Birds questions and answers

i cant hold my bird?
my pigeon is really sick and his wing is damaged and want to put him in the cage but i simply cant! i keep thinkng he’ll get hurt and the way he moves and squirms i chew over im hurting him more! i just CANT hold…

infant budgie sexual category mannish or feminine?
hi want to know what the gender of my baby budgiethe cere colour is a really light blue but mostly white.is it a girl or a boy?

is my bird blind??
this morning i let my budgie coco out he played a bit on top of the cage and next decided to have a fly round and he flew straight into the corner of the wall!!could he be blind??my other budgie doesn’t even want to come out.also should…

we own taken surrounded by a manly budgie and my other masculine budgie wont stop fussing him?
male budgie was with a hen who just this minute died but he took to this other male within a few days

HELP! duck eggs?
HELP. I just this second got my duck eggs contained by the mail & one was broken and got adjectives over the rest i wiped them dry and sat them to rest, are they dead pllllllleeeasssseeeeeeee give a hand

HELP! INCUBATOR?
HI I JUST PURCHASED EGGS ON EBAY, AND I HAVE AN INCUBATOR BUT WHEN ITS TIME FOR THEM TO HATCH THE WONT HAVE ROOM THERE LITTARALLY PUSHED TOGETHER, AND I ONLY HAVE SO PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU WANNA SELL ME ONE OR EMAIL ME A…

(Pigeon is going to die)PLEASE share me where on earth I can find Racing Pigeon supplies close me (Trenton NJ)?
I would GREATLY appreciate it if someone would tell me where I can locate some food and supplies for my race pigeons, i have no food for them and they will die if I don’t find the right supplies.PLEASE HELP ME

(Urgent!) Parakeet Flying around house, can’t find her?
I was letting my parakeet fly around the house, as she always does. Suddenly, I went into the garage to fetch something, and my parents be in the kitchen eating. When I came hindmost, we couldn’t see her! We know she didn’t fly outside,cause no one open…

?What is this entry?
I have two canaries and they have recently laid 3 eggs. Two hatch and the other one is on the bottom on the cage. Anyways, Both of the babies are eating, sleeping, etc. But when I looked at the babies, one of them had a big pale…

~Is my chicken a hen or a rooster~ (More info inside)?
I have a chicken that is just over 1 month hoary. I heard that Roosters grow their comb faster than Hens. At the moment he/she has a pointy comb lump on his/her head. Where does the comb start forming, from put money on to front or front…

1.Does the rooster necessitate to be separated from the hen and the chicks once they own hatch?
they are in the same enclosure at the moment but should be approximately ready to hatch in the next week or so

11 light of day antiquated Baby budgies?
i have 2 baby budgies at the moment and they are nearly 11 days old i own a few questions about them-1-how old are they when their eyes unambiguous? (my babies are open but thoughtt they wouldn’t open till a bit later.)2-how ripened are they before i…

2 mouthed budgie?
okies, my friends brought a new baby budgie the other day, it’s bottom beak grew over the top one..afterwards we thought it was just like that, consequently one time i heard it screech ague and and it didn’t move or anything, then as i be looking closer…

2 simple question? 10 or more points?
Hi, I think i found a good bird. The bird is called a Hahns Macaw. Is this coop suitable for a single hahns macaw?? http://www.windycityparrot.com/Merchant2… And are Hahns Macaws cuddly? Thanks in advance!

2 week prehistoric babe-in-arms cockatiel mutation?
helloooooo :p my baby cockatiel is about 2 weeks in age 2 hours of daylight, and i finally got to handle him/her, her eyes are red and his/her tiny feathers are yellow, does that ******rdly he/she is a lutino?Mom: Completely yellow with orange cheacks, but black eyesDad:…

2009 Calendar near Kiwi (Bird)?
I’m looking for a 2009 Calendar with pictures of Kiwi’s. (Bird) I hope you can help me. I couldn’t find it any were…Thanks

3 infant parakeet name?
my 2 parakeets, Leila and Honeybear ( dont ask) had little babies. 3 of them – the babies are blue, yellow and greeni need 3 CUTE name. i’m keeping them and i love them. give me suggestions! thanks!

3 love birds conflict?
just got them yesterday, they were adjectives getting along once i got them (the owner said she had them for 10 months without a problem) and the subsequent day i see 2 of the lovebirds together and one side, and the isolated one is by himself on…

4 years out-of-date Hyacinth Macaw – any Experience (PARROT)?
I am purchacing a Hyacinth Macaw, she is 4 yrs old, can talk a fair bit, loves attention and playing – grew up around childeren and i am lately preparing on her arrival, such as stand, toys, feed ect. I have researhed quite alot on the species…

6 little duckling aid?
HelloI have a problemI need to find the song 6 little duckling for the christmas performance and i have need of to find the music sheet but all the music sheet i find with 6 little duckling only have left hand… if you could please find a…

7. My bird have laid an egg at the bottom of the tray, what should I do?
My bird has laid an egg at the bottom of the tray, what should I do?

