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Tasty_Crayon posted:Leeloo thought that if she was cute enough we'd let her back out. Well bird, you won't stop picking bf's scab so you can lick up the blood, so no. I thought that was a behavior of love, because he thinks the scab isn't supposed to be on your boyfriends feathers.
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Oh it may have started out that way but sure enough the little poo poo sits there and licks it up until we shoo her away. 
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May 18, 2013 22:26
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Guess who has oranges!?!!
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May 18, 2013 23:34
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I love greys, what a chickenburdfacecuteiepatootie omg.  Celebrating pichus 3rd birthday today with some higgins worldy cuisine. oooooom nom nom    ^ too stupid to eat real food
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May 18, 2013 23:42
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Joe Don Baker posted:Guess who has oranges!?!! I love his face! He's all what are you looking at, human Malalol posted:I love greys, what a chickenburdfacecuteiepatootie omg. Saw the ones you posted elsewhere as well, the Ozzy ones were cute! Happy Birthday to Pichu. It's Ohtori's birthday (hatch day?) soon too
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May 19, 2013 00:13
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 My boyfriend wants to know which mouse will be more effective for Guild Wars.
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May 19, 2013 04:16
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Seeing that picture of the gray eating the orange, it makes me wonder, do some species of birds have a preferene for vegetables over fruit? My tiels lack a sweet tooth I suppose; the only fruit they've ever touched is the strawberry, and even then they only eat the seeds off of them. Put out some broccoli or carrots, though, and they go nuts.
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May 19, 2013 04:25
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I have had the same experience. My 'tiel and budgie don't really go for fruits, but they love their veggies My conure likes fruit more than veggies, but he will eat carrots and bell peppers too. v v
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May 19, 2013 04:54
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The Grey loves certain veggies like broccoli or carrots. He loves pretty much any fruit, or as he calls them all, "Apple?" It's all about the juice. If you watch him eat them, he really just bites into the flesh licks up all the juice he can, and discards it for another piece.
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May 19, 2013 06:05
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My too definitely has a sweet tooth. Oatmeal, grapes, bananas, corn, and peas for him. Both the corn and the peas have a natural sweetness that he likes. He doesn't like anything tart though, so strawberries and raspberries are out of the equation. We still occasionally put them in the bowl to give him variety and on the rare times he tries them, he takes a bite and then violently flings them while scrunching up his birdie eyes and acting like we gave him the sourest thing in the world. We're trying to get him to like apples and carrots since they both fit into what it seems he'd like, but it's slow going as always. fake edit: pip, I like the bell peppers idea. He might actually like those. He actually will eat a bit of jalapeno on occasion. Actually, I should feed him guac sometime, or put guac on something he normally eats.
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May 19, 2013 06:29
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My GCC won't touch veggies but loves apples and berries.
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May 19, 2013 08:27
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Joe Don Baker posted:It's all about the juice. If you watch him eat them, he really just bites into the flesh licks up all the juice he can, and discards it for another piece. Pookie is exactly the same; babanas are terrible nasty fruit because there is no juice to squeeze out  .Edit: I baked birdy muffins for Pookie a while ago and have them stashed in the freezer, she eats one every morning for breakfast. The muffin:  Eating the muffin:  Edit2: looking slightly less gimpy: 
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May 19, 2013 11:48
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The only fruit Steve the potatiel will eat is apple. Ohtori eats everything, but I think he might have a preference for fruit, especially if it's apple or grape. Apple is always the first thing to go from his food bowl.
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May 19, 2013 13:19
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Eejit posted:My too definitely has a sweet tooth. Oatmeal, grapes, bananas, corn, and peas for him. Both the corn and the peas have a natural sweetness that he likes. He doesn't like anything tart though, so strawberries and raspberries are out of the equation. We still occasionally put them in the bowl to give him variety and on the rare times he tries them, he takes a bite and then violently flings them while scrunching up his birdie eyes and acting like we gave him the sourest thing in the world. We're trying to get him to like apples and carrots since they both fit into what it seems he'd like, but it's slow going as always. Take care with guacamole, avocado can be toxic to birds. I've since heard its more the skin or stuff near the pit, but I'd be careful regardless.
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Tasty_Crayon posted:Leeloo thought that if she was cute enough we'd let her back out. Well bird, you won't stop picking bf's scab so you can lick up the blood, so no.  Tasty_Crayon posted:
 (OMG I hope they release a Tengu race soon)Also here are some cute pictures.  He basically lied like that on my arm for like half an hour, it was so adorable.  Cheeky being a marshmallow  Don't worry, I didn't actually let him drink it.  Snuggle snuggle Sunny will eat most fruits, but he hates vegetables like a little baby. Cheeky will literally run screaming from a slice of apple.  Sunny's favourite is banana though, he will sort of pull off little pieces and eat them noisily. Also I love greys, when they grow up, whenever they do anything they have a constant face.
