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clipping toe nails and trust!?

Posted on January 30, 2012 by admin| 3 Comments

okey i have two questions here one is Im traying to get my budgies to trust me but their toe nails are so long i need to clip them, but i dont whant to ruin what i have done so far with them they are already eating in my hand and perching on o stick so they will hate me after cliping toe nails?

second question is it easy to clip them do i need a second person to do it? ore best take him to the vet and pay 20 box for each bird? can i clip them with a baby cliper? i guess more than to questions ahh !! thank you!

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How can I make my first bird trust me?

Posted on January 21, 2012 by admin| 6 Comments

I have just received my first bird as a pet. I don’t know much about birds and what I’d like to know is, how can I tame my bird from biting and how can I build a trust between us? I would like it to trust me enough to perch on and off my hand when I tell it to. Your input is important.

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Should cockatiels sleep with one foot up and hold things in there claws?

Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin| 5 Comments

I have had my cockatiel for a few months and he is finally get hand trained. But now that I am spending more time with him I realize that he will not pick up food in his claw. Also when he slepps he is on his perch near the end of his cage and he sleeps with one claw rapped around the side of his cage not tucked up. I know other birds sleep with a leg tucked up and use there claws to hold things, like a cracker. So I was just wondering if any one elses cockatiel uses there claws to eat and if they sleep with one leg up?

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Parakeet Help!?

Posted on December 30, 2011 by admin| 5 Comments

I just got a parakeet yesterday and I was wondering how to teach him to perch on my finger when he’s ready. My brother-in-law stuck his hand in his cage earlier today and pet him on his back. Earlier today, I also tried, but whenever you stick your hand in his cage, he scoots away. How do I get him to not be scared? This is my first bird. Also, how do you tell the sex of the bird?

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Pet bluegill disease??

Posted on December 22, 2011 by admin| 2 Comments

We have a pet blue gill or croppie (sp?). It is several months old and about as big as my hand now. It has developed some kind of whiteish fuzzy stuff along it’s dorsal fin. Any clue what it is and how to treat it?

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I just bought a parakeet and he hasnt moved from the perch we put him on. is he scared or what?

Posted on December 21, 2011 by admin| 6 Comments

I have taken him out of the cage and will let him walk around. I also have hand fed him. but when he gets back in the cage he goes up to the highest perch and sits there ALL DAY LONG, his water and food is at the bottom and im scared he may not be eating or drinking, this is my first parakeet well my fist bird so im confused…any ideas anyone?

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my bird escaped and im worried!?

Posted on December 18, 2011 by admin| 5 Comments

i had found a injured pigeon a few months back and i looked after it and i kept it in a cage and to day i took it out to pet it after about 3 months of it being with me it escaped out off my hand and flew away and perched on a nearby tree so i quickly grabbed my net to catch it and it escaped to a building roof.it stood on that building roof for about 3 to 4 hours and flew away so i urgently want to know will that pigeon come back to its cage ( i left it cage door open and when i rescued him he looked like a already domesticated pigeon ) please help me and also i dont know if his a homing pigeons becasue i found him injured also if it flys away will crows or any other birds try to kill it

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