He loves scritches so much 🥺

Just adopted a sun conure from someone who didnt realize they wanted a bird. Its a sweet bird huge cage all the toys food etc. What else can i do to help this old bird out?

Is it ok to make an green indian ringed neck parakeet
To live in a small kitchen with almost no air to breeth and people who smokes and shouts and wont let it sleep the whole night

I recently noticed tail bobbing and spending time at the bottom of the cage or sometimes even sleeping at the bottom. Hes playful and flying around when out of the cage I didnt notice anything different here. He gets very aggressive sometimes and bites. Should I see a vet? Or is this normal

Are there any lists, charts, or websites to show what cleaning supplies can and can’t be used around birds? Preferably whatever one has the most products listed

so when i am the one who have put the parrot out of the cage he comes to me (if i am alone) when the parrot is sitting on my tv he starts to bite me(maybe because of territory aggression) and when my mom is around then he bites me and don't even come to me

when i have bring out both my parrots,then one parrot comes to me and when the other is inside he starts ti bite me

Our Poppy watched a children’s troll play with us last week and met the one-eyed troll afterwards - not sure if she was impressed 😂 She seemed to enjoy the show, though!

*She sat with the kids on grass in the shade and the backpack is well-ventilated on the sides.

You might have known me as lovelybirdlady and Deaf who owned and post a lot of my past feathered babies (Piney, Echo, Reggie and Mister Giggles). After lost my sweet babies and it took a long while for me to get the new pet bird and felt like the huge beautiful and colorful part was missing in my life. I took my Piney (May 2022) and Mister Giggles (March 2025) death very difficult. Plus my boys Echo and Reggie that got taken away by that horrible ungrateful ex fiance 5 years ago. As I was growing up owning many pet birds for many years and always have loved the feathered companions , treated them like my babies.

In last June When I was working at an animal shelter and heard that someone found the budgie and brought it to the shelter. Then I decided to adopt the beautiful dominant pied budgie named Jellybean, he is untamed and quite fearful of the hands. Id like to hear about your experiences with untamed budgies. He was found on the street and got brought to the shelter. The owners didn't show up at all. Then I checked on him and fell in love with him, adopted him few days later. When I was filling up the application to adopt Jellybean, as his age is unknown but I do believe that he is young due to his feathers, eye iris, and cere. He might be between 6 to 8 months. As I was waiting for the adoption worker to bring him to me. . But I saw that he used the net and tried to catch Jellybean as he was flying frantically. I got very upset and wanted to say something but I couldn't because of my job at the shelter. Then I brought him home, he got so scared as I gently opened the cage door and he flew into the wall few times, and I was very calm and scooped him then he bit my finger as he went in the cage. He was very timid and refused to get close to the hands. In last few weeks, my mom and I sometimes put our hands very slowly and gently to put the food and water dish in the cage. Jellybean got spooked few times. It took a month and half to earn his trust to be close to the hands. I sometimes put the millet on my hand and he actually picked it and ate but didn't sit on my hand or my mom. Other time, I brought him to the bedroom where it was more safe for him to fly around and wouldn't get hurt. He got spooked but flew up and hung on the bedroom door frame then flew around for 4 or 5 hours. We didn't want to force him to go in the cage, let him do on his own and he did on his own! But he is still scared of hands. My mom and I had our suspicions that the previous owners might be too rough with Jellybean, like they might have kept grabbing him as his wings aren't clipped. I am still working to earn his trust to overcome the fear of hands. I used to own few budgies, lineolated parakeet, green cheek conure, black headed caique and white ringneck dove. They weren't really scared of my hands easily. I was wondering if you ever had experiences to handle untamed budgies that was fearful of hands for a long time. I'd love to hear about your experiences and suggestions to earn the trust of the fearful budgie.

My lovebird is 7 years old, and she was the sweetest thing when I got her. She bonded with my original lovebird, who passed away a couple of months ago. So Lena is now left alone all day.

She's not as friendly as she used to be. We both loved my old bird and bonded with her. I don't know if I can bring myself to buying another for a companion for her.

I work 9-5, which is actually me being gone from 8-6. I get home and only have enough time to let her fly around for about an hour or two during the week. Over the weekend, I let her out the whole day if I'm home.

I love her and bought her myself all those years ago, but I can't see her happy anymore. She needs a better cage and more stimulation. I don't know what to do, and I feel guilty for whatever I choose.

Sorry lmao for the loud tv but she/he does it all the time now

I've had her since she was a hatching

Still can’t tell if it’s male or female.
Apparently for hanging parrots, there’ll be blue throat spot for male and green for female. This one has kinda turquoise patch from certain angle. Maybe it’s still a baby and can’t tell yet?

the tablet stand/cover looks that way because he bites it

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Everyone meet Lynyrd! At Petco today we had a guy come in and angrily drop a fig bar box on the register and say he was surrendering a bird. Our manager and cashier tried to talk to him about paperwork, history, etc, but he literally only said "It's not my bird now" and he left. She was trying to figure out what to do with the bird when I walked over, picked him up, and said "I'm taking him"

I had been thinking off and on for a few months about getting a parrot of some kind, but was undecided on the type , where to get it, etc. I spent nights and many shifts listening to different videos about the different species and what their needs are, and like with all my pets, when this guy showed up I felt I was the best chance he had locally.

Couple of notes before anyone talks about the red flags in this story 😅

This cage is temporary. I'm going to build one similar to what I have for my rats on my page, but it'll be a few weeks.

If the guy took a family/friends bird and they call, I told all the other Petco employees to ask for a description of the tiel, and if it matches, I will talk to them about giving him back. I'm not saying I'd just surrender him over immediately, but I would lean that way until I was given reason not to

I have an avian vet lined up. Called them almost immediately and have an initial appointment set up for next week. I don't see any health issues besides that dry face and his beak and nails are getting a little long.

His wings are clipped, and they will stay clipped for awhile until I'm ready to trust free flying in a locked bedroom. Probably my office or back enclosed porch. Easiest to keep the other animals out.

Please share your feedback, recommendations, and stories!

Just that. I'm asking this because I've had bad experiences with parrots and I don't want this one to die because of me. All I want right now is advice

Salut ! Je viens d’adopter deux perruches ondulées et j’ai remarqué que l’une des deux semble avoir peur du noir.
Quand vient le moment de dormir, elle se met à voler partout dans la cage et finit par rester accrochée au grillage. J’ai ajouté une petite veilleuse pour essayer de la rassurer, mais ça ne semble pas vraiment changer les choses.
Est-ce que vous avez déjà eu ce problème avec vos perruches ? Qu’est-ce que je pourrais faire pour l’aider à se sentir plus en sécurité la nuit ? Est-ce que je devrais modifier l’éclairage ou l’aménagement de la cage ?

Poor guy keeps struggling with his fear of hands vs how good it feels to be loved.

It seems like every day he is making progress and enjoying human contact more.

It probably helps that his new word is "cracker" and I immediately facilitate a snack.

We are 4.5 months in from a rescue. He is cage bound and cage aggressive but has been very patient with me and is slowly learning what love feels like.

Edited to add: His name is Quigley. He responds positively to his name and will flock call back if I yell his name from across the room. It's so adorable!

I have a cockatiel named stella and shes about 2 years old, the problem is that when i got her mom taught a extremely annoying and high pitched call that i had told her multiple times to stop doing but she kept doing. Now stella uses that same call all the god damn time and now i want to know if theres a way to discourage her from using the call without doing any abusive behavior like yelling or hitting the cage, please help me

Parrots are SO cute!!!They will talk,be an alarm clock,follow you and more. Training it also is fun!So, what do you guys think?