She seems fine and is calming down but I'm not. Everytime this happens I never find out what caused her to freak.

He was napping, and I accidentally woke him up, and now he is furious

I have learned to think of parrots as cats with feathers. I consider this the equivalent of a cat lying on someone's hands while they're using a laptop. Our girl Mayna loves to sit on our index fingers and watching what happens at the monitors. My man's index finger is already pretty buffed, I am getting used to it.

Every time I look at this little lady or scratch her head my chest feels warm and I grind my teeth. She says, "I love you" and "come 'ere!" to me all day long and it melts my heart. Does she know what she's saying? I'd imagine the phrase "I love you" is attached to our sweet moments, so maybe she associates it with good feelings. I miss her when I lay in bed at night and feel the same warm feeling scrolling thru pics and vids of her on my phone. She is my first bird after a life so far of cat and dog ownership and it's a totally different feeling for me. Although caring for a parrot is very demanding, I enjoy doing it and look forward to our years to come. I wish I could have seen her in her egg lol 🥚 I would sit on it and keep it warm. LOL. Ok too far I'll stop now. She will be 1 next month. 🥳

From 28 July to this day

This is what's going on every night when it's time to get her inside for a night. Eventually she goes in, but first she has to make a good show.

This little guy got trapped in my balcony

We managed to catch him and after making sure he is well I want to release it or find a home for him

Im not sure if it is wild and can be released directly to nature or if it needs a family to take care of it.

Birb tax above!

I got my new cockatiel, Zuko, 3 weeks ago. He is a roughly 4-5 month old male.

He came from a household with little kids and was pretty skittish. I assume the kids probably pushed beyond his boundaries sometimes. When my hand entered the cage to change his food or water, he fluttered around and ran away as fast as he could.

I slowly worked with him and gradually started gaining his trust. He eats millet when I hold it no problem, and he will step up if I hold a millet behind my finger as well.

However, when my hand enters the cage without millet, he still runs or inches away in spite of having sat on my finger several times. As soon as the millet disappears, he also instantly steps off my finger. He will stick his head through my fingers and walk under my hand to get to millet, but when the millet is gone, he moves away.

It's not as bad as it was before, but I'm not sure how I can make him more receptive towards my hand even with no millet present. I have tried clicker training (clicking when he doesn't move away / moves slightly towards it) and then rewarding him with a millet bite, but that doesn't seem to work as well as I hoped.

Does anyone have advice? He has made a lot of progress but not sure how to go from there.

For context I already have a tame female who is EXTREMELY tame, she is a velcro bird, but the things that worked with her only partially work with this little guy and I'm stumped.

For context I am in Scotland in a busy built up street. I noticed in the summer my neighbour wheels their parrot out the front of their house and leaves it in the cage for hours on end and it sounds very distressed. I have just noticed they've done the same today when it's currently 8 degrees outside, is this safe for the bird ? Not to mention the countless seagulls, cats and dogs that live in the area which could pose a threat.

What should I give him to eat?

I’ve had my heart set on a Hahn’s macaw, but I’ve been really interested in caiques too and could see myself having both down the road. For people who own either or both (understanding that all birds are unique individuals) what is your experiences with either and which do you prefer?

Hi everyone. Our Tweetie has had an eye issue for a few weeks now, she keeps closing it and I believe it’s starting to become cloudy in colour. Unfortunately Tweetie has never been handled and attempting to catch Tweetie is incredibly distressing - so we haven’t been able to take her to the vet. Any ideas? She is otherwise very happy, eating and her normal self.

So I used to be home all the time, and usually id have a good oil space radiator going to keep room temp stable. Problem is, we are in a shitty drafty trailer with a whole slew of issues and leaving a heater like that unattended freaks me out. I began working and I want my girls to be comfortable the hours im not home. The birds got heated perches and those ceramic things to go up against, I used to have chicken coop heaters hung up near them but one day one of the switches on them melted and there was smoke and I was so thankful it happened with me standing there and I caught it so, those are out of the question. I could use ideas or advice for some more safe equipment to keep them warm for the few hours I'm not home.

Hi guys, i went outside to go to the gym. Needless to say that didn't happen when Ara decided to pay me a visit again! 😃 I eventually ended up taking him for a walk lol, he held on really well and while i am happy this lil birdy wanted to hang out with me. He wouldn't get off my shoulder and when i attempted to even slightly touch him to get him off he would bite me. He wouldn't get off my shoulder no matter what which is not a problem to me, but in this case it was just bad timing since i had different plans.

I'm also starting to think he might be hormonal atm, since the moment he visited me 2 days ago he's been real bitey and tried to regurgitate on my hands. He also bit my cheek today.

This all happened after i could pet him a few days ago btw, maybe i pet him in the wrong place?

Can you guys check whether that's the case? This was the video i posted a few days ago:

https://www.reddit.com/r/parrots/s/OiVjKg6Sdf

Edit: just realized i forgot to put in the post that he is not my bird, but from a neighbour. My neighbour let's him free roam around the neighbourhood. Yes, i also fear for the bird's safety at times

I normally feed, pumpkin, acorn, butter nut, and spaghetti, but I cooked myself an organic Hubbard squash, and is that safe to share with my GCC Jester?

Olá a todos. Moro em Brasília, a capital do Brasil. O clima aqui costuma ser bem quente, exceto durante a estação chuvosa - agora. À noite (~00:00), a temperatura mínima fica em torno de 18ºC, 19ºC, etc. Nunca abaixo disso.

Gostaria de perguntar se isso é extremamente frio para os periquitos ou se eles toleram bem. Em dias quentes, a temperatura diurna chega a 32ºC e o ar é extremamente seco. Pensei em colocar um cobertor ou capa sobre a gaiola à noite para bloquear a corrente de ar, a luz e o frio.

Isso é seguro? Além disso, é necessário comprar um daqueles poleiros aquecidos ou aquecedores de gaiola? Ou não? A maioria usa USB direto e não há tomadas perto de onde a gaiola está localizada, e eu teria medo de colocar cabos de energia perto dos pássaros.

Another question: sometimes they sleep in a box in my room (a closed box with holes, no direct airflow). And I like to sleep with the air conditioning on. What temperature range can I keep it at, with they in my Room? I assure you the air conditioner doesn't blow directly on the box where they're kept in the room. Even so, I'm worried they might get cold. What temperature range is safe?

helloo id like to improve this bird wall i have currently in my room, its sad, small and doesn't have many perches due to the thickness being too short for most of my wood perches.. ( the screw bit makes the board itself stick out a bit )
what peg board would be best for making a bird wall? or what thickness do you guys find best

also the cage has most of the toys if anyone is concerned

Howdy yall! Looking for recommendations on a parrot-friendly space heater since my heating is currently out (just in time for the cold front, rip) and looking for a solution for the bird room in the meantime. Will probably be out for a week since I’m waiting on an appointment so I don’t need anything expensive or long term. The cage is currently wrapped up in blankets to provide insulation, so far morale is up and the chicken (gcc) is doing fine.