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Tendai posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TJaNDBI87s Thank you for this ahaha Dreggon posted:you should get 2 bird so your 1 bird has a bird friend and your 2 bird also has a bird friend It is indeed a wee babby birb and more birbs is always* a good idea *often, sometimes, maybe Pip pip pip posted:The birbs are getting pretty sick of living in their travel cages. 2 more weeks til we get to move into our apartment and they can have their normal house back. Ozzy enjoyed some before-bed snuggles and here's some blurry pictures of him being adorable.Also pictured: Nugget hanging out with her new BFF, her reflection That travel cage looks pretty great itself! Do Ozzy and Nugget live together? (And good job making a new friend Nugget)
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Jose Oquendo posted:It's interesting to note the associations your bird makes with different noises. For example, when I clean his cage for instance, he makes the squeaking noise like when you're cleaning glass with Windex and a rag. I'm not using that to clean but he at some point saw that action and heard the noise and associates it with cleaning. He knowwwwws.
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Jose Oquendo posted:It's interesting to note the associations your bird makes with different noises. For example, when I clean his cage for instance, he makes the squeaking noise like when you're cleaning glass with Windex and a rag. I'm not using that to clean but he at some point saw that action and heard the noise and associates it with cleaning. He knowwwwws. Haha, yeah. Loki makes a broken radiator noise at the faucet when we give him a bath, like he's talking to the water in its own language, and if my wife and I demonstrate any kind of affection with him nearby, he makes a kissing noise at us. It can be an interesting insight into the way they communicate and what they think sounds mean. I can't really believe that he knows what "love" means, but we taught him "I love you" and "juice" separately, and without teaching him, one of his favorite things to say now is "I love juice!" He knows what juice is, so I wonder if the phrase means something like [I excited] [juice] or what. Bird brains. If I had a to-do over I'd devote my life to studying them.
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Battle Pigeon posted:That travel cage looks pretty great itself! Do Ozzy and Nugget live together? (And good job making a new friend Nugget) 
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Pion discovered my bowl of orange/jalapeno/seed mix! It makes me so happy to see her eating something not from the floor.  Yep, things are gradually turning out fine. It's been a good day.
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Argh, I tried to finally get a video of Loki playing with my Super Nintendo controller and even tricked him into thinking I was just holding the phone, but of course, he stopped as soon as started taking a video and just sat there, looking at the controller like he had never seen it before in his life.
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Tendai posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TJaNDBI87s I've always wondered how much bird footage nature programs have to throw out. How many perfect shots were ruined by the bird suddenly pooping?
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Dear birb thread, I have to pause and say thank you. For the past year or two I haven't been the best parrot-haver for Judah. I've been stressed about school, stressed about work, and dealing with a string of yearly health crisis, and in the midst of all that I found myself taking the easy route and not taking him out of his cage more often than not because I would come home so tired and so worried about things that even the thought of putting the cat in the other half of the house and getting the bird out and policing the bird seemed exhausting. He never lacked for toys or food or a clean environment, but the person-to-parrot personal interaction has been seriously lacking and it's been inexcusable. But reading this thread lately after a while of not following along has made me realize what an rear end in a top hat I've been to my little guy for the last year or two  I have so little time with him really, in the grand scheme of things, that I have to make more effort. So today I've been sitting with him on my shoulder most of the morning and despite me not being anywhere near the parrot owner he deserves in the last couple years he's chattering, asking for water and acting like he always has. When I held out a water bottle cap filled with water to him and he burbled "wanna water?" I just about burst into tears that he still remembered it So thank you birb thread, for reminding me to be a better parrot-haver by reminding me how wonderful these little assholes are. Mizuti posted:I've always wondered how much bird footage nature programs have to throw out. How many perfect shots were ruined by the bird suddenly pooping? EDIT Look at this handsome son of a bitch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12b-t_aZwMA Tendai fucked around with this message at 20:41 on Jun 27, 2015 |
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Slightly offtopic but I ran into this and Sweetpea the budgie cracked me the hell up. Little dude is trying SO HARD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ4WBlveGfw
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 I noticed this dark spot under Raz's beak today and I'm pretty sure it wasn't there yesterday. He and Dart hit beaks with each other sometimes in disagreements but I haven't seen them have any big fights, and Raz isn't having any of me holding his head still so I can properly look at it or take a better picture. It doesn't seem to hurt him when I put pressure on it. I've read beaks can bruise, could it be a bruise? Corgi fucked around with this message at 22:27 on Jun 27, 2015 |
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My mom was in the bird room w both birds out while I went into the restroom. When I came out slim was attacking Fry. Fry has a slight crack in his beak. When I came into the room Fry had a trickle of blood, which I ended w styptic powder. This was this morning around 9:30. He doesn't seem in pain, but doesn't want me to touch that area. He's been extra snugly all afternoon. Give me a few and I'll try to get a recent pic. I am broke. Slims food/toys/etc is covered by the previous owner. Im On my own for Fry. Is there any first aid or something I can do? Things to watch out for? I am so upset. If something happens to Fry I'll lose it. Especially after Dr Zoidberg earlier this month.
