Until you can get the bird to the vet, put it in a hospital cage.  This has saved many lives.  To make a hospital cage:

See also our list of emergency veterinary hospitals.

See regular vets for our list of non-emergency vets.  See also emergency care.

This is an early 

Overview

Overview

It can be hard to tell if a bird is ill. Being prey animals, rather than predators like most of our familiar pets, they hide their illness so a predator doesn't target them as easy game.

As a bird rescue organization, we are painfully aware of the huge overpopulation problem we are currently facing with the smaller birds (Cockatiels, Lovebirds, Budgies, Finches, etc.) So, we do our best to encourage would-be breeders to reconsider their decision to breed

Managing Hormones

While this article was written initially as a guide to discourage egg-laying in female birds, male birds can also experience hormonal behavior such as aggression.

We will soon have the direct PDF for this article.