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Cilantro would like to help you out and increase the number of linnie pictures in the world
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Battle Pigeon posted:Thanks! Do you have it in a higher resolution? I can make up the little details, but it's always more useful to have the real thing if possible. no, sorry  one of my harddrives died recently and it had the bulk of my Ama-photos. I do have this though!
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Feb 18, 2015 20:35
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 this was in the cute thread. I thought it belonged here.
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Feb 18, 2015 22:24
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Jinxie Monroe posted:Cilantro would like to help you out and increase the number of linnie pictures in the world Sorry, but there's nothing I can do to improve this bird further  LITERALLY A BIRD posted:no, sorry I accept your payment  Sociopastry posted:
Sometimes mine lets me do this, or boop him on the head with my entire hand
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Feb 18, 2015 22:56
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gonna leave this here 
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Feb 19, 2015 00:43
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:gonna leave this here Piip Show has gotten hella sophisticated.
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Feb 19, 2015 01:04
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Albert was willing to pose for a minute. Link below to get the hi-res copies off Google Drive (if you want).  https ://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2Sq1C3sWPmReE5XM3hWZVRGSnM/view?usp=sharing  https ://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2Sq1C3sWPmRTGVkUGxIUVd6cjg/view?usp=sharing  https ://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2Sq1C3sWPmRS3lpdFVseFJhcVk/view?usp=sharing Grraarrgghh fucked around with this message at 05:03 on Feb 21, 2015 |
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Feb 19, 2015 01:27
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oh my godddd look at that baby bird with his baby eyes 
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Feb 19, 2015 01:34
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I might be knuckling down and getting a bird soon finally...had a bit of unexpected bonus money and depending on how much I have left after taking care of pressing needs it might be time for these plans to... take flight. 
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Feb 19, 2015 01:52
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A little camera crazy today. Bonus pic, we recently discovered Albert loves Thai chilis. Pic shows off the iridescence Red Bellies get on their wings. Ignore the orange peels behind him, we're still trying to get him to eat fruit (stubborn rear end bird). 
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Feb 19, 2015 02:08
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Grraarrgghh posted:A little camera crazy today. It's like looking at my Senegal after a hue-skew in photoshop. Really cute!
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Feb 19, 2015 02:13
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Battle Pigeon, I'll give you some pictures of Charles Alexander Featherston the Senegal Parrot if you want but I've posted most of them itt
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Feb 19, 2015 03:01
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Battle Pigeon posted:Anyone remember that artwork I did of a cockatiel in a suit and top hat? I was thinking of doing some other species, but would like some photos to draw from. I have a few from zoo trips, and can look for suitable stock photos, but if anyone wants to post some that I can freely use that would be super great and convenient too. 
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Feb 19, 2015 04:25
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Battle Pigeon posted:Sorry, but there's nothing I can do to improve this bird further He's moulted almost all his butt feathers right now, it makes him look extra round and cuddly. Beaker on the other hand is a tiny fierce war machine who must be appeased by sharing evidence that she is the prettiest budgie. 
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Feb 19, 2015 05:29
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does anyone have any really huge birds
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Feb 19, 2015 14:14
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Dreggon posted:does anyone have any really huge birds I've got a cockatoo, but I could try photographing the golden eagle that occasionally swings by?
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Feb 19, 2015 15:05
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Dreggon posted:does anyone have any really huge birds Boop thinks she's huge. Does that count?
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Feb 19, 2015 15:10
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Baby booge's favourite mealtime activity is to get in his food dish and kick everything out into the floor of his cage.  Any recommendations for a hoodied dish or any other solution? It's just so wasteful. :I
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Feb 19, 2015 20:26
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I have a green-cheeked conure, Chico. Recently, I've noticed that his flight feathers (normally very pretty and blue) have a pretty significant white streak, and are turning whiter over time. The rest of his feathers look okay, he's eating normally and isn't really molting at the moment. He doesn't seem stressed or lethargic. Is this normal? Should I be concerned? I've never seen this before. He's between 10-12 years old, if that helps.
