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Mizuti posted:Edit: Bonus baby cockatoo making noises like a steamrolled dinosaur. From the about page of that tumblr: quote:I’m a hugehugeHUGE bird fanatic (obvs) and I’ve lived with birds all my life, from chickens to ducks and budgies to cockatoos. I currently own 16 parrots in total, along with many other critters. A house filled with 2 parrotlets, a cockatiel, a lineolated parakeet, a lovebird, 3 quakers, 2 caiques, 2 indian ringnecks, 3 cockatoos, a diamond dove, 6 chickens, a german shepherd, a mini aussie, a frilled dragon, an ackie monitor, and a chinchilla is definitely a zoo :,) quote:I am a 20 year old poor college student that lives on campus with her cockatoos. Yes, my dorm is pretty loud, and will get very messy every day :,). HOW
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Battle Pigeon posted:I also read there's a female cockatiel mutation that acts a lot like a male-sings, whistles, heartwings-but also not sure if that's true, or just one or two breeders claiming it or something. Like here, way down in part 3: http://www.justcockatiels.net/sexing-cockatiels.html claims sex-linked yellow cheek females can act like males. why does that page remind me of Timecube 'Tielcube
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birds posted:So I think my cockatiel might be gay. Or at least that's what the lady I board him with implied. He was completely disinterested in the female bird his cage was placed next to for 4 days. Maybe it was an ugly ladytiel.
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Shirec posted:So I tend to follow cute bird accounts on Instagram, get my fill of cockatoos and macaws and whatnot. I found the cutest one recently, and I'm in love Oh wow, they say she was a plucker for many years and that she even used her knuckles to grab feathers from her head which is why she's bald. Poor girl. She looks super happy though.
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Hyacinth macaws have the best voices of any parrot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y9VWhgjwek Parrotlets sound exactly like they should https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0tF-bXAhqo But Mynahs are just ridiculous https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS7taiZgVKY
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titties posted:I love everyone's pet birds itt ESPECIALLY STEVE but the bird you linked is loving horrifying to me for some reason They are actually big dorks just like their cloud counterpartshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7IHsmu6dG8
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Captain Log posted:Sorry to be unclear. Finch care bothered me but I'm not an expert. Owner seemed less concerned about things than his employees. Store looks like it's made of cardboard. All the good exotic pet specialty stores must look sketchy as gently caress, it's a rule. My best local fish place is literally a brick warehouse in the worst part of the city. I'm pretty sure it's because the profits are way lower than a general pet store due to fewer people owning exotics + exotics costing more in the first place, so they have to find the cheapest rents. That being said, finches are birds like any other and while they don't need nearly as much space as parrots, they need enough to hop/flit around and a good amount of light and fresh air. I would at least speak to him about it.
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CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:Someone laid an egg so I busted out the good old fake eggs. Crouton accepted the new eggs so hard that she promptly rolled the real egg out of the nest and smooshed it to bits on the cage floor Do parrots eat their own unfertilized eggs like chickens do?
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EVIL Gibson posted:Here's a cockatoo that became agitated, rocks back and forth, makes dinosaur groans , in full angry puffy cloud form , and supposedly will keep this up for the rest of the night. If parrots are eternal 2-year-olds then Moluccan Cockatoos are eternal 2-year-olds on meth.
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redgubbinz posted:https://twitter.com/takapodigs/status/903926320165380096 Kakapos are like Dr. Suess creatures come to life. What a face! https://twitter.com/takapodigs/status/903927388765020160
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CLAM DOWN posted:Thought of this thread LET THEM IN
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 A kea playing in a recent New Zealand snowstorm.
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little_firebird posted:Oh hey, remember when I said I was gonna get a pigeon from a breeder and that was it? What a handsome fellow! Name him Bert.
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redgubbinz posted:
https://twitter.com/takapodigs/status/914635985622851584  the smuggest birb
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Tendai posted:Something suitable for an apartment, so no cockatoos or the like. No sun conures either. I'm honestly kind of tempted to revert to my first childhood bird that was actually mine and get some budgies. But I really need to see how the next few months pan out work wise and time-wise before I make any move like that. Clearly you need a pair of Bourke's Parakeets.
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Tendai posted:That's them, I wonder how available they are in the US. Time to do some research. I kind of like the idea that for the same amount of money that I can get a reasonably sized cage for say a cockatiel, I could get a gently caress off big cage for a tiny bird like that. Parrotlets are actually squeaky toys brought to life by some sort of magic spell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0tF-bXAhqo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AlanuqpRRY
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Also known as a "Go-away bird".
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value-brand cereal posted:Bird experts, I have a question if that's welcome here. What species of bird is Big Bird from Sesame Street? Per Sesame Workshop he is modeled after a canary. Though he is a bit proud to admit that and has referred to himself as a "golden condor" which is not a thing.
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Kenshin posted:Nah, if you know the personality of both birds well and you've observed extended interactions between the two it can be fine. It certainly isn't something you'd do early on in the birds knowing each other, though.
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Captain Log posted:It reminds me of one of my favourite youtube videos - Parrot goes "WEEEE!" then promptly falls off the cage. Fun fact: Galahs (along with Major Mitchell's and gang-gangs) are the cockatoo species most closely related to  s. Can you tell?
