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Sep 28, 2015 16:37
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A Saucy Bratwurst posted:Cockatiels sound like they are stuck at 6 months old, except with wings
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Sep 28, 2015 16:41
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So I started reading this book on clicker-training and training the budgies. So far, Hubris and Gnosis will both bite the target stick and Hubris occasionally will stretch his neck to bite the target stick if it's far away, but that's it. They tend to lose interest very quickly--sometimes Hubris will just stare at the target stick in front of him and poof his forehead up at it, deflate it and poof it up again. Gnosis will just side-eye it and do nothing. But other than that, it's going well! And reading the book is good practise for my German. 
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Sep 28, 2015 16:42
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BTW, Literally A Bird how is Ama doing?Tendai posted:CONGRATULATIONS STEVE He's asleep now but I'll show him later, surely he'll appreciate it. anotherblownsave posted:So it's gonna take a little extra work to get Finn hand trained, but it's gonna be so worth it. He's the cuddliest cockateil People talk a lot about cuddly conures, but tame cockatiels are honestly just as good-they just hate being held or petted anywhere below the neck (not that you should because of hormonal reasons but even feet they tend to hate being touched). Once he's hand trained you'll be constantly in demand for scritches and he'll be forever smushing his face against you for attention. Tendai posted:I've tried both. Then I get frustrated. Then I remember that we're talking about a creature who last night spent 30 minutes bent double with his head in his water dish, yelling, apparently because he just liked the accoustics. Steve is 7 or 8 years old now, it's never to late to start! (why does he never do hilarious stuff like yelling in his water dish)
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Sep 28, 2015 16:42
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Yeah give us an Ama update. Amadate.Battle Pigeon posted:People talk a lot about cuddly conures, but tame cockatiels are honestly just as good-they just hate being held or petted anywhere below the neck (not that you should because of hormonal reasons but even feet they tend to hate being touched). Once he's hand trained you'll be constantly in demand for scritches and he'll be forever smushing his face against you for attention. They might not be the smartest parrots but goddammit they're doing their best.I really wish my phone had been at hand when he was doing that because holy poo poo I was laughing so hard. He'd whack his beak against the side a few times then just start whistling and yelling and chattering at himself so it echoed. At least I assume that's why, who the hell knows with them.
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Sep 28, 2015 16:46
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Daisy yells at her food dish a lot, I can't figure it out either. Perhaps she thinks the food should come to her
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Sep 28, 2015 17:16
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anotherblownsave posted:Perhaps she thinks the food should come to her
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Sep 28, 2015 17:18
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painted bird posted:So I started reading this book on clicker-training and training the budgies. So far, Hubris and Gnosis will both bite the target stick and Hubris occasionally will stretch his neck to bite the target stick if it's far away, but that's it. They tend to lose interest very quickly--sometimes Hubris will just stare at the target stick in front of him and poof his forehead up at it, deflate it and poof it up again. Gnosis will just side-eye it and do nothing. I love the image of the head poofing. Adorable! I've been clicker training Kiwi and it's going well so far. Once I found the magic treat that worked (she does not care about millet, apples are the best!) and now I just have to move calm eating of apple from my fingers to being ok with me holding her. I think cause I see her everyday it feels like I'm not making any progress, but my dad claims she is far better than she was a month ago. learnincurve posted:Awwwwwwlook at the pretty birdie! I might do this! I think Sammy might just be a weird bird, but I also think it's his sleepy place cause it gets the least light. He's always swirling away upside down whenever I take off his cover in the morning, it's just the original sleeping times he wants to tuck up in the corner where the black plastic bottom is. I'm debating a bigger cage for him, his tail feathers are getting all scruffy. Not quire sure what to do with the old one. CROWS EVERYWHERE, you are giving me serious lovebird want. Toast is the most adorable little thing with the softest looking face! Actually, all the bird pictures are lovely. Cockatoos and cockatiels oh my! And Judah stories
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Sep 28, 2015 18:04
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CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:
Your new little Toast is too cute  Congratulations!!!!
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Sep 28, 2015 18:17
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Battle Pigeon posted:Mr Pending actually used the foraging ball! Why is Steve Mr. Pending?
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Sep 28, 2015 18:31
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Sep 28, 2015 18:42
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Khizan posted:Why is Steve Mr. Pending? His name is Steve Pending Rincewind It was going to be either Steve (because it's a dumb name for a dumb bird) or Pending, as his previous owners never gave him a name despite having him for like five years. He got both because why not 
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Sep 28, 2015 18:48
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 MMM FRESH 
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Sep 28, 2015 18:55
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You call cockatiels dumb but my Quaker (supposedly an intelligent bird) would throw the brocoli away and pull the string to bits instead
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Sep 28, 2015 19:05
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I'd wear that shirt.nielsm posted:
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Sep 28, 2015 19:18
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Battle Pigeon posted:His name is Steve Pending Rincewind Do Ohtori and Inko have full names, too? A Saucy Bratwurst posted:You call cockatiels dumb but my Quaker (supposedly an intelligent bird) would throw the brocoli away and pull the string to bits instead Avoiding broccoli seems pretty smart to me. It smells so bad. 
