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sumeet - 2011-03-08
Hi I have Plum-headed Parakeet for sale please contact me at sumeet_kpoor8@yahoo.com.

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RAM NAIR - 2011-05-09
PLEASE LET ME KNOW MORE ABOUT THE PLUM HEADED ,AND PRISE?
priya - 2011-05-11
Hello. I am interested to purchase the plum headed parakeet. Can you please give me the details of the rate and place and also age of the birds.
Jaie Karve - 2012-12-03
Hi Sumeet, i am interested in buying a male plum headed parakeet who is hand fed and tame, please let me know the price..

Danny Bryan - 2012-06-18
How do I stop my male Citron-crested Cockatoo from being agressive and screaming for hours. I recently got him from my parents he is used to me but bites any chance he can get.

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Charlie Roche - 2012-06-18
Doesn't sound fun. Cockatoos, by their nature, are extremely loving and affectionate parrots. Yours has been moved and relocated and the people he was attached to are gone. Big adjustment. Think of trying to babysit a two year old. Give him some time but talk to him, leave the TV on, let him see you and most important try and get him away from his cage and on a separate perch. Perch on wheels that has toys and food dishes would be great cuz then you can move him by you as you are different places in the home. Go slow with him and let him get acccostumed to you and your home. Then I would just wait till he came to you - sorta like a pupppy does. Was he affectionate and loving with your parents? If he was then he will come around with you. Toys - even sawed up 2 X 4 pine non treated will help give him something to do besides sceam. If he wasn't loving around your parents - you might need books on training.
Charlie Roche - 2012-06-21
If I get all of this, you have a male and female Citron? If so, the male is going to be very loud if you approach the cage and yes, he will bite. He is protecting the female. The female will also become very loud and extremely agressive during breeding season. I don't know that they will return to their loving/ pet natures with humans once theyhave decided breeding season is over - or they have laid eggs. Some do and some don't. I'd put up a nest box. They will need to learn mating and breeding behavior (as will you) and the first couple of clutches may not result in babies, but they will catch on.
Danny Bryan - 2012-06-21
He was not to friendly with my parents in the last few days. He's been getting alot better but the female is getting louder and louder
Richard - 2012-12-03
Do NOT give your bird any milk, that is NOT good for them. Neither is caffeine, which can kill your bird. No chocolate You can give your bird apples, but NOT the seeds - that can kill the bird.

Kerrie Whiteley - 2012-12-02
My blue quaker is sitting on the bottom of her cage, not all the time just a little each day. She seems to go on her perch when she is covered up. why is this?

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Charlie Roche - 2012-12-02
Could there be anything blowing on her such as a fan or vent? Even open window?
Anonymous - 2012-12-02
No fan but my temp in the house is on 70
Charlie Roche - 2012-12-02
Second though and next question then. Is the perch you are using for the quaker a perfectly round doll rod? They come in just about every bird cage. However, birds can't stand on them very well and their feet get cramped. When the doll rod is small (and a quaker isn't a big parrot) the bird will frequently not stand on it because it hurts their feet. If this is the case - then get a limb from a fruit tree or purchase a screw in perch rouch wood with various dimensions for your little guy.
Kerrie Whiteley - 2012-12-02
Yes, it is the ones that came with the cage, thanks for letting me know. I will go grab one from outside till I can get to the store

ahmad - 2012-11-29
I have one pair of lutino lovebirds. they had 5 eggs after completion of incubation period when I broke the eggs chicks are died in the eggs. What is the problem.

