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Serra the cockatiel refuses to bite anyone with any force. But she is discovering that my pushover father it terrified of being bitten. I've more than once walked into the living room to find her perched on his knee, hissing at his finger while he says, "Step UP! STEP UP! Come on...UP!" It's pretty funny to see your father get bossed around by the living embodiment of a cartoon.
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Captain Log posted:Serra the cockatiel refuses to bite anyone with any force. But she is discovering that my pushover father it terrified of being bitten. I've more than once walked into the living room to find her perched on his knee, hissing at his finger while he says, "Step UP! STEP UP! Come on...UP!" My dad’s female cockatiel was like this. She was incapable of or refused to do any damage, so her indignant squawks, posturing, and bashing her face against fingers were funny instead of threatening. It didn’t stop my mom from being terrified of her. The bird was harmless, so it was like someone getting bullied by a stuffed animal.
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Jun 15, 2018 23:41
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7oKbU8Zq_c If only they were always this polite.
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Jun 15, 2018 23:51
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:The post-bath Senegal  "WHY?"Mizuti posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7oKbU8Zq_c When he tries to offer a finger to one around the three minute mark, you can see the wheels turning over whether it should bite him.
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Jun 16, 2018 05:01
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DarkHorse posted:My dad’s female cockatiel was like this. She was incapable of or refused to do any damage, so her indignant squawks, posturing, and bashing her face against fingers were funny instead of threatening. My Sera is a big flirt and loves any new person he meets (with the exception of my old roommate who he hated). A while back my mom came over to drop some things off, and he kept flying to her shoulder to sing to her. Mom was terrified and trying to cower from a tiny bird on her shoulder, and I was laughing too hard to be much help, I admit. Meanwhile, Ozzy has evidently decided he likes the new cage so much he is never coming out again. Well. Okay.
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Jun 16, 2018 16:35
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His owner's voice annoys me but goddamn Buttons is a national treasure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DtOZB2vPs8
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Jun 16, 2018 17:37
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RoboRodent posted:My Sera is a big flirt and loves any new person he meets (with the exception of my old roommate who he hated). A while back my mom came over to drop some things off, and he kept flying to her shoulder to sing to her. Mom was terrified and trying to cower from a tiny bird on her shoulder, and I was laughing too hard to be much help, I admit. This has been a baffling thing to me as well! My father, the animal hater, is more terrified of them than hateful. But sweetheart Wandy the old passed cockatiel I had would fly across a room to get to him! She would actually hiss at me when I tried to take her back! Normally she would hiss at people trying to take her from me! Bird don't smell worth a god drat. Do they recognise facial features?! Hell if I know. All three birds had a group night fright last night. That was...fun.
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Jun 16, 2018 22:37
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Tendai posted:His owner's voice annoys me but goddamn Buttons is a national treasure i am having one of those weird cultural clash moments watching this i have never used a salad spinner in my life (or even seen one) and who cuts up their salad?! just shovel the leaves into your face like a giraffe its loving great a cracker?
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Jun 17, 2018 03:56
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GoldStandardConure posted:i am having one of those weird cultural clash moments watching this In the US most salads (in restaurants) use salad mix, which always comes chopped up. Even if it isn't, guests at a restaurant normally expect it with anything but spinach.
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Jun 17, 2018 04:37
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Did somebody say spinach? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCBINTkT57I
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Jun 17, 2018 16:10
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You're not supposed to just fill a kiddie pool with it and roll around? poo poo, I've been doing this all wrong
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Jun 17, 2018 17:52
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I have never, and will never, eat a salad.  No, I'm not overweight. I was raised by an evangelical fundamentalist mother who literally believed salt and pepper were tools of the devil. OHHHH how I wish I was joking. Anyways, most salads ordered in restaurants are hysterically simple and I don't understand why people would pay fifteen bucks for them, outside of being vegetarian. Even then, there are more savoury options. Like Corb - 
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Jun 17, 2018 21:57
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Indian cuisine does some impressive vegetarian food, doesn't necessarily have to be spicy but it sure will be flavorful. If I had to give up meat for whatever reason I'd probably be fine. Dairy on the other hand, you can pry the cheese out of my cold dead hands.
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Jun 17, 2018 22:28
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redgubbinz posted:Indian cuisine does some impressive vegetarian food, doesn't necessarily have to be spicy but it sure will be flavorful. If I had to give up meat for whatever reason I'd probably be fine. Dairy on the other hand, you can pry the cheese out of my cold dead hands. Gordon Ramsay, one of the three holy deities I follow, crowned a veggie restaurant in the UK as the runner up to best place in England. He loathes veggie food. But Jesus Christ I've gotta go there next time I visit. For me, it's meat. I try to avoid eating chicken because I think eggs make more sense than two cooked breasts, but I pretty comfortable with cows and pigs being eaten. They live well up until the end. But Christ on a crutch I'm not thinking of America Farms as a shining example of humane treatment of livestock.
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Jun 17, 2018 22:56
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Captain Log posted:Gordon Ramsay, one of the three holy deities I follow, crowned a veggie restaurant in the UK as the runner up to best place in England. He loathes veggie food. But Jesus Christ I've gotta go there next time I visit. Who are the other 2?