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Sep 28, 2015 19:19
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Judah is the ONLY pet I've had as an adult who has a full name. Judah Birdface. His rap name is Birdface Killah. Eriza was too much of a divatiel to have anything but a single glorious name and the only one I can think of for Kiska at the moment is "fuckass" because she still hasn't caught the chipmunk that got in here a few days ago 
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Sep 28, 2015 19:21
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My cat is named Teebo because I could not think of a name for her for a long time and just called her the black one, because my other cat was a tabby. So, The Black One -> TBO -> Teebo. She does not have a last name. She is also why I do not have a bird, but she's adorable so I don't mind that too much. I just come here to look at cockatiel pictures to get my bird fix.
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Sep 28, 2015 19:33
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nielsm posted:
She's got a little yellow mask around her eyes! A Saucy Bratwurst posted:You call cockatiels dumb but my Quaker (supposedly an intelligent bird) would throw the brocoli away and pull the string to bits instead Maybe he is just really certain about what he wants in life, and it's to destroy Khizan posted:Do Ohtori and Inko have full names, too? Ohtori does, Inko doesn't-just 'Inko' and his previous name, for lack of anything else.
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Sep 28, 2015 19:48
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Khizan posted:My cat is named Teebo because I could not think of a name for her for a long time and just called her the black one, because my other cat was a tabby. So, The Black One -> TBO -> Teebo. She does not have a last name.
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Sep 28, 2015 20:06
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We have four cats, which has been a little challenging but we're managing OK enough. The first few days we had multiple attempts to get to Skillet's cage but for the most part they've all chilled out about it. We're still keeping him and the cats apart though, because I know better than to trust my house full of furry sociopaths to not eat a delicious meal of succulent cockatiel. Skillet's middle name is potatoes btw
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Sep 28, 2015 20:47
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I don't remember if I've updated y'all about Slimbird and Frybird lately. So I'll share just in case I haven't. I started school in mid August and I go everyday now with two very very long days because I'm close to graduating and need specific classes that are only offered at obnoxious times. Slim didn't adjust well to this and got angry and took to ripping out her feathers again. So I tried to manage it, but it got to a point where I couldn't make her happy and I called a rescue lady I know that has ekkies and is good with them. She took Slimbird and I was really sad, but slim is thriving! She's feathering out and making friends. The lady owns are farm and rarely leaves plus she has family in the house so Slim is surrounded by people to dote on her. The only upsetting thing to me is the lady has decided to call Slim "Ariel" which is dumb for two reasons. 1) slim knows her name and responds to it 2) slim is not a mermaid. I could've been okay with Arial as a funny pun, but it's Ariel like the mermaid. Slims flight wings grew in over the summer and in my updates I've heard she's taken to attempting flight. For the first week Slim regressed to making baby noises and quit talking (she learned a lot of words this summer), but now she's gone back to talking and not being a huge baby. I have pics I'll post in a bit. Fry is doing just loving fine as an only bird. In fact, I'm 99% sure he likes this better. The lady didn't take Slim's cage because she had lots of huge cages and Slim's cage wouldn't fit in the car, so Frybird has upgraded to bird mansion. He can't figure out the bird sized door on the side though so I have to open the big door if I want him to come out. I loaded his mansion with all his perches and toys and it's still sparse. If he wakes up before me in the morning he still climbs to the cage bottom and does the conure strut/March while he sings the songs of his people. He's completely off seeds now and has pellets in the morning and fresh food for dinner (thanks Slim for teaching him it was safe), so his plumage looks amazing! He is so very bright and shiny now. I was drawing myself a bath the other night and he went insane over it and wanted in. He flew off me and was flying in circles over the tub until he landed on the ledge where he proceeded to yell at me so we could hurry up and get in. I finally got in with him no he did that little conure bath thing where he flaps his wings to wet himself. Then he spread out his wings to float because he thinks he's a duck. Don't worry he was supervised and I never let him go. That is my bird update. Pictures incoming
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Sep 28, 2015 21:11
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Disco Salmon posted:Your new little Toast is too cute  Oh, goodness! Two of my baby birdies have been giffed!Edit: zbeezy posted:... he did that little conure bath thing where he flaps his wings to wet himself. Then he spread out his wings to float because he thinks he's a duck. Don't worry he was supervised and I never let him go. I've had baths with Simon before. It's the silliest thing, but also a little nerve wracking until he finds the spot on my arm that has the right amount of water for him to "float" on ("float" here meaning "have water about halfway up his chest and then squatting down with his wings spread slightly"). Also, yay, bird picture update! I'm glad to hear Slim is doing better (and I agree that the new name isn't the best idea on the bird lady's part; I mean, really, after the mermaid? Granted I have a bit of a bias against said mermaid, so my viewpoint may be skewed...). schnickety scribe fucked around with this message at 21:28 on Sep 28, 2015 |
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Sep 28, 2015 21:17
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Crossposting from PYF, a bad idea if you have a cockatoo in the house: http://i.imgur.com/8yS5jEp.gifv
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Sep 28, 2015 21:29
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Mirthless posted:We have four cats, which has been a little challenging but we're managing OK enough. The first few days we had multiple attempts to get to Skillet's cage but for the most part they've all chilled out about it. We're still keeping him and the cats apart though, because I know better than to trust my house full of furry sociopaths to not eat a delicious meal of succulent cockatiel. Cythereal posted:Crossposting from PYF, a bad idea if you have a cockatoo in the house: (but whoever made the title will be first up against the wall when the revolution comes for that goddamn apostrophe in cockatoos)
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Sep 28, 2015 22:17
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Cythereal posted:Crossposting from PYF, a bad idea if you have a cockatoo in the house: Tendai posted:
I love this little video.... especially the Captain Morgan stance he makes at the end on the cup he sets upright You can almost hear him saying "I did that!! What a GLORIOUS mess!" as he surveys the carnage of the cups. Makes me laugh every time...
