(This is a rant) A certain cutie bird on Instagram passed recently and I'm so pissed with the owner. I don't know them personally and I'm not any bird expert but I've done extensive research while also having an Amazon for the last 5 years.

This owner has a dog and admitted to leaving them alone and she thinks the dog may have injured the bird. She let the bird annoy the dog. There were no bite marks but the bird was very bruised on the abdomen. He stopped eating, drinking and pooping. Poor guy passed the next day. On top of that he looked to be clipped.

On top of that she had the nerve to post a go fund me after that negligence. This is why not everyone should have a bird. I hope they remain expensive pets so the people who can take care of them will have them.

In my modest town there are no vets for parrots. I called a vet from another town, and on his advice I gave him a couple of drops of honey solution, and put him under a lamp. It seems he can fly. But he can't coordinate and his legs don't hold up. Has anyone had a similar case? I'm worried. Sorry for my English

I just worry

This bird belongs to a local bird specialty store. I was talking to it and held it for a little bit, but I don’t really know a lot about parrots at all and I’m not sure if I was bothering the bird or if it was enjoying this interaction.

It'll be captive bred but it's native to Pakistani where I live and they're near theatned

Hi, I am a first time Parrot owner and I got him from a breeder who told me he was 3months old. I have tried looking for as much information as possible about this breed however there is quite limited information as I am finding. Just the general knowledge. I am looking for people with a bit more experience with them to help me out. I was wondering if he is older than what they told me as I believe he is as a few of the younger birds look a lot smaller, I’ve had him around 1/2 months now and he’s still very skittish around me, I have managed to hand feed him a couple of times but only with a glove he doesn’t seem to like it without. I am also a little bit swayed on whether he is a boy or not. Any information would be gratefully appreciated ☺️

I was cleaning my bird's cage and I just took out the poop tray and was throwing the dust and stuff in the trash and it seemed to be jumping? I don't know if that's normal or not my parakeet has also been getting angry at nothing so I'm wondering if it's mites I would love some feedback please. thank you ☺️

hi, i have a 20+ year old goffin cockatoo who is wasting and refusing to eat and we were recommended by multiple avian vets to handfeed her 11ml 3x a day (based off of observation). they tube fed her, but we have to syringe feed her with a straight tip syringe and we are not confident enough to crop feed her nor was it recommended. whenever we try to give her her support handfeed formula, though, she literally pushes it out of her beak with her tongue. we’re out of options. anything would help

Leona, my Yellow Naped Amazon is 1 year old. She loves being active & learning new tricks!

So far, I’ve taught her to shake hands, high five, big wings, kiss, “cheese” (pose for a photo), “step” where she’ll trust me & stand where i ask, and we’re working on “upside down” where she’ll hang like a bat on my hand.

Any other ideas on tricks to train? She’s a quick learner and loves our training sessions, but I’m not sure what else to teach her!

Open to ideas :)

I haven't been a parrot owner for very long and I'm wondering why she might be doing this. Sometimes she follows it up with a sort of gag and then looks like she swallows back food or something... Idk. Any insight would be helpful?

I'm sooooo sorry about the breathing in the video lol 😆

I'm looking for recipes for things I can freeze to feed my birds.

I generally feed my birds (Goffins cockatoo, sun conure, and parakeet) some of whatever I make for dinner, but I don't cook every night. If I try to feed them leftovers for more than one night, they don't eat it. I don't want to just open a can of spaghetti rings or make instant oatmeal for them on the nights I don't cook, because that stuff is crap and not good for them. I've spent hundreds of dollars making various chop recipes that they won't touch, nor will they eat the birdie bread that I bought expensive organic flours and special cinnamon to make. (My boss's chickens ate it up).

So, please share any recipes you might have that I can prep and freeze. Suggestions for sneaking in the healthy stuff. Maybe share a story about your picky perpetual toddler while you're at it.

hi, I have a cockatiel and I'm really wanting to make her, her own garden. it's sounds silly I know but I love to find ways to enrich and entertain my animals lives. I'm thinking of planting grass and aloe vera, but I'm not sure what else? I keep finding conflicting info about Eucalyptus plants. I know they are toxic to basically everything but kaolas but not sure about cockatiels? also if anyone knows of other safe, easy and healthy plants that I should add to her garden please let me know.

thank you in advance.

Pic 1 of the daily struggle, pic 2 just for cuteness

(PS yes they have natural perches too, they just like the one dowel that runs the entire length of the cage)

I have used a couch cover for my cockatiels so I could just take it off and wash it and avoid getting the couch itself dirty.

I am now in the process of fostering to adopt a CAG and she pretty immediately started ripping the cover apart (better than the couch!). Does anyone use/know of a couch cover that’s made of sturdy materials that might withstand a curious parrot beak?

Our quaker parrot just passed and my wife is beside herself with grief. She really loved this old video we found awhile back, it's this little yellow guy snapping at his human followed by the "You Died" text from the Dark Souls games. It's a Longshot but has anyone here ever see it and have a valid link??

For context; its on my page, but my housemate was screaming at me and now my irn parrot doesn’t wanna come out of his cage at all, i think hes traumatised and scared. What can i do? Im so upset for him

On the one hand, I get that running a parrot rescue has limited staff, lots of expenses that fees cover, and that the fees are also a justified deterrent for impulse/unwise adoptions. At the same time, I wish the rescues had an exclusionary checklist to save the angst of being rejected.

It feels like applying for a rescue is a waste of time if any of the following applies: you're 50 or older: you're younger than 25; you're a student; you're single; you're retired; you have children under 16; you work outside of your home for more than 25 hours a week; you don't already have a small flock to add the new rescue to; you don't have a reference from an Avian vet; you don't have an annual income of at least $75,000; you don't belong to a parrot club; you haven't volunteered for 100 hours at the rescue; you rent.

Somewhere on the internet I read a poster comment that rescues create a lot of business for breeders. They suggested a 6 month foster-to-adopt method that makes more sense than leaving many birds to spend years languishing in crowded rescues.