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There is an absolutely adorable greencheeked conure at the Petco near us. I see him every time I go in to get kitty things. His name is Han Solo (I would totally change his name) and he was hatched in April sometime. He always looks so sad until he sees me, then he starts meeping and playing peekaboo behind whats left of his millet ![]() I want to take him home sooo bad but I know its not a good place atm here for him here at our house. Still... seeing him perk up when he sees me and doing his happy dance makes me both ![]() ![]() ![]() It just kills me every time though, and I have to tell myself that I cannot take a birb right now, my cats would be way too much for a little birb to handle...but I still wish ![]()
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# ? Jun 11, 2024 09:45 |
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![]() A very wet floofy birb
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Dreggon posted:they flap up to the window and peck on the glass repeatedly until i go out to feed them Of course, they're still very willing to bite the hand that feeds them. And here I thought it was funny when wild cardinals perch nearby a feeder and call indignantly until humans clear out so that they can eat in peace. How pushy!
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On one hand I love going to petstores because who doesn't want to visit adorable birbs and other pets. On the other hand so often the animals aren't having all their needs met entirely and there are signs of distress. Weather the feathers are a little ratty around the edges or the cages are bare. Most of the time the animals themselves still seem happy enough but occasionally it's pretty disconcerting. I don't visit chain pet stores anymore, the big ones anyway. I badly wish there was an Omar's near me though.
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Tsaedje posted:
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Tsaedje posted:
I'm pretty sure that's a mutant owlbear
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So, uh, how is "caique" pronounced? I'm suddenly terrified I've been mispronouncing it in a rather, ah, eyebrow-raising fashion.
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Cake.
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Trebuchet King posted:So, uh, how is "caique" pronounced? I'm suddenly terrified I've been mispronouncing it in a rather, ah, eyebrow-raising fashion. I say 'cake' most bird shop people I've encountered say "cai-eek". It could easily be said the other way, but I think most people know that's a no-no haha.
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Disco Salmon posted:I want to take him home sooo bad but I know its not a good place atm here for him here at our house. Still... seeing him perk up when he sees me and doing his happy dance makes me both You've captured a complicated set of feelings in a very simple way here. Kudos. I get this every time I go to a pet store; at this point, I just order stuff off Amazon and a local distributor because I just cannot handle the mix of emotions anymore and NOT come home with a bird by impulse.
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SaNChEzZ posted:I say 'cake' most bird shop people I've encountered say "cai-eek". It could easily be said the other way, but I think most people know that's a no-no haha. According to one avian researcher, it's "cake." She is a godless Canadian barbarian who favors English English though, so take that with a grain of Eh.
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SaNChEzZ posted:I say 'cake' most bird shop people I've encountered say "cai-eek". It could easily be said the other way, but I think most people know that's a no-no haha. Yeah I've only heard it as cai-eek.
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I think it's pronounced "crackhead"
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I've said it caw-seek. Don't ask me where the 's' sound came from I couldn't tell you. Wikipedia says it is /kaːˈiːk/ which means you should stress the i: caw-Eek. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:
My local petco has a sunburst conure who is missing all his tail feathers and is very sad. It's taking my entire soul not to spend the 700 bucks on him. His name is chippy.
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augh I'm so embarassed now auuuuuuuugh
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ScienceDaily article: Mental math helps monk parakeets find their place in pecking order Summary posted:A study of aggression in monk parakeets suggests that where they stand in the pecking order is a function of the bird's carefully calibrated perceptions of the rank of their fellow-feathered friends. e: Pulled a summary with better grammar. Arriviste fucked around with this message at 00:57 on Sep 11, 2015 |
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H110Hawk posted:I've said it caw-seek. Don't ask me where the 's' sound came from I couldn't tell you. Wikipedia says it is /kaːˈiːk/ which means you should stress the i: caw-Eek. Cacique: ![]() Caique: ![]() ![]()
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Staryberry posted:Cacique: IM from Staryberry posted:I posted in the bird thread, because that seemed like the least efficient method of communicating with you
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Cakes just look like they're wearing silly little suits: orange breeches, a green jacket, and a fluffy white shirt. Some of them even have hats!