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DarkHorse posted:Take care with guacamole, avocado can be toxic to birds. I've since heard its more the skin or stuff near the pit, but I'd be careful regardless. Holy poo poo yeah I didn't see that before. Definitely don't give him guacamole. edit: Pookah, can you get me your bird muffin recipe?
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Forgot to take a camera, but we just took Ohtori out on his first walk of the year. He yelled at a few people, was startled by pigeons, but spent most of his time gnawing on the harness or hissing at/trying to catch mosquitoes (even succeeding once). We were in a hurry so Steve didn't come, and when we came back, Steve was apparently so pleased he instantly started giving 'Tori heart wings and whistling to him. Deadly Chlorine posted:
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May 19, 2013 19:03
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I have no idea why but in the summer time Hannah loves to sit in the bathroom by himself for hours.
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Oh haha drat, I somehow had forgotten guac had avocado in it. I would have picked them up, been like "this is for a bird right?" and the slapped myself.
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May 19, 2013 21:31
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Ohtori was apparently so worn out by his evening walk that he was quiet and well behaved (or rather, too relaxed to get up to much mischief) for the rest of the evening, so much so I just put him to bed early and he didn't even bother to protest beyond a few "ih ih" sounds. Joe Don Baker posted:I have no idea why but in the summer time Hannah loves to sit in the bathroom by himself for hours. Does he care what other people do while he's hanging out in there? For example, does he bother to contact call, or protest when he hears people walking away, anything like that?
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May 19, 2013 21:40
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Battle Pigeon posted:Ohtori was apparently so worn out by his evening walk that he was quiet and well behaved (or rather, too relaxed to get up to much mischief) for the rest of the evening, so much so I just put him to bed early and he didn't even bother to protest beyond a few "ih ih" sounds. Nope. He's quiet as a mouse. If anyone goes in the bathroom he gets all ruffled up and clearly wants to be left alone.
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DarkHorse posted:Take care with guacamole, avocado can be toxic to birds. I've since heard its more the skin or stuff near the pit, but I'd be careful regardless. Just to repeat this again, under no circumstances should you ever give your bird guacamole or any avocado, as it can cause sudden heart failure in birds.
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May 19, 2013 22:59
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shuriken posted:Just to repeat this again, under no circumstances should you ever give your bird guacamole or any avocado, as it can cause sudden heart failure in birds. Yeah, and just as a reminder on top of that, onion (in the quantities you'd find in guac) isn't great for them either. Haha man, my brain was just not working last night.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM31dg--Ktc I will never understand. Many bowls/plates have been offered, but this remains the preferred method.
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This is Basil. My parents got him from our neighbors in in 1990, and he was at the very least 7 years old at that point. We think he's around 31 or 32, and he still flies around, sings at everything, and sleeps on our shoulders. Does anyone else have senior citizen cockatiels?  We got Sooty when he was a baby in 1990, so he's 23 now. He likes to sleep in front of electronics like TVs or speakers since they're warm, and tries to nest in cabinets and drawers when we're not paying attention.  
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May 20, 2013 01:11
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BIG FLUFFY SLEEPY DERPS. It's been a week since I lost Chiyo. "well biz you still have all your memories of" no I am so afraid of erasing her existence that I have kept her last poop on my keyboard untouched.
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Scout has learned a new phrase. When we hold her over a safe pooping area we say "Go Poop!" Now when we hold her over a safe poop spot she says "Go Poop" and then poops!
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mikerock posted:Scout has learned a new phrase. When we hold her over a safe pooping area we say "Go Poop!" My favorite phrase for this will forever be 'bombs away'  I've tried to train my cockatiel but he is totally resistant to it and wants to have nothing to do with it. He just wants to nap. I will say though he seems to actively enjoy being the only bird in the house now since I lost Blue. He sings alot more often and is just generally better tempered. Could be a coincidence but I don't know, I haven't seen him act like this before.
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Joe Don Baker posted:Holy poo poo yeah I didn't see that before. Definitely don't give him guacamole. Not mine - it's a bag of this: http://www.harrisonsbirdfoods.com/BIRD-BREAD-MIX-HOT-PEPPER/productinfo/BBMHP/ Spicy harrison's bird bread mix with sunshine factor palm oil http://www.harrisonsbirdfoods.com/Sunshine-Factor/products/52/ used as the mixing oil. If I remember correctly you add egg as well. That bag made I think around 70 little muffins and unlike the normal pellets, Pookie stilll thinks these are unhealthy human treats and therefore delicious.
