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Pretty used to do that stretching of the neck and yawning, personally it sounds normal. The squawking with flapping of the wings or not is usually attention seeking the more you let them out to exercise you will find your bird is quieter. Do you let him out often throughout the day or week? If you hear respiratory distress then like Cathy said call an avian vet immediately.

Hope all is okay.

Welcome :thumbs_up:

I didn't mean kill it relocate it.

Oh Splat, I just saw this I am crying for you, my gosh what a horrible experience, my thoughts are with you, rest in piece Buff what a brave little girl you are. HUGS. Sidenote: this is a common thing I assume where you live (we don't have this by where we live) can you call wildlife to trap it?

I don't know the answer for this but I am going to move to the breeding help section. If you can post a picture of the baby it would be helpful too.

Vit A deficiency is one reason why a bird can get resp issues, I believe another one which is why I believe Pretty died is inconstant tempature in their enviroment and being too cold along with drafts. Pretty passed away suddenly from a respiratory infection and Merlin was just fine. I have learned to keep the room he is in at a constant 75 degrees F and no cooler.

You have been given good advice but I also believe you need to take your bird to an avian vet things like this if there is something that can be treated can not be treated over the internet or diagnosed as we are not vets here so the best thing you can do is take him to an avian vet for treatment.

so very nice to met you and your partner :rofl:

It states at the top of this forum that we don't support any other pets but budgies in the health, questions area but we do like pics :rofl:. Do a google I bet you will find the answer.

They are all so lovely :rofl:

Per the forum rules, Questions regarding health and support etc. of other animals besides budgies will be removed. However, feel free to post about your other pets with images etc. If you do a search on google with quail care I know you will find good information on this topic. Thanks for understanding .

Can you say CUTE CUTE and FUNNY Expression lol...this adorable picture taken by alpaca-boy got the most votes for Feb 2010 Budgie of the Month Picture!! Congrats.

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This is very common behavior in an older budgie to a younger budgie or a younger tiel, personally thought it is cute the budgie can get hurt when if the tiel gets quicker. I would only keep them together supervised. This is exactly what Pretty did to Merlin (a budgie) when I first got him, could be a sexual thing or a dominance thing.

That is how my boys were too, it is so cute and awesome to watch.

So very sad to hear this, do post an RIP in the Budgie Loss section when you are ready.

What a switch but I bet the hair alone is wonderful NOT to have lol, I can tell the difference between Cabela and Sonny (the GSD), love the GSD breed so so so smart and willing to please in a heartbeat, Sonny leaves everything alone but Brandy my shep mix used to eat out the crotches (ewwwwww) So what is the difference between the Whippet to the GSD? In personality and such.

Can you please post a picture, a cere in a male budgie changing like this is nor normal.

males are excellent at learning how to repeat song from different sources and that is how they learn to talk too.

water can change the color from looking darker or bring out the downy feathers more to make it lighter it is very common ).No different then when you wet your hair it can change to a darker color and then blow dry it gets lighter.

That is awesome, make sure you do strict quaratine too , congrats.

They are beuatiful, one looks like a possible full bodied grey wing (but that could be the flash making the markings ligher on the bird on the left?)

Plum eyes are a trait of recessive pieds, cinnamons can have them within their first couple days of being hatched.