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blackflare posted:I think personally it's because I always imagine them saying "hi im a cockatiel" whenever they chirp. They have that, "im just happy to be here" look on their faces. Every time I see em I think of this image, it fits so well. 
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blackflare posted:I think personally it's because I always imagine them saying "hi im a cockatiel" whenever they chirp. They have that, "im just happy to be here" look on their faces. My best buddy and I have a theory that cockatiels only say the bird equivalent of, "HEEEEEEEY HEY HEY HEY HEEEEY!"
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May 28, 2018 00:04
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Henlo! It's Serra Sunday and I'm Birb! If you want the debit card number behind me take it and give me seed yes now! (It's a closed account)  You like Xbox? Get Xbox with cockatiel attachment please hey now yes!  How about scritch? Yeas and how!  You feed Poppa man a breakfast taco?! You feed me! Wait this man say he hate animal? Naaaaah! 
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May 28, 2018 02:26
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Unf. This thread is the best and the worst. Best because duh, worst because I can't have a bird right now and I'm so jealous. My employment situation might change soon, so I don't want to commit until I really know what I'll be doing six months from now, but I'm still trapped in the eternal struggle of "conure vs cockatiel". I've had a cockatiel before (his name was Weary, he died years ago, still miss the good birb) but feel like maybe I'd like to get a conure next for the new experience and stuff. Additionally I've found an amazing breeder not too far away from me who actually gives a poo poo about her birds (Only breeds them once a year, prioritises health and genetic diversity, that kind of thing). That said, if my work does pick up and I'll be working longer hours, I feel like a cockatiel could probably cope better, and I really did love having a cockatiel and would happily do so again. I'd likely be living with a housemate on a different schedule to me, so the bird wouldn't be completely on it's own if I wasn't around, but of course I don't want to take one on (again) if I can't fully commit in the way you need to to be a good birb owner. Essentially my problem is I just love all the birds forever. Do not send help, just more photos of your wonderful birb pals. 
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So what exactly are pinfeathers? I know they're basically like, waxy blood tubes that turn into feathers, but are they unpleasant for birds to have or such and that's why they get grumpy during molts?
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May 28, 2018 04:31
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Captain Log posted:
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Kitfox88 posted:So what exactly are pinfeathers? I know they're basically like, waxy blood tubes that turn into feathers, but are they unpleasant for birds to have or such and that's why they get grumpy during molts? You've got it mostly. They aren't waxy blood tubes though, they are immature feathers that are still developing, and are encased in a waxy coating. Immature feathers still have blood flowing into/out of them, and so having them damaged can result in the bird bleeding out/it's a bad thing. Pin feathers seem to just be itchy in general once they get done with their business (the blood is no longer flowing throughout the whole feather and is instead just in the base), and so a lot of preening is about taking care of them. Birds can't take care of their own head pins naturally though, which is where social grooming comes in. Either birds of their flock, or a good bird owner, will help them get rid of pin feathers. Some birds object to this though, so it's all a process. Molting season is when birds are getting a whole bunch of new feathers at once, so itchiness is worse. Showers/baths are normally recommended to help soothe.
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May 28, 2018 05:39
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 Have an indignant dinosaur on...Murphy Monday I guess?
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May 28, 2018 13:39
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He screm so hard
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May 28, 2018 13:50
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Pinfeathers also sometimes seem to be tender, so sometimes you're trying to help rub a bird's head and then you get an indignant SQUAAAAAARK
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Potato Salad posted:He screm so hard A good screm. Screm loud, birb.
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So it's kinda like the birdy feather version of a scab in that it's itchy and irritating, got it.
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It also takes a lot of energy to grow lots of feathers all at once, so they’re cranky and irritable too.
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Kitfox88 posted:So it's kinda like the birdy feather version of a scab in that it's itchy and irritating, got it. It's like you are giving blood and the needle is in your arm. It won't , of course, hurt unless you move it around. Then a nurse comes in and moves it because ...reasons; in and out, all around, and pressing down on it. That is how a bird pin feather do.
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EVIL Gibson posted:It's like you are giving blood and the needle is in your arm. It won't , of course, hurt unless you move it around.  this is a much more visceral explanation thank you but also argh
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EVIL Gibson posted:It's like you are giving blood and the needle is in your arm. It won't , of course, hurt unless you move it around. Considering this, birds are pretty good natured.
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Took little Serra to get her wings clipped today because she drat near gave us a heart attack yesterday. She decided to fly full tilt into a window. Thank God she is young and durable. She just looked more confused than anything. She isn't yet a year old, and I caught her building a nest. She has bedding instead of paper, which is being switched today. Both myself and the dude that owns the place think she is a little chubby. That's good if it's juvenile growing weight. That isn't good if she is going to lay an egg. That would be three cockatiels in a row that started laying eggs on me! Also, the Bird Hut had baby Amazons and Quakers! Why do I want to cram them into my clothes and let them live with me forever!?
