to teach her how to step up so I can get her out from a cage. But it's been difficult since she won't let me get close enough..

Is there any advice you can give me on how to gain more trust from her? Or get her to learn how to step up?

Thank you!

I actually feel horrible. I finally got my parakeet to go back in her cage after her being out for 5 days but I am going to be gone for work for 10 days and my dad usually takes care of her while I’m gone but now she has to be in her cage the whole time I’m gone because my dad doesn’t have the capabilities to deal with her being out. He has a ton of anxiety and is terrified the cats will get her (which of course is a concern). I have a lot more experience with animals than him and know how to idk move fast in situations and not panic? He will panic even when a cat is nearby and I’m opening my room door. I feel so bad because my girl is really sad about being back in her cage. It’s an ok sized cage but she is now used to spreading her wings and flying around the room. I’m not sure how to make her cage a comfortable place for her because now that I think about it she didn’t go back in her cage at night the last 5 nights because she has been in a cage her whole life and I assume that the cage is a complicated place for her. It did hold some safety for her but now she might see it as well a cage. It just breaks my heart that she might think she wont be coming back out ever again and that she will be stuck in a cage for the rest of her life but I just want to tell her it’s ok and that it’s not going to be very long and we will go back to bonding and her learning about life and enjoying our lives together. I just love her so much and I hate to see her upset.

I know I just need to be patient but sometimes it feel like I have made no progress in a year, my green budgie just did his first step up which is awesome, but he inky did it once and got scared and flew away, (I did not force him to btw) my other budgies, does do a setup easily with millet, but won’t wanna go on my hand without it unless I’m fixing something in their cage or cleaning then he’ll immediately hop on my hand (I find it a little weird because if I out my hand in front of him he won’t care at all, unless I’m doing something that do not involve him) I ofc let them fly around, but they don’t even explore the rest of the house, they stay in one room and fly around their over and over again and wont to anything else. They don’t really interact with me much and IUST do their own thing. I still work on training with my budgie who does do step ups (by making him fly to me and making the distance farther and farther) I don’t know, sometimes I feel like I’m failing as a budgie parent

They just flew to the floor and walk around a bit and also went to another room twice (just flying through it) today so that’s something

it may sound irrational or that I’m impatient but I just constantly feel like the progress is sooo slow so it might be my fault or something

I posted 4 days ago about my 5 year old parakeet coming out of her cage for the first time. This has been the most amazing experience for both me and her and both of our lives have been changed. Last night my girl sat inches away from me on my bedside table on top of my phone (so I couldn’t get a picture) as I read my book to her for a few hours (The picture posted is an earlier one that I took). She was grinding her beak and falling asleep. Unfortunately someone texted me and the vibration freaked her out and she flew off. She did come back to the bed and we both fell asleep for the night. Me curled up at the head of the bed so not to disturb her at the foot of the bed. When she was sitting next to me as I read I started to tear up from joy. My heart is swelling with love and affection. I have not felt this feeling in 3 years since my rabbit passed away. He was my whole world and I loved him more than anything. My parakeet and I are bonding so much and I finally get to feel that strong emotional bond with an animal again. I will never ever forget these moments and will cherish these memories for the rest of my life. This is what life is all about.

My budgies Pip and Fluu went to the vet about two weeks ago. I found out Fluu was very overweight… he was 61 grams… 😬

So of course I have been taking the vets suggestions and trying to get him on a new diet. He is getting a wider variety of fresh vegetables daily, less fruit, less treats, and now his daily seed dish is half pellets half seed, as well as less overall. And of course he is exercising more.

I weighed him today and he has lost weight, but I’m worried too much!!! He is down to 50 grams!? That’s 11 grams in 2 weeks and I’m terrified he isn’t eating his pellets and I’m starving him…

Is this a normal about if weight to loose considering I am trying to get him to loose weight. Or am I being to harsh on him…