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I'm leaving for 6 weeks and have to say goodbye to the bird today. I'm gonna miss her stupid, screamy, fluff-butt like crazy. I have a few days at home without her, and I've never been home without a bird for over 2 1/2 years.  
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Pile of Kittens posted:You can also play a game where you imitate the sounds he's making. I hear that ingratiates you to big talkers/imitators like greys. Nothing like a nice flock game of call and response! My ladytiels won't respond much to talking because Ellie apparently lives in Derpton Abbey and that wouldn't be proper and Anais is just weird but Archer gets megaexcited when people, especially girls, talk to him. Charlie goes nuts for singing. His favorite band is Kansas so I'm pretty sure he was a suburban dad in a past life.
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Mar 21, 2015 21:35
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Yeah, half the time when Loki is screaming and I can't figure out why, he'll suddenly stretch himself toward my mouth and I realize that he just wanted me to talk to him. My first real introduction to him (my wife had him for 3 years before we met), was him walking across my chest and staring at my mouth, then nipping at my lips whenever I stopped talking. Imitators really love conversation, I think.
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Mar 21, 2015 22:27
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Slaughterhouse-Ive posted:Charlie goes nuts for singing. His favorite band is Kansas so I'm pretty sure he was a suburban dad in a past life. Ama's favorite band is Barenaked Ladies. Maybe they had cookouts together.
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Mar 21, 2015 22:37
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I whistled and chirped and talked at the budgies for five minutes solid and they were entirely silent. The moment I gave up and started talking to my boyfriend, Hubris started screeching. Birds.
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Mar 21, 2015 22:53
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chthonic bell posted:I whistled and chirped and talked at the budgies for five minutes solid and they were entirely silent. The moment I gave up and started talking to my boyfriend, Hubris started screeching. Sounds like booges, alright. I can talk and sing and tweet at my buddies all I want, they never want to talk until I'm talking to someone else.
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Mar 21, 2015 22:56
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Budgies are weird that way. They will also talk up a storm until they realize you're listening to them and then suddenly get quiet and shy.
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Mar 21, 2015 22:59
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Kenshin posted:You won't find that controversial in here. Thank you very much. I have an additional question. Would he/she be happier, but still fun and friendly with humans, if we got him/her a companion? They have some green cheek conures with yellow accents (I think that's what they said - there will be yellow and red on their bellies) that just hatched last week). I'm tempted to get a friend for Cici.
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Mar 21, 2015 22:59
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I just noticed tonight that AMadeus has been plucking tailfeathers while in his sleep cage because of the way my boyfriend treats him. I am going to loving kill somebody.
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Mar 22, 2015 00:51
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:I just noticed tonight that AMadeus has been plucking tailfeathers while in his sleep cage because of the way my boyfriend treats him. What in the world is your boyfriend doing to your bird? I don't how you want to handle it, but even though birds can be jerks, I know where my priorities would lie.
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Mar 22, 2015 01:57
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We have the same priorities but it's not that simple. I wish it were. Anyway I shouldn't've brought it up on a public forum but I was/am in shock and pretty goddamn upset. Sorry for the brief drama import.
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Mar 22, 2015 02:16
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Either way, plucking is really sad. Sorry it's going on. 
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Mar 22, 2015 02:18
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mombot posted:Thank you very much. I have an additional question. Would he/she be happier, but still fun and friendly with humans, if we got him/her a companion? They have some green cheek conures with yellow accents (I think that's what they said - there will be yellow and red on their bellies) that just hatched last week). I'm tempted to get a friend for Cici. Well firstly, there's no guarantee the birds will even like each other. Secondly, if you have them in the same cage and they do like each other, they will no longer be bonded to humans and you have a loud, pooping bird-tank that you can watch but probably not handle (large chance anyway, some bonded birds will still be handle-able but less so than if they are not). Ideally, you can keep them in separate cages where they can chatter and call to each other, but won't bond as much, and still be handle-able. Though again they may not even like each other, so out of cage time might have to be done separately (which I'm assuming would be a PITA).
