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Hello! Hello! EXECUTE ORDER 66.
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Sep 29, 2015 12:36
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Potato Salad posted:Hello! a fun game to play: put your nose in front of a parrots face and see if it bites
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Sep 29, 2015 13:40
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When I do that to Taco he tries to pick my nose. I'm not game enough to try it with a wild bird.
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Sep 29, 2015 14:11
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GoldStandardConure posted:When I do that to Taco he tries to pick my nose. Vicious attack bird 
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Sep 29, 2015 14:39
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"Hello Taco" *taps beak with nose* (((FREE BOOGERS))) *crams beak up nose, devours*
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Sep 29, 2015 14:40
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If you're gonna leave the buffet open don't be surprised if people take advantage 
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Sep 29, 2015 15:01
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GoldStandardConure posted:"Hello Taco" This is EXACTLY what Alexis will do. She's also a shirt-diving-bird.
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Sep 29, 2015 15:03
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Ohtori: oh you want me to boop? *boop* no? well gently caress you then bye Steve: oh hello hi i'm a cockatiel PET ME NOW  Inko: *removes flesh* 
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Sep 29, 2015 15:04
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Battle Pigeon posted:Ohtori: oh you want me to boop? *boop* no? well gently caress you then bye Cockatiel love is pretty great, they're such guileless little idiots in my experience.(Maybe a hyacinth macaw. Just one.)
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Sep 29, 2015 15:07
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Conures are pretty much the best for affection . Sammy loves to run his beak all over my face so it's basically whatever is closest. He has yet to bite me face wise, but there has definitely been some hair yanking out. My favorite thing though is to put him on something and cup my hand near him and he just falls over himself to run over and lean into me for cuddle times. The grooming can be a bit intense though hahaTendai posted:See this is why I don't know if even if I had the money/time I'd get a more complex parrots Does anyone in the thread have a hyacinth macaw? And only very slightly related but mostly cause I want to see this, are there any Mindo updates? edit: vvvv Thanks Frogmanv2 I'm only about 1/4 into my coffee and being a real human being again Shirec fucked around with this message at 15:33 on Sep 29, 2015 |
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Sep 29, 2015 15:20
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(pssst it's mindo)
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Sep 29, 2015 15:23
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Shirec posted:Does anyone in the thread have a hyacinth macaw? Also, seconding more Mindo. I was looking for something in this thread a couple days back and found that picture where his butt's all tucked up to sleep
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Sep 29, 2015 16:38
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Boop gives bird kisses when you put your nose next to her. She's super gentle with faces.
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Sep 29, 2015 17:43
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Sekkira posted:Boop gives bird kisses when you put your nose next to her. She's super gentle with faces. Daisy will tolerate your face as long as you have facial hair to preen.
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Sep 29, 2015 18:44
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Do you have to teach birds to want scritches? Or do some just naturally seek out attention that way? Neither of my budgies seem keen on being touched. If I even try to put a finger towards them they either hop on it, or just move away. The most I've been able to do is slightly touching Pekoe's toe yesterday. Sometimes I can boop my nose to his beak and he will nibble back. Milly is just afraid of my hands (will step up but very frantically, and go all thin and eagerly wait to be placed somewhere else.) Even though I've had Milly a year longer than Pekoe, maybe Pekoe is just friendlier? 
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Sep 29, 2015 20:40
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I'm not sure exactly how Pion learned to like scritches. I think a factor was that I helped scratch off some left-over pinfeather casings from her crest, that had been annoying her (or at least me) for a while. And that taught her that fingers to head could be a positive experience.
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Sep 29, 2015 20:48
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Oscar loves scritches. It took a while though. I started by doing it even though he hated. Now he gets pissed when I don't do it.
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Sep 29, 2015 20:52
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Wrecking Ball posted:Do you have to teach birds to want scritches? Or do some just naturally seek out attention that way? Its more of a trust development thing I think. Also sometimes your bird will just hate you and refuse scratches for literally no reason.
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Sep 29, 2015 20:53
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Wrecking Ball posted:Do you have to teach birds to want scritches? Or do some just naturally seek out attention that way? Have you tried clicker/target training? I've been doing this with my troubled bird and it really works wonders. I'm not quite yet to the point where I can touch Kiwi but she's calmed down a lot, bites less, and generally seems a lot more interested in what I'm doing. It might take a bit longer with budgies than conures, but it might be worth trying! Edit: And I meant more for being ok with your hands than anything, hopefully scritches will come after!
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Sep 29, 2015 20:54
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Tendai posted:Cockatiel love is pretty great, they're such guileless little idiots in my experience. Pssst 
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Sep 29, 2015 21:02
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How long before steve violently shreds his ribbon?
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Sep 29, 2015 21:13
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Battle Pigeon posted:Pssst He looks chuffed to bits
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Sep 29, 2015 21:38
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Battle Pigeon posted:Pssst Love it.