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I'm a godless frostback with exposure to French from early hatchlinghood, and I would pronounce it as "Cake." "Cai-eek" sounds like a mispronunciation by someone who has never had any exposure to the sultry yet heathen French tongue.
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I have only heard it pronounced as "cake" by birb vets and birbologists, and as "cay-eek" by people who tend to mispronounce things, so I'm going with "cake". My local bird vet has a number of colouring-in pages for kids to do and one of them is a Birthday Caique (with a birthday cake).
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mikerock posted:I'm a godless frostback with exposure to French from early hatchlinghood, and I would pronounce it as "Cake." "Cai-eek" sounds like a mispronunciation by someone who has never had any exposure to the sultry yet heathen French tongue. I have no clue on the correct way, but the two people I know with Caiques pronounce it Kai-eek. So, take that as you will... I just call them featherbutts.
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Youtube says it's kai-eeks and youtube is never wrong ![]() https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXQIJJTdViY
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Expected this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SBgIl6wkhw
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Wikipedia has it as "Ka-eek" which I would also accept as a very frenchy (ca-ique)Agent355 posted:Expected this Classic.
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So what happens when you clip a bird that's been flighted for almost four years? Ritz has been a total loving dick lately, and he needs to calm his tits. Will it only take him one attempt at flying to realize he can't?
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He'll probably freak out and won't know whats happening, if you cut 2 or 3 he can fly still and it will be less difficult on him mentally, but he won't go very far.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRRIjOkzHPM
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CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:I have only heard it pronounced as "cake" by birb vets and birbologists, and as "cay-eek" by people who tend to mispronounce things, so I'm going with "cake". My local bird vet has a number of colouring-in pages for kids to do and one of them is a Birthday Caique (with a birthday cake). Dear God, I feel stupid reading all the responses to this question. I've been reading it "khaki" this whole time. ![]() This is making me laugh, and I don't know why. Maybe because it looks like he's waiting for something, possibly the bus.
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schnickety scribe posted:Dear God, I feel stupid reading all the responses to this question. I've been reading it "khaki" this whole time. I know! I have been laughing at it ever since I took it this afternoon and I don't know why!
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Hat report: tried putting half a walnut on Mookie's head before going to work tonight. He was surprisingly amenable to the experience, if befuddled. Gonna have to go spelunking through the girls' room and steal one of their doll hats. The girls, incidentally, have spent the entire week trying to teach the bird to say "waffles", for reasons that I'm pretty sure are beyond any of us. schnickety scribe posted:This is making me laugh, and I don't know why. Maybe because it looks like he's waiting for something, possibly the bus. That's what it was, I couldn't figure out why I kept laughing at this. Suntan Boy fucked around with this message at 12:05 on Sep 11, 2015 |
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I will pronounce it cake until the day I die.
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top left where'd you get it?
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He's waiting for you to go away so he can hop onto the table, pull the buttons off the remotes, and then ring the jangly ball in triumph.
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That looks like a floorball ball.
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Suntan Boy posted:That's what it was, I couldn't figure out why I kept laughing at this.
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Does anyone have any sort of playing tree, hanging feeder, or other sort of large bird toy construction outside the cage here? If so, could you post pictures? I think I want something like that but not sure what it'd be like.
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I tried to have them, but Judah is much more interested in being on my desk so now the top is just half-covered in half-shredded cockatiel toys. I love my bird. Even when he does his so-irritating-I-wish-the-cat-grew-thumbs-and-opened-his-cage-and-ate-his-loud-rear end "eeh-EUH eeh-EUH!" scream at 7 in the morning because if my roommate's left the house IT'S TIME FOR EVERYONE TO BE UP.
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