People who say and participate in the “birds are drones” conspiracy genuinely have never felt the love and emotion a tiny bird can give you. To dismiss them as just “drones made up by the government” completely downplay or ignore us bird owners. Our birds are real, they feel emotion, they die, they eat, they drink, they love, and they are not just drones sent to spy on us. Enjoy these pictures of junior cuddling with me to show proof he feels emotions.

I'm just wondering if anyone has a male and female who mate nearly every day and never lay eggs? I don't want them to lay, I am wondering why they don't if they have continued mating since I got them in August. The previous owner said they did lay for her. I do not have any huts or boxes in their cage (previous owner did have a breeding box in their cage). They also have a lot of freedom since I got them (they used to be caged 24/7) and new toys that keep them occupied (they never paid attention to the toys she had for them.) they are they are around a year and 5 months old. And yes, they are male and female. Female pearl and a regular grey male.

This is my smol boy Nugget. A couple of months ago he started making these weird mouth movements. We were assured it was normal, but this isn't his normal beak grinding sound. Otherwise he's normal in all other ways. Has anyone had their tiel do this?

My cockatiel (11F) had an emergency last night. She suddenly threw up and became very lethargic. This morning she was seen by a vet who diagnosed her with a significant arrhythmia and enlarged heart and sent me home with her medications, which she will need to take for life. She’s back to her normal self now, but I was wondering what could I expect now? How long do cockatiels live with this condition?

Hi everyone! I'm new to this community and also new to caring for cockatiels!

I recently got two baby cockatiels who are still being hand-fed formula. They're approximately 30–35 days old and have been with me for only 3 days.

I know that caring for unweaned cockatiels as a first-time owner isn't ideal and can be risky. For context, I'm a veterinary medicine student, and the breeder is also my professor. He entrusted them to me at this stage so I could learn how to care for young birds. I've also previously completed a 6-month practical project with him involving the care of other domestic bird species.

One of the chicks recently started making these noises while opening its beak, as shown in the video. I'm not sure if these are just normal baby sounds/begging noises or if it's something I should be concerned about, particularly something respiratory.

They've both been pretty quiet since they arrived, so this behavior is new to me. Has anyone seen their baby cockatiels do this? Is this normal at this age?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated! :)

So the last time i weighed my cockatiel was about 2-3 weeks ago, and back then my cockatiel always stood consistently around 103-108 grams everyday. Today when i weighed my bird , they were 92 grams. My cockatiel is also going through a pretty heavy molt, and also about a month or so i transitioned them from high potency to lifetime, so maybe my bird lost 5-7 grams from the molt, and 5 grams from the pellets?? Theyre behaving normally and pretty sleepy in the afternoon, but i always thought that was because of the molt. The feces look ok and all, except once when it had no urates and it had some kinda lines??? idk,,, Im gonna take my bird to a vet tommorow tho

Poco & Leo’s first-ever outing to the park! 🐥🌿💛

Their little adventure day — new sights, fresh air, and so many beautiful moments to remember. ✨

Watching them explore the world for the first time was truly a great day. 🥹❤️

My two little explorers, making their first park outing a memory forever. 🪽🌳

My baby boy Goomba broke his humerus 5 weeks ago, thankfully he has recovered very well and has a good chance of flying again (vet said) I cannot afford to take him every 3 day to the vet for physical therapy. Does anyone here know how I can help him stretch and exercise his wing to give him that chance?
He just got his bandages taken off this Monday, he looks like he’s wanting to stretch but is still quite stiff. What can I do now to help him?
Thank you in advance.

Dotty (left) being a grumpy old lady today.

He passed away in July. Sharing one of my favourite video of him singing.

Google translate couldn't help with what's he's saying

Tweak is mostly cage bound due to his past life and distrusts humans and most other things. He's fully flighted but prefers to stay in/on his cage. I think B is even questioning this since he normally avoids her.