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Sep 29, 2015 21:42
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anotherblownsave posted:How long before steve violently shreds his ribbon? Putting it on the inside of the cage will be the best present he's had this year. I once hung a bunch of luxury millet, grass, and chilli seeds up for mine and they immediately went for the strings holding it together instead.
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Sep 29, 2015 21:46
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anotherblownsave posted:How long before steve violently shreds his ribbon? It wasn't long before bed so he didn't bother to move at all. I could leave it in his cage somewhere and see what state it's in at the end of the day? learnincurve posted:Putting it on the inside of the cage will be the best present he's had this year. I once hung a bunch of luxury millet, grass, and chilli seeds up for mine and they immediately went for the strings holding it together instead. Steve has the cardboard tubes from toilet rolls attached to his cage at multiple spots, you can see a half eaten one in front of him in the photo,another in the back on the left, and one on the front left of the photo. He goes through the one he's sat next to every few days. He also bites different patterns/shapes in them depending on where they are in the cage which is kind of interesting
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Sep 29, 2015 21:53
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Battle Pigeon posted:Steve has the cardboard tubes from toilet rolls attached to his cage at multiple spots, you can see a half eaten one in front of him in the photo,another in the back on the left, and one on the front left of the photo. He goes through the one he's sat next to every few days. He also bites different patterns/shapes in them depending on where they are in the cage which is kind of interesting Sell chewed up rolls as bird art. Use proceeds to buy stuff for bird.
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Sep 29, 2015 21:55
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nielsm posted:Sell chewed up rolls as bird art. Use proceeds to buy stuff for bird. Watch bird proceed to ignore stuff, and eat the box the stuff came in
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Sep 29, 2015 21:59
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Battle Pigeon posted:Watch bird proceed to ignore stuff, and eat the box the stuff came in Sell box, buy more stuff for bird
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Sep 29, 2015 22:00
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Trick is to use reverse psychology. "Nah bird, I don't care if you eat that check but you better not gnaw on those leather strips or I'll end you!"
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Sep 29, 2015 23:40
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Battle Pigeon posted:Pssst 
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Sep 30, 2015 00:36
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learnincurve posted:Putting it on the inside of the cage will be the best present he's had this year. I once hung a bunch of luxury millet, grass, and chilli seeds up for mine and they immediately went for the strings holding it together instead. We bought Taco this really fantastic hanging coconut hut that had all sorts of bits for him to bite and shred, hard bits to work his beak down and soft coconut husk to pull apart. It was hollow so he could climb inside if he wanted to, but we would fill it with treats for him. So naturally within a week he bit through the rope that held the whole thing together and it just fell apart into a big pile of bits at the bottom of his cage. Well done, idiot.
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Sep 30, 2015 01:41
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsFjJDxMHSA Gotcha what are you doing??
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Sep 30, 2015 01:52
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Is that the formerly abused bird that was getting cuddles in another video you posted? No wonder he loooooves her.
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Sep 30, 2015 02:20
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:Is that the formerly abused bird that was getting cuddles in another video you posted? No wonder he loooooves her. Yep, that's Gotcha, the bird best known for running on the floor and yelling complete nonsense. He acts so silly, confident and happy that you'd never know his past. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njENNAZKPvA
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Sep 30, 2015 02:36
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Sekkira posted:Boop gives bird kisses when you put your nose next to her. She's super gentle with faces. Simon is generally good with faces and will give kisses to my eyebrows and the bridge of my nose (complete with adorable kissy sounds  ), but he has this weird thing about lips. Sometimes he's cool with receiving kisses, but most of the time he gets pissed because we won't let him be a dentist bird and crawl in our mouths, so he'll bite our lips to make us open said mouths. I have no idea where he picked up the whole "dentist bird" thing. He is just a spaz who is fascinated by teeth, I guess.Gunter, well, I would hope that it's understood that she is a blender, and only jade can give her kisses. Pazuzu just generally doesn't care (as long as Gunter is in the room). He is fine with kisses (as long as he is not upside-down), at least we think he is, judging by the fact that he just doesn't react at all to them. He'd probably be completely okay if one of us licked him (again, as long as Gunter is in the room and he is rightside-up, he is okay).
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Sep 30, 2015 03:02
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Mizuti posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsFjJDxMHSA That's one happy giant potato right there. Even better when I realized who he was and his story.EDIT: I was looking up a few things for the Islam thread in A/T when I looked at that and now my youtube recommendations are just loving weird  Also, this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fphSfjShySI Gotcha, no!!!!EDIT 2: TOO MANY SMILIES but who can resist
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Sep 30, 2015 03:25
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When can we expect more Toast in our lives? It's been the kind of day where I need all the adorable bird pictures.
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Sep 30, 2015 03:27
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learnincurve posted:
What kind of birds are drama and shy? They are very pretty.
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Sep 30, 2015 03:59
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Linoleated parakeets maybe, or something related? They look kind of like it.
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