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Kenshin posted:Video is private. Fixed!
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Feb 24, 2013 03:03
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What is that in the container? Does he make happy noises when he gets or finds food he loves?
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Feb 24, 2013 03:12
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Battle Pigeon posted:What is that in the container? Does he make happy noises when he gets or finds food he loves? Pellets, and only for certain fruits, blueberries and oranges. If it's dry food, he shows his appreciation by burying his head into it and shaking it around violently like the video haha.
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Feb 24, 2013 03:24
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Pile of Kittens posted:Are you still in the room for a while after you cover him for the night? Yes. It's unavoidable with where the cage is sadly. We're coming around on the idea of a sleep cage.
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Feb 24, 2013 03:52
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H110Hawk posted:Yes. With the Doh-burd we have the cage in the living room, where we will stay up past his bedtime. We will turn down the lights, watch tv on a low volume and he will be in his cage starting to fall asleep. Once he starts making his sleepy chirps and finally tucks his head we will sneak up and put the cover up (it's like a curtain). He will eventually wake up after the curtain is on and move around but he still hears the tv and us whispering. He will either say "whatcha doin" quietly, like a whisper, or just mumble and we will respond with either a "it's bed time", "night night", or "shh sleepytime, Frodo". He goes to bed very well. I have the cover so that it doesn't cover the top of his cage or the back that faces the wall, that way he has a nightlight with the moon/ambient light and gets light when the sun comes up. Unrelated topic: Husband and I were in a Petco the other day and while we were looking at the bin o' budgies and the 'tiels he said "oh my, they look so small to me now." I don't consider Amazons to be big birds, as I have owned and worked with cockatoos, macaws, turkeys, chickens, ducks and geese. It was the husbands main issue with Frodo when we decided to take him in that he was "just SO big". I makes me giggle that Frodo is his bestie now and that he is no longer so gigantic to him. Also, I don't know about you guys, but here it's molting time. FEATHERS ERRYWHERE. Grumpy, itchy bird throwing fruit when he can't reach that itch, always putting his head down for scritches, and FEATHERS. All the feathers. How is he not naked?!
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Feb 24, 2013 09:38
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H110Hawk posted:Yes. He's just pissed off that you're having fun without him. That or his natural flock instincts are interfering, since he can hear his flock isn't asleep yet. Does he make adorable grumbling noises? Our old bird used to sound like a tiny and angry foreign radio at night if you so much as breathed near his cage.
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Feb 24, 2013 10:23
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If you get up at night to get a glass of water or something and Sunny sees you, he will bite down on his cage with all his rage until he nearly falls off and makes this grumbling sounds. Cheeky couldn't give a poo poo, he'll even still be sleeping when we turn the lights on. Deadly Chlorine fucked around with this message at 10:39 on Feb 24, 2013 |
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Feb 24, 2013 10:36
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Steve was preening, and ended up shrieking and hissing at his own rear end for a few minutes (the pain shriek, not the fear one) before taking off and flying as fast as he could to escape his behind. Every time he landed, he'd shriek again before taking off and flying around some more. The way he was yelling made me wonder if he'd broken a blood feather, but there was no visible blood and he was zooming around so much it was better to just wait and let him land rather than chase and stress him out. Eventually the longest tail feather fell out as he was flying, perfect and no blood or anything at all. It must have just felt weird.  Steve, just lightly pull on the drat thing next time.
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Feb 24, 2013 16:01
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I'm really excited, we might be getting our Parrotlet even sooner than I thought (like, next week). Can't wait to make a new tiny feathered friend!
