pat - 2013-05-11 I have gotten two budgerigars as a gift. My question is how do you tell the difference between male and female? I have looked through all books, and you can tell by the cere, but they don't tell you if the light cere is female or male or a dark cere is a female or male? Help.
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Jasmine Brough Hinesley - 2013-05-11 The cere is the best way to tell between female and male. Males are generally blue and females are a lighter color - usually yellow or tan. Also, the color changes as they become sexually mature. How old are your birds? If they are younger than 3 months, these colorations are not an accurate way to sex these birds.
Brenda Ann Braley - 2013-05-09 i got two for mother day now i had birds in pass not parkeets now can i get them to talk or there just whisleed only can i train them talk ,,,,,
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Jeremy Roche - 2013-05-09 Yes you can teach them to talk. They will be limited, but it can be done. cover 3 sides of the cage to keep their attention when teaching. Speak slowly and clearly. Having the 2 birds will help andthey will talk to each other.
Clarice Brough - 2013-05-10 What cute little birds Brenda!... and happy mother's day! Talking or not... they're adorable and will bring you much happiness. Unfortunately budgies aren't really big talkers. Although some parakeets will occasionally learn a word or two, most won't really become talkers. Budgies can be trained to perform tricks however, and possibly whistle, but it still takes patience and persistence. Talking is something you'll find more common in the larger parrots, especially Amazon parrots and African Grey parrots (like the Double Yellow-headed Amazon of this page). Actually none of the other types of parrot hold a candle to the ability of these two types for talking, others can learn some words, but those two types are simple the best at it.. You can read more about your birds on the Budgerigar - Parakeet page. Enjoy!
Anastasia Higgins - 2005-04-11 I just recently rescued "riley" a 17 year old amazon, I think he is a double headed. I rescued riley from the veterinary clinic I work for as a grooming assistant. he was put there to board by his elderly owner who went into the hospital in feb 2005. well his owner passed away so I offered to cover his bill and bring him into my family. He was my favorite coworker :) and now my best friend. I have just recently been through the hard times of losing someone close to me also as he did, so we make a good pair. I look forward to having a life with him:) He is very talkitive, the most clearly spoken bird I have met! His favorite phrases are "I love you", "hello" (he likes to answer the phone), "guten tag"(hello in german), "happy bird", sing happy birthday, and silent night to name a couple :) he is great.
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Anonymous - 2012-12-12 Hi, I have a question for you, we have a double yellow amazon which is being told by the previous owner 18 years old, as she is not banded I dont have any age proof of that bird! I dont have any knowledge about birds and specially big ones. When we first saw her, she looked sick but the owner told that the bird is molting at the moment other wise she is very healthy, and he said she molts twice a year, is that common? she doesnt speak anything and she is sleeping most of time or eating, first I thought its a stress of transition but now since its a second day i am bit worried. Many thanks for any suggetions!
Gina Foster - 2013-02-23 i have one too it took a couuple of weeks for her to like me .now she loves me .but will attack company so i have to keep her in when someone comes over .
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weko - 2012-08-20 hello there , thanks for the information was helpful :) i have a question i have a one years old double yellow amazon ( female ) and i want her to get me babies so is it better to pair her with a male now or when she becomes 4 years old ? better to get an older male or same age or younger ? will she change and start to bite me and no listen to what i tell her ? and i am also planning to get 2 b&g macaws also i want to breed them later , will i be able to train all of these parrots together ? or non will listen to me ? or they will be jealous from each other and it will be like a motivation for them ?
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Charlie Roche - 2012-08-21 The majority of the time - if the birds are pair bonded to each other - they aren't going to be pet quality to you. There are some exceptions to this but rare. Females will mature faster than males so if you wish to breed your double yellow head, I get a male that is one or two years older. Blue Golds - I'd buy a pair - why wouldn't you just buy a proven pair. Might take a year or so for them to adjust to new enviornment but if you just wish to breed, then buy breeding pairs. For the most part - they are pets or they are breeders. Breeders are fun too though.
