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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 have no clue if anyone even talks to him there....he just sits there all quiet like. Last time I went in there was some finches in the next section over, and some wild rear end crazy budgies, so at least he has someone to talk to.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  and and  at the same time. I keep hoping he will get a good home but every time I go in he is still there....sighIt 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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 A very wet floofy birb
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Sep 10, 2015 19:19
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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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Sep 10, 2015 19:44
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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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Sep 10, 2015 19:53
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Sep 10, 2015 21:43
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Tsaedje posted:
I'm pretty sure that's a mutant owlbear
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Sep 10, 2015 22:06
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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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Sep 10, 2015 22:07
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Cake.
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Sep 10, 2015 22:24
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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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Sep 10, 2015 22:26
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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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Sep 10, 2015 22:44
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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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Sep 10, 2015 22:45
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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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Sep 10, 2015 23:04
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I think it's pronounced "crackhead"
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Sep 10, 2015 23:21
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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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Sep 10, 2015 23:42
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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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Sep 10, 2015 23:49
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augh I'm so embarassed now auuuuuuuugh
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Sep 10, 2015 23:57
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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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Sep 11, 2015 00:55
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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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Sep 11, 2015 01:03
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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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Sep 11, 2015 01:09
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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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Sep 11, 2015 01:37
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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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Sep 11, 2015 03:05
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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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Sep 11, 2015 03:14
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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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Sep 11, 2015 03:17
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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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Sep 11, 2015 03:30
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Expected this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SBgIl6wkhw
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Sep 11, 2015 04:14
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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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Sep 11, 2015 04:15
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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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Sep 11, 2015 04:20
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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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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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Sep 11, 2015 11:44
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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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Sep 11, 2015 11:52
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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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Sep 11, 2015 12:00
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I will pronounce it cake until the day I die.
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Sep 11, 2015 12:02
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top left where'd you get it?
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Sep 11, 2015 13:12
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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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Sep 11, 2015 13:26
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That looks like a floorball ball.
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Sep 11, 2015 13:43
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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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Sep 11, 2015 14:27
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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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