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Feb 24, 2013 23:47
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Battle Pigeon posted:Steve was preening, and ended up shrieking and hissing at his own rear end for a few minutes (the pain shriek, not the fear one) before taking off and flying as fast as he could to escape his behind. Every time he landed, he'd shriek again before taking off and flying around some more. The way he was yelling made me wonder if he'd broken a blood feather, but there was no visible blood and he was zooming around so much it was better to just wait and let him land rather than chase and stress him out. Eventually the longest tail feather fell out as he was flying, perfect and no blood or anything at all. It must have just felt weird. Steve: The story of 
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Feb 25, 2013 01:45
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 Speaking of new tiny feathered friends, here's my lovebird Kiwi flapping her wings. In the past week, I've gone from having 0 experience with birds to being the owner of 2 love birds and 2 budgies (I'm taking care of the budgies temporarily until the owners get done with their trip). It's my understanding that I would have an easier time taming them if they're kept alone, but I'm still making some progress even though they're paired up. The budgies are finally comfortable (if they're in a good mood) eating millet out of my hand, but the lovebirds will still retreat to the corner when my hand goes near them. I'm planning on taking it slow, one step at a time. Whenever I clean their cage in the morning, they flap around and cause all kinds of ruckus. Is there a tip or trick to make the whole experience less traumatic for them or will they just get used to it after a while? Bioshuffle fucked around with this message at 02:02 on Feb 25, 2013 |
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Feb 25, 2013 02:00
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Treats from the evil hand are a good way to start. Start by offering treats, sunflower seeds etc. Eventually they'll come to realize the huge scary hand isn't all that bad. Then comes teaching them that the even bigger monster attached to the huge scary hand isn't bad either.
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Feb 25, 2013 02:06
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Kiwi is a very pretty birdie, and I'm so excited for the parrotlet you're getting ROE! I love those little guys, so full of personality  Kenshin brought Zippy by the shop I work in today, and a man from Columbia was there and very interested in her. Her species is a popular pet in South America and he had a bunch of stories about the birds people keep down there. Hearing some of the cultural differences in bird keeping was fun- giving birds bread with a bit of chocolate or wine is a popular treat apparently, they'll just talk and talk and talk.
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Feb 25, 2013 02:56
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Bioshuffle posted:
You could start with longer treats, like full sized millet sprays, then slowly move your hand closer and closer. What I did when I was fostering a wild cockatoo was to give her long beans, first holding onto the tip directly opposite, then slowly moving my hand further and further up until her beak was nearly touching my hand, then I moved on to sunflower seeds. I've never actually seen any lovebirds with this colouration around here, Kiwi is special! Also tiny little feathery butt, which is adorable.Oh yeah, any goons here use Google+? It's rad. ^^^Yeah, here sometimes people give their birds a bit of roti prata or even a few sips of coke, it's not uncommon. It's also common to keep birds on perches, with a lot of outside time, though.
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Feb 25, 2013 03:07
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Lenswork posted:Hearing some of the cultural differences in bird keeping was fun- giving birds bread with a bit of chocolate or wine is a popular treat apparently, they'll just talk and talk and talk. Amadeus definitely reacts to mood-altering foods similarly to humans. Sometimes he charges after my wineglass when I set it down and succeeds in licking a bit of wine from the rim: he always looks quite startled and then usually snuggles against my hand to snooze for a while.
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Feb 25, 2013 03:27
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:Amadeus definitely reacts to mood-altering foods similarly to humans. Sometimes he charges after my wineglass when I set it down and succeeds in licking a bit of wine from the rim: he always looks quite startled and then usually snuggles against my hand to snooze for a while. Novolo just licked the inside of a mug that had contained green tea an hour before, and she got the zoomies, pooped all over the place, and then crashed out in her cage after an hour of hyperactive vocal shenanigans.
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Feb 25, 2013 03:50
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SaNChEzZ posted:Treats from the evil hand are a good way to start. Deadly Chlorine posted:You could start with longer treats, like full sized millet sprays, then slowly move your hand closer and closer. What I did when I was fostering a wild cockatoo was to give her long beans, first holding onto the tip directly opposite, then slowly moving my hand further and further up until her beak was nearly touching my hand, then I moved on to sunflower seeds.  They still get wary if I move too fast though. Every time I open the cage for a cleaning or to replace food, it seems to undo all the progress I make with the birds. I think the sound of the cage opening scares them or something. They were both terrified of the ladder I installed for them yesterday, but today they were playing all over it. Both Kiwi and Tango (with the white feather) are Fischer's lovebirds with a yellow mutation. Here's another picture of the pair soaking in the setting sun :3 I have a feeling I'm going to spend a lot of time glued to the cage with my camera in my hand. 
