Health Guide
Bird Health
Puffed-up posture, feather plucking, droppings, egg binding and more.
10 articles
Why Is My Budgie Puffed Up and Sleeping So Much?
Learn when puffed feathers and extra sleep are normal in budgies and when they may signal illness requiring an avian veterinarian.
Is My Bird Vomiting or Regurgitating? How to Tell the Difference
Learn the difference between normal courtship regurgitation and potentially serious vomiting in parrots, budgies, and cockatiels.
Watery Bird Droppings: Diarrhea or Too Much Urine?
Learn why bird droppings look different from mammal stool and how to tell true diarrhea from increased urine in pet birds.
Why Is My Parrot Plucking Its Feathers?
Learn the medical, nutritional, environmental, and behavioral causes of feather destructive behavior in parrots and cockatiels.
Egg Binding in Cockatiels and Budgies: Signs of an Emergency
Learn the warning signs of egg binding in pet birds, why female birds can lay without a male, and what emergency treatment may involve.
Bird Tail Bobbing and Open-Mouth Breathing: When It Is an Emergency
Learn why pet birds bob their tails while breathing, what open-mouth breathing can mean, and when to seek emergency avian care.
My Bird Is Not Eating: Why Appetite Loss Can Become Serious Quickly
Learn why reduced food intake in budgies, cockatiels, and parrots is important, how to confirm a bird is actually eating, and what veterinary support may involve.
Why Is My Bird’s Beak or Nails Overgrown?
Learn why overgrown beaks and nails can reflect perch problems, nutrition, liver disease, or other health issues in pet birds.
Is an All-Seed Diet Bad for Budgies and Cockatiels?
Learn why seed-only diets can be nutritionally incomplete for pet birds and how diet affects feathers, liver health, and overall well-being.
Why Is My Bird Sitting on the Bottom of the Cage?
Learn why a bird staying on the cage floor can signal weakness, injury, respiratory disease, or reproductive problems and when it becomes an emergency.