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zbeezy posted:Thank you. He was 14 year old rescue kitty who had been with me for a decade. He was part of my flock and I'm not sure if Zoidberg thought he was a bird or if Fry, my GCC, thinks he's a cat, but those two were buddies. Fry has been extremely extra clingy to me and paying more attention to Slimbird since Zoidy's sudden departure. I'm sorry to hear you guys lost part of your flock.  It sounds like you gave Dr Zoidberg a good life, though.It's good that Slim seems to be settling in more! I hope you can keep her after all, I love hearing about her antics and she sounds like a super fun bird.  
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Jun 10, 2015 11:57
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Never stop being fabulous, Ohtori  And yes, beezy, hugs and condolences on Zoidberg's passing I remember the first time you posted pictures of him and Fry together, it was so cute. Zoidberg was a good catte.
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Jun 10, 2015 14:04
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I tried to get a photo of Taco being held like an ice cream cone, but as soon as I took out my phone he got all bent out of shape and was having none of it. rear end in a top hat bird.
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Jun 10, 2015 15:28
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GoldStandardConure posted:I tried to get a photo of Taco being held like an ice cream cone, but as soon as I took out my phone he got all bent out of shape and was having none of it. i get birds climbing up the window and hanging from the top and they get down the instant they see my camera
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Jun 10, 2015 16:15
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I'm 95% ready to get a cockatiel, but one thing that just struck me is, bird-proofing electronics with upwards-turned grates and holes? How necessary is that?
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Jun 10, 2015 16:56
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zbeezy posted:Fry lost his pet cat Friday afternoon. They were best buds who snuggled all the time. Dr. Zoidberg went quickly from liver failure. Fry knows he's gone and has been snuggling me more than ever. We are both pretty upset over the loss of our kitty. So very sorry I know its a bit late, but we are sending good thoughts your way. We lost a few of ours over the years to renal failure, so I am glad Dr Z went quickly. Best wishes to your and yours, and give your bird a skritch for me if you don't mind.
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Jun 10, 2015 17:16
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I have a small question. I have found a wounded common swift on the middle of the road. Its left wing is wounded but other than that, it looks alright. I took him home and I have planned to take it to the animal rescue center tomorrow morning. It even pooped a little. I was just wondering if it's okay for it not to have any food until tomorrow morning? When I have found it it was 2pm. It's now 7pm and I have planned to take it to the center at around 9am. I don't have any experience with birds and when I picked it up it gets always very stressed and I guess that its left wing hurts like hell. But obviously, if it can't survive without food for the next few hours I will try my best. I simply hope it will make it until tomorrow morning. Thanks guys.
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Jun 10, 2015 18:01
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A small bird like that with an injury is unlikely to survive that long without food, and certainly not without water. Try a small shallow bowl with cool water in it, and look up what a swift eats and see if you can provide any of those things.
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Jun 10, 2015 18:04
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Kenshin posted:A small bird like that with an injury is unlikely to survive that long without food, and certainly not without water. I've already given some drops of water, the bird doesn't serve itself unfortunately. But alright then, I am going to buy some minced meet right now (and eat it with the little guy). Although minced meat is not the best for common swifts, it's usually recommended for a short amount of time (under a week). That's the least I can do.
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Jun 10, 2015 18:07
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We bought a ton of new furniture which shipped today, which means that we had to get rid of all the furniture in the house and boy is Loki confused! Firstly, now that the couch is gone, we weren't in the room with him very much, and he was confused at having to fly all the way in the bedroom when he wanted to play. Secondly, the room has a lot of echo in it with two of the major pieces of furniture gone, and contrary to what I would have figured, he does not like the echo one bit. I am sure that once we get the new couch set up, he will get used to it quickly, probably by flying over, taking a poo poo, and flying back to his cage.
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Jun 10, 2015 18:18
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nielsm posted:I'm 95% ready to get a cockatiel, but one thing that just struck me is, bird-proofing electronics with upwards-turned grates and holes? How necessary is that? Is that for protection against poo, or nibbling?
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Jun 10, 2015 20:08
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Battle Pigeon posted:Is that for protection against poo, or nibbling? Mostly protection against poo. I know potty training is a thing, but it isn't something that works from day one. I can protect and hide loose cables, but grates on top of electronic stuff could catch all sorts of poo poo, literally. Especially on e.g. my stereo amp which gets comfortably warm, I could imagine a bird would like sitting on/near it. I guess I'm mostly wondering if it's actually a real problem others have or if I'm over thinking it.
