Birds - January 2007

My quaker, Sara, ingested strings from her toys and I noted it by the change in color of her droppings immed. & removed the toys. Did research and discovered they are bad bad bad. Feel sick to my stomach. She is happy and active and still pooping but it is a mix of green, dark, clear and white and some pink. The string was pink.Her vent is clear and clean and she is not having any trouble pooping, she is happy and playing. I found this yesterday. How long til I know if she is ok?

2007-01-31 07:23:17 · 2 answers · asked by Jan S 1

for ceremonial use. I'm First Nation.

2007-01-31 05:59:42 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

My parakeet is really stupid, might even be retarded! It looks at me all crazy-like with those beady little eyes and doesn't even talk! It always has drool running down it's stupid lips and (WHAT THE HECK?), it's always flying about and pooping on things! Do vets put birds to sleep too, or just cats and dogs? And what's a good kind of pet to get that's actually SMART? Are bunnies smart? They're really cute. :-)

2007-01-31 05:37:17 · 12 answers · asked by ? 2

2007-01-31 04:40:30 · 6 answers · asked by ASHERS 1

i have asked every 1 i know this question but no-one seems 2 no. plz help me!

2007-01-31 04:38:13 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-31 04:36:17 · 5 answers · asked by keri b 1

2007-01-31 04:34:57 · 11 answers · asked by pl 2

How do you run blackbirds or starlings off? the arrive by the hundreds.

my little birds and squirrells don't have a chance...

2007-01-31 03:11:58 · 3 answers · asked by gypsyle1947 1

This is serious and no joke. My bird is tame and lets me pet her. I say her cause of her other female behavior and feather markings. She is little over a year old. Sometimes lately, not all the time when I am petting her head and neck she scoots up as to let me pet her back. Then she squats and goes into like a trance. Her feathers on her head go down and she sings like crazy. She will do this until I stop petting her back. She hasn't laid any eggs but if this is her idea of mating I want to know so I don't trick her into laying eggs! What say you?

2007-01-31 03:11:24 · 4 answers · asked by Mr. Knowitall 2

I have zebra finches and the box of grit says put a tablespoon in a separate dish. As far as I know they never touch it. I've also tried mixing it with their food but it's always left when the food is gone. They seem fine and healthy so do they really need grit?

2007-01-31 02:44:24 · 9 answers · asked by ! 3

I'm trying to decide between one of the two as a pet for my fiance and I. We will most likely have a cat and a dog in the lifetime of the bird, and kids. I love the affectionate dispositions of both, and the striking color of the blue & gold. I'd love to teach it to talk and would invest a lot of time training, but it isn't a priority; the priority is having a loving companion for the majority of the rest of our lives. I plan on spending at least 3 hours daily with the bird to play and train. I'm incredibly fond of uniqueness and intelligence (I adopted a border collie because they were said to be the smartest dogs and have had great success training with him). So, I'd like to know some of the tendencies of both macaws, and which one I'd prefer for which reasons. Thanks a lot!

2007-01-31 02:36:20 · 5 answers · asked by adbhatts 2

i have birds now in separte cages. Is such actions signs of mating?
Should I keep them apart or try keeping them together. I don't know if he is trying to proctect her or warning her by bitting her and me too. He had never done this before.
I don't know what to do about him. What should I do?

2007-01-31 01:56:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

She is 2 yrs old. The male is a little over a year and they really don't get along, She first layed 2 eggs then about 4 days later she layed 3, then about a week later she layed 2 more. She is sitting on them all day but I'm concern because she only comes out to eat 2 or 3 times a day and according to the books the male should be feeding her, but he is not. I think he is to young to notice. When she come out to eat he goes into the box to play with the eggs but doesn't sit on them. Is this normal behavor for the birds? And if they are not going to hatch when should I take the eggs out?

2007-01-31 01:35:30 · 6 answers · asked by mag 1

my budgie is 9 months old and laid 5 eggs for the first time out of which only two survived and within a month has laid 3 more eggs and since then is looking tired, shivering and almost off balance very dull and quiet.it is usually a very active bird always upto some mischief could laying eggs be the reason for its sickness

2007-01-31 01:11:28 · 9 answers · asked by sharusam 1

Can anyone tell me what the natural predators are for Southeastern US songbirds...Bluejays, Cardinals, Finches, Woodpeckers, Hummingbirds, just to name a few.

