Rotten Cookies posted:

Apologies for self-tweet, but I realized I never posted this in here

https://twitter.com/niceoneWern/status/1564998816037740545

Hi, Pretzel!

Pookah posted:

That enormous front floof and mighty muttonchops absolutely suggest English show budgie.
Is he very mild and extremely stupid, in a charming sort of way? That was my experience of an English show budgie.
Puff Puff was adorable and infuriating in equal measures to his cagemate. She had to literally kick him to get him to move out of her way.

Qubee posted:

I love these two more than I've loved some ex girlfriends, and they can be nastier than my exes at times. But I just adore them.





Sometimes I think about how empty I would feel if I were to lose them. It's a big fear of mine, because there is absolutely nothing in the way of avian vets in this country. But I give them the best life I can, they're constantly free flight and have all the toys and good food and a shuffled music playlist. They are such a huge part of what brings me happiness and joy. I think I'm going to start collecting their feathers and putting it in a glass jar, just as something to remember them by when they decide it's time to go. It's already a few months away from being 3 years. 3 years since I was handfeeding them every two hours and seeing them sleeping tucked under my ear or on my lap as little tiny babies.

I've got a goal of getting them to Europe or the US and letting them live a life of luxury in a huge aviary. I just have to figure out how I can transport them without them being terrified. Air travel is ruled out as I think it's far too stressful of an experience. Driving might be a possibility. Currently the top of the list is sailing. I'd just sail them along the coast all the way to Europe.

Plastic Pal posted:

Tried sleeping in a little bit after getting the birbs up and they saw fit to land on me and walk around on me. I think they were concerned about the unusually prone human. I feel so cared for.

bee posted:

We've been having some King Parrots lurking around the house lately and Tux is Not Impressed.

Plastic Pal posted:

Little Miss LoLo is too cute for this world.

Plant MONSTER. posted:

Well, the vet assured me months ago that it'd be safe to add another bird to my family after losing Pesto so a few days ago, I picked out a new little buddy. I wanted to wait a little while and use the time to bond with Dijon and we managed to become very good friends. He even lets me open pin feathers on his face with tweezers or a finger.



Still haven't decided on a name for him yet! Thinking of Blue Cheese Buffalo or Bluchee for short.

He's already tame and steps up. He watched Dijon and I interact for the first little bit and I guess he knows I'm a safe object. Dijon's thrilled at having company again.

Captain Log posted:

Somedays, Blue is feeling his nine or so years and gets pretty invested in napping.

But not before making sure he is blocking Yellow from any potential threads, like a giant with a camera on his phone.

mediaphage posted:

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it’s a lovely thought but i can’t be arsed and just toss it in the compost bin

RoboRodent posted:

Sometimes I put the poop in with my Christmas cactus, and it seems to be thriving.

Qubee posted:

So Chick went from a solid 2.5/10 on the health scale to a current bonkers 8.9/10 on the health scale. She's got this newfound energy and is really fulfilling the stereotype of budgies having no off-switch. As I type this, she's been continuously clambering all over me without an end in sight. I'm happy to see the medication doing it's job and bringing her to her former glory, but it has also acted as a stark reminder of just how exhausting it can be to deal with budgies. Especially hormonal (read: horny) ones. Constant burrowing into my clothes, followed by a sharp bite, and god have mercy on my soul if I try and extricate her from my person. She either burrows deeper or viciously defends what she perceives as her territory. Her violent and bloodthirsty nature is made up for with the occasional (actually quite often) cute bonding moments where she'll sleep close to me and let me give her beak some bops.

https://streamable.com/c398je

GoingPostal posted:

Can I as a favor of folks in here?

It's.... been a rough week, here at the Postal household, and it's only gonna get worse for a bit.

Can I get pics of your birds being adorable? I could really use the serotonin hit.

(Everyone is fine, it's just going to be a very rough week.)

Qubee posted:

Does anyone else get that strong pang of emotion when their birds are asleep and you want them to be out and sitting nearby? It happens like once a week for me lol They're asleep right now and ever so slightly wishing they were out here causing mayhem

mediaphage posted:

Control Volume posted:

Not sure where else to post this, but yesterday I saw a very brave crow chase off a falcon of some kind by itself. It looked like the falcon tried to pursue when the crow initially took off, so it doubled back and divebombed the poo poo out of the falcon until they both flew out of sight. Got absolutely no support from other birds the entire time despite likely saving their asses with the racket it was making. Stay strong, crow friend.

bee posted:

In other birb content: Tux usually prefers to sit on mr bee during the day while we're working, so long as he's in the house with me and hasn't gone outside to our little office cabin in the backyard. Which is fine, as long as Tux is chill and isn't getting the zoomies and flying into things he can sit where he likes.

But on the weekend, mr bee hurt his leg and hasn't been able to wear his prosthetic leg as a result so he's been using crutches to get around the house. Usually he only takes his prosthetic leg off to shower and sleep, so Tux is used to seeing him with a fake leg. But for the last few days, Tux has been preferring to sit on my shoulder, and he really seems to be wary of the crutches. Today I had to hand Tux to mr bee so I could use the bathroom, but Tux went straight down mr bee's arm and onto his thigh and seemed super interested in trying to figure out where mr bee's usual leg was. So I just found it funny that he's noticed all of sudden that something was up and went to investigate