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Feb 20, 2015 18:54
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As a brief update to a while back, we never did figure out the cause of what was happening to those budgies. Given our lovely supplier, we're assuming it's something that got carried from the facility they were bred at, but we haven't had any problems since that weren't very easily fixed. In better news, though, I'm taking this idiot home in a few weeks(old pic):  He's been at the store for about a year and a half. I basically own him already without having bought him, considering how attached he is. I did look around for some birds up for adoption, but apparently the local rescue group is disbanding, which sucks. So I'm wondering if anybody has a basics checklist so I can make sure I have everything I need before I get him. Currently he's eating Zupreem cockatiel-size pellets(we tried the medium parrot size but I guess they were too big and he didn't like them) and I'm hoping to convert him to Harrison's, but I'm not sure which grind is comparable size to the cockatiel Zupreem. I'm also not quite sure what the difference between the High Potency and Lifetime diets are. Are there other brands of similar quality? Is the amount of ground corn in Zupreem and Roudybush diets an issue as long as they're getting plenty of veggies/fruits and some other seeds on the side? Anyway, the stuff I have built up so far(since I used to have budgies, a few years back): -36x24x36 cage with 1/2" bar spacing -Variety of grapevine and manzanita perches in different sizes -like 5 or 6 different toys to rip and shred -3-4 bowls of different sizes Things I know I need to get: -Styptic powder, and build up a first-aid kid -Food, obviously( a bag of zupreem and maybe order a bag of harrison's? Some seed on the side?) -Extra perches to replace some/swap things around -Cuttlebone/mineral blocks, probably? -UVB light? -Flight harnesses? Not sure what size he'd take, but I imagine they adjust. Anything else I should look into?
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Feb 20, 2015 23:27
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Congrats on your new birb! also, this was in the cute thread: Laocius posted:Cockatiel singing along with a piano: A birb singing the Totoro theme song.
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Feb 21, 2015 00:00
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Battle Pigeon posted:Anyone remember that artwork I did of a cockatiel in a suit and top hat? I was thinking of doing some other species, but would like some photos to draw from. I have a few from zoo trips, and can look for suitable stock photos, but if anyone wants to post some that I can freely use that would be super great and convenient too. Pookie really does not care about cameras at all, she is extremely mellow about pretty much everything except the scary brush of legend. I can totally photograph her in all kinds of moods if you want some reference shots:) btw I still love Steve v. much - he is so SERIOUS about being a kind of dopey cockatiel
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Feb 21, 2015 01:09
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Eejit posted:Understanding your bird's body language and understanding how they communicate in general is one of the most rewarding parts of ownership. They're very expressive animals and it's so satisfying to get what they're telling you. So so true. It's weird how you can look at your own bird, and be like " hey, so he/she's kind of interested in that but also suspicious and would prefer if you'd move it over to the other side of the cage and take the cover off it" and the other person is all "whaaa?" and you're all "c'mon, it obvious!, look at how their feathers are kind of fluffed but their head is down and also a bit sideways - it's so clearly expressed!"
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Feb 21, 2015 01:16
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Totally saw that pose perfectly in my head. e: 
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Feb 21, 2015 01:26
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Out of curiosity, does anyone else's Chrome grind to a halt on this page? Takes forever to load and while it does, it's almost completely unresponsive. No other page in this thread does it, and even my other tabs are fine.
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Ineptus Mechanicus posted:Out of curiosity, does anyone else's Chrome grind to a halt on this page? Takes forever to load and while it does, it's almost completely unresponsive. No other page in this thread does it, and even my other tabs are fine. Yeah, seems to be Grraarrgghh's lovebirds. I noticed the problems as soon as those were posted.
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There's been something weird going on with gifs in the forums and I've seen people complaining about it in other threads. Or it might be a coincidence.
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Feb 21, 2015 04:52
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I tried disabling the direct link to Google Drive thinking that might help but it doesnt  They're like 300k images on Imgur
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aerialsilks posted:As a brief update to a while back, we never did figure out the cause of what was happening to those budgies. Given our lovely supplier, we're assuming it's something that got carried from the facility they were bred at, but we haven't had any problems since that weren't very easily fixed. We feed our GCC, Scout, Harrison's Adult Lifetime Coarse. It is a bit big so we crush it down a bit in a mortar and pestle. The mash is too small for her, which is why we use the coarse. We feed her 12 pellets in the morning, and 10 in the afternoon/evening. She also gets treats during the day like some banana or apple, and Nutriberries. We use the nutriberries as a treat, and keep some spray millet on hand also as a treat.