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Charlie Roche - 2012-11-29
Incubation is from 23 - 26 days after the last egg is laid. The mom does not normally start truly incubating until the last egg is laid. So from the time the first egg is laid then can be as long as 30 -32 days (to play it safe). If you waited that long and opened the eggs and all had died my guess would be humidity. There is the yolk and the white part of the egg. The yok turns into the chick and the white is the chicks food. The chick absorbing the white part of the egg is called drawdown and the white part gradually draws down no longer filling the entire egg. This leaves an opening at the top or narrower end of the egg for oxygen when the chick starts pipping the egg. If drawdown occurs too fast because of a lack of humidity, the chick will suffacate as the white part will sorta just stick to him in the egg and he won't be able to break through it. You can try placing a bowl of water in the bottom of the cage so mom can bathe and bring humidity into the nest. You can actually spritz water on the inside of the nest box (warm). There are several good articles and recommended books on Susan Clubbs website for Hurricane Aviaries as other causes are disease or possibly parasites. There are numerous causes but usually humidity. Seems strange to me that all 5 had died in shell though. I am sorry and i know sad. The website for Hurricane Aviaries is http://susanclubb.com/aviaries.html
ahmad - 2012-11-30
What is it solution?
Charlie Roche - 2012-11-30
You can try adding a bowl of water in the cage and hopefully it is just humidity and the female will bathe in the water and carry the water into the nest. Or you can spritz the nest box with warm water. If there is a vet there, you can show him the eggs. You can read the various articles on incubation on Hurricane Aviaries site or you can purchase Rick Jordons book on incubation. I don't know of anything else. Best thing is to try and identify the problem. On a lighter note - it may not happen again. Maybe it was just so hot and dry that the chicks smothered without the humidity and may not happen again. It is strange though.
ahmad - 2012-12-01
Can i use symodek (water soluble powder)
Charlie Roche - 2012-12-01
I have no idea what symodek is. I have nver heard of it and when I tried to look it up - there was no such word on the internet. Maybe a brand name but i have no idea what it is. Isn't there a vet by you? Read up on the problem before you do anything. Many breeders iartifically incubate eggs using an incubator - I don't know if that is something you are interested in. Rick Jordons book on Incubation also covers that.

Pervez Ali - 2012-11-30
What should do when bird are sick?

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Charlie Roche - 2012-12-01
Take them to a vet.... not trying to be funny but unless you know what is wrong and have the ability and knowledge and medications to treat them - that is really all you can do.

Tammy - 2012-11-30
My blue peach-faced lovebird is about 5 months old. The head and neck were all grey & green with a green, aqua & blue body until just this week when the head above the beak is beginning to turn peach. Does this indicate gender at all or is it still just a guess without DNA testing? I've heard different things about what the peach might indicate at this point but some say boy and some say girl.

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Tammy - 2012-11-30
Thanks, Charlie. That's what I thought after doing some reading, but I wanted to check with people who knew more about this. I appreciate your reply!
Charlie Roche - 2012-11-30
There is no way to determine a male versus a female without DNA sexing but chances are that your little one is just coming into his adult plumage and adult coloring.

Europa - 2012-11-30
Regarding Lizard CANARY: We have Lizard-Gloster Canaries, and just like our pet Quail, Roosters/Hens, Diamond Dove (and of course other birds and animals)... they will and do play with toys. Our Canaries like Bird toys and Bells. Our Quail interacts with our children and doll houses, Playmobile people, and loves ringing hanging bells. So, I just like to bring up point, sometimes, even though Textbooks and Experts claim many animals have no need for Play (especially past youth), when given a chance... animals interact with other breeds and find trivial items useful as toys for self entertaining. Animals often mimic behavior seen in other animals or people, and then adapt the activity into their daily life. A world renown example are the Monkeys (seen in Asia) which relax and quietly socialize in natural hot-springs. Thank you.

dibya - 2011-07-27
I had a pair of black masked love birds, living together for 2 months,but they are too scared of anyone, and they are kept in the living room, so there is always someone there for them to get used to us. Even when I change their food, they get sooooo frightened. They dont eat anything except grass seeds. Is there something wrong?

