Birds - July 2007

I would just like to have a look at some cool new stuff relating to birds. Thanks in advance!

2007-07-08 13:36:13 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I bought my daughters one bird.. and my co-workers said it would die within a week. Well, two weeks later it was dead. When we bought TWO birds, they are still alive; after two months!
why is that?

2007-07-08 12:07:04 · 13 answers · asked by 100% ♥Creole♥ 7

If you own a pet Mcaw yourself how did you train it? How to stop it from biting, How to build up a long loving bond, how you can train it to peform certain tricks (especially the gun trick where you pretend to shoot him and he flips upside down), how to make him come to you with a certain command?

2007-07-08 11:10:04 · 5 answers · asked by andrewjaret 2

2007-07-08 09:36:25 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was coming in to feed my two budgies and I was shocked to find one dead on the ground. Tom my other budgie was standing over him. I wondered why. They had a full supply of fresh water. They were both on a diet of Zupreem fruit pellets, They get to come out of the cage daily and love to look around for treats on the living room floor. I feel so sorry for Tom. He has had 2 BFF's including Junior. Both dead. I don't know if he can take all this change. How do you think Junior died? and will Tom be ok?

2007-07-08 08:00:05 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

does anyone know some good household snacks --any that i might have laying around that are good treats for my pet cockatiels-- i have been trick training them without treats succesfully --even though i only got them yesterday-- and i want to reward them when they do good but i cant go to the store to buy any---

2007-07-08 07:35:24 · 8 answers · asked by x.FindingNemo.x 3

Mine thinks its for standing on and has never pecked at it. will he get a nutritional imbalance from this?

2007-07-08 06:49:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-08 03:16:53 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

and he hasn't touched his food or water even once and he just sits in the same spot all day. he seems like he's depressed or something. is this normal? ps ive gave him toys to play with too but he just sits there! help!

2007-07-07 16:05:37 · 8 answers · asked by darkness in the suburbs... 2

2007-07-07 15:29:44 · 3 answers · asked by Amanda M 1

--I have a cinnamon male and a normal grey female

for the male i like cinnabon and charlie--or if you suggest anything better

for the female -- i have no idea--please help

i want the names to "go" together like sugar and spice

I like "cute" names
i.e. my dogs names are muffin, biscuit ,and bagel

2007-07-07 15:15:50 · 15 answers · asked by x.FindingNemo.x 3

my bird has fallen in love with my mom, and she only says good morning to it in the morning and thats it, but i take care of it, feed it, and ect.
was it something i did, give me some advice please
thank you

2007-07-07 13:45:26 · 3 answers · asked by S. O 1

2007-07-07 12:12:54 · 11 answers · asked by leslee m 1

I started out with two zebra finches. Cool. Well, they hatched three babies about a month ago. Just as these are ready to go, I found four more eggs in a little round thing that used to hold millet. I didn't even notice them building another nest! Well, I've determined that it was the original parents who have mated so its not inbreeding. But now I'm worried about taking the three younger finches out of the cage because its so violent trying to catch one that I'm afraid it will disturb the second nest. The millet holder hangs from the top of the cage and it is in front of the door so anytime I do anything it swings. This cage is going to have 9 birds in it when these eggs are hatched and I think I'm ready to stop the insanity. What can I do to get the young birds out of the cage? And how can I trick the parents into not mating?

2007-07-07 09:24:44 · 11 answers · asked by rose_darling_sue 2

are they an endangered species or can one purchase one, are they difficult to care for?

2007-07-07 08:46:24 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have three birds a snake and a dog. What can my Cocktail and my too parakeets eat because I'm out of bird food? I tried mango, sesame seeds, flax seed and some other stuff.
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-07-07 08:30:33 · 8 answers · asked by Darna 2

I have just been cutting a large hedge and came across a birds nest. I couldnt see if there was anything inside the nest.

I stopped cutting immediatley, but wonder if there could still be chicks/eggs still inside the nest. I have heard that if you go near a nest the mother won't go back to it.

Just before I came across the nest I heard a bird chirping wildly.

I'm hoping that most birds will have flown their nests by now. Is that right please?