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Jun 10, 2015 20:19
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My birds are super chill when it comes to being held. Cheeky will protest at first while Baby lets me mess with him however I want. I can even hold him up by his wings and he will just hang there like it's no big thing, but I can't very well take a pic of him when I do it. That is the only thing Cheeky will not tolerate though. Ice Cream cone Baby  Balanced Baby  Hanging Baby  Ice Cream cone Cheeky  Balanced Cheeky  Cheeky trying to preen herself while hanging
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Jun 10, 2015 20:40
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I found this image. Suddenly, the "potato" nickname makes a lot of sense.
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Jun 10, 2015 21:20
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Opera Bitch posted:My birds are super chill when it comes to being held. Cheeky will protest at first while Baby lets me mess with him however I want. I can even hold him up by his wings and he will just hang there like it's no big thing, but I can't very well take a pic of him when I do it. That is the only thing Cheeky will not tolerate though. Oh my god these are cracking me up, particularly that last one. No big deal, nothing out of the ordinary here, time to preen my pantaloons
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Jun 10, 2015 21:28
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Alexis would scream bloody murder (and bite the poo poo out of my hand) if I ever tried to hold her up by her tail. 
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Jun 10, 2015 21:31
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nielsm posted:Mostly protection against poo. I know potty training is a thing, but it isn't something that works from day one. I can protect and hide loose cables, but grates on top of electronic stuff could catch all sorts of poo poo, literally. Especially on e.g. my stereo amp which gets comfortably warm, I could imagine a bird would like sitting on/near it. Depends where it will be sitting I guess, if above said electronics then sure something to protect against the occasional poop nugget but they won't be blasting it across the room or anything. You'll also soon recognise the signs when they're beginning to arrange themselves to drop a turd and be able to move them accordingly. They'll usually poo poo about every 15 minutes or so, longer when napping or chilling out. A cockatiel's poo poo will be small and likely pretty dry, you can just put even a sheet of kitchen roll/paper towel under where they perch and it will be fine. Or a newspaper page or whatever. Cockatiels aren't too bad in that respect. Prepare for the cockatiel dust and fluffy feathers getting on/in everything though! Kenshin posted:Alexis would scream bloody murder (and bite the poo poo out of my hand) if I ever tried to hold her up by her tail. Yeah probably this-and I've never tried it because won't the tail feathers all come out at once??? Oh no
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Jun 10, 2015 23:19
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Battle Pigeon posted:Yeah probably this-and I've never tried it because won't the tail feathers all come out at once??? Oh no Recently I inadvertently taught her to play "pass the jinglyball/keep-away" and now she demands I play it with her nearly every day. It's pretty drat adorable and as ferocious as she acts while we're playing she always pulls her punches... erm, bites. At this point I'm used to letting her "strike" at my hand while playing because she never actually bites down.
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Jun 10, 2015 23:21
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Boop similarly would scream bloody murder.
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Jun 10, 2015 23:28
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The birds dislike the process of getting them upside down much more than the hanging itself. They wriggle a little when I hold the tail, but once they are in that position they just accept their fate and dangle. The funniest part about holding them on their backs are the occasional little foot movements as if to say, "I am gonna turn myself over now... eh, maybe not."
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Jun 10, 2015 23:33
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If they weren't all long covered up I'd be harassing Ohtori right now, just to see how he'd react...Kenshin posted:Recently I inadvertently taught her to play "pass the jinglyball/keep-away" and now she demands I play it with her nearly every day. It's pretty drat adorable and as ferocious as she acts while we're playing she always pulls her punches... erm, bites. At this point I'm used to letting her "strike" at my hand while playing because she never actually bites down. Aww! How did you teach her? Jingly balls just send mine into a rage.
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Battle Pigeon posted:Aww! How did you teach her? Jingly balls just send mine into a rage. However, she loved tossing the jinglyball out of it, and often then onto the floor (normally it sits on my bed, but sometimes I'll put it on my couch or weight bench depending on where I am in the apartment). I got into a habit of tossing it right back in... and eventually it became a game. So now I'll sit on one end of my bed, she'll "hide" in the tunnel formed by the suitcase lid being open, and I'll shake the jinglyball and flick it toward her. She'll grab it, give it a bunch of hard shakes, and then 2/3 of the time she'll push it back toward my hand and then run back into her tunnel. The other 1/3 of the time she'll run the other direction with it and toss it off the bed so I have to go fetch it. I've been meaning to film it. EDIT: I've also discovered that I can use "step up!" for "calm down". Even when Alexis is either waaay too into play or is actually angry, I can get her to calm down and step up. Works almost every time (almost, because sometimes in the evening when she's on top of her cage and feeling extra sleepy and cage defensive it won't work) Kenshin fucked around with this message at 01:22 on Jun 11, 2015 |
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I am starting to think that I have the most chill GCC ever birthed. My vet recommended that I switch him over from a mostly seed diet to pellets by basically just giving him pellets with occasional seeds (apparently this is common) but warned it might be hell and I would have to keep super close eye on him to make sure everything is okay. One day of not really eating and he's munching down the healthy pellets like they're candy. Can't tell if I have a very health-conscious bird or he's just a goon that will eat anything as long as he can have a lot of it. E. Bird pic tax 
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Jun 11, 2015 01:14
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I assure you it's the latter.