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Mar 22, 2015 03:08
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how do i get a raven's attention? i have food he's just a huge pussy and stays ~500 metres away (i know he can see me they have good eyes)
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Mar 22, 2015 09:35
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Just be patient. Throw the food on the ground a few meters away from yourself so it feels comfortable to come down and eat it near you. Just keep doing that till its used to you, and try to get it to eat closer and closer to you. If they are anything like Australian Magpies, eventually you should be able to get them to eat out your hand.
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Mar 22, 2015 09:40
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one of the cockatoos is a retard and keeps eating my beef
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Mar 22, 2015 14:31
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I want to mint corvid coins with unique numbers and my contact info on them and see where they eventually turn up so I can die not entirely alone.
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Mar 22, 2015 14:40
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mombot posted:Thank you very much. I have an additional question. Would he/she be happier, but still fun and friendly with humans, if we got him/her a companion? They have some green cheek conures with yellow accents (I think that's what they said - there will be yellow and red on their bellies) that just hatched last week). I'm tempted to get a friend for Cici. I'd be curious to know about this as well! Hello bird crazies! I recently acquired my own conure, and am already in love. His name is Sammy  He's very cuddly and sweet, but can have a little bit of a temper. I was thinking of maybe getting another conure a few months from now, as Sammy has been a delight and I'd like to ensure he isn't lonely while I'm at work.
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Mar 22, 2015 17:45
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Shirec posted:He's very cuddly and sweet, but can have a little bit of a temper. I was thinking of maybe getting another conure a few months from now, as Sammy has been a delight and I'd like to ensure he isn't lonely while I'm at work.  That might help... or it could backfire. Sometimes they'll bond, sometimes they won't, though you can raise the likelihood with a member of the same or closely related species, or at least near the same size. I know I haven't posted about Auri in a while but she's doing fine, being her generally quiet and content self. Took this picture today while she was looking out the window.  EDIT: bonus picture of Alexis wrestling with my hand. Often she'll get all puffed up, it's adorable. 
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Mar 22, 2015 21:03
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Auri is so pretty. 
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Mar 22, 2015 21:54
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I don't know about conures but my tiels share a cage and they didn't turn feral or anything. I think what might've helped was that I didn't buy them together so they got used to me before each other.
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Mar 22, 2015 22:12
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If you can keep them in separate cages and have them out together when you are around. That way there will never ever be a day where you come home to a dead bird that the other killed, and they keep eachother company through the bars, like being on different branches of the same tree. Your conure has a temper now, imagine in a year when he's in bird puberty and bites much harder, and gets a hold of the strange birds toe instead of the human it loves finger. The lady I bought my bird off had a pet Quaker who was the nicest bird, never bit her or her kids, until one day it got jealous of the babies and it just walked in and bit their toes off. I don't think I'll ever trust 2 birds alone together after hearing that no matter what their temperament is.
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Mar 23, 2015 02:11
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Dreggon posted:one of the cockatoos is a retard and keeps eating my beef Gonna let you know that all of the cockatoos are dumb idiots, not just that one. They are omnivorous birds though, hth
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Mar 23, 2015 02:15
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Eejit posted:Gonna let you know that all of the cockatoos are dumb idiots, not just that one. They are omnivorous birds though, hth oh ok, i thought they ate seeds and maybe the occasional grub i assumed that this one particular bird (who is stupid) was eating meat because he didn't realise he's not supposed to
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Mar 23, 2015 03:37
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Who's a pretty bird? You're a pretty bird.
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Mar 23, 2015 04:04
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Dreggon posted:i assumed that this one particular bird (who is stupid) was eating meat because he didn't realise he's not supposed to tbf that's a perfectly reasonable assumption
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Mar 23, 2015 04:21
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Yeah they're not predatory at all, but they are ground foragers and scavengers and a few species primarily consume insects. They're not super well-adapted to eat meat, but they're greedy fucks and will eat just about anything.
