Pet Forum / Birds / Birds / March 2007

my breeding parrotlets have broken all of the eggs in the last three
clutches!! does anyone have any advice as to why this is happening?

i just cut the tip of my cocatiels nail, and now its bleeding, not too badly,
but it really scares me!!!! Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

my husband bathed,clipped the feathers on the injured wing, and we wrapped
him.  does anyone know if since we wrapped him, hopefully stopping the
bleeding, will we hurt him more? and is this bird going to be dangerous,
as far as disease to our other pets?

i have a very bad habbit.  i pick up every injured animal.  it comes from
being a stray myself.  my dog (labrador retriever) brought us
home a pigeon.  He (the pigeon) is broken and bloody.  He's holes in him
everywhere.  My husband bathed him, and is bandaging him up. i'm not sure

I need some help please. My father inlaw's cockatiel has lost all his
feathers, I mean all of his feathers. He is 3 years old and with in the last
month and a half he has lost all of his feathers. They curled up at first
then he lost all of them. I was just wondering if anyone out ...

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library describing his milestones. His most recent endeavors include a
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I've been away (in school) for the last 2 months + 1 week, and my
lovebirds had a nestling who's very active and flies around but is
lacking feathers on his back.  I put the nestling in his own cage
since I immediately saw the parents were pecking at his wings and back

From: Shauna
To: TheGabrielFoundation@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 6:24 PM
Subject: [TheGabrielFoundation] Toy Alert

Greetings group,
I have been trying to decide on what kind of birds to get.  As I am
very busy with a 16 month old golden retriever, I don't have
sufficient time for a companion bird, so I would like to get a pair of

I have a male parakeet whose cere changed from blue to dark brown. Out of my
3 birds I have he is the oldest.(approx.10 yrs) Could this be stress
related? I have called many vets in our area (West Valley of Phoenix) and
none care for birds :-(. I looked very closely to see if is ...

Until yesterday, our budgie knew how to get BACK to his cage upstairs
from anywhere in the condo, but had never made the trek DOWN the
stairs on his own, so we figured we were safe as long as (a) we only
brought him downstairs when there were no visitors, and (b) we made

My english budgie seems to be sneezing about every few
waking minutes, ever since she was weaned and I bought
her in late December.
Why is that?

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Regards

i've only kept bugdies and cockatiels in the past but i'm thinking of
getting a larger more chalenging bird, now i have more time on my hand's i
can dedicate more to a larger bird.
the question is what breed would be best?.....   the largest bird i have

On Jan 25 I posted that my B&G macaw had laid two eggs.  She's tended
them faithfully and her mate has supported her (feeding her) since then.
 I read that the incubation period is 26 to 30 days but it's now a week
over that.  She's still tending the the eggs as previously.