Charlie Roche - 2012-08-22 Now i understand. Yes, you can do that. You can purchase just weaned babies or extremely pet quality parrots. You should be able to hold them, cuddle them, pet them, pick them up etc. There shouldn't be anything that you can't do with the bird. (I am not talking about throwing him in the air but should be as affectionate as a 8 week old puppy). So you have an amazon - get another (I believe male) but don't let them be in the same cage. They can play together on their perch but don't let them sleep in the same cage. Ble/Golds again get babies - male/frmales and don't let them sleep in the same cage. Give them individual attention, and let them play individually on the perch but don't let them sleep in the same cage. About 4 - 6 years old - you will find that they WANT to sleep in the same cage and they will get ticked - then it is time to set up nest box and flight cage --- they will be somewhat friendly, they will talk to you, they willlet you pet their beak and occasionally pick them up. However, you will be the intruder as they will have pair bonded. I bought all babies and as they grew, I let them PAIR - pick their mate and pair. All knew me and would come on over to get a tongue or head pet but only some would let me pick them up and hold them.
Charlie - 2012-08-22 You are sorta not looking at it quite right. Parrots have the intelligence of a 3 - 5 year old child, however, they are sexually mature by 5 (most of them)and can certainly take care of themselves and thier offspring in the wild. You want to allow two parrots to bond and have and incubate eggs. You want to allow them to get married and have babies and then you want them to return to you as the babies they were. Not going to happen. You will allow them to bond, to court, to mate, to raise their children and then you want to take them away from each other. That is called depression for them. Maybe you can keep one of their babies as a pet. By the way, do you have any idea how much it costs and how much time it takes to have babies. Finches/lovebirds,parakeets - easy. Amazons - sometimes they will play football with the eggs, Blue Golds, them too. Some times they won't sit the eggs because there is no flock to show them that is what they are supposed to do - so have you purchased an incubator? They run minimum $2000.00. Are you prepapred to hand feed if the parents can't or won't? That will take you a few minutes and it is initially every 2 - 3 hours around the clock - skipping one time during the night to make sure they completely empty. Are you prepapred to give them the polyoma shots? Are you prepapred to provide cultures to the vet prior to shipping or selling? Do you want pets or do you want breeders. Rarely can you have both.
weko - 2012-08-21 I wish to make them my pets and later breed them as a long term investment. BTW I am also living in a flat :) I don't want to buy old macaws. I want them to treat me like a leader or a father :)
weko - 2012-08-22 So after they pair and give some eggs can I split them again to next year ? I mean after they give eggs or better keep them ? Will they become aggressive ? If I am not mistaken they give eggs only once a year right ? When ?
Charlie Roche - 2012-08-23 Much better to wait till you are in a home. In a flat, the noise is going to drive your neighbors crazy and you sure won't be making any friends. I'd check the laws of the flat before anything. I sure wouldn't try and breed in a flat. Birds, outside a flock, do not dsee other birds, incubating, feeding and caring for their young. So a bird in your home - may never breed at all. They don't know what it is - so some just don't do it. Incubate - same thing. Some seem to know HOW and others do not have a clue. So egg is something to play catch with. If that happens for a couple of clutches, you might decide to use an incubator. If you seel you babies directly to people - you probably won't need shots. However, if you sell them to stores or at conventions - do you want to take the chance that your babies will cath polyoma - probably not so you give them shots. You also need to band or microchip your babies to identify where they were hatched. Sometimes birds will feed the young and sometimes they won't. If they do not, then you feed every two hours around the clock for about 3 - 4 days, then every 3 - 4 hours for another 3 - 4 days and then about ever 5 hours around the clock. Finally you get it down to three times a day when they are around 4 weeeks and then twice a day and finally just at night - this process takes at least 8 weeks. Starting in a home with property is a much better idea cuz you probably won't get thrown out of your home but you probably will get tossed out of the flat. Birds will pair bond at any age and if a fella is sterile, he is just as sterile at 2 years old as he is at 20. Might want to think about starting with something easier than amazons and macaws. Why not lovebirds? You can learn and little noise and so cute.