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Mar 23, 2015 05:26
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The galahs I have attracted into my yard have decided that rather than eat the seed in the bird feeder, they would rather eat the bird feeder itself. Bastards.
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Mar 23, 2015 05:38
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GoldStandardConure posted:The galahs I have attracted into my yard have decided that rather than eat the seed in the bird feeder, they would rather eat the bird feeder itself. Bastards. To cockatoos 'destroy' is not a verb, it is a flavor.
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Mar 23, 2015 05:48
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GoldStandardConure posted:The galahs I have attracted into my yard have decided that rather than eat the seed in the bird feeder, they would rather eat the bird feeder itself. Bastards. fyi if you have any heavy objects outside on tables and such they will drag them off the tables so they smash on the ground to get your attention
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Mar 23, 2015 06:43
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Theres nothing out the front for them to wreck except the bird feeder (or my car, if they decide to go full kea). I am well aware of Australian bird lifes capability of being a destructive rear end in a top hat.
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Okay, so I have a Zapp update: finally had an opportunity to take the little man to get his beak trimmed, and the vet said that he didn't want to shorten the lower one more than he did on account of the older part of the lower beak was thin and kind of translucent if you held him up to the sun. I'm not entirely sure if the resulting trim was sufficient, but we have gotten him plenty of softer food mixes (worldly cuisines? Something like that) for him while he's adjusting to the new beak You can see the part on the bottom that's particularly thin/weak, and while he's had a small portion of that lower beak be kind of translucent as long as I can remember, it's usually not so prominent. We're seeing what we can change with his diet to see if he's deficient in anything, but for the next week or two he's probably going to be on soft-ish foods. And, to be honest, I'm not entirely pleased with the trim job itself, so I might try to find a different avian vet in the future. BlueDiablo fucked around with this message at 15:47 on Mar 23, 2015 |
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Mar 23, 2015 15:37
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At least he looks like a happy little guy!
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Mar 23, 2015 16:47
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Oh, he's a great little bird (despite being a surly conure), so everything about him is 100% fine except for his beak situation. His plumage is good, his weight checks out, he gets plenty of exercise, and he's a tiny cuddle monster most of the time, it's just his beak isn't how it should be.
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Mar 23, 2015 16:53
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BlueDiablo posted:Okay, so I have a Zapp update: finally had an opportunity to take the little man to get his beak trimmed, and the vet said that he didn't want to shorten the lower one more than he did on account of the older part of the lower beak was thin and kind of translucent if you held him up to the sun. I'm not entirely sure if the resulting trim was sufficient, but we have gotten him plenty of softer food mixes (worldly cuisines? Something like that) for him while he's adjusting to the new beak He is such a cute bird, mine never lets me get pictures when he's in happy scritches mode.
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Mar 23, 2015 19:15
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So I finished dark horses's plush a little while ago and I think I'm ready to start another, if anyone here was still interested. If you have special color preferences let me know.
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Mar 23, 2015 20:56
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blackflare posted:So I finished dark horses's plush a little while ago and I think I'm ready to start another, if anyone here was still interested. If you have special color preferences let me know. I'd love a sun conure I can provide pics if you'd like 
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Mar 23, 2015 22:21
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Don't take this as a reason not to post those pics anyway, but the first one was a sun conure so just like that p much? (post all the pics)
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Mar 23, 2015 23:10
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Can I pre-emptively claim the spot after his? 
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BlueDiablo posted:Oh, he's a great little bird (despite being a surly conure), so everything about him is 100% fine except for his beak situation. His plumage is good, his weight checks out, he gets plenty of exercise, and he's a tiny cuddle monster most of the time, it's just his beak isn't how it should be. Birds can get along with some craaaazy beak shapes and he does look much better now .Also I am clearly going to have to save my money for some bird plushies. 6 is a pretty tall order. 
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