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Battle Pigeon posted:Anyone remember that artwork I did of a cockatiel in a suit and top hat? I was thinking of doing some other species, but would like some photos to draw from. I have a few from zoo trips, and can look for suitable stock photos, but if anyone wants to post some that I can freely use that would be super great and convenient too. You can totally use this picture of Mickey if youd like 
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Feb 21, 2015 09:29
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My budgies are on the carpet, munching on millet, and they noticed there is MORE millet in my hand. So now they're running after me, on the floor, like lost puppies, chirping hopefully. You're birds, you dumb featherblobs, try flying
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Torquemadras posted:My budgies are on the carpet, munching on millet, and they noticed there is MORE millet in my hand. So now they're running after me, on the floor, like lost puppies, chirping hopefully. Dawww. I've had to be careful to stop feeding Albert millet on/around/over the carpet, because unless I vacuum it up immediately, he will spend hours foraging underfoot trying to find that one millet morsel I missed.
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I wish I could let Teeka roam around on the ground because he like it, but he is a one cockatoo furniture destruction squad. Rips apart upholstery and splinters wood trim and bannisters. Also toes are not safe either.
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Eejit posted:I wish I could let Teeka roam around on the ground because he like it, but he is a one cockatoo furniture destruction squad. Rips apart upholstery and splinters wood trim and bannisters. Also toes are not safe either.  My toes involuntarily curled under in my shoes.
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Eejit posted:I wish I could let Teeka roam around on the ground because he like it, but he is a one cockatoo furniture destruction squad. Rips apart upholstery and splinters wood trim and bannisters. Also toes are not safe either. Goddamn cavity nesters.
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Arriviste posted:
if it's anything like the birds I'm more familiar with it's more 'intensive curiosity' than malice. Not that it's any better, but a bird painfully exploring my toes is more palatable to me than one who merely desires to crush them for fun.
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Feb 21, 2015 20:47
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Tasty_Crayon posted:Goddamn cavity nesters. Yeah, that's it exactly. He will waddle up to a chair, crouch low, and start hissing underneath it. And then after determining it's a suitable place to live disembowels the furniture item forthwith to, I presume, attract a mate. Also I'm not sure why he'll bite toes. Sometimes he ignores them and sometimes he must destroy them. I don't quite know what goes on in his tiny brain.
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Feb 21, 2015 20:59
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Some birds just do it. Ozy is an rear end in a top hat (he just bit me on the same finger a second time in two days) but he doesn't go after your toes just because they're there. Chirpy is a sweet little lovebird, but he's a fuckin' toe-hunter.
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Pookah posted:Pookie really does not care about cameras at all, she is extremely mellow about pretty much everything except the scary brush of legend. I can totally photograph her in all kinds of moods if you want some reference shots:) I'd love Pookie/Grey photos to work from! I wouldn't mind all sorts of poses for general stuff, for the art mentioned something with at least the body in profile with neutral lighting is easiest to draw/pose/add things to and change on paper, but with a bit of personality would be great too! Whatever you want to allow me to use. A dopey serious potatiel describes him perfectly. Also, a few days later and Steve still has his second crest going on. He doesn't seem to have noticed Wizard of Smart posted:You can totally use this picture of Mickey if youd like Thanks! I remember that one, it was my second choice after the one actually used for your drawing. aerialsilks posted:Currently he's eating Zupreem cockatiel-size pellets(we tried the medium parrot size but I guess they were too big and he didn't like them) and I'm hoping to convert him to Harrison's, but I'm not sure which grind is comparable size to the cockatiel Zupreem. I'm also not quite sure what the difference between the High Potency and Lifetime diets are. My GCC is on the fine pellets, and so would the cockatiel be if he'd recognise them as tasty foods. My bigger conure is on the course size, but he can use his feet, and he soaks each cube to soften it before eating. They're too big uncrushed for a GCC even if they did the pellet soup thing too. High Potency is what you're supposed to feed them (according to them) for six months before converting to Lifetime. They claim it's for birds who need more nutrients, who are converting from crappier diets, etc. so it's sort of like a catchup. It's up to you if you want to get them, or continue with them. They're slightly more expensive as well. TOP (Totally Organic Pellets)/Top's Parrot Food are supposed to be good as well, but I don't know much about them http://totallyorganics.com/ For flight harnesses, the Aviator is the best (no clips that the bird can undo), and the wing part is adjustable but the head isn't. You'd want Petite for a GCC, or X-small at best if he's huge. EDIT: Totally forgot, everyone else who posted photos, thank you
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Grraarrgghh posted:I tried disabling the direct link to Google Drive thinking that might help but it doesnt I think it's the forums, I had another thread do the same thing this morning but didn't think to cross check what was on it. Firefox is fine, it loads very slowly but doesn't cripple the tab like with chrome.
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