weko - 2012-08-22 Polyoma shots ? How and why ? I am ready for almost everything yet my parrot is young. I think after what you said I won't buy a male now. I think I'll wait for a year or something to buy it. I guess I'll stick with one macaw and one double yellow as pets and that's it for now, but I am concerned that later I won't find a male or maybe I'll find one but then he will be sterile. I've seen some clips for double yellow head raising the babies without the need of incubator and in a flat and a normal sized cage . What's your suggestion and btw I live in a flat in 3 or 4 years I'll move to a big house
weko - 2012-08-23 I dont really like love birds , I want macaws or amazons , btw I can show u the youtube clip if u want about the amazon family
michelle - 2012-08-16 Help! I just inherited 2 yellow amazon parrots from Korean friends that are moving back to Korea. I have smaller pet birds. But have never had anything like this before. I don't know how old they are, I don't know if they are male or female. They seem a little aggressive. I have heard them speak in Spanish (we live in Guatemala) & Korean.(they were with a Korean fam). But since I brought them home 2 days now. They really have not spoken any. They seem to be eating fine.
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Charlie Roche - 2012-08-16 Just go slow and let them get used to you and you them. Check the side of their heads - not with 100% accuracy but good guess - the males head is flatter and the females is a smooth curve from eyes to top of head and neck. Talk to them and enjoy.
John Anderson - 2012-08-03 I have two amazon fledglings, they are about 4 weeks old, siblings. I have read that it's good to have a mate or another bird. Is it optimal to have siblings or better to pair them later?
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Charlie Roche - 2012-08-03 It honestly depends on what you want. If you let them pair now, and let them stay in the same cage, they will pair bond at a young age and will not be as tame as they would b if you had them separated into 2 different cages. They are brother/sister - you probably don't know the sex. Without feathers pretty good shot you can see their bare heads and the male head will appear (and actually is) flatter than the females. The males head has a distinct flatness to it and the females is a fairly smooth cruve from the eye over the top of the head and to the neck. If you have two females or two males, they aren't going to produce fertile eggs (offspring). If you like them both and wish to keep them both then I would put each one in its own cage and have individual time with each of them. You can have a cage with one of them and then a large perch and then a cage with the other one. That way they can play together at times if they want. You have a perch and canlet one out a time and work with them and train. You can spend individual time with them. An amazon has a very long life expectancy 70 years or so - they sure don't have to pair bond now. You can wait till they are 15 or 20. It depends on if you wish to breed. One amazon with you as it's mate is going to strongly bond to you. Two amazons are going to bond to each other. When they bond to each other, most times, they become difficult to handle. Do you want a pet or do you want to breed?
John Anderson - 2012-08-03 At what age should they be seperated if you want them as pets?
Charlie Roche - 2012-08-03 I would separate them as early as now. I'd give them each their own container - and their own stuffed animal. I'd want to do it before they are able to be walking around, climbing etc. They love their little stuffed animal and they can keep it. They can cuddle up to it, get warm byt it and they will actually carry it around as they are able to walk. I'd definitely separate them and gice them individual attention at 8 weeks. Let them lay on your chest and hear your heart beat. Have them watch TV with you. The more you handle them, the more social they will be.
John Anderson - 2012-08-04 good info..They are still very young and not walking around yet, pretty much just either stand there or lay down like you said, and they do like to be on my chest. Very cute. So I figure soon I will seperate them. We already feed them in seperate containers....and try to give them seperate attention...so thanks again..