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Feb 25, 2013 04:59
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Stubby little tails...
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Feb 25, 2013 05:35
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I bet they could have chicken butt tail chat with Charlie. 
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Feb 25, 2013 06:31
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I found a tiny hat.
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Feb 25, 2013 07:57
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Did the hat stay intact afterwards? Through a combination of digging through Ohtori's documents and some googling, I found his parents, and photos of them. They don't belong to who we got him from, but some other place that gave our breeder the chicks not long after they hatched and were rejected. It's strange, the other place seems to be one guy specialising in waterfowl and game birds, and on their website they have galleries of all these different birds, then suddenly a single pair of Blue-throated conures and that's all. No other parrots. Their enclosure didn't look very nice, certainly nowhere near as nice or professional a place as where we got Ohtori from, but it was fun to find his parents like that. They look cared for and content together at the least.
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Feb 25, 2013 10:01
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Hnnng my friend posed his African Grey. This bird. So cute. The tiny chair is the best.
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Feb 25, 2013 12:38
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Oh man that little Grey is so cute. Good luck getting mine to stay on his back like that.
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Feb 25, 2013 13:44
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Joe Don Baker posted:Oh man that little Grey is so cute. Good luck getting mine to stay on his back like that. I was just about to say the same thing
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Feb 25, 2013 13:59
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Deadly Chlorine posted:Hnnng my friend posed his African Grey. Hnrrrrrrfff give me that bird. I've not really met many Greys, so for those of you who have and/or have one, do they tend to dislike being on their backs? Reading about them, it was often said they aren't really cuddly/hands on birds in general, so probably wouldn't like lying back like a conure-but if you get them used to it as a baby, do they keep the habit, or grow out of it?
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I think so, I know a few people who have trained their greys to lie on their backs and they still do it as adults. The birds I've seen that are REALLY against lying down like that are cockatoos. Cockatoos will not have any of that poo poo. It really depends, I know a guy's grey who after puberty would pin his eyes whenever anyone's hands got within 10cm of him, and another one that occasionally plucks but will put her head down all the time when someone comes near so she can get scritches. I would say conures are easier, but I'm pretty sure the default state of a conure is upside down anyway. 
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Feb 25, 2013 16:54
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Deadly Chlorine posted:I think so, I know a few people who have trained their greys to lie on their backs and they still do it as adults. The birds I've seen that are REALLY against lying down like that are cockatoos. Cockatoos will not have any of that poo poo. It really depends, I know a guy's grey who after puberty would pin his eyes whenever anyone's hands got within 10cm of him, and another one that occasionally plucks but will put her head down all the time when someone comes near so she can get scritches. My cockatoo doesn't like it, but he's okay with it for a bit. If I'm holding him on one hand, I can cup his wings with my other and flip him upside down for a bit and he doesn't mind. But he also likes to Mission Impossible upside-down walk along the ceiling of his cage. We also have him trained for his nails where we lay him on his back on a pillow and one person uses a towel to control his wings (and also sorta throttle his scrawny little neck to keep him from interfering with the dremmel) and he just chills out and enjoys the pedicure for the five minutes it takes.
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Eejit posted:My cockatoo doesn't like it, but he's okay with it for a bit. If I'm holding him on one hand, I can cup his wings with my other and flip him upside down for a bit and he doesn't mind. But he also likes to Mission Impossible upside-down walk along the ceiling of his cage. We also have him trained for his nails where we lay him on his back on a pillow and one person uses a towel to control his wings (and also sorta throttle his scrawny little neck to keep him from interfering with the dremmel) and he just chills out and enjoys the pedicure for the five minutes it takes. Oh my god that's adorable. I'm only speaking from the experience I have, cause I know sulphur crested cockatoos who will freak out whenever you turn them upside down. Maybe they just don't trust their owners enough yet, when they develop a bond the toos should be chill with it. Oh my god I need to know if anyone has taught a cockatiel to lie on its back. Edit: Oh my god, yes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf0xeyowCWA&feature=youtube_gdata_player Deadly Chlorine fucked around with this message at 17:14 on Feb 25, 2013 |
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Is it normal for my birds to preen themselves multiple times throughout the day? I just got done reading about bird mites  and every time they preen, I get worried they have mites or some other bug. I did a careful inspection around the cage but no critters. How would I tell the difference between a bird that's preening, and a bird that's trying to peck at mites? There's no feather damage and they don't show any outward signs of distress, but watching them peck at their feather is making me feel itchy.
