Birds - January 2007

I want to know what physiological factor in birds helps them find your feeder. Is it the scavaging instinct or do they smell the bird seed?

2007-01-13 09:12:48 · 14 answers · asked by momopsims 1

i just clipped my perakeets wings how long will it take for them to grow back...or ever just enough for him to fly a little.becauze right now he can't do anything but jump

2007-01-13 08:03:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

i may sound pretty stupid but i only heared that budgies can talk the other week. is it true, could they be trained to speek fluently or can they just repeat like most parrots?

2007-01-13 07:56:44 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-13 07:30:58 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

My sister has 2 lovebirds, one male one female and they've recently started humping. It appears she thought they might be neutered when she got them - do they neuter birds? I told her they didn't. Will they breed or are they just enjoying some recreational rumpy-pumpy?

2007-01-13 07:17:41 · 8 answers · asked by janny77 2

2007-01-13 05:58:31 · 10 answers · asked by ammr1993@sbcglobal.net 1

2007-01-13 05:52:59 · 5 answers · asked by edward l 1

My stepdaughter got lice and her mom thinks she got if from our house because we have two parakeets. But none of us that live here have lice. Everything I've read says that bird lice are incapable of living on humans.

2007-01-13 05:41:05 · 11 answers · asked by r_eimaj 1

I have a pair of black collared lovebirds, bred in Bavaria and great fun! Two days ago however, I noticed that one has a tiny hole in her beak, about 2-3mm in diameter, at the base of her beak, near her nostril. It's not clear if it is growing bigger yet.. but I will keep an eye on it. There doesn't appear to be any swelling.
Otherwise Matilda is very healthy: smooth plumage, full of energy, bright, clear eyes and acting perfectly normally. She is fed on seeds, fruit and veg and has a mineral block.
I doubt her partner caused this injury. They do have the odd tiff, they are generally a very peacful pair, and in any case Matilda is the dominant bird - I would be very surprised if her partner had dared to bite her!
I would like to know what caused the hole, what the signs of infection are, and whether I need to do something about it, or if it will just grow out. I don't want to be paranoid and drive 150miles to our avian vet to find out it is nothing!
Thanks for

2007-01-13 02:04:40 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

A Blackbird decided to peck at my window this morning and it keeps coming back,apart from the noise which is most annoying,I am afraid it will hurt itself.I have looked outside in the garden, but can see nothing wrong.I tried closing the blind in case it was attracted to something it could see inside,but I could still hear it knocking against the window.can anybody advise me . Thanks

2007-01-13 01:33:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

seems to be NO dead animals/birds that died a natural death, though there must be millions that died each year.

2007-01-13 01:00:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

do white owls eat or trouble crows?
if not , the crows r in danger from which all birds?
please tell me.

2007-01-12 23:55:57 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

About two months ago a friend of ours left us with his two zebra finches. One female and the other is male. They are doing allright and nothing seems wrong with them but since Thursday (today is saturday) the male finch is pluckinng the female's feathers. I don't know much about birds and I am trying my hardest to get familiar with them. So what does this behaviour mean? Could you please help me? Thank you very much.

2007-01-12 23:46:04 · 4 answers · asked by yorkican 1

Ok, another question about birdies!!! When you go to the beach and you see a pack, or flock, or whatever of Seagulls, howcome there is always a few with gimpy half legs? What happened to thier legs? And why are they the only birds that always seem to always have half leggys? Do Seagulls eat each others legs?

2007-01-12 21:55:38 · 3 answers · asked by Cato Says "Kalamaloo" 4

2007-01-12 19:52:24 · 2 answers · asked by brad l 1

2007-01-12 19:46:52 · 4 answers · asked by onthunt 1

I know that Quaker parrots like peppers. Where I'm from there are many varieties but they are hot. Do Quakers enjoy these, also? Thanks so much.

2007-01-12 18:26:12 · 6 answers · asked by firestarter 6

2007-01-12 18:01:09 · 19 answers · asked by Raka 1

We are affraid to remove the eggs as they were laid over a 10 day period and we do not know which may be good or bad. I assumed that she would have thrown the bad eggs out of the nest by now.

2007-01-12 16:38:18 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-12 16:14:27 · 3 answers · asked by bebe451 1

I have a parrotlet named Ringo that is around 9 weeks old,Iv had him since he was 7weeks,when I pet my him on the back of the neck he makes an odd nosie and nibbles at me veary softly,and I was just wondering if anyone knew if that ment he was enjoying it or not? I havent had veary much experience with birds and he was a christmas present from my boyfriend,and iv gotten extremly attached to the bird.

2007-01-12 16:10:36 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

One of my babies (hes 11 months today, but he's still my baby) is so
easily bruised. If he flies somewhere and bumps into something, he
scrapes the skin on his nose or some feathers on his head fall out.
Yesterday all 4 had a night scare and went crazy in the cage. I let
them out so they would calm down and 3 of them were fine, just a bit
scared. The 4th one however, had some blood on the bottom of his
wing. This is not the first time this has happened. When he just
began to fly, he would land in the wrong areas and hurt his wing and
one or twice broke some feathers on it. (They later all fell out by
themselfs). Today he tried to fly up, but landed on my bed. I was
just wondering if there is anything I can do to help him out with
his wing. He has some dried blood on it from last times and a bit
from last night. Is there vitamins or something I can give him that
would allow his wing to heel?
I had this problem with my 7 year old birdy when she was about a
year old. The same area on the wing was bleeding everything she
would bump into something or hurt herself. After a while it just
stopped and she has not had problems with that wing ever since.

Is this just because he is little? Does he need time for his wing to
fully develope and become stronger? Is there anything I can do?

Thanks.

2007-01-12 15:12:37 · 6 answers · asked by bleed_black_11 2

please tell me i got bet on stake

2007-01-12 15:03:33 · 12 answers · asked by stvincentman 1

I've had my parakeet for three weeks now. She has fluffed her feathers all day. When I put my hand in the cage she goes back to normal. She is eating and even played some today. Do you think she is ill or is this a normal thing? She is also picking at her feathers a lot. Should I take her to the vet? Thanks!

2007-01-12 14:03:03 · 8 answers · asked by hotmama 3

2007-01-12 13:28:01 · 12 answers · asked by ? 2

2007-01-12 12:37:59 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-12 12:08:39 · 3 answers · asked by Seamus K 2

Besides cockatiels what are the easiest birds to breed?

2007-01-12 11:28:47 · 11 answers · asked by reowrrrr 2

When I went to look at him for the first time he came to my shoulder and was so loving and even kissed my lips, which I loved! But since I got him home (6 months ago) he comes out of the cage, eats from my hand but some times when I want to put food on the cage he trys to bite me and when I sit to watch TV. he screams and screams at me for attention, but as soon as I get close, he goes away. Please help me if you know about this kind of bird, because I'm even considering the posibility of selling him. I want a bird that I can love, not one that doesn't want me.

2007-01-12 11:15:24 · 4 answers · asked by sunshine 2

i would love it if u all could help thanks.

2007-01-12 10:28:26 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous