Birds - October 2007

2007-10-13 13:32:57 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-13 12:47:49 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-13 12:39:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-13 11:00:00 · 7 answers · asked by Serina P 2

2007-10-13 10:33:25 · 5 answers · asked by dwaynebraun 1

i have been breeding cockatiels since i was a child and always has successful clutches. however i got a new hen and she has had 2 clutches that have died ,the first at 2 weeks after hatching and the second died 4-5 wks after hatching. ther are always unhatched eggs also,this time 4 didnt hatch and one did and died this morning. what could be going wrong?

2007-10-12 22:01:10 · 6 answers · asked by samsond 1

I named my canary Mindy (a girls name) and she sings an awful lot. but i dont want her to be a boy!!! i named her mindy! ill have to change it to max or something.

plz tell me, do female canaries sing as much as the male? how do you tell female and male apart?

help! plz? thanks

2007-10-12 17:07:59 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am really considering buying a sun conure, I never even knew that they existed until I saw one at the pet store about 3 months ago. It was the sweetest bird I have ever met, it was really young, but had no fear and actually would approach everyone that came up to its cage and beg them to hold him. Then about 2 weeks ago I saw another one at a different pet store and it was just as sweet. Is this the norm for the sun conure? I dont know much about buying birds, all my knowlege is in dogs. I know to never buy a dog from a pet store, is it the same with birds? Also, the ones at the pet store cost between $500-$750 and I have noticed people selling baby ones in the newspaper for $200, what should I look for when buying from a private citizen. Any info would be appreciated, I am relatively new to the "bird world"

2007-10-12 17:00:24 · 7 answers · asked by Spartan Mike K 6

My cockatiel flew away at the end of September. Someone claimed he found him, about 10 miles away, and sent me a picture. They look mostly like my pictures, except for the mood of the bird and the lighting conditions. I'd like some feedback from you, so please take the time to compare it the pictures. This is what the person who found it said; "he has slight yellow under the gray and under the white on the wing trim and that’s very uncommon, he has a pied or lutino gene mutation from generations ago and you can see it was bred out of him with grays so its so unlikely that another bird would have that characteristic to show up in the same places." The links are below.

2007-10-12 06:41:07 · 11 answers · asked by somebody 2

2007-10-12 01:32:06 · 11 answers · asked by rob 1

2007-10-12 01:16:49 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean really. I have seen tons of chickens, but never one in the air. Are their wings clipped or what? If I was a chicken I would fly away. And are there chickens in the wild? hmm...

2007-10-11 16:32:27 · 16 answers · asked by Karen 2

Ok so my bird is acting very strange, he loves to be out of his cage, but when u get him out for a long period of time he start to freak out and wants to bite me fingers, I am really geting uset and dont know what to do, but when I out him on the arm of the couch to punish him and scoot away he still wants to be with me. I just dont get it, im not going to give him away cause I love him to much but this has got to stop!!!! I dont think he is bitign me though cause its just like hit with beak and pull your head back really quick, it does not hurt. but he does it to people he does not like(my mom, brother, and sister) he is fine with me untill he stays out of the cage for a long time! he will hissto before he does it plus he HATES my thumb! please help!!!!

2007-10-11 15:25:41 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

please please help

2007-10-11 13:30:51 · 6 answers · asked by hally 1

I recently got two new baby parakeets. At first we thought they were really stupid because they kept falling to the bottom of their cage. Come to find out, they are not stupid, they are trying to fly and I noticed the other day when Padro was stretching, that they have their wings clipped. The lady must have clipped all the babies before she sold them. I didn't know this. I want them to be able to fly. Will their wings grow back? And if they will, how long will it take? I feel real bad for them because they jump off their perch and flap like crazy, but just crash to the bottom of their cage. Any advice?

I am also have a real hard time teaching them to trust me so they don't freak out when I am in their cage. I really love them and want to be able to take them out of their cage but right now, i cant even get near them. Any advice here would be great as well.

Thanks to all!

2007-10-11 10:21:19 · 9 answers · asked by Kimberly P 3

We are going to be adding an African Grey to our flock and have painstakingly narrowed down our choice of names from 14 to 2. Both my daughter and I love both of these names but cannot decide between the two. Please let me know which you like? Luna or Jia (geeah). Thanks very much!

2007-10-11 09:12:36 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-11 09:08:42 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a severe macaw who suddenly out of the blue stopped playing with his toys and instead of speaking just squaks all day long! he is not negelected in good health(went to vet and drew blood) wonderful plumage and other then mentally has no issues! I was wondering what could i do to get my bird back to what it was in the past 8 years!

does anyone have a clue! I am at the end of my rope!

any clues what I could do?

2007-10-11 09:03:36 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

He can't fly very much is standing all the time on floor in bird-cage and is hungry all the time.

2007-10-11 05:51:46 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

But the second mouse gets the cheese.

2007-10-11 05:29:16 · 1 answers · asked by TW 2

Today, I was driving past a small man-made lake and saw this big bird. It was brownish-black with a red skin head. It had a yellow hooked beak. It flew in the air and I could tell that it was a vulture. I know that vultures live mainly in dry climates...but what would make a vulture come to Illinois, where it's starting to get cold? Also, can it survive here in Illinois especially as it starts to become winter?

2007-10-10 17:43:16 · 5 answers · asked by Kilene 3

2007-10-10 09:35:04 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

What's is your opinion on this issue?
Before you berate me, No, I don't smoke around mine.

2007-10-10 05:31:20 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

a - budgie

2007-10-10 02:51:29 · 15 answers · asked by David 6

I have a large cage. I have a wood bird house in the cage that my parakeets go into often. I want to put the natural nesting material into the cage so they can build a nest of their liking. However, I do have a nest that I have bought that they love to sit in. I just want to watch them build their own nest. Does anyone know the nature material that parakeets use???? Help me please. Thanks

2007-10-10 02:20:32 · 7 answers · asked by MESAMATER 1

my 1 year old jack russell loves birds and chases them all over the garden, trying to jump in the air. My brother recently got pigeons, and 1 is dead already. My dog doesn't mean harm he just plays with them is there anything i can do? before my brother kills my dog!!

2007-10-10 01:49:58 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

he's a parakeet

2007-10-10 01:46:05 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

is it a good idea to put two males with one female..??
so that the female can choose which male she prefers?

2007-10-09 22:35:45 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have two females and am in the progress of getting two males how do you get them in the mood for mating

2007-10-09 22:15:45 · 6 answers · asked by <Darcy> 2

2007-10-09 16:48:13 · 27 answers · asked by denimcap 4