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Feb 25, 2013 19:59
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My birds pretty much preen all the time when they are not eating, playing with toys, or napping. Those are like the 4 default bird settings or something. v v I wouldn't worry about it.
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Feb 25, 2013 20:09
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I heard somebody describe it as greys are a lot like cats. Their owners love them, they're fairly smart, and a bit more quiet than other pets, but they don't give two shits if you live or die. Macaws are more like dogs, loud, a bit dumb, and completely lovable.
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Feb 25, 2013 20:42
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Yeah, they have a lot of those feathers, I have to imagine that if birds were the dominant species with 9-5's and houses in the suburbs that almost no work would ever get done because between eating, making GBS threads, and preening there would be no time to file TPS reports.
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unprofessional posted:I heard somebody describe it as greys are a lot like cats. Their owners love them, they're fairly smart, and a bit more quiet than other pets, but they don't give two shits if you live or die. Macaws are more like dogs, loud, a bit dumb, and completely lovable. I don't know if that's true. My brother hasn't lived here for years and the Grey still calls for him. He also misses the cat my parents have. He also asks for my mom and dad sometimes. He definitely notices if someone isn't around. Hell, when my wife takes a nap or something he HAS to go in the bedroom just to check on her.
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Joe Don Baker posted:I don't know if that's true. My brother hasn't lived here for years and the Grey still calls for him. He also misses the cat my parents have. He also asks for my mom and dad sometimes. He definitely notices if someone isn't around. Hell, when my wife takes a nap or something he HAS to go in the bedroom just to check on her. Amadeus always has to check on my boyfriend when he goes to bed early or naps, too. There's anxious hunkering down and wiggling and wing-flapping until I pick him up and we peek into the bedroom together. See? There he is, buddy, it's okay.
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:Amadeus always has to check on my boyfriend when he goes to bed early or naps, too. Marceline does this with Zomo too. Finn will just flat out jump and fly after me if I leave the room. Silly potato! Speaking of silly potatos, A pecking order is finally firmly established here. Finn is normally territorial of the day cage as per quaker personality and we've been trying to show him that no, it's not okay to lunge at Marshal because it's not Your Cage. It's been slow going but finally came to a head when Finn charged beak-open at Marshal and Marceline flew from Zomo to the cage and sparta kicked and hissed and lunged at Finn until he backed down. And now this happens:  Burds
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I forget if it was the same place, but did somebody say they had a horrid time shopping with MySafeBirdStore.com? If so, I must say.. we just got the stuff we ordered and man. What a presentation! Everything was in paper bags, filled with tissue paper, they included a nice little hand written note, and even an extra baggie of finger trap type shredders stuffed with little paper thingies. And some candy for us too A++ Would buy again! E: just checked and it was a good review! Here's another!
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My husband and I had been thinking about getting another bird for a while, then in a flurry of sudden activity last night, this happened: His previous owner had bought him and then realized that birds and 2 year old children don't mix. Poor guy is nameless, untamed and desperately needs his nails trimmed but I'm already completely in love with watching his antics.
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Deadly Chlorine posted:Oh my god that's adorable. I had a cockatiel that just learned how to play dead on his own. I'd hold him in my hand on his back and say "be dead bird!" and he'd lay there, then beak my thumb and I'd say "dead birds don't bite!" and he'd move his head like "oh yeah!" and play dead. seriously cute.
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I need to drive into the office and all five birds are snuggling with me.  Mamacita is in my hair, Dio's in my lap, Chiyo tucked herself into my sleeve, Zoe is snuggled up against my neck, and Zeke is guarding the keyboard and making this really loving difficult to type. I don't think any of them realize there's more than one parrot out. BIRDS.And another +1 to MySafeBirdStore.com!
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