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Sep 28, 2015 23:21
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Day one seems to be going well for Finn http://i.imgur.com/axh5CIw.jpg http://imgur.com/Ypx67cL http://imgur.com/eZ4Kmwf
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Sep 28, 2015 23:25
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The way he uses his weird little zygodactyl foot to knock them over is both hilarious and creeps me out for some reason
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Sep 29, 2015 00:12
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Look at those excited derps
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Sep 29, 2015 00:47
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Battle Pigeon posted:BTW, Literally A Bird how is Ama doing? Tendai posted:Yeah give us an Ama update. Amadate. He has finished his antibiotics regimen and seems to be all better, thank you both for asking Giving him the meds was the worst, because the morning dose would upset him and he'd refuse to come out of his cage for the next few hours. Then by the time he'd completely forgiven me and was ready to snuggle it was nearly time for his evening meds! Friday evening it took fifteen minutes to get him out of his cage for meds and bed and he was refusing to step up and making pitiful fear/pain sounds whenever I tried to get him to step up. Totally broke my heart.Then my boyfriend went to pick him up and he was totally cool with that, the melodramatic little poo poo. Anyway things are all good over here again, hooray!
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Sep 29, 2015 00:56
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:Then my boyfriend went to pick him up and he was totally cool with that, the melodramatic little poo poo.
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Sep 29, 2015 01:03
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Tendai posted:Ahahaha that's so just parrot.txt Nah, that's just intelligent beings. If someone was trying to cram bitter poo poo down my gullet, you bet your rear end I'd stay in my room.
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Sep 29, 2015 01:20
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This was linked in a public group I'm in so it should be visible to anyone I think: https://www.facebook.com/leannemarion12/videos/10156110141485472/ I hope so because happycaique is adorable
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Sep 29, 2015 02:43
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Tendai posted:This was linked in a public group I'm in so it should be visible to anyone I think: omg....I just squeeed out loud watching that. Now I am torn between wanting a Caique or a BCC.... that hopping gets me every time!!! Ugh....I should just resign myself to the fact that I want a clone of all your birbs and a few that I have not seen yet in this thread Instead of being a crazy cat lady I will be the crazy birb lady.I can live with that! BTW Not sure if anyone is on this thread that is in the Seattle area, but there is a Parrot Expo next weekend in Seattle. http://www.flight-club-foundation.org/seattle-parrot-expo.html Looks like it should be interesting We are going to go and see all the birbs and have a great time.
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Sep 29, 2015 03:02
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I have some birb spam pictures of the bigger birds. Sorry if they break the forum, I'm on an iPad and can't tell what they will look like on a PC. Window now clear, there was some chewing.  We are in one cage and we don't care Thor, drama, Loki, shy.  Glamour shot of drama  Cages moved for cleaning  
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Sep 29, 2015 07:05
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Yeah, those could definitely do with a timg-ing  After Toast demonstrated that she was very capable of getting on top of the door, cupboard, fan, and stovetop vent... thing... I decided to give her a quick wing clip. I used the patented "stop stressing and just clip" method demonstrated to me by Adrian Gallagher, birb vet, and now she "gracefully flutters to the ground" instead of zipping right up on top of the wardrobe. Toast is now safely ensconced in my cardigan once again (it's a chilly evening), trying to nibble my freckles, which are almost as tasty as my fingers.
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Sep 29, 2015 08:59
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CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:Toast is now safely ensconced in my cardigan once again (it's a chilly evening), trying to nibble my freckles, which are almost as tasty as my fingers. Is it just me or are lovebirds particularly interested in diving into people's shirts?
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Sep 29, 2015 09:43
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Sun conures too. Taco would be down my shirt 24/7 if I let him.
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Sep 29, 2015 10:03
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Mizuti posted:Is it just me or are lovebirds particularly interested in diving into people's shirts? They do seem to be known for it! 
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Sep 29, 2015 11:15
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GoldStandardConure posted:Sun conures too. Taco would be down my shirt 24/7 if I let him. If I pick something up when Simon's crawling on me and I'm wearing a shirt with a low enough neckline, he immediately crawls into the shirt. Then he'll either poke his head out the bottom, one of the sleeves, or out of the collar, usually right between my boobs.
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Sep 29, 2015 11:30
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