Charlie Roche - 2012-08-05 I have been told the closer to Panama you get with the amazons, the mellower the personality. Panamas are easy and lovable and make a good family pet. The yellow shoulder andyellow faces - I could hold them when they were on eggs. The double yellow head is gorgeous and love to talk. They bond usually to one person and are a tad difficult on occasion. I would take mine and hold it way up in the air and say 'I am an eagle i can fly' and then I would put it upside down in my hand and say 'I am a bat I lay down'. I did this and other things starting while they were barely off formula to make sure tame, trained, used to being handled. I didn't have any problems with mine. Put words to their actions starting now 'heartbeat' for hug or 'hug', 'kiss' 'sing' they love music and TV
rhoda - 2012-07-13 Can someone help me. My bird is about 6 yrs old. Two days ago he started acting diff. He climbed to to bottom of his cage ripped up all the paper eats twice as much. If I don't give him more food he gets what he drops on the bottom of the cage. He started making the diff noise. It's like a bird purring. He has a toy of thick rope he's backing up against rubbing his feathers from his head to his tail. And yesterday I thought he was dieing. He was even laying on me like a baby. He does this for about 45 min then he's normal again. I don't know what to think
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Charlie Roche - 2012-07-13 I don't know for a fact but it sounds like breeding/nesting behavior. Parrots given any chance will shred paper, magazines, newpapers etc and that is normal. All of a sudden to eat a whole lot more (or less) is normal. Can't fill them up enough when winter is coming and they don't eat much in the summer but eating habits change thoughout the week so that is normal. Getting all goosey and cudly and 'being a baby' that is normal - even for an amazon at times. Figuring out a way to scratch his head and back - that can be normal. However, when I think about all these things together it sounds like breeding/nesting behavior. They get a little funny and will tear things up to make a nest. Their mate would usually be preening them so the back scratching. They would eat a lot more cuz they would be expecting to incubate or feed babies or mate. And of course they get all lovey dovey with their mate. If you aren't sure you have a male, you might have a female that is about to lay 1 - 3 eggs. I'd put a little bowl in the bottom of the cage and put some paper towel or carefresh in it just in case you have a female who wants to lay an egg. If she does, let her have it till she gets bored with it or about 30 days. Then just throw it out. If it is a male - he won't lay an egg and the behaviors will go back to normal in a couple of weeks. Meanwhile just enjoy the nature. I can't be positive but breeding/nesting behavior sounds like what it is. Right age too - puberty is hard on everyone.
rhoda - 2012-07-15 Thank u so much!!!' U hav helped
elena rodriguez - 2012-06-03 I have a yellow head parrot and his name is chabelo - two years old this month. He talks and sings. When do they stop learning?
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Charlie Roche - 2012-06-03 I don't think they ever stop learning. I know they learn new things based on experiences past the age of 27 years old for sure. They learn from new people, new experiences, new TV programs - just everything.
Anna Klymenko - 2012-05-31 HELP! Hi everyone! we have yellow-headed amazon (oratrix). We had it quite by chance, mom accidentally saw it in the shop dying. So we bought it and took it home. The bird had been attacked by cockatoo. It does not fly as it might have 1 wing broken or something. One eye does not see. The lower part of bill is torn and the bird has eating problems. It was about to die but my parents managed to save it at least for now. It never eats itself whatever we give to him. We think he might have some digestion problems or something with liver or kidneys. and now on it's stomach some tumor appeared. We do not know what it can be and we cannot take it to the doctor coz in our country the birds are very rare and no one knows how to treat them. what can we do with eat? maybe some treatment? what food to give?
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Charlie Roche - 2012-05-31 If you have bird formula in a pet store, I would start feeding the fella some baby formula with a spoon. Just make the formula per directions and gently dribble the formula from a spoon into the birds mouth (slowly). You can also do this with baby food but formula is preferable. Anything that is nutricious that you can put in a blender or mash up and feed with a spoon until the bottom beak is strogner. Birds bite with the bottom beak. They pick up food with the bottom beak. The top beak is just used for climbing pretty much. If the wing is broken - it just is. It will mend and I doubt without a vet there is anything you can do except just let it heal. He will be fine with just one wing - just won't fly but he won't care. I have no idea what the 'tumor' could be. I think just keeping it warm and feeding him. I hope all works out - it was a courageous and hard thing you did and hopefully all works out and you have a friend for life.