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Jun 17, 2018 23:15
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Took another weekend trip to visit the bird today. We got the DNA test done and it's a young male.  After some house debate, his name is Dr. Brad Kepler, Ancient Aliens Astronaut Theorist. This is only our second visit but it's amazing how different he is. He's super chatty and active, interested in actual solid foods, and is ultra pissed about his first wing clip. We've asked the staff to help us acclimate him to the harness early and took him outside to explore for the first time. He's a champ. Please excuse my fluffy dandelion hair. Its only saving grace is how much he likes to play in it.   
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Jun 17, 2018 23:45
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Dr Kepler is a very handsome young man 
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Jun 17, 2018 23:48
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he is perfect
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Jun 18, 2018 00:58
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Beelerzebub posted:Who are the other 2? James Spader, Gordon Ramsay, and Hunter S. Thompson. I've had nicknames related to all three and I greatly enjoy their work.
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Jun 18, 2018 01:35
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That's one hell of a threesome
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Jun 18, 2018 02:31
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Jun 18, 2018 02:53
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Captain Log posted:two cooked breasts
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Jun 18, 2018 03:02
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this broken hill posted:i have been summoned wouldn't they be baked? 
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Jun 18, 2018 05:39
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It's Serra Sunday...and it's her hatchday! Here, have some chew toys for treats. Cool, turn them into a perch. You have big balls. Bird-a-flague activate!  HI!  Birthday Cake Time!  
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Jun 18, 2018 06:02
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GoldStandardConure posted:wouldn't they be baked? 
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Jun 18, 2018 06:39
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I'm $1600 down and no closer to figuring out what is wrong with Crouton gently caress my life gently caress everything I'm just going to rehome her and kill myself
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Jun 18, 2018 09:14
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crows no 
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Jun 18, 2018 09:22
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Captain Log posted:It's Serra Sunday...and it's her hatchday! Happy hatchday Serra! That is a very smug tiel face
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Jun 18, 2018 13:09
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I have eaten too much food and whined at my friend who came over and decided to not kill myself today Crouton has been murdering the bottle brushes I borrowed from uni. I'm not sure how much nectar there would be in them but she enjoyed pulling the fronds off to weave into the Big Ball Of Sticks and to line an empty capsicum bowl.
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Jun 18, 2018 13:18
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Is it normal for a bird to not care about or like other birds? Tito doesn't like my brother's 'tiel, like at all. Doesn't even want to be near her.
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Jun 18, 2018 18:34
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Veritas posted:Is it normal for a bird to not care about or like other birds? Tito doesn't like my brother's 'tiel, like at all. Doesn't even want to be near her. It's almost like the bird doesn't like a screaming car alarm warking near it. Birds like things and they don't like things. My Senegal loved mini tomatoes but not huge tomato slices .
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Jun 18, 2018 18:44
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CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:I have eaten too much food and whined at my friend who came over and decided to not kill myself today Don't kill yourself! PM me if you need to vent by phone or text, I'm game! Also, doing Serra's first one year checkup at home I've discovered something... I've created a fat little bird. 
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Jun 19, 2018 01:12
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Goodness. I always think of cockatiels being so little, didn't realize average adult weight was a good chunk more than my teeny gcc.
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Jun 19, 2018 04:16
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Crouton is in bird hospital for bird surgery. Getting wedge biopsies. I will pick her up the evening of the day after tomorrow. Galbedir is beeping frantically and clanging doors looking for his friend 
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Jun 19, 2018 11:49
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CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:Crouton is in bird hospital for bird surgery. Getting wedge biopsies. I will pick her up the evening of the day after tomorrow. Galbedir is beeping frantically and clanging doors looking for his friend Good luck Crouton!
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Jun 19, 2018 12:12
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I got a question. I'm probably getting a green cheek conure in autumn (I'm super stoked!). However, I also have a ton of houseplants, at least half of them are sort of poisonous (googled around when I got my finches). Do the plants have to go out of my living room once the conure is in house? My finches are flying freely when I'm at home and that's working fine. They're not interested in the plants at all (they're mostly scared of the plants for some reason???). How do conures deal with stuff they shouldn't be eating?
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Jun 19, 2018 12:51
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Truck Stop Daddy posted:How do conures deal with stuff they shouldn't be eating? by trying to eat it
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Jun 19, 2018 13:34
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Truck Stop Daddy posted:How do conures deal with stuff they shouldn't be eating?
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Jun 19, 2018 14:12
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Pig the budgie now lives in my shirt if i'm standing up. If i'm sitting down it's the worst thing ever and he must escape immediately. I've found out the lady 4 doors down feeds the birds about 1000 times as much as I do, so instead of a piece of apple she's tossing out a bucket or two of seed every aftrenoon. Ducks, rosellas, galahs, magpies, and currawongs, along with the few misc natives. The currawongs are moving in now, there might even be more of them than the corellas, likely seasonal but maybe they've just muscled out the food source. No corellas come near the houses anymore. A weird afternoon if you don't see 200+ currawongs lining the gutters having a drink and just generally complaining. This mostly drives the budgie insane. Also me, as evidenced by my posting. I'm going to start stockpiling water.
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Halloween Jack posted:By eating it, almost dying, and costing you $700 Hmm!! :S
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