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Charlie Roche - 2011-07-28
I believe they just were never handled and all they had to eat was the seed. Try and feed them with your hand - any kind of treat. They should like little pieces of millet, maybe apple - you can just cut up a long string of millet and give them an inch piece. Try and get them used to your hands. Think if you were that size and a hand the entire size of your body was coming at you - would you be scared? So go slow. Try and coaz them out of the cage a little (where they won't be trpped fleeing from the hand) and continue to introduce new foods, pieces of treat etc with your hand. There isn't anything WRONG they were just never handled. It will take awhile but they should come around to loving humans too. Go slow.
Anonymous - 2011-07-29
Thank you charlie for your suggestion...............
Anonymous - 2011-07-29
Would I consult you when ever i got problem with my birds???????????
Charlie Roche - 2011-07-29
I had lots of birds and bred for many years but I am not a vet. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like there really are many avian vets outside of breeding territories in Fl and CA. There are a whole lot of sanctuaries and small breeders that are usually pretty local that have ideas. I'll help if I can but best to know and learn. Now I think this works. There is a little picture of one of my birds with my name Charlie. That takes you to a facebook account and about 200 people that are parrot crazy (like me). There are vets, breeders and parrot lovers. Join, click to be a friend and there about 200 people to ask questions. Most are sanctuaries, breeders and/or vets and from all over the world. Just started it for Animal World. OK????
hava - 2012-01-28
I rescued a black masked couple (one year old) they were in a very very smal cage without nothing inside, and very afraid of people. They are with me now already 3 months. There is a big progress, they now have 5 babies (20 days old) and the male steped twice in my arms! I spend every day 15 minuts with them, start with slices of apple, i offered them with my hand, throug the bars of the cage, and sunflour seads. Little by little they got to know me and are much more relaxed with me. The day they arrived I cliped their wings and it help alot,so they woundt fly when i was closed by, now they are full flight, but not scared when i get close to them. One thing also, at the bigining, i took their food plate out from the cage, and after few hours, i would come to the cage with seads, offer to them with my hands, they were hungry so they had to try to eat from my fingers. Good luck and much patiente!
Donna Wilson - 2012-11-16
I am very proud of you doing that, I am going to be getting a black mask baby in about 2 months, but I have 5 other lovebirds and some are afraid of me and after reading your post I have hope to gain the trust of them some day.

Deborah Pearson - 2012-10-14
As you can see by my name, I am the owner of the pictured bird. That picture was one of the first I took after acquiring him. He was a rescue and totally unhandlable when I brought him home and named him BIRDIE. It took over a month of sitting in the same room and reading and spending time to finally get him out of the cage- another couple weeks of getting on the stick, then a couple weeks of walking around the house with him on the stick to move him to his day cage in the computer room. I had never had a macaw before and must say if Birdie is a 'usual' Ruby I highly recommend them. He is an only bird and does not and never has been a screamed. His day cage is in front of a sliding glass door and he will let out a startled squawk if a hawk swoops by and when home alone a few squawks at sunset but not the continual ear bleeding screams some macaws subject their owners to. His being a nonscreamer may be due to his being an only bird which means no other bird to scream to and we do not share our time with another bird. Whenever we are home his cage door is open and when he wants company will slide down the side of the cage and cruise over to climb up my leg to spend time. He has picked up quite a vocabulary as well as what we call bird 'Morse code' tapping. In the subsequent years since that picture was taken, he has transformed from an unhandlable pile of feathers to a friendly, easy to work with, wonderful pet both of us can handle. Just be prepared as there are a lot of people who fervently dislike cross-breeding any birds. While such an attitude is understandable as macaws are no longer imported so the pure breeding stock is limited, once the deed is done, giving the off-spring a good home is all that counts, and my Ruby has been a delight.

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Clarice Brough - 2012-10-14
Thanks so much for sharing your story. Your bird is truly awesome. I love the picture and its great to have you share your experience and history with this beautiful creature. How awesome, you've got a great bird!

And thanks again Deborah, for sharing that picture. That was way back in 2004, and at that time you told us it was the first photo you took of him. You did a great job and Birdie's picture was the only example we had for several years. It has really helped to have Birdie's portrait for people to see what the Ruby Macaw looks like. So many, many thanks!

LORA - 2012-11-06
HELP! I RESCUED A severe macaw 2 days ago. He's 10. I'm in complete and total love but I would like to find out a few things to be able to take good care of him. His previous owner died. He was in a dark pet store in a dirty cage. He has 2 broken feathers on each wing. Does any one know what I can do to help his feathers?

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Charlie Roche - 2012-11-06
Congratulations and if you love him - I am sure he loves you. Then you just have to understand each others language and you will learn to obey him and all will be well. Joking but they seem to have a way about them that will tell you what it is that they want and like. The two feathers. If it is just the ends - I would just take a pair of scissors and while you pull his wing out saying pretty - cut the tip off where it is broken. I would just remove the scraggly end so it doesn't prickle or itch him. Then start bathing him with an aloe bird bath - spritz him down cuz fathers might be dry. He might even like a shower -

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