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After six months of unemployment and a broken desktop, I've returned to announce that all of my birds are still alive and still utter assholes and that I'm glad that the majority of your little dinosaurs all look healthy and happy, too.
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Jun 11, 2015 02:09
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Battle Pigeon posted:Prepare for the cockatiel dust and fluffy feathers getting on/in everything though! Yeah, I'd be more worried about this than about poop. Be prepared to clean dust out of everything.
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Jun 11, 2015 03:25
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Opera Bitch posted:The birds dislike the process of getting them upside down much more than the hanging itself. They wriggle a little when I hold the tail, but once they are in that position they just accept their fate and dangle. The funniest part about holding them on their backs are the occasional little foot movements as if to say, "I am gonna turn myself over now... eh, maybe not." Going by the tailfeathers though is a bridge too far for any bird I've known. Messing with tails was grounds for a murderin'
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Yeah sometimes Ama's tailfeathers overlap the wrong way and fixing them is like a repeated process of darting in and retreating before his indignant squeak finishes and he tries to ding me also conures dangling from one foot are literally the cutest thing ever, he'll clamber around upside-down on his cage ceiling and look soulfully into my eyes when he wants to be let out, and if that doesn't work he unleashes his ultimate and unlatches one foot to dangle back and forth adorably and make baby begging sounds it's super effective
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Jun 11, 2015 03:53
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DarkHorse posted:Going by the tailfeathers though is a bridge too far for any bird I've known. Messing with tails was grounds for a murderin' I plan on having kids in the next two years so I figure I will get them used to manhandling now. I mean, our kids wouldn't have touching access to them for a long time but at least the birds will be used to having their feathers literally ruffled by then.
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:Yeah sometimes Ama's tailfeathers overlap the wrong way and fixing them is like a repeated process of darting in and retreating before his indignant squeak finishes and he tries to ding me Meanwhile, Pie makes this terrible squeak-quack if I stroke his tail that I'm almost like 90% sure is a bird moan. Gross. (And then tries to chew on me.)
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Official Bizness posted:After six months of unemployment and a broken desktop, I've returned to announce that all of my birds are still alive and still utter assholes and that I'm glad that the majority of your little dinosaurs all look healthy and happy, too. Yay! How are the
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He's adorable Do you have any more pictures of him? His chest feathers look kind of... well, it looks in this picture like he hasn't got any, and that it's all down?
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Jun 11, 2015 10:45
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Pile of Kittens posted:He's adorable Yeah, we are still working on getting him to stop plucking, which is why we are changing over his diet. Everything all together he is getting noticeable growth on the more bare part of his wings, but his chest is still really downy. He is getting better though, it's just a slow process
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Jun 11, 2015 14:05
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Crossposting from PYF.
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Official Bizness posted:After six months of unemployment and a broken desktop, I've returned to announce that all of my birds are still alive and still utter assholes and that I'm glad that the majority of your little dinosaurs all look healthy and happy, too. more photos of zeke & zoey cuddling please
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More x-post reddit, you people need more softbills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCT1qGsT27Q http://www.reddit.com/r/parrots/comments/39cinw/blissed_out_postbath_aracari_bonus_video_in/ Meanwhile this is what we came home to:  How do you even do that, bird? H110Hawk fucked around with this message at 16:01 on Jun 11, 2015 |
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Well would you look at that   DreamShipWrecked posted:E. Bird pic tax His chest actually looks really cute and super fluffy, despite the reasons for it. Wanna pet that bird Official Bizness posted:After six months of unemployment and a broken desktop, I've returned to announce that all of my birds are still alive and still utter assholes and that I'm glad that the majority of your little dinosaurs all look healthy and happy, too. Welcome baaaaack. Good to hear your butts are doing well, seconding LAB's request. You have the best grouchy old loving GCCs. Cythereal posted:Crossposting from PYF. The cockatiels and budgies, eh sure, but the zebra finches are just impressive
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