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Mizuti posted:Yeah, I can. My only experience with them is through videos, but galahs and Major Mitchells' don't seem to have that cunning and analyzing stare that seems to be always on the face of umbrellas, goffins or sulfur-crested cockatoos. This one: The endangered Gang-gang cockatoo in particular has a very cockatiel-looking face. Males have completely red heads while females are gray with pink highlights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_rHDTZMgrI warkwarkwarkwarkwarkwarkwarkwark Youth Decay fucked around with this message at 07:57 on Nov 19, 2017 |
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Rallos posted:So I did a bird thing today! Went and toured Emerald Forest Bird Gardens in Fallbrook, CA. The owner, Jerry Jennings, is pretty much the authority on Toucans and captive breeding. He was the first to breed many species of toucan in captivity. I did a whole tour but didn't get any good photos with the bigger breeds as they were too far away in their cages but I have some small breed and baby photos and videos. I'll make a bigger effort post in a few days when I get back home to chicago but for now I leave you with a photo of a Toucanet biting a (my) fingat. Why are there jagged spikes on the inside of that bird's beak? 
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1500 posted:I am no expert but I expect it is because of a number of factors. They inhabit different territories and as such do not interact (true for some, but not all), and given the option they would rather mate within their own species. Corella x Galah hybrids are seen sometimes n the wild though.  As are Corella x Sulphur-Crested.  Mixed-species cockatoo flocks are common so it is not that surprising to have hybrids. They do seem to vary more in phenotype compared to macaw hybrids, with individuals having more traits of one parent or the other. Most of them are likely not fertile, since corellas, galahs, and other cockatoos are more distantly related to each other than the macaw species. Rosella hybrids are super common in the wild though it can be hard to differentiate them from color mutations. Eastern x Crimson Rosellas are stunning.  As are Eastern Rosella x Australian Ringnecks  Lorikeet hybrids are common to the point of displacing the pure species in some areas.
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That video was viral a while ago (particularly among South Carolina Gamecock fans) and it pretty much proves that birds are just fashionably-dressed dinosaurs.
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TaurusTorus posted:So, weird question, Sunny seems to love the taste of my rose scented shaving cream, there's nothing bad in there, right? Cause he loves it, going nuts on my shirt since I dripped some on it. Shaving cream is poisonous to birds. Yours contains triethanolamine, methylchloroisothiazolinone, and methylsisothiazolinone which are definitely toxic orally. Also the volatile oils found in many perfumes can cause organ damage if ingested. A tiny amount may not harm him, but I would not give him any on purpose.
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underage at the vape shop posted:Do dusty birds make not dusty birds sick? Rule of thumb is not to house Old World parrots with New World parrots because many Old World parrot species have "powder down" feathers whose keratin sheaths break down into finer dust than the feathers of New World birds. Cockatoos/tiels and African Grays being the worst offenders in this regard.
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Rallos posted:
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Mizuti posted:I wonder why there's so little interest in owning pigeons in the USA, and why parrots are considered the default "pet bird". Pigeons will never be the flashiest or cleverest, but they come in beautiful varieties and they've been bred to accept humans for thousands of years. Is it bad PR from the "flying rats" thing? Pigeons have traditionally been used either as food animals, as messengers (postal or military), racing or for show. It was/is rare to have a purely "pet" pigeon. Parrots are popular because they talk, simple as that. It's a good gimmick to have. Also why the domestic canary has fallen out of favor among pet owners.
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subpar anachronism posted:Can barred parakeets be housed with regular keets? Met this guy today and he was so sweet. came up to the bars for scritches and basically laid in his food dish chowing down while getting them pets. I asked to be called when they figure out prices. Rule of thumb is not to cage Old World parrots with New World parrots due to the former producing much more dust. Budgies/parakeets aren't nearly as dusty as cockatiels but I wouldn't risk it.
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MisterBibs posted:I've wanted to own a bird for a long time (due in no small part to this thread, you jerks), but I'm cognizant of the fact that my partner and I simply aren't home enough to be good bird parents. Like, I'm utterly allergic to cats and dogs, and birds seem like a wonderful alternative, but I legitimately fear we'd gently caress up bird ownership Get a couple finches. Finches need less human engagement than parrots but can be hand-tamed and are entertaining little guys, if you don't mind a constant peep peep peep peep peep. Or better yet, a pigeon(s)! This thread needs more pigeons.
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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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StarMinstrel posted:gators descend from parrots, gotcha! Gators and crocs are the closest-related living reptiles to birds, yes. 
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theHUNGERian posted:https://i.imgur.com/mkKrgvQ.mp4 a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds set in Australia the birds win
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Rotten Cookies posted:What's bird YouTube like? More like "HIIIIIII hiiiiiii gibberish in demonic voice I DON WANNA" "Oi gently caress off ya bastards!" "Cracker cracker! Cracker cracker cracker cracker cracker cracker cracker cracker."
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Spare-Ohs posted:"NO bite." (I would like to bite you.)
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RoboRodent posted:I have two questions: 1. If it isn't they can make it big enough with the pickaxes attached to their skulls 2. With most trees only a small layer is actually vascularized so the inside can be hollow as long as there is some live wood connecting to get water to the parts above/below.
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