I mean, they're always flying around way up high in the treetops...I can't think of any predators who share the same treetop habitat as songbirds.

Thanks for help!

2007-01-31 00:41:40 · 3 answers · asked by uabsupercow 2

The birds have recently started chirriping at about 2.30 a.m. each morning. Its still dark of course so why so early. It doesnt bother me but I find it odd thats all..... and I know I put this in the wrong category but there wasnt one for wild animals and birds!!

2007-01-31 00:27:16 · 6 answers · asked by ? 7

If you go outside in the middle of the night, it's dead silent...no birds anywhere. But if you go outside in the middle of the day, there's tons of birds singing!

And don't say "It's because they're sleeping," cause that's BS!! Yea, maybe SOME of them are sleeping, but I'm sure there are some birds who are 'night owls' and don't like sleeping at night!!

2007-01-31 00:18:22 · 5 answers · asked by uabsupercow 2

2007-01-31 00:18:10 · 4 answers · asked by x-y-z 1

In the town where I live there are lots of pigeons. Most of them are in the center. Most of them look healthy. But there are some that I see in the students campus that eat from what they find near a fast food, that look quite bad. However, not all the pigeons in the campus look bad. Only this group. Their feders look oily and scattered. What illness might they have and how can they be cured?

2007-01-31 00:09:53 · 2 answers · asked by Ronald Vexa 3

I heard you can figure out the color of the chicken egg by looking at the chicken's earlobe....

2007-01-30 23:52:04 · 5 answers · asked by j_allan0918 2

2007-01-30 23:19:24 · 9 answers · asked by nykbaba83 1

I need it to be completed in two weeks when Bibby Bird returns to vet for more treatment under sedation - vet will dress him in it while bird is under the anaesthetic. He has a disease which means he will never grow feathers, and will die of cold in winter.

2007-01-30 22:42:31 · 4 answers · asked by dawnsuz1 1

2007-01-30 20:55:41 · 3 answers · asked by my pet 1

I have a female canary that is about 6 years old and a male zebra finch, 1 year old, who's mate just died. Can I put them in the same cage or would they fight?

2007-01-30 16:36:50 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Are yours as cuddly (mine is a huge love sponge) as mine? Also, do yours talk?

2007-01-30 15:23:32 · 4 answers · asked by parrot.crazy 2

I have an African Grey with a crippled foot. I will be getting him a larger cage and want to make some cage modifications, ie, shelves, ramps, etc. Want ideas from people who have done it. Care to share?

2007-01-30 15:21:06 · 4 answers · asked by parrot.crazy 2

he flips out whenever I put my hand in the cage, and my goal for this year is to earn his trust so I can let him out of the cage(in my room with his wings clipped) and be able to easily put him back in

2007-01-30 13:38:39 · 13 answers · asked by Skittles 4

I'm thinking of hand raising a pigeon, I know a few places to find info on hand raising. But let me break it down, I CAN'T afford an incubator right at the moment so the only form of incubation I have for the egg is a desklamp with a 20 watt bulb that gets to be about 90 degrees or more. I know where to find a chart regarding temp and humidity for the egg which I plan to get from a friend in CA. Just so you know I'm only there for 2 or 3 days at a time so I CAN'T wait around for the chick to be born (if it hasn't hatched already). The last time I tried incubating a pigeon egg I used a heating pad but the chick died of heatstroke. Since then I've done research and learned from my mistakes. But does anyone have any tips or advice to prevent yet another failure?

I want my next try to be sucessful!

2007-01-30 13:18:10 · 5 answers · asked by Checkers- the -Wolf 1

2007-01-30 12:47:05 · 2 answers · asked by Commensalism 2

I just got an egg incubator and I dont know what kind of egg to use, can i use a store chicken egg? If not where can i get the egg i can use?

2007-01-30 12:25:05 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous