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Way overthinking things. Don't cook with a Teflon pan in the same room as your bird. Even if you do, the chance of a single exposure harming them is slim to none. Kenshin fucked around with this message at 01:01 on Jul 7, 2017 |
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Kenshin posted:Way overthinking things. Huh, everything I was reading seemed to be saying cooking in the same house as the birds at all was a death sentence. Although I guess it's better to make people overly paranoid instead of too lax on that front.
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Jul 7, 2017 01:21
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Ashynn posted:Huh, everything I was reading seemed to be saying cooking in the same house as the birds at all was a death sentence. Although I guess it's better to make people overly paranoid instead of too lax on that front. Well and also, depending on where you are reading, some people are very very intense. I think the people in this thread are probably the most level headed of bird crazies 
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Jul 7, 2017 01:27
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Yeah, that's also a good thing to keep in mind. There are some seriously unhinged bird people out there who only think and speak in hyperbole when it comes to birds
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Jul 7, 2017 01:31
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https://twitter.com/dasharez0ne/status/879414907556560896
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Jul 7, 2017 04:47
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Shirec posted:Well and also, depending on where you are reading, some people are very very intense. I think the people in this thread are probably the most level headed of bird crazies Does this mean I might actually be able to get away with using my non-stick coated rice cooker because loving hell is finding one without hard.
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Jul 7, 2017 07:18
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DrakIris posted:Does this mean I might actually be able to get away with using my non-stick coated rice cooker because loving hell is finding one without hard. Rice cookers never get hot enough to cause teflon to fume. Just make sure you don't run a defective one, and never run it empty.
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Jul 7, 2017 07:46
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Can confirm, we use our rice cooker enough to feed an entire nation, bird is still an rear end in a top hat.
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Jul 7, 2017 08:03
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Ashynn posted:Huh, everything I was reading seemed to be saying cooking in the same house as the birds at all was a death sentence. Although I guess it's better to make people overly paranoid instead of too lax on that front. It's definitely deadly, but you have to really heat your teflon up to get to the temperature where it's gonna kill them-so rice cooker is fine, hair dryer on low is fine, but non-stick pans that you might forget about less so, that kind of thing. Kenshin posted:Yeah, that's also a good thing to keep in mind. There are some seriously unhinged bird people out there who only think and speak in hyperbole when it comes to birds Just concerned parronts looking out for their fids...  Tendai posted:Birds transcend language. Also, I always think Steve looks like he is saying "Steve?!" Like how Pokemon say their own name as their sound. Just something about that cockatiel look He learnt to say I'M A COCKATIEL, both words and as a whistle, and just COCKATIEL! in whistle form seems to have replaced the old wolf whistle as his favourite lately. He fairly reliably replies back when you say it to him too 
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Jul 7, 2017 11:49
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Battle Pigeon posted:
Omg please get this on video!
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Jul 7, 2017 12:15
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Kenshin posted:Yeah, that's also a good thing to keep in mind. There are some seriously unhinged bird people out there who only think and speak in hyperbole when it comes to birds Yeah, I think people may exaggerate the dangers of Teflon at home, but I haven't read a lot of bird forums other than this one. I will say that I worked in an animal research lab and for a while we were constantly losing birds because of ventilation issues. They had to section off a bunch of the ventilation by the birds so that other stuff wasn't venting/spreading in there. But that's a very specific kind of problem in a research lab environment.
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Jul 7, 2017 13:29
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psycho bird
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Jul 7, 2017 16:56
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You haven't experienced pure terror until a Gray sneaks up and bites your toe just because he can.
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Jul 7, 2017 17:23
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[pile o' quotes about teflon] Thanks for easing my paranoia some, I'm horridly prone to it and a lot of sites were very much hyperbolic, which was nagging at me after I read some thermal decomposition charts for PTFE! Another dumb we let happen, the leg bands on our birds ended up being cut due to paranoia over them catching, how much did we gently caress up?
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Jul 7, 2017 19:43
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DrakIris posted:[pile o' quotes about teflon] If you never move and you're in the U.S., you're probably ok. Some other countries are stricter about proving parrots' origins (i.e. bred in captivity vs. wild-caught), and without a leg band it's essentially impossible to prove it. If you ever move to another country you could have problems, because many birds are on the CITES list and forbidden from being "trafficked" internationally. For the most part you're probably ok though.
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Jul 7, 2017 19:58
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DarkHorse posted:If you never move and you're in the U.S., you're probably ok. Some other countries are stricter about proving parrots' origins (i.e. bred in captivity vs. wild-caught), and without a leg band it's essentially impossible to prove it. If you ever move to another country you could have problems, because many birds are on the CITES list and forbidden from being "trafficked" internationally. For the most part you're probably ok though. There is a small chance one or both of us may try to move to canada or to another state. gently caress me.
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Jul 7, 2017 21:52
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You'll be fine, just more paperwork.
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Jul 7, 2017 22:19
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I am dreading the day that comes for me and mine, especially with Brexit making it even more difficult Some dumb pics     HALP Disco Salmon posted:Omg please get this on video! Catching him talking is hard since he's usually pretty shy and likes to do it from another room, or just randomly burbles for a moment out of nowhere. Whistling is more common but still hard to know when he'll do it-have been trying to get it on camera already for a while now! And Inko's talking
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Jul 7, 2017 22:32
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 Unusually shaped duckling is continuing to do well, though his sibling sadly didn't make it 
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Jul 7, 2017 23:09
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Battle Pigeon posted:
OH Steve 
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Jul 7, 2017 23:27
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Any conure owners have a good and reliable chop recipe? Right now my chop skills are pretty weak and Samba is a little bit spoiled with his food intake. I know what he likes but I want to make sure he's getting a nutritionally balanced meal. He doesn't seem to eat pellets anymore. I think he's transitioned on to the good stuff or I just never notice.
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Jul 7, 2017 23:37
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DrakIris posted:There is a small chance one or both of us may try to move to canada or to another state. gently caress me. Moving between US states shouldn't be an issue. Our GCC never had a legband and we've moved GA->VA->NY->WA without issue. I don't think any US states even require registration of pet birds? Idk about Canada
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Jul 7, 2017 23:48
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Pip pip pip posted:Moving between US states shouldn't be an issue. Our GCC never had a legband and we've moved GA->VA->NY->WA without issue. I don't think any US states even require registration of pet birds? Idk about Canada My sister got into Canada with a bird from the UK which had never been banded. You have to go through quarantine and fill out a bunch of forms, but you can do it for sure.
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Birds sold in Canada don't really seem to be banded. Larger parrots, maybe, but I've never seen a banded cockatiel or budgie.
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Jul 8, 2017 04:46
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i feed oats to the cockatoos is that a good food for parrots?
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Jul 8, 2017 11:09
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 Not sure why she thought this was a good place to squish her head.
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Jul 8, 2017 11:44
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where the red fern gropes posted:i feed oats to the cockatoos is that a good food for parrots? a quick google says its fine until they grow up strong from the added nutrition you provide them and they beat you up and take your house.
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Cricket si staying with the birdsitter for a few days while we paint some bedrooms here at the house. She was all "HEY BABY" to them and ignored me...so yeah  I think she will have a good time having a sleep over with the other conures. God only knows what they are all teaching each other word wise....sighOh, and to really rub it in, I was asked how she was eating the pellets that I was saying she really didn't touch. As I am telling her about how I keep trying to get her to eat them, Cricket runs over to the food bowl set up for her, and starts munching on the pellets. THE SAME ONES WE HAVE AT HOME. Little poo poo I swear....
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Patrovsky posted:
Oh god, this is every time I put my glasses on, except Yoshi perches on top of them and stuffs his whole face in from the top.
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Testikles posted:Any conure owners have a good and reliable chop recipe? Right now my chop skills are pretty weak and Samba is a little bit spoiled with his food intake. I know what he likes but I want to make sure he's getting a nutritionally balanced meal. He doesn't seem to eat pellets anymore. I think he's transitioned on to the good stuff or I just never notice. My birds really like broccoli, carrots, and cauliflower. I usually use those in conjunction with a few other things. I also usually grind up almonds in a food processor, so they get little treats mixed up in the chop. You can generally use anything you like! Biggest consideration if you are making big batches is how most moisture the veggies have. Something like a bell pepper liquefies when you run it through a food processor, but broccoli is relatively dry. If it's drier, it freezes better and stays better, from what I've experienced. One way I got my birds to try pellets and veggies more too was to put ground up pellets and chop into jiffy pop corn muffin mix. I'd use that, organic baby food, and an egg. My bird muffins were very popular and it's a good way to not waste pellets.
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https://youtu.be/7CzoekTWTEc My bird outsmarted cherrios. (Yes, I know birds can't digest milk. He didn't get any more than this!)
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Horn of Arby's posted:https://youtu.be/7CzoekTWTEc Oh my god this is so cute. conures
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I think your bird's trying to Force-Choke you, Nielsm  .
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Jul 9, 2017 09:12
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My fascination with birds wearing hats has been rewarded most wonderfully today I think this is the best one I've seen yet
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Jul 9, 2017 15:39
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Bird seems kind of happy to be wearing that, even
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Jul 9, 2017 23:32
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I'm impressed with the accessorizing Update: the hidey hut has been retired. He started chewing it and rather than deal with the intestinal blockage, I took it out. Kind of a shame because he did like it.
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Eejit posted:Bird seems kind of happy to be wearing that, even Its dreaming of all the fingats its gonna consume in revenge for this.
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My boy having a kip with his girlfriend (who has since been removed as he was getting a bit crazy) e: I've just seen a ceres image and it's quite possibly my boy is a girl iRend fucked around with this message at 03:37 on Jul 10, 2017 |
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