Charlie Roche - 2012-05-31 Was thinking more. Birds attack with their beak and some with their feet. The cockatoo would have attacked the amazon with its beak and against his face which is what tore the bottom beak off. Amazon eats with the bottom beak so feeding it baby bird formula or baby formula or blended human food should give him nutrition. The wing could have been broken (or sprained) when the amazon fell which most likely happened when the cockatoo attacked. Eye is from the attack and may heal on its own but if not he will be OK with one eye. The 'tumor' really shouldn't be part of the problem and look for ingrown feather, fatty tumor - just leave alone for right now. If you can get any antibiotics for the bird, that would be good.
Double Yellow-Headed Amazons are excellent talkers and frequently sing very well too!
I have gotten two budgerigars as a gift. My question is how do you tell the difference between male and female? I have looked through all books, and you can tell by the cere, but they don't tell you if the light cere is female or male or a dark cere is a female or male? Help.
The cere is the best way to tell between female and male. Males are generally blue and females are a lighter color - usually yellow or tan. Also, the color changes as they become sexually mature. How old are your birds? If they are younger than 3 months, these colorations are not an accurate way to sex these birds.
Yes you can teach them to talk. They will be limited, but it can be done. cover 3 sides of the cage to keep their attention when teaching. Speak slowly and clearly. Having the 2 birds will help andthey will talk to each other.
What cute little birds Brenda!... and happy mother's day! Talking or not... they're adorable and will bring you much happiness. Unfortunately budgies aren't really big talkers. Although some parakeets will occasionally learn a word or two, most won't really become talkers. Budgies can be trained to perform tricks however, and possibly whistle, but it still takes patience and persistence. Talking is something you'll find more common in the larger parrots, especially Amazon parrots and African Grey parrots (like the Double Yellow-headed Amazon of this page). Actually none of the other types of parrot hold a candle to the ability of these two types for talking, others can learn some words, but those two types are simple the best at it.. You can read more about your birds on the Budgerigar - Parakeet page. Enjoy!
I just recently rescued "riley" a 17 year old amazon, I think he is a double headed.
I rescued riley from the veterinary clinic I work for as a grooming assistant. he was put there to board by his elderly owner who went into the hospital in feb 2005. well his owner passed away so I offered to cover his bill and bring him into my family.
He was my favorite coworker :) and now my best friend. I have just recently been through the hard times of losing someone close to me also as he did, so we make a good pair. I look forward to having a life with him:) He is very talkitive, the most clearly spoken bird I have met! His favorite phrases are "I love you", "hello" (he likes to answer the phone), "guten tag"(hello in german), "happy bird", sing happy birthday, and silent night to name a couple :) he is great.
Hi, I have a question for you, we have a double yellow amazon which is being told by the previous owner 18 years old, as she is not banded I dont have any age proof of that bird! I dont have any knowledge about birds and specially big ones. When we first saw her, she looked sick but the owner told that the bird is molting at the moment other wise she is very healthy, and he said she molts twice a year, is that common? she doesnt speak anything and she is sleeping most of time or eating, first I thought its a stress of transition but now since its a second day i am bit worried. Many thanks for any suggetions!
i have one too it took a couuple of weeks for her to like me .now she loves me .but will attack company so i have to keep her in when someone comes over .
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hello there , thanks for the information was helpful :) i have a question i have a one years old double yellow amazon ( female ) and i want her to get me babies so is it better to pair her with a male now or when she becomes 4 years old ? better to get an older male or same age or younger ? will she change and start to bite me and no listen to what i tell her ? and i am also planning to get 2 b&g macaws also i want to breed them later , will i be able to train all of these parrots together ? or non will listen to me ? or they will be jealous from each other and it will be like a motivation for them ?
The majority of the time - if the birds are pair bonded to each other - they aren't going to be pet quality to you. There are some exceptions to this but rare. Females will mature faster than males so if you wish to breed your double yellow head, I get a male that is one or two years older. Blue Golds - I'd buy a pair - why wouldn't you just buy a proven pair. Might take a year or so for them to adjust to new enviornment but if you just wish to breed, then buy breeding pairs. For the most part - they are pets or they are breeders. Breeders are fun too though.
