Posts by Akane

Could just be some neglect through ignorance.  Has he been dewormed and do you know his exact age?  It's pretty easy for some people to go from raising this cute little baby livestock to spending 2mins throwing it hay once a...

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You can tell their gender from the time they fully feather.  Some can tell the gender before that.  Hens can have light blue ceres and some mutations never change from their baby color so it isn't so simple as blue=male. ...

If it's not healing then your floor is no good.  Something is continuing to cause irritation.

Lots of tame parakeets talk.  Most people just don't take the time to tame them enough for them to learn how to talk and few parakeets are handfed unlike big parrots making them much harder to tame.  Petstore parakeets usually...

Once they have feathers and are hopping/partially flying many birds are suppose to be on the ground.  They spend some time learning to fly while the parents feed them on the ground.  Some of the definitions for the word...

The color of the cere does prove gender in all mutations.  There are just differences between the mutations.  Also a hen does not have to have a brown cere.  They usually have one when in breeding condition but the cere...

I'm sure just like with dogs it comes down to what you can handle.  All the dog breeds I like would not be good in the hands of a new pet owner or in most cases even a well meaning new dog owner.  If you know how to handle them...

They are all pretty close.  Max weight is Champagne 12lbsRhinelander 10lbssilver marten 9 1/2lbsRhinelander's are classified a full arch but are slightly unique in their body type.  You will probably need to spend plenty of...

Flemish are probably the most laid back on average on that list.  They take a little extra cage building and attention due to their size though.  Champagnes are about average.  The person I got mine from switched to them...