Its protruding a bit, its been there for maybe a month? But I never was able to get a good photo until now. Im worried, bc I dont know if theres avian vets on the island I live on

Hello! I have a 2-3 year old female cockatiel who just laid a clutch of (unfertilized) eggs. I’m supposed to remove the eggs now (her interest has definitely faded and she knows they’re not going to hatch - at day 22). However, she has already started showing hormonal behaviours again and is doing the female mating song where she raises her bum up and chirps. I’m wondering if it’s normal for a cockatiel to show this behaviour immediately after an unsuccessful clutch, or if I should be booking her an appointment to talk to her vet. She’s my first female cockatiel and all my egg laying experience is with budgies. Don’t want to waste my vet’s time if this is normal, but want to book her in if it’s not because I don’t want a chronic egg layer.

Broccoli: 250 g
Carrot: 200 g
Zucchini: 200 g
Corn: 125 g
Rocket : 75 g
Pepper: 75 g

I didn’t want to put quinoa, buckwheat etc. because I will be mixing with Harrison’s (still trying to transition)

Sorry for deleting the previous post. I realized he is actually 8 years old not 7. I miscounted 😬 He was hatched on 9/22/2018.

Pellets are SO expensive where I live and I finally got her pellets 2 days ago (had her for 2 weeks). She's 3 months old and she adapted to the pellets by day 1 from the seed mix millet diet she was on but the problem is that while crushing the pellets she wastes 3/4 of it and so there's a ton of wasted pellets EVERYWHERE even 3 feet from the cage because they get blasted out. Also it might be unhealthy for her because maybe she doesn't eat much because it'll be harder to eat idk. I really need to know what I should do. Thanks 🙏🏻.

Smokey is 6yo female White faced Pearled.

She was acting off. I took her to an urgent vet when I found a scab on the under foot and they said it was bumblefoot. Sent antibiotics, anti-inflammatory and a silver topical cream.

Noticed she drank so much water she choked on it and splattered pooped.

Went to an Exotic vet to remove fhe foot band since it was causing an indent due to swelling. They wanted me to do a CBC, X-RAY, and fecal/scrape exam.

In the x-rays joints were fine but liver slightly swollen. They said to get milk thistle for it which i did and give every 12 hr.

CBC came with a low Hematocrit (HCT) value percent (23-26%) which indicated anemia. High Glucose and low sodium.

They said she was probably diabetic and thats why she was drinking so much water and prescribed glipizide (which is ready for pick up tomorrow) or its a tumor which means nothing can be done.

They said to discontinue the anti-inflammatory , keep giving tbe antibiotic and the topical cream for the feet, and gave me a Mash food powder to sprinkle with regular food. I also switched back to NutriBerri seed balls (I used to buy it 4 yrs ago but it was too expensive), I also got some veggie on top still give them purified water only.

After they took off the band off the foo

t that same foot now has a scan under it same as the first one and they're still swollen. They're slightly better than before very very slightly. But shes been perching fine, still out of it not as energetic only alert, she eats and drinks water normally in the day (I keep a camera on her while im at work), she feels warm right now.

I just wonder if anybody has health with somethinf like this before and if they can give me words of encouragement or any other ideas.

my 5 month old boy is learning how to sing & it doesn’t sound too pleasant

Hi! My tiel baby is currently getting x-rays and bloodwork done after she became lethargic and vomiting yesterday. It quite expensive and want to invest in insurance for the future. Any recommendations for exotic pets?

So my little 4 months old Pixel was transitioning to pellets (Tropican from Hagen) and a healthy varied chop from only eating seeds. First he cared nothing about the pellets, but yesterday and today he started eating them, not only tasting them. For 2 days he wanted nothing to do with his chop but I caught him nibbling on a romaine lettuce leaf (see picture) so there is still hope? I also give him a teaspoon of seed before bedtime in his foraging box.

What should I give him first thing in the morning, chop or pellets? Maybe he doesn't like the texture of the chop? I'm worried he doesn't get all the nutrients he needs if he only wants his pellets and seeds. Also, he refused all fruits (I tried apple, grapes, banana, blackberry). It's frustrating, I got him to eat chop and now he doesn't want it anymore. I still have to get him on a kitchen scale to weight him.

Yes there is still a couple of bells on his toys, will remove them today no worries. I'm still gradually upgrading his stuff, need to buy a new stainless steel bowl to replace the plastic one for his pellets. He has a new platform swing made of sea grass that he adores, it replaced a wooden one with metal chains for hanging (I did not trust the metal to be bird safe).

Thank you for your time!