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Sleep cage for ekkies

My little flock of 3 now share the ritual of bedtime in their sleep cages covered with same sheet - they like sleeping close and being able to see one another I think. Cosmo doesn’t have one yet so I...

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is this a medical issue ?

my 3 year old girl has been going through her water bowl 2x a day and leaves is with a sludge of food, i assumed she was making herself some cereal and knocking her bowl around somehow, but i just gave...

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Eclectus Roll Call!

Calling all Ekkies on Eclectus Alley! Introduce the ekkies in your life, and please post pics if possible. This is Olivander, Ollie for short. He is a rehome I took in a couple of weeks ago, and so...

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Did my ekkie pass from stress?

Hi everyone, I just have one question. My ekkie passed away almost 3 months ago now, he was only 4/5 months old. I just want to know does anybody have an idea of what could of happened to him? I...

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Getting Ekkie Interested in formula again?

My male vosmaeri is almost 11 weeks now, I've been handfeeding him since he was about 5 weeks old. Not my first handfed bird, but my first handfed ekkie. Up until week 9, he was a great eater with a...

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Parrot ingested steroid pills

My five- year old male ingested about eight methyl prednisone pills about 30 minutes ago. What do I need to do? Please help ASAP

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Anybody get a second male ekkie?

I see a lot of people with female & male pair, but anybody have two male eclectus? I'm not thinking anytime soon, but someday in the future if I'm able to take on a third bird, I wonder how my male...

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Little lunger.

Hi guys I have a behavioral question about Lunar. She's 7 months old now and she loves to come to me. she'll take herself off her perch come sit with me, at night she wants to cosy up to me and go to...

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How do your Ekkies like to bathe?

Today I adopted this handsome fella! He smells like he hasn’t had a bath in a while, and his tail feathers are a little ratty. At the rescue they get sprayed once or twice a week but no idea whether...

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Need advice - Ekkie has to wear a cone

I have just adopted a female Eclectus, somewhere in her 20's. She has a wound on her leg that has not healed because she picks at it obsessively. The vet applied an e-collar and prescribed antibiotics....

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25 Year old Vos bad molt

Hello, my parrots name is ialani, he is a 25 year old Vosmori. He is having the worst molt of his life. I’m very worried about him. We live in the mountains in Eastern WA and there are no avian vets....

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Male vs fema

Are male or female Eclectus parrots more affectionate. I know every bird is different but I am not going to be able to meet my bird until adoption so I want to know what gender I am more likely to be...

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Bathing in winter

How often should my ecliptic parent bathe in winter? My ecliptic parrot will not eat all his chop, other owner feed seeds in his chop when I was told not to do that now he is lossing weight. What...

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Avian vets

Does anyone know of an Avian vet near lumberton nc?

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Monaco monologues.

I'm going to use this space to journal about Monaco.

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Aggressive Female Eclectus Parrot

Hello, I have an a rather aggressive and territorial female eclectus parrot. She bites and runs at people when they are in 'her area' of the living room. She does still occasionally have moments when...

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Moulting vs preening vs feather plucking

I have a 3 year old male ekkie that I bought about 2 weeks ago . He likes to preen but I have no idea if he's overdoing it or not. I do find feathers at the bottom of his cage, but they are usually the...

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Chop for Eclectus

Hi everyone Looking to start making chop for Luna. Can you please let me know of any recipes that work well for Eclectus parrots. Trying to get her veggie intake up as she seems to always go for fruit....

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Showing Off Charlie!

Parrot Charlie How to Crack a Hazelnut How to Crack a Hazelnut www.youtube.com

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Basil and Mel!

Basil and Mel are being birdsat by Candi (the main lady of the bird shelter I always used to be at before I moved) while my dad is visiting his sister and helping my grandma move to South Carolina. She...

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