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Although it's good to be cautious, keep in mind that cockatiels are dusty birds, and may have simply had some dander in his nostril. My experience with parakeets and Ivan told me that sometimes they just got stuff stuck in their noses, they'd sneeze 1-5 times and/or pick their nose, and that'd generally be the end of that. If the sneezing continues through the day, has lots of discharge, is in a specific area or over time (like sneezing first thing in the morning) I'd be concerned, but a couple smatterings of bird snot doesn't exactly mean that something is wrong. If it is an air circulation thing, what I did was use one of those magnetic air vent deflectors in the room that Ivan had, so they weren't blowing on him when we ran the A/C. Oof, bad snipe. Uhhh, have a digital Ivan I made for my mom? 
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Didn't notice any discharge or anything and he stopped after engulfing himself in the foodbowl. Have an air purifier that picks up dander and stuff near his cage, but it shouldn't be blowing into the cage. I'll pay attention and see if it continues.
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Chaosfeather posted:Oof, bad snipe. Uhhh, have a digital Ivan I made for my mom? is that a parrot or a raptor
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Sep 18, 2018 13:08
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Potato Salad posted:is that a parrot or a raptor Yes.
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So cockatiels are cats apparently. https://twitter.com/BoringEnormous/status/1041791530103726085 
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Sep 18, 2018 15:06
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A classic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d1dwgc-oIs
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GCCs are so god dang cute. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvpx9SWltqU
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https://i.imgur.com/4UNAnZv.mp4 It's better with sound. https://imgur.com/gallery/QgbpbMh
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Had an IVIG infusion today and another tomorrow. It feels like getting injected with the flu. What makes it all better? Coming home, laying in bed, and letting Serra the cockatiel groom my beard and run around like a doofus.  I love birbs, and I quite like you all too. Stay strong, err'body!
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Captain Log, for your infusions do they do it via a regular IV line, or do you have something like a PICC or Hickman Line inserted? Trying to stop a conure from chewing on a PICC is good times let me tell you.
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Should I be worried if Shimi is spending a lot of time on the bottom of her cage when I'm near it? I know its a sign of sickness if they are trying to be low, but she'll climb down when I'm near the cage. If I leave and come back, she'll be up on a perch but climb back down. I think she might have just decided she likes being low? The other day when I did a full cage clean, I took the grill out after cleaning and replacing the tray, and she climbed down to play in the fresh newspaper. Today when I uncovered their cage, she grabbed the newspaper through the grill and now several hours later its all shredded. But she's just sitting on the bottom all fluffed up like a sick bird when I'm near her cage and not actively paying her attention, which screams sick bird behaviour to me. I don't really know what her normal behaviour is anymore because she's figuring out that I'm not a big scary thing and the only way she knows how to behave around humans is aggressively. She hasn't figured out how to act like a normal friendly bird yet, so its hard to tell if shes sick or if shes just being a weirdo. underage at the vape shop fucked around with this message at 07:06 on Sep 19, 2018 |
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Big preen    A bit more sneezing today and a huge yawning marathon (apparently this is normal?), but he seems very active and chill. Big tunnelwork project going on nearby with daily detonations. He got a big scare after a detonation made the whole building shake earlier... Took me 20 mins of sweettalking to get him to calm down again :/ this will go on for like a year, hopefully he'll get used to it or something Truck Stop Daddy fucked around with this message at 17:36 on Sep 19, 2018 |
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underage at the vape shop posted:Should I be worried if Shimi is spending a lot of time on the bottom of her cage when I'm near it? I know its a sign of sickness if they are trying to be low, but she'll climb down when I'm near the cage. If I leave and come back, she'll be up on a perch but climb back down. I think she might have just decided she likes being low? The other day when I did a full cage clean, I took the grill out after cleaning and replacing the tray, and she climbed down to play in the fresh newspaper. Today when I uncovered their cage, she grabbed the newspaper through the grill and now several hours later its all shredded. But she's just sitting on the bottom all fluffed up like a sick bird when I'm near her cage and not actively paying her attention, which screams sick bird behaviour to me. If she was sick enough to be showing symptoms of illness, she would be fluffed up and listless almost constantly. Can we get some pictures? If she is indeed sick then the faster you get her to a vet, the better. Also Truck Stop Daddy, that is one big preen.
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The budgie girls, Bean and Miss Lady have reached the intensely romance stage of their usual soap-operaish cycle of fighting/not on Speaking Terms/madly in love and have started experimenting with trying to mate. They are both quite elderly and Miss Lady has a wonky wing so this is proving a little difficult, but fortunately Bean is large and Miss Lady, (who is doing the climbing) is quite small so she's not finding it extremely difficult to stay on board. I hope it works out for them
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Pookah posted:The budgie girls, Bean and Miss Lady have reached the intensely romance stage of their usual soap-operaish cycle of fighting/not on Speaking Terms/madly in love and have started experimenting with trying to mate. This is adorable. 
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Some of this guy's schtick is irritating, but it's a pretty good look at what it's like with a baby Grey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j6qyeGE7ZE&t=1340s
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GoldStandardConure posted:Captain Log, for your infusions do they do it via a regular IV line, or do you have something like a PICC or Hickman Line inserted? It’s just IV, but I’ve had a PICC line before. If I ever have one again, I’m sure my cockatiel will inadvertently kill me. I’m fine with it. 
