Lisa Shea Forums Parakeets General Parakeet Chat Need Help male and female Parakeets Fighting

Well it's been 5 days and I tried putting them back together with no luck. She seemed okay at first but within a few minutes she was back to harassing him. Does anyone know if I move them to another room if maybe that would help?

Im having the exact same problem right now.Someone suggested Avi-calm to me so im going to try that and see how it works out my problem with mine is the male started plucking himself when I removed him(hes the attacker).I will let you know how the Avi-calm works.

hens will pretty much torment the guts out of the male, just because they can. it is the budgie way.! as long as no blood is being shed, no one is being picked bald, every one is eating and drinking (at whatever times they get to...) i would say all is well. if there is real injury being caused, that is a different story and some steps may have to be taken to fix the situation.

I just came home from shopping and found my male on the bottom of the cage with his head shaking and he can't stand still. He looks as though he is dizzy. His eyes kind of follow his shaking head and he falls over... Looking for a vet now but I have to pick up my kids from school in 1 hour. Any idea what this could be? The female is still in a separate cage.

She mightve broken his neck or something thats what it sounds like to me

No, he can hold his head up he just looks like he is dizzy and his head is following the room spinning... She hasn't been in the cage for days.

I hate to say this, but it could be that there was something wrong with him from the very beginning of the problems with her picking on him.
Keets will pick on another keet if they're not feeling well, or not up to par. I don't know why this is.
Good luck on this. I feel for ya. Get him to the Avian vet ASAP!

True what tweetymom stated. Animals try to hide their sickness for as long as they can. Other animals can sense that weakness too and they take advantage and beat up on them. Yous hould take the male keet to the vet.

In the wilds of nature a weak bird makes the flock weak, thats why they pick on the weak ones. He might have gotten pecked on or near his ears and messed up his balance?
You should put him in another cage with no perch so he can just sit down and not fall off anything. Can you put a heating pad under something you have him in? Cover , keep warm offer food and water and watch him closely. Try to find a vet and at least $100 dollars. I hope just removing him and watching him will be enough.
Some females just have to be alone. We one girl bird that cannot get along with any of our birds, at all, ever! She even harasses the cockatiel and conures. We keep her alone. She is tame and we can hold her and give her scritches and a hard time but she is uncivilized with her own kind.
If you do keep them separate you will be able to work with them a lot easier. It's nice to be able to train them well.
I hope your sick boy will be ok!

Thank you Tina. I see now the reason for the picking on the sick one. and it makes sense too.

I truely hope the little birdie will be ok.

The symptoms seem very clear, so you could call an Avian Vet to at least ask about it. Some of them (A Vets) are good about answering questions.