8 week out-of-date cockatiel?
I want to know what a 8 week old cockatiel looks like. Please send pictures whether you can!!

8 year outdated parakeed getting black on its wing?
My mom has had her parakeet for 8 years. Now all of a sudden some of the feathers on one of its wing are starting to turn black. Is this a bad thing? We don’t really know that much about birds besides the underlying…

A ask on my quaker copier?
now that my quaker is finally handelable i am able to closer inspect the waxy substance on him. he has a waxy substance on the shaft of his feathers, adjectives over his body. he refuses to preen himself so i give him one or two baths a…

A bird is surrounded by my bedroom! HOW DO I GET IT OUT?
a frickin bird plucked through my bedroom wall! i cant go in my room cause im afraid the bird will attack me! in that is a huge wall through my room to the outside, and how do i get the birds out of my attick and bedroom?…

A bird keep coming to my upstairs bureau windowpane and looks within and sings to me.?
I closed the blind and it came on the other side. I thought it was looking at its reflection but it seem like if it can’t see me it moves to a window minus the shade down. It comes everyday and stays all day. Sometimes…

A chicken that will not sit on eggs?
I have a bantam hen and she has layed 5 eggs since Saturday. However she has not sit on them. Will they hatch? How do I get her to sit on them? I have 2 hens and 2 roosters.

A couple question around my cockatiel?
Okay, so I know that cockatiels put up their “mohawk” when they are happy, but it is possible that they can still be happy without their mohawk up? Because my bird does not hold it up often, but I believe she is happy. She learns whistle tunes…

A cross-question on rhode island red chickens?
At six weeks of age, how high can a startled rhode island red fly? Also how high can a rhode island red fully grown hen fly with one clipped wing?

A devout student bird.?
Hi!!I have found myself with an empty birdcage. It is a quite large cage 36 inches tall, 32 inches long and 21 inches reflective.I’m thinking about a bird. A small parrot or something of that variety.where on earth should I start my research? What…

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Questions about Guinea Pigs??!!?

Okay, so my mom is making me give away my parakeets (I’m not willingly doing it) and she said I could get a guinea pig instead. I asked her if I could get a Persian Kitten (I saw one with a health certificate for only $100, and it was a beautiful white doll-faced with blue eyes!) but my mom is really prejudiced against cats, and since dogs and cats are often put in the same category, she thinks cats are as difficult to take care for, and wont listen to what I have to tell her!
Anyways, my parents would like NEVER let me have a rat, they like think the domisticated ones come from sewers lol:( ———– and I really dont like bunnies, so my choice now is a guinea pig.
I did some research on them and they look really cute, and their cages dont have to be cleaned out so often, and look like very loving animals.
Now, I have a few questions about guinea pigs.

1) how often do they urinate. (I’ve heard every 15-30 minutes)

2) how often do they poop, and how much more so do they poop than budgies? (I’ve heard they poop like once a minute, lol!)
Personally, I dont mind their poop. I went to the pet store and it looks just like hard pellets, but I do not want them to urinate on me!! My friend used to own a pair and he said they never made on him, and that they held it in till they got to the cage, and that they got warm before making — is this true??

3) They are not that difficult to train right? I’ve trined my parakeets, and they are like ridiculously hard to train! I got an older pair, 3 months(a con), 2 females instead of males(a con), a bonded pair(a con), and from the pet store(a con). So, even with all this I got my blue female, Bella, finger trained within 5 days. My other one is also pretty trained. So when it comes to training I’m pretty confident, cuz birds by nature are extremely shy and skittish, so Idt guinea pigs would be any more difficult, but rather easier.

4)How messy are they? I know birds are very messy, and I had to vaccum after them every day, but guinea pigs are in an enclosure, so how messy are they? Birds are more in an open space and they take the hull of their seeds and spit it out, so those little guys are pretty destructive lol! (I heard guinea pigs can kick their timothy hay).

5)Will attention be a problem? None of my brothers are in college, I’m in 8th grade, my older bros in 11th, and my younger ones are in 3rd and 7th. I’ll keep them in my bsmnt, they will get loads of attention we are like basically there the whole day.

6)What about holding them? I’ve did some research on Yahoo! Answers – and people say they cuddle it in a towel so it doesn’t make on them. Let me just clarrify this – my parents would NEVER let me use a house towel to hold them.So should I just use a toilet towel(clean, of course) to hold them? Will it stain it?

7)Do they step in their poop? Cuz birds’s poop go under the cage, but guinea pigs are on ground, so do thhey step all over their poop?!
On a high maintance level, of 1-10, what would you rate them?

9) Are they social creatures, and do they make good pets and attatch to you??

Kk, that’s it, for now..I think… please answer ALL my questions and for those of you who own also birds please answer how they compare in care to birds (what I asked).

Thank You Very Much:]

Female Parakeet That Might Lay Eggs Questions?

