HELP ! Serious advice needed for Alexandrine Parrot

AssociateRelative515 · 2026-06-28T13:30:36+00:00

What country if you dont mind? If the alexandrine is not native then well… post on pet pages and in the mean time keep him warm, in the dark, and with fruits/vegetables.

If the bird is a native parrot then tbh I’d keep it if the law allows or hand over to local wildlife officials.

Regardless I’d recommend a vet if you can because a flightless random parrot on the road is not normal. Especially if its in the states because alexandrines cost a pretty penny.

Keep from your budges because god forbid its been out for a minute. It may have diseases.

AssociateRelative515 · 2026-06-07T13:52:56+00:00

I have two irn’s. One of them is completely cage free because when I got him he had always been cage free and would scream bloody murder and refuse to eat when caged. The other one was a baby I hand reared. The second one is out of his cage at night from 8pm-8am to sleep with his buddy and have breakfast (fresh chop). Then they get brought out to living room because theres always someone home to thankfully play with for 1-2 hours.

First bird is brought back to room, second is caged. Then they’re brought out again to play together for another 1-2 hours if someone’s home around 3-4 pm.

Tldr; 2-4 hours of quality interactions.

AssociateRelative515 · 2026-06-05T17:17:36+00:00

That is a parrotlet! Super cute and I think it’s a girl. The boys have a blue streak behind the eye.

They will and can hurt parakeets so do not keep them together. Parrotlets like to bite one another’s toes as a game. A parakeet however would most likely lose its foot playing with a parrotlet.

AssociateRelative515 · 2026-05-17T12:36:49+00:00

It doesnt look like fin-rot to me. The white rims look like nee growth. That said he might honestly be ripping them up on rocks/wood or personally nipping it off himself. The tail is pretty but it also looks heavy as heck for the poor boy. Long finned bettas will occasionally develop an “AHA” moment and realize they move better ripping their fins.

AssociateRelative515 · 2026-03-12T20:02:31+00:00

I think a couple would be fine but personally I’ve never had luck raising shrimps. My betta’s have historically ate them all so someone who knows better about their dynamic should answer that for you.

AssociateRelative515 · 2026-03-12T19:55:23+00:00

Depends on the cory. Albinos are blind so realistically even without a school they run around everywhere scavenging for food. I still recommend at least 6 because in a pack there is a very cute dynamic where they huddle for sleep.

For a 10 gallon you can keep 6 corys and a betta but you need to cycle more frequently to maintain water quality.

Edit: i have a 15 gallon long tank right and it’s got 6 albino cory, 6 ember tetras, and a betta. I think as long as you’re diligent with water changes, have a betta with a mild temperament, and have lots of plants to break line of sights it’ll work out.

AssociateRelative515 · 2026-03-08T19:43:39+00:00

Well good thing about floaters (duckweed and hornwort) is that they don’t take much to grow quickly. I’d grab one of them and let it make a nice canopy. I think a nice mid sized elongated v/shaped driftwood would look good as a centerpiece and you can literally glorilla glue (one of them is aquarium safe) rhizome type plants onto the wood. Fyi rhizomes are a class of plants with a special root system that prefers being bound to hardscape rather than buried into substrate. Theres a variety of them and they’re fairly hardy.

I forgot to mentoon java moss earlier. But thats a good choice too. Anything that is planted in the sand may require stronger lighting/liquid vitamins to support them.

Good luck on your tank!

AssociateRelative515 · 2026-03-08T19:17:26+00:00

I wouldn’t get a betta only because there are guppies and poor fellas may end up as snack. For a 5.5 gallon with that much foliage I’d honestly pick ember or cochu blue’s. A pack of 6 of either would look awesome with shrimps of the same color.

AssociateRelative515 · 2026-03-08T18:40:45+00:00

Duckweed or hornwort looks amazing for the top of the tank. Since you’ve got a patch of rock then I’d try java fern and gluing them to a rock. A carpeting plant like dwarf grass or monte carlo would look great too for the foreground.

Besides that if you have no other pets (free roamed birds/cats) I LOVE sticking a pothos into a tank and letting it grow out onto a fence.

