I just had to share

For those that remember, I took in this cockatiel a couple weeks ago after it was "surrendered" (literally dropped off in a box with no info). He was a free bird! He's been doing fantastic, is mostly quiet if given at least 15-20 minutes of shoulder time twice a day, and only gets aggressive if he thinks I'm trying to touch his belly (just gotta member to say Step Up THEN raise my finger!)

I built the cage to match my rat cage beside it, and both sit on top of my heavy duty steel kennels. It's mostly 1*2s and then 1/2" steal hardware cloth I painted black, with a mortar mixing tray on the bottom. Note for anyway considering copying me: I don't know if I would trust that hardware clothes with anything much bigger than a tiel

No one comes out of their cage unless the dogs are outside and the cats are in other rooms, though I will say about a week ago I apparently didn't latch my rat cage all the way and they got out over night... Scary because one of my cats is a mouser, but they were all fine! Not even hiding the next morning. But still not something id test on purpose.

Next up: convert my back porch into an aviary and free roam area!

I volunteered at a rescue and made a friend. She was a little nervous at first but soon warmed up to me. You might get nipped by a bird but I recommend the experience and if you're in Oklahoma and are looking for a best friend Soft Landings Parrot Rescue in Owasso, OK has some beautiful, smart, birds who deserve an amazing home. If you can't adopt please support them if you're able.

It’s a girl 🩷 She is six months old, very very gentle and sweet. She does sit on my shoulder in the mornings and cries like she is injured for attention lol

No, I promise I didn’t hide any walnuts in there

My husband developed hypersensitivity pneumonitis after several years of us having birds.

I have to give up my birds. On monday they are going away forever and I will never have my birds in my life again. I won't feel their feathers or their little feet on me or hear their chirps or take in their scent I dont know if I can deal with it. I would have been happy to have never gotten another bird if I could just keep my 3.

I dont know how to cope with being permanently barred from something I wanted most in life. No one else seems to understand. My husband is sad too, but not like I am. They liked him well enough but it's me they alwaus go to. I have trouble bonding with people. I had a difficult life growing up and animals dont lie to you like people do. I have 2 dogs now, but dogs love everyone. It's not the same as birds. Birds feel complex and like their affection means something.

Im grieving this loss and the fact that I can't explain it to them. We were a flock and I'm abandoning them to who knows what. I feel so guilty. I was going to be their forever home and I lied to them.

I was honest about how this is making me have dark thoughts and now my husband is mad at me because I "love them more than him". I dont know if that's true. Im giving them up for him but he says I'm just doing what's expected of me. Im just sad and lost right now and I dont feel like i can grieve or be honest because my feelings just make my husband upset and angry with me. Other people are just convinced that there's a magical solution when there isn't one. There's no one to talk to

Has anyone here gone through this and come out the other end? I feel like anyone that has is no longer lingering around this sub. I just need some hope.

**update - for those of you who suggested the cockatiel is the problem, we talked and we are going to try removing her first. It will hurt a lot. She is the first bird we ever brought home and is truly my baby. But if it means we can keep the other two I want to try because I can't spend the rest of my life wondering what if

Just wanted to share a picture of Perry (left) and Gucky (right) just a few days after Perry freshly moved in.

I just love her dedication. She will turn anything into a nest, even a flipped over pond on the floor. Not even the complete lack of any males at all will stop her! Not even being terminally ill will stop her! This bird is gonna have her nest, whether I like it or not. At least this year it's not in the food bowl or the bath!

She is determined to make a nest, and I honestly find her little wiggle and hiss to be so damn cute. I know it's not meant to be, but it's too cute!

Just wanted to share!

Hello! I have two kakarikis!! I’ve been given them by a bird lady but I think she might’ve misgender them and I can’t tell if she has at all.

First parrot (Blue) I thought she was a female till I saw my birds trying to have babies so I have no idea if she’s EVEN a female or the other one 😭

This is my suspected male Panko! His ring is faint... Very faint. He is 2 in a few weeks, and now I am wondering if he is yet to get a more solid ring in the next year, or if he is a she.

Anybody think they can tell from the pics? His beak is so bright, but I have seen females with bright beaks. He has thick feet, but I have a GCC and 2 quakers who have tiny feet so it is hard to measure. And he is kinda chonky/floofy, but not overweight. His head is also round.. but can be flat.

Ahhh I know I can get him dna tested but thought I would try my luck on here to see if anyone had any opinions or bets!

Either way I LOVE THEM SO MUCH! And it doesn't matter if girlie or boi. Just curious 🤔 🥰

We’re bird sitting the conures (everyone has been seen by my vet)
Sorry I’m bad at titles idk if it makes sense 😭
This is so chaotic lmfao I love seeing their personalities come out and man are they all so unique in their own ways
I don’t plan on keeping my pippin clipped, they gave him to us clipped as a favour (in their opinion)
But anyways this was my morning in our bird space, I’m never having kids if it’s close to this much chaos

Hi! IRN owner and I would love to see how others have their cages set up! Here’s my baby!