Now i understand. Yes, you can do that. You can purchase just weaned babies or extremely pet quality parrots. You should be able to hold them, cuddle them, pet them, pick them up etc. There shouldn't be anything that you can't do with the bird. (I am not talking about throwing him in the air but should be as affectionate as a 8 week old puppy). So you have an amazon - get another (I believe male) but don't let them be in the same cage. They can play together on their perch but don't let them sleep in the same cage. Ble/Golds again get babies - male/frmales and don't let them sleep in the same cage. Give them individual attention, and let them play individually on the perch but don't let them sleep in the same cage. About 4 - 6 years old - you will find that they WANT to sleep in the same cage and they will get ticked - then it is time to set up nest box and flight cage --- they will be somewhat friendly, they will talk to you, they willlet you pet their beak and occasionally pick them up. However, you will be the intruder as they will have pair bonded. I bought all babies and as they grew, I let them PAIR - pick their mate and pair. All knew me and would come on over to get a tongue or head pet but only some would let me pick them up and hold them.
You are sorta not looking at it quite right. Parrots have the intelligence of a 3 - 5 year old child, however, they are sexually mature by 5 (most of them)and can certainly take care of themselves and thier offspring in the wild. You want to allow two parrots to bond and have and incubate eggs. You want to allow them to get married and have babies and then you want them to return to you as the babies they were. Not going to happen. You will allow them to bond, to court, to mate, to raise their children and then you want to take them away from each other. That is called depression for them. Maybe you can keep one of their babies as a pet. By the way, do you have any idea how much it costs and how much time it takes to have babies. Finches/lovebirds,parakeets - easy. Amazons - sometimes they will play football with the eggs, Blue Golds, them too. Some times they won't sit the eggs because there is no flock to show them that is what they are supposed to do - so have you purchased an incubator? They run minimum $2000.00. Are you prepapred to hand feed if the parents can't or won't? That will take you a few minutes and it is initially every 2 - 3 hours around the clock - skipping one time during the night to make sure they completely empty. Are you prepapred to give them the polyoma shots? Are you prepapred to provide cultures to the vet prior to shipping or selling? Do you want pets or do you want breeders. Rarely can you have both.
I wish to make them my pets and later breed them as a long term investment. BTW I am also living in a flat :) I don't want to buy old macaws. I want them to treat me like a leader or a father :)
So after they pair and give some eggs can I split them again to next year ? I mean after they give eggs or better keep them ? Will they become aggressive ? If I am not mistaken they give eggs only once a year right ? When ?
Much better to wait till you are in a home. In a flat, the noise is going to drive your neighbors crazy and you sure won't be making any friends. I'd check the laws of the flat before anything. I sure wouldn't try and breed in a flat. Birds, outside a flock, do not dsee other birds, incubating, feeding and caring for their young. So a bird in your home - may never breed at all. They don't know what it is - so some just don't do it. Incubate - same thing. Some seem to know HOW and others do not have a clue. So egg is something to play catch with. If that happens for a couple of clutches, you might decide to use an incubator. If you seel you babies directly to people - you probably won't need shots. However, if you sell them to stores or at conventions - do you want to take the chance that your babies will cath polyoma - probably not so you give them shots. You also need to band or microchip your babies to identify where they were hatched. Sometimes birds will feed the young and sometimes they won't. If they do not, then you feed every two hours around the clock for about 3 - 4 days, then every 3 - 4 hours for another 3 - 4 days and then about ever 5 hours around the clock. Finally you get it down to three times a day when they are around 4 weeeks and then twice a day and finally just at night - this process takes at least 8 weeks. Starting in a home with property is a much better idea cuz you probably won't get thrown out of your home but you probably will get tossed out of the flat. Birds will pair bond at any age and if a fella is sterile, he is just as sterile at 2 years old as he is at 20. Might want to think about starting with something easier than amazons and macaws. Why not lovebirds? You can learn and little noise and so cute.