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My stepdad spent a few days at home recently with a Hickman Line when he was back from chemo at the hospital and I felt so bad for him. poo poo looks like a massive pain in the rear end and he couldn't really take a proper shower because he had to basically cover the entire side of his torso with it in saran wrap so it couldn't get wet. Worst I've ever had to put up with was the phlebotomist during a hospital stay being totally unable to get a vein to the point they said gently caress it and went for my foot instead.
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Kitfox88 posted:My stepdad spent a few days at home recently with a Hickman Line when he was back from chemo at the hospital and I felt so bad for him. poo poo looks like a massive pain in the rear end and he couldn't really take a proper shower because he had to basically cover the entire side of his torso with it in saran wrap so it couldn't get wet. Worst I've ever had to put up with was the phlebotomist during a hospital stay being totally unable to get a vein to the point they said gently caress it and went for my foot instead. Just be glad they didn't bust out the ultrasound machine and an 18 gauge needle. Just...be glad.
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Or fluroscopy and whatever they use to re-install a PEG tube. 
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Lady budgie lovin' update: After they were done trying to mate, Bean sat there looking like a smug potato and Miss Lady got all tall and chesty and made heartwings at her.
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Captain Log posted:Just be glad they didn't bust out the ultrasound machine and an 18 gauge needle.  Pookah posted:Lady budgie lovin' update: After they were done trying to mate, Bean sat there looking like a smug potato and Miss Lady got all tall and chesty and made heartwings at her. Adorable lesbians
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Pic of Tito back in 2014, helping make some winter stout chili.
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Your sous chef is very handsome
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He's missin' the little chef hat.
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Hi bird crazies! Kepler has discovered an incredible love for hoodie pockets and bathrobes. He gets really good traction with the bathrobe, so he's taken to zooming around like it's a goddamn racetrack. His favorite game lately is to yell, "Love you!" and immediately munch fingats. Trouble is, lately he's displaying all the signs that I would associate with a hormonal bird. I believe he's only about 6 or 7 months old but he definitely gave my knuckles an intense experimental hump yesterday. He's been nippy enough to bruise and somewhat cage aggressive lately, but I feel like he could just be cranky about his first molt. Is it possible for a gcc to start puberty so early? I'm really hoping I'm blowing this out of proportion, but I can't help but be concerned. I'm definitely going to make him a vet appointment today to make sure he's doing well. I'm also thinking I'll reach out to the people that raised him and try to get an accurate hatch date.
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This is what a Grey bite looks like, one week after the fact. Not a big deal, but look at the circumference of the bruise! 
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Captain Log posted:This is what a Grey bite looks like, one week after the fact. Omg you’ll end up looking like a bloody meatball, if you don’t manage befriend those birds
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Truck Stop Daddy posted:Omg you’ll end up looking like a bloody meatball, if you don’t manage befriend those birds Most of the birds love me. Apparently, Kito is "The Favourite Store Bird" of my lady friend. She actually thinks he got jealous of my having her attention. These birbs are smart.
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The local shop has two baby Greys. They don't know how to be terrifying yet!
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Sera decided last night that my lady friend is okay. He sat briefly on her knee. She was delighted and also a little bit unnerved when he flew across the room to look at us from a high point in the room. But mostly delighted.
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Captain Log posted:Most of the birds love me. Yeah, he was probably putting the moves on her (pinning, showing off his beautiful tail, saying 'urrrr') until you came in, all smiles and friendliness, and flock-blocked him.
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Pookah posted:Yeah, he was probably putting the moves on her (pinning, showing off his beautiful tail, saying 'urrrr') until you came in, all smiles and friendliness, and flock-blocked him. 
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Pookah posted:Yeah, he was probably putting the moves on her (pinning, showing off his beautiful tail, saying 'urrrr') until you came in, all smiles and friendliness, and flock-blocked him. LOL!!!
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Pookah posted:Yeah, he was probably putting the moves on her (pinning, showing off his beautiful tail, saying 'urrrr') until you came in, all smiles and friendliness, and flock-blocked him. Is there a mic drop emote? There needs to be a mic drop. I just laughed hard enough to startle my parrots.
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You're all too kind about my shameful punning but you really should help that grey out - maybe bring him to a few bars and help him meet some nice ladies; be his wingman basically.  I apologise for nothing
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Anyone knows if there is any significance to a quaker parrot starting to go "squee SQUAW SQUAW" really loudly anytime they see some kind of... alcove of fabric? It's hard to describe. Exemples: being in my bathrobe, he likes to go on my knee under the table and start squawking like crazy. He has a cord that goes over his perch, and it makes a bit of an inverted V from where it's hanged up where he goes in between and also does that behavior. I don't think it's him being angry since he usually has a bit of a different sounding whistle when he's annoyed. I tried finding videos of Quaker behaviors but couldn't find anything worthwhile. /edit/I'll see if I can take a video at some point. This is very hard to describe. Popoto fucked around with this message at 20:30 on Sep 23, 2018 |
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Also what’s the general opinion on having a mirror in the cage? My Quaker hasn’t bonded one bit with my budgies and I’m wondering if it would help him feeling less lonely when I’m out the house.
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