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I think I'm at a point with Sera and Ozzy that housing them together is realistic. But I'm having a few issues. 1. Sera will happily share a cage during the day, but he gets territorial and fussy about sharing at night. Not violently aggressive, as during the day they're pretty friendly with each other, but there's some hissing. 2. Ozzy has an absolute terror of "arm reaching into cage." Sera's cage necessitates this. Ozzy's cage has a top that opens up like the lid of a box. He likes to sit on this when is open and is unafraid of me picking him up in this setting. If he doesn't want to be picked up he'll just retreat to the floor, but there's no fear. If he's got into Sera's cage, though, which has a small door in the front, he has a bluescreening panic attack at any and every attempt to offer him a finger to step on to. I can only imagine that in his life before me, Something Happened and this is some sort of birdy PTSD. Sera's cage is the larger of the two (Ozzy's was always meant as a temporary situation anyway) but I've come into a bit of money recently and I could definitely justify dropping some of it on a new, bigger, nicer cage for my cockatiel boys. These are my questions: 1. Is Sera likely to cool off on his territorialness in a new cage? 2. Is it reasonable to expect to find a biggish cage with cockatiel-appropriate bar spacing with a huge door that Ozzy won't have a meltdown about?
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RoboRodent posted:I think I'm at a point with Sera and Ozzy that housing them together is realistic. But I'm having a few issues. I've known precisely one cockatiel that didn't have any cage aggression. RIP, Wandy. She was also ancient and too tired to care about most things. I think it's a characteristic of their behavoiur and will improve. How I handle it is sitting near the cage with the door open, then immediate scritches when they step up. It took me about a month with my Serra.
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Putni's become much better with hands since he moved in with Pion. He occasionally still gets a bit spooked when I stick in an arm to replace water and feed, but it's nowhere near as bad as it used to be.
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I was looking for average weight of lovebirb, and then saw an article on feather plucking and decided to click on it, and...quote:2. Lovebird over lust and excess nutrients Too much lovebird lust  Make sure to feed the cucumber for getting the lower level of lovebird lust.e: quote:Preparation for pairing lovebirds CROWS EVERYWHERE fucked around with this message at 12:52 on May 30, 2018 |
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So after they're done trying to mate with the corn and kale, how do you get them interested with eachother? 
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With just one special trick, we can create lovebird lutino mutant puppies with a 75% percentage of get lutino.
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Is this more from the guy who used pendulums to determine a cockatiel's gender?
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It sounds like tcm
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Spencer has lost so many feathers and as a consequence he now has so many pin feathers that’s he’s a big grumpy suck. He wants us to help preen the ones on his head and face but doesn’t sit still enough for us to get them. So he’s left with a bunch of camouflaged pins that we keep poking as he moves around trying out o get scritches. Calm down you big goofus, we’re here to help. Scout continues to be a Velcro birb.
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CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:I was looking for average weight of lovebirb, and then saw an article on feather plucking and decided to click on it, and... Is that from an Indian website? Betel leaf and cucumber are both used in Ayurvedic treatments.
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My wife and I leave tomorrow for about a week on our honeymoon, with my parents staying at the house with Nicky to care for her. Luckily, Nicky and dad are best pals and Mom gets along with her well enough. I've still written pages of instruction, but I'm optimistic that things will be ok, even with Nicky just this week being out of her vest for a second try at not picking too much at the patch of skin where her scab was and is re-emerging as a full on birb. We may make a new vest and put her back in even if she's all right, just for safety's sake.
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Oldsrocket_27 posted:My wife and I leave tomorrow for about a week on our honeymoon, with my parents staying at the house with Nicky to care for her. Luckily, Nicky and dad are best pals and Mom gets along with her well enough. I've still written pages of instruction, but I'm optimistic that things will be ok, even with Nicky just this week being out of her vest for a second try at not picking too much at the patch of skin where her scab was and is re-emerging as a full on birb. We may make a new vest and put her back in even if she's all right, just for safety's sake. Grats on the honeymoon! And yeah, I probably would put a vest on her for the time you are gone, tbh. She might be ok, but, she could very well be stressed that you two are gone and start her routine again. Have a safe trip and enjoy yourselves!!
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the legendary perfect borb
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Wow, what a difference with all the pins gone. I imagine she is much less grumpy now 
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I like your skyball
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If seeing a cockatiel about to lay an egg before tells me anything, then my cockatiel is about to lay an egg. She is eleven months old.  Dang bird, can't you wait for your terrible twos! She prefers my father to me, but she is suddenly little miss nippy with him. With me, she just won't leave the cage. But I did get her clipped yesterday. That means I'm temporarily evil. (Unless treat then not evil)
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