Polyoma shots ? How and why ? I am ready for almost everything yet my parrot is young. I think after what you said I won't buy a male now. I think I'll wait for a year or something to buy it. I guess I'll stick with one macaw and one double yellow as pets and that's it for now, but I am concerned that later I won't find a male or maybe I'll find one but then he will be sterile. I've seen some clips for double yellow head raising the babies without the need of incubator and in a flat and a normal sized cage . What's your suggestion and btw I live in a flat in 3 or 4 years I'll move to a big house
I dont really like love birds , I want macaws or amazons , btw I can show u the youtube clip if u want about the amazon family
Help! I just inherited 2 yellow amazon parrots from Korean friends that are moving back to Korea. I have smaller pet birds. But have never had anything like this before. I don't know how old they are, I don't know if they are male or female. They seem a little aggressive. I have heard them speak in Spanish (we live in Guatemala) & Korean.(they were with a Korean fam). But since I brought them home 2 days now. They really have not spoken any. They seem to be eating fine.
Just go slow and let them get used to you and you them. Check the side of their heads - not with 100% accuracy but good guess - the males head is flatter and the females is a smooth curve from eyes to top of head and neck. Talk to them and enjoy.
I have two amazon fledglings, they are about 4 weeks old, siblings. I have read that it's good to have a mate or another bird. Is it optimal to have siblings or better to pair them later?
It honestly depends on what you want. If you let them pair now, and let them stay in the same cage, they will pair bond at a young age and will not be as tame as they would b if you had them separated into 2 different cages. They are brother/sister - you probably don't know the sex. Without feathers pretty good shot you can see their bare heads and the male head will appear (and actually is) flatter than the females. The males head has a distinct flatness to it and the females is a fairly smooth cruve from the eye over the top of the head and to the neck. If you have two females or two males, they aren't going to produce fertile eggs (offspring). If you like them both and wish to keep them both then I would put each one in its own cage and have individual time with each of them. You can have a cage with one of them and then a large perch and then a cage with the other one. That way they can play together at times if they want. You have a perch and canlet one out a time and work with them and train. You can spend individual time with them. An amazon has a very long life expectancy 70 years or so - they sure don't have to pair bond now. You can wait till they are 15 or 20. It depends on if you wish to breed. One amazon with you as it's mate is going to strongly bond to you. Two amazons are going to bond to each other. When they bond to each other, most times, they become difficult to handle. Do you want a pet or do you want to breed?
At what age should they be seperated if you want them as pets?
I would separate them as early as now. I'd give them each their own container - and their own stuffed animal. I'd want to do it before they are able to be walking around, climbing etc. They love their little stuffed animal and they can keep it. They can cuddle up to it, get warm byt it and they will actually carry it around as they are able to walk. I'd definitely separate them and gice them individual attention at 8 weeks. Let them lay on your chest and hear your heart beat. Have them watch TV with you. The more you handle them, the more social they will be.
good info..They are still very young and not walking around yet, pretty much just either stand there or lay down like you said, and they do like to be on my chest. Very cute. So I figure soon I will seperate them. We already feed them in seperate containers....and try to give them seperate attention...so thanks again..