2007-07-07 08:17:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi, so I need some help. In my back yard we have a little baby pool for my dog, and just a few minutes ago I was outside with my dog, and I saw her pull something out of the pool, and when I looked it was a bird. The thing is the bird was still breathing. So my mother picked up the bird with paper towels and now has it drying in a makeshift "nest" of paper towels. I think it's some sort of finch, and it looks pretty young. It's still breathing, but it looks exhausted. I just wanted to see what else I can do for the bird to try and help it survive? Thanks

2007-07-07 07:37:32 · 11 answers · asked by HMF313 3

i am thing of buying some chickens for my bach yard butt i was wondering weather they make a racket and will wake up every one at night

2007-07-07 06:47:55 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

my parakeets are only two months old i got them form a local pet store..and they wont quit fighting..i got mine last tuesday and my sister got hers yesterday...and we dont know if their both male or noth female or 1 male and 1 female they pick at eachother but when i get mine out and not hers then they want to be near eachother but when i put them together....all they do is fight fight fight.....
please help!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
thank you
--grant

2007-07-07 05:14:46 · 5 answers · asked by grant h 1

is ready brek safe for baby birds to eat? i know how to look after them and everything so please dont give me a lecture about it- i am a wildlife rehabber. i have run out of bird formula, does anyone know if oats/ready brek is safe (i mix it with water)

2007-07-07 00:28:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

was thinking what if he doesn't like me and he hates me! how long do you think it would take me to tame him?

2007-07-06 17:46:02 · 6 answers · asked by darkness in the suburbs... 2

My in-laws have a nice little duck pond they have made behind their house and have bought 6 ducks to put out there for it. They have to pen the ducks up at night because if they don't owls from the area will chop the ducks heads off. Why? I don't know but they will, so they have to keep them caged? They are having a very hard time scaring the ducks out of the water at the end of the day to cage them up. I was wondering if anybody had any ideas to get them out and into their cage. Thanks for any answers.

2007-07-06 12:09:27 · 16 answers · asked by Justin M 2

is this bad becuase parakeets love to sing.

2007-07-06 11:22:20 · 4 answers · asked by Chelsea Rae 2

inspired by my friend ejade. This question came up on P&S and some of us have noticed how few hummers there are this year. Is there any scientific basis for this? Thanks in advance.

2007-07-06 10:04:03 · 8 answers · asked by SavvySue 7

can they eat baked rice, spaghetti, buckwheat??

2007-07-06 09:05:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I found it in my backyard chirpping and looking for its parents but it cant really fly yet. I think the nest is all the way up this giant tree that i cant get to. Should i keep it or leave it? I want to help it survive because without me it will die because it cant fully fly yet and already fell in my pool once. Help!

2007-07-06 07:55:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was wanting to make some bird toys myself. Does anyone know of some bird safe products that I could buy at any regular store to make them. The toys are for my 2 cockatiels that love toys that will make noise (like bells) and also with anything they can chew on.

2007-07-05 22:28:03 · 7 answers · asked by me : ] 5

My friend has a love bird that's about 4 years old. The bird has had two previous owners and while I don't think it was abused, I think it was basically left in it's cage without any attention.

While in it's cage the bird is very aggressive. When you try to reach in the cage it will bite you very hard if you try to get too close. But once you get the bird out of it's cage and spend a few minutes holding it, it calms way down. I used a glove to get the bird out of it's cage and then held it in my hand while I scratched it's head and rubbed it's beak. After just a few minutes the bird stopped biting me and seemed to be very comfortable and relaxed. It would fly to it's cage after a few minutes, but as long as it couldn't get inside I was able to pick it up again without any problems. Really it started acting like you would expect a hand-fed bird to act.

But once it got back in it's cage it immediately switched back to being very aggressive.

2007-07-05 16:31:36 · 4 answers · asked by Justin H 7

My cockatiel layed 2 eggs, I know how to check if their fertile or not but whenever i even put my hand in the cage she gets overprotective and tries to bite me. Even when she's not on the eggs she goes crazy. what should I do?
also i don't know if this is right, but are you supposed to pick up the eggs and shine a flashlight through them and if you see veins or blood vessels their fertile. but i dont know about that because alot of people say even with household pet birds they will reject the egg if it has a human scent on it.and my parents say i should use gloves, is this information right if not can you tell me all or some of the waays to check if the eggs are fertile. what should i do?
sorry about all the spelling and quotation messups.

2007-07-05 15:51:17 · 6 answers · asked by Cockatiel Owner 1