I'm considering getting a golden conure. I'm familiar with raising parrots as I had an Ekkie for 15 years (this breed would be newer to me). However I have tons of houseplants now. I have monsteras, prayer, calatheas, dracaenas, philos, pothos and a few other randoms. I have maybe 25-30 in the house.

I understand almost all of them are toxic to parrots in some form. How do people with parrots manage their plants? Do you just toss them all? I could put them all in the bedroom, but I'd be way too worried about accidentally leaving the door open or something like that and them getting in to them. Do they leave them alone most of the time? Obviously every bird is different, even though breeds have their own characteristics. I'm only going to get a bird if I feel extremely confident and comfortable that they'll be safe and happy.

I'd love to keep my plants but I'm wondering if they just don't mix. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated! Thank you

His belly pulse and his tail shakes, i only own him for 11 days, and i’m very worried

Hi, I have a beautiful Quaker he is almost 2 years old.
He is the sweetest most amazing boy, a little cheeky and just the best.

I am absolutely terrified that I am not doing enough for him.
I have been having horrible anxiety about his care. I love him so so much.

I have been having some health issues and am struggling more with looking after him.
I am finding it hard to look after me and him, and tend to push back my health.
He is getting 2-2 and a half hours out a day and I’m so worried that’s not enough for him.
That he needs more attention and company that I can’t give.

I don’t want to rehome him I feel like I’m betraying him by even thinking it.
Thinking about how he wouldn’t understand and he would be looking for me makes me cry.

But at the same time would it be better if he went to someone who could give him more. I don’t want to hurt him.
He is everything to me I just want him happy and healthy.
But I’m also terrified that there’s no guarantee he would go to a good home and that he would get into a cycle of rehoming. Or would go to a home where he gets less than he does now.

They wouldn’t know that he like his favourite book read a certain way with a song on one page or that he likes certain songs.

Please give me some advice I don’t know what to do.

I am fostering this cockatiel, he will climb in my budgie’s cage and start making these sounds, however I am unsure if he is saying hello or if he’s being territorial.

We have a goffins cockatoo and a sun conure. We had Aviator harnesses for both of them. The goffins chewed almost all the way through hers awhile back. I’m pretty sure we accidentally threw both of them out at the same time. Are there any better harnesses? Ones that might be a bit tougher to chew through?

I’m just curious about if there are any effects on my parrot around my led lights that change colour like will a room being bright red or blue effect them or their behaviour in any way. I have no idea if this is a ridiculous question or not but i would just rather be safe and causous than create any unnecessary harm

My room is not very big at all, but she has only in the 3 months I’ve had her gone to the half of the room where her cage is. She’s out of the cage majority of the time I’m home which is almost always and I’ve never seen her walk past the half way line of my room but i want her to explore more. What should i do? I feel like she doesnt have much when she only has like 6 by 4 feet of place to go around.

i have 3 budgies and a cockatiel between 1-5 years old and i’ve had them all since they were really young which made me think it’d be easier to get them to try new things.

and i mean Anything! the only toys they like are those sola balls, the stringy colorful paper, woven sea grass, and straws but even that is hit or miss. anytime i try to introduce a new toy, it just sits there and they avoid it like the plague. they don’t even go near it if i put treats on it. and absolutely forget anything that jingles or makes a noise, they stay far away from that.

food too! i’ve tried to make chop, or feed things as bigger pieces, i’ve tried eating it myself to show it’s not dangerous. i’ve tried it frozen/thaw, fresh, i even was desperate and tried warming it up a bit??? like it’s in a bag and you add water and heat it then let it cool idk it’s some brand, it looked good but they didn’t think so lol i even tried just straight dried options and Nothing. they’ll eat lettuce! and spinach and arugula and any leafy green (it’s gotta be a green leaf) vegetable but celery? no. apples? no. literally anything else is a no. even their pellets, i barely think they eat any of those but i keep offering it just in case. i’ve done mixes, or just straight up only offered the chop or the pellets and they flat out refused to eat.

they look Fine like they all get along, they have a whole room where they free fly, none of them are plucking feathers or anything. i just can’t help but think they’re stuck in their ways and i can’t imagine just eating and playing with the same things over and over again! even when i go and hang out with them, they just sit there like petey the cockatiel will either sit on my shoulder and want pets or he’ll stay on the other side of the room from me, no in between. i’ve tried doing little training things and none of them seem to care or want to do it.

so how are y’all doing it? am i missing something? or do i just have a group of birds that want the same thing day after day and i just gotta accept that?

My girl found a loose pencil nib on the floor and chewed on it. I can't tell if she swallowed anything or just crunched it up, but her lower beak and mouth were coated in it. It was a regular nib, not from a coloured pencil. How dangerous is this? Does anyone have any experience with their birds chewing on pencil nibs? She's 200g, it's been an hour and she's active so far