I have been told the closer to Panama you get with the amazons, the mellower the personality. Panamas are easy and lovable and make a good family pet. The yellow shoulder andyellow faces - I could hold them when they were on eggs. The double yellow head is gorgeous and love to talk. They bond usually to one person and are a tad difficult on occasion. I would take mine and hold it way up in the air and say 'I am an eagle i can fly' and then I would put it upside down in my hand and say 'I am a bat I lay down'. I did this and other things starting while they were barely off formula to make sure tame, trained, used to being handled. I didn't have any problems with mine. Put words to their actions starting now 'heartbeat' for hug or 'hug', 'kiss' 'sing' they love music and TV
Can someone help me. My bird is about 6 yrs old. Two days ago he started acting diff. He climbed to to bottom of his cage ripped up all the paper eats twice as much. If I don't give him more food he gets what he drops on the bottom of the cage. He started making the diff noise. It's like a bird purring. He has a toy of thick rope he's backing up against rubbing his feathers from his head to his tail. And yesterday I thought he was dieing. He was even laying on me like a baby. He does this for about 45 min then he's normal again. I don't know what to think
I don't know for a fact but it sounds like breeding/nesting behavior. Parrots given any chance will shred paper, magazines, newpapers etc and that is normal. All of a sudden to eat a whole lot more (or less) is normal. Can't fill them up enough when winter is coming and they don't eat much in the summer but eating habits change thoughout the week so that is normal. Getting all goosey and cudly and 'being a baby' that is normal - even for an amazon at times. Figuring out a way to scratch his head and back - that can be normal. However, when I think about all these things together it sounds like breeding/nesting behavior. They get a little funny and will tear things up to make a nest. Their mate would usually be preening them so the back scratching. They would eat a lot more cuz they would be expecting to incubate or feed babies or mate. And of course they get all lovey dovey with their mate. If you aren't sure you have a male, you might have a female that is about to lay 1 - 3 eggs. I'd put a little bowl in the bottom of the cage and put some paper towel or carefresh in it just in case you have a female who wants to lay an egg. If she does, let her have it till she gets bored with it or about 30 days. Then just throw it out. If it is a male - he won't lay an egg and the behaviors will go back to normal in a couple of weeks. Meanwhile just enjoy the nature. I can't be positive but breeding/nesting behavior sounds like what it is. Right age too - puberty is hard on everyone.
Thank u so much!!!' U hav helped
I have a yellow head parrot and his name is chabelo - two years old this month. He talks and sings. When do they stop learning?
I don't think they ever stop learning. I know they learn new things based on experiences past the age of 27 years old for sure. They learn from new people, new experiences, new TV programs - just everything.
HELP! Hi everyone! we have yellow-headed amazon (oratrix). We had it quite by chance, mom accidentally saw it in the shop dying. So we bought it and took it home. The bird had been attacked by cockatoo. It does not fly as it might have 1 wing broken or something. One eye does not see. The lower part of bill is torn and the bird has eating problems. It was about to die but my parents managed to save it at least for now. It never eats itself whatever we give to him. We think he might have some digestion problems or something with liver or kidneys. and now on it's stomach some tumor appeared. We do not know what it can be and we cannot take it to the doctor coz in our country the birds are very rare and no one knows how to treat them. what can we do with eat? maybe some treatment? what food to give?
If you have bird formula in a pet store, I would start feeding the fella some baby formula with a spoon. Just make the formula per directions and gently dribble the formula from a spoon into the birds mouth (slowly). You can also do this with baby food but formula is preferable. Anything that is nutricious that you can put in a blender or mash up and feed with a spoon until the bottom beak is strogner. Birds bite with the bottom beak. They pick up food with the bottom beak. The top beak is just used for climbing pretty much. If the wing is broken - it just is. It will mend and I doubt without a vet there is anything you can do except just let it heal. He will be fine with just one wing - just won't fly but he won't care. I have no idea what the 'tumor' could be. I think just keeping it warm and feeding him. I hope all works out - it was a courageous and hard thing you did and hopefully all works out and you have a friend for life.
Was thinking more. Birds attack with their beak and some with their feet. The cockatoo would have attacked the amazon with its beak and against his face which is what tore the bottom beak off. Amazon eats with the bottom beak so feeding it baby bird formula or baby formula or blended human food should give him nutrition. The wing could have been broken (or sprained) when the amazon fell which most likely happened when the cockatoo attacked. Eye is from the attack and may heal on its own but if not he will be OK with one eye. The 'tumor' really shouldn't be part of the problem and look for ingrown feather, fatty tumor - just leave alone for right now. If you can get any antibiotics for the bird, that would be good.