Dear Yahoo! Answers Members,

Hello, I have a female parakeet (Sunbeam) that is most likely going to lay eggs in about a month. She is showing a lot of the signs. We scheduled an Avian Vet examination for her in two weeks. We are eight-five percent sure she is going to lay eggs.

Anyways, whenever I try to handle her, Sunbeam tries to go back to her secluded place with Angel (male parakeet/mate) she usually flies into the wall. My dad is an extremely strong believer against wing clipping, even if it is for their own safety. He says “Let them fly around! You don’t see other things flying around like that, do you?”. I was wondering if I should handle her with the possibility of her hurting herself?

She has flew into the wall approximately six or seven times. Usually it’s to get away from me when it’s night time. The other times it’s to fly to another place, but she hits the wall. I was wondering if I should hold her or not?

Also, can she damage the eggs if she hits the wall? I know that they’ve mated a lot lately, but I was wondering if it was possible for her to break the eggs inside of her. If so, how can you tell if they are broken inside her?

Also, how can I provide the most calcium in her food/water? I’ve been reading about egg-binding, and I think it is so horrible. And I don’t want Sunbeam to become egg-bound. Can you please tell me all the ways to give her the most calcium in her diet?

I was wondering if these were the symptoms of the supposed breeding pair about to lay eggs:

Female (Sunbeam)
- larger droppings
- droopy tail (it’s not broken)
- likes to be in dark, quiet, secluded places
- puffier vent/bottom

Male (Angel)
- likes to be near or next to the female
- brings soft materials to the female in his beak
- is extremely aggressive (lately)
- overprotective of the female to the other birds, humans, and other animals

Also, if she does have eggs inside of her, how would I make a home-made nestbox? Like one with a top so you can check on the eggs/chicks. Also, what nesting material should I have to prevent splayed legs? Torn up tissue paper, Care Fresh hamster hay, or something else?
And yes, I do have homes lined up for them when they are old enough to leave. I have eight homes lined up, and they are all my friends. They know how to take care of parakeets, and they will take care of them.

Female Parakeet Questions?

Dear Yahoo! Answers Members,

Hello, I have a female parakeet (Sunbeam) that is most likely going to lay eggs in about a month. She is showing a lot of the signs. We scheduled an Avian Vet examination for her in two weeks. We are eight-five percent sure she is going to lay eggs.

Anyways, whenever I try to handle her, Sunbeam tries to go back to her secluded place with Angel (male parakeet/mate) she usually flies into the wall. My dad is an extremely strong believer against wing clipping, even if it is for their own safety. He says “Let them fly around! You don’t see other things flying around like that, do you?”. I was wondering if I should handle her with the possibility of her hurting herself?

She has flew into the wall approximately six or seven times. Usually it’s to get away from me when it’s night time. The other times it’s to fly to another place, but she hits the wall. I was wondering if I should hold her or not?

Also, can she damage the eggs if she hits the wall? I know that they’ve mated a lot lately, but I was wondering if it was possible for her to break the eggs inside of her. If so, how can you tell if they are broken inside her?

Also, how can I provide the most calcium in her food/water? I’ve been reading about egg-binding, and I think it is so horrible. And I don’t want Sunbeam to become egg-bound. Can you please tell me all the ways to give her the most calcium in her diet?

I was wondering if these were the symptoms of the supposed breeding pair about to lay eggs:

Female (Sunbeam)
- larger droppings
- droopy tail (it’s not broken)
- likes to be in dark, quiet, secluded places
- puffier vent/bottom

Male (Angel)
- likes to be near or next to the female
- brings soft materials to the female in his beak
- is extremely aggressive (lately)
- overprotective of the female to the other birds, humans, and other animals

Also, if she does have eggs inside of her, how would I make a home-made nestbox? Like one with a top so you can check on the eggs/chicks. Also, what nesting material should I have to prevent splayed legs? Torn up tissue paper, Care Fresh hamster hay, or something else?

And yes, I do have homes lined up for them when they are old enough to leave. I have eight homes lined up, and they are all my friends. They know how to take care of parakeets, and they will take care of them.

And please don’t tell me that there are millions out there that don’t have homes. I work at an animal shelter, I think I know that. And I work with the medium and small birds there. Anyways, it’s not like I’m going to be a full time breeder! I’m going to let them parent, step in when I need to, and then I will seperate them so they can’t breed again

Anyways, I wanted to breed them, but I changed my mind. She was showing signs of it before I bought the new cage. So I don’t really have a choice now, do I? And I can’t seperate them because taking care of chicks is a male-female thin. They BOTH need to parent.

Questions about training a parakeet?

My grandma just bought a parakeet and she needs to know how to put her hand in the cage without the bird biting her. I guess she wants to train it to be friendly and come out of its house and go back in without a huge disaster. She says its wings aren’t clipped. If she doesn’t get them clipped, how can she train it without it just flying away?