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Joe Don Baker posted:Nope. He's quiet as a mouse. If anyone goes in the bathroom he gets all ruffled up and clearly wants to be left alone. Does he even do anything in there, or just sit for hours alone contemplating life and the universe and everything in it? SaNChEzZ posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM31dg--Ktc Does he like sinks/taps, showers, or being sprayed? shuriken posted:This is Basil. My parents got him from our neighbors in in 1990, and he was at the very least 7 years old at that point. We think he's around 31 or 32, and he still flies around, sings at everything, and sleeps on our shoulders. Does anyone else have senior citizen cockatiels? 31 and still active, that's amazing. It makes me wonder, if even a little cockatiel can reach that age, then how long could my conure potentially live-especially nowadays with our better understanding of diet, etc.
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He pretends to like taps etc, but when offered he just does the peanut butter mouth thing while dancing. Weird bird..
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Battle Pigeon posted:Does he even do anything in there, or just sit for hours alone contemplating life and the universe and everything in it? He'll just sit there quiet contemplating for a while. Eventually he'll start to explore the bathroom, chewing on shower curtains and messing with the sink. He likes to pick stuff up and toss it over the edge. He enjoys it and he's not hurting anyone. There's nothing dangerous for him to get into so that's not a problem.
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Joe Don Baker posted:He'll just sit there quiet contemplating for a while. Eventually he'll start to explore the bathroom, chewing on shower curtains and messing with the sink. He likes to pick stuff up and toss it over the edge. He enjoys it and he's not hurting anyone. There's nothing dangerous for him to get into so that's not a problem. Keep the toilet lid closed, coworker had an amazon that got stuck in the toilet and drowned (clipped, though)
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SaNChEzZ posted:Keep the toilet lid closed, coworker had an amazon that got stuck in the toilet and drowned (clipped, though) Absolutely. When I found out he loves the bathroom I checked everything carefully to make sure he can't drown or ingest anything harmful.
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There's a reupholstery place around the corner from me and the owner has an African Grey that just sits on top of his cage all day watching the pedestrian go by. I've been walking by him for almost three years and I've only seen him moving once when he was on the stoop with his owner saying hi to everyone. Is it a normal thing for greys just like to potato out and watch people or sit in the bathroom or whatever?
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shuriken posted:This is Basil. My parents got him from our neighbors in in 1990, and he was at the very least 7 years old at that point. We think he's around 31 or 32, and he still flies around, sings at everything, and sleeps on our shoulders. Does anyone else have senior citizen cockatiels? Those two are so adorable! Basil looks a lot like my cockatiel Aiden - he made it to 24 years old, and outlived every other bird I owned. He was a grouch, so I think he stayed alive out of sheer indignation. Glad to hear they're both so healthy and happy in their later years.
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Ritz has been in a chewy mood lately (springtime nesting, who knows), on Saturday, he destroyed an entire chewy wood toy thing while we were out for about 4.5 hours. Granted, it was a small toy. So last night I put an african grey sized birdy kabob in there, it' was a good 12-15" long. He's was alone for 4 hours while my girlfriend was at work, and this happened.  So destructive! But I'm glad it's not my fingers, he's actually getting much better about biting lately. He even snuggled with my face for a good 20 minutes last night without biting at all. He's also more readily accepting scritches, perhaps he's realizing that yes they do in fact feel good.
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Speaking of planted birds... Kima's toys of choice are shreddables. She loves the poo poo out of them. I only know this by the fact that the moment I give her 5 minutes to herself, toys just disappear. I've never actually caught her shredding anything. I figured a good remedy to this would be to purchase a giant gently caress you shredding pouch. I put it on the bottom of the derps' cage and came back to find this:  And there she has sat, utterly motionless... for three hours. I think Kima believes she has found god.
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Slaughterhouse-Ive posted:There's a reupholstery place around the corner from me and the owner has an African Grey that just sits on top of his cage all day watching the pedestrian go by. I've been walking by him for almost three years and I've only seen him moving once when he was on the stoop with his owner saying hi to everyone. Is it a normal thing for greys just like to potato out and watch people or sit in the bathroom or whatever? I can't speak for all Greys. He definitely has times where he will just sit there on one foot and chill for hours at a time. He seems to have set times for singing though. Usually around 8pm he'll put on a show for an hour. Then he has to sit with me and get scratches for another hour or so. Then it's bed time. I really need to setup a camera on him for when I'm at work.
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Chili posted:I think Kima believes she has found god. She is planning. You will come back to a pile of scraps.
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