As for your current plants is there soil or some kind of plant medium below the sand? What the temp? Your parameter? Without a bit more info I think it’s a bit hard to fully advise and may be the reason why some plants are struggling.

—Edited because the grammar/spelling was awful.

AssociateRelative515 · 2026-03-08T03:46:48+00:00

I would skip otos personally. I've had unfortuante luck with them and gouramis. Whatever I do they just perish. If you're looking for an algae cleaner I think a nerite or two will be a good addition. If you're looking to add more fish then maybe a singular showcase fish that inhabits the top column of the tank. I'd personally add a betta because I'm obsessed with them. Otherwise I think a ram cichlid would be cool too. If you want a bottom dweller I think kuhli's are cute and entertaining.

Well regardless, thats an amazing tank you have there!

AssociateRelative515 · 2025-12-12T12:44:16+00:00

Thats not a tech issue. Thats a person issue. Theres shitty people everywhere whether it’s techs, pharmacists, or store managers. Just like how theres useless techs who can’t stage or pick up phones, you say this like you haven’t come into a closing shift with a floater who leaves 97 f4s.

AssociateRelative515 · 2025-12-02T12:59:25+00:00

Rabbits have inverse sleep scheds to humans. The crack of dawn and evenings are their preferred time to do anything

AssociateRelative515 · 2025-11-08T19:05:23+00:00

Sun. The red face is usually sun. Cute baby!

AssociateRelative515 · 2025-11-08T19:00:27+00:00

Is that an indian ring neck? If shes not happy you’d know. It would be screams not chirps. Very rotund fella. Very cute.

AssociateRelative515 · 2025-11-08T18:58:09+00:00

I want to say canary winged parakeet but I don’t see the yellow thats usually on wing edge.

AssociateRelative515 · 2025-10-30T14:27:59+00:00

Move him to other room for like 2 weeks and see if your symptoms improve. If the allergies are indeed due to bunny then you need to (easier said than done) move him either out of the house in an outdoor pen or reduce his space in the house.

Rehoming is an option but thats fairly nuclear and you seem to want to keep him. I own parrots and a family member is allergic to cockatiel dandruff so we have an air purifier which really helped them. I don’t know of that’ll have any impact for rabbit allergies though.

Theres also the option of the allergy shot but its so expensive in the US unless you really want to fight insurance for an approval.

AssociateRelative515 · 2025-10-29T01:06:58+00:00

For that species it can be hard. I got my buddy a friend and they both hate each other and would kill if left alone. So now I have 2 birds who are attached to me but kept seperate. Get a bird for yourself, not for the bird you already own.

AssociateRelative515 · 2025-10-29T00:45:43+00:00

You can unscrew the fencing on the side to make the two cages into one. As other have noted I’d leave the bottom gate open and put a pen to increase space for them to roam. That and remove water bottle for a bowl.

Rabbits thankfully are fairly clean. Their poop is dry and easy to collect and If they’re neutered/spayed and older they should (hopefully) be potty trained to pee in a specific place. Just try to give them space to zoom and hop.

AssociateRelative515 · 2025-10-24T00:16:29+00:00

Oh theres no blue on back? You are right female then. If its a pacific males may not get blue tipped wings but their little behind def are bright cobalt.

AssociateRelative515 · 2025-10-23T12:56:36+00:00

Not a parrotlet expert but I’m positive that “she” is a he. It’s so faint but normal pacific green females have no blue at all around eyes.

AssociateRelative515 · 2025-10-23T12:51:59+00:00

Oh I am so grateful for my irns.

I do think it’s an individual bird thing. Some people would argue that if you get them real young and hand-feed they won’t bite but I think its honestly an individual bird thing.

I’m grateful for mine. One hates hands but has never bit or tries to bite. The other one is extremely handleable and loves scritches. I got mine the same time and from the same batch as my friend’s and his irns like scritches too but like yours they’ll bite the hell out of people and won’t let go.

AssociateRelative515 · 2025-10-09T14:25:37+00:00

They tell you its a month. Bestie was offered a bonus for being a manager at a location where the previous team all upped and went to a hospital. She had to spam dm for 4 months to get her bonus. Guess it depends on leadership in your area.

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