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Tendai posted:So today I've been sitting with him on my shoulder most of the morning and despite me not being anywhere near the parrot owner he deserves in the last couple years he's chattering, asking for water and acting like he always has. When I held out a water bottle cap filled with water to him and he burbled "wanna water?" I just about burst into tears that he still remembered it Ahhhh that's so cute  And he seems so happy in that video! They're pretty forgiving little birds.Corgi posted:
Yeah it could be. It definitely isn't just something dried on there? zbeezy posted:My mom was in the bird room w both birds out while I went into the restroom. When I came out slim was attacking Fry. Fry has a slight crack in his beak. When I came into the room Fry had a trickle of blood, which I ended w styptic powder. This was this morning around 9:30. He doesn't seem in pain, but doesn't want me to touch that area. He's been extra snugly all afternoon. Give me a few and I'll try to get a recent pic. It's probably bruised and hurting from that. Where is the crack?
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Battle Pigeon posted:It's probably bruised and hurting from that. Where is the crack? It's top beak by the cere
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zbeezy posted:It's top beak by the cere I'm not sure if he just maybe has bruise on his cere? He's breathing fine, no odd noises. Just cuddly and sleepy. My mom told her boyfriend who called me to tell me the only solution was to never let Slim out again. I don't remember asking for his advice, but that made me cry. So now I'm worried about Fry and all ugly faced from crying. This jerk doesn't get that I can't have kids and these two are my kids. rear end in a top hat
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Jun 27, 2015 23:36
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Look who I caught in the act of climbing down to eat my woodwork.
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Jose Oquendo posted:Look who I caught in the act of climbing down to eat my woodwork. Manufactured innocence if I've ever seen it.
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Jose Oquendo posted:Look who I caught in the act of climbing down to eat my woodwork. needs top hat
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He would remove all my fingers if I attempted that.
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:Manufactured innocence if I've ever seen it. Ever.
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Tendai posted:Look at that face, that face would never do anything bad. "I see you have all your fingers. Still. This could change. "
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zbeezy posted:It's top beak by the cere Can you post a picture? Jade punched Leeloos beak early this year. Bruising might not be so bad but a crack is extremely risky for infection and permanent odd re-growth if it is too near soft tissue.
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Dreggon posted:do greys have crests? No but the way their feathers are colored makes them look like they have fierce dragon scales so it is very dramatic when they decide to poof
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Dreggon posted:do greys have crests?  "Does it look like I have a crest?"
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Do you have any idea how jealous I am that you have wild cockatoos chilling around your neighborhood. You ever invite one inside for a snack and watch TV with you?
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Jose Oquendo posted:Do you have any idea how jealous I am that you have wild cockatoos chilling around your neighborhood. the only bird that ever came into the house was a baby magpie who didn't know any better however they will happily come up to the door and stand on the threshold if it's open, or flap up to a windowsill and peer in (usually at the sink when I am doing dishes, or the computer room) and one climbed up the flyscreen once we had some lorikeets eating the parrot seed the other day, have to upload the photos still, they were extremely shy so the quality is bad because i had to stand quite far away also tried getting a photo of a cockatoo with big flared wings but they put them down again quite quickly so that will have to wait. ideally it will be gaston cos hes fuckin massive did i mention they hiss? they hiss
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No one's slick as Gaston No one's quick as Gaston No one's neck's as incredibly thick as Gaston For there's no man in town half as manly Perfect, a pure paragon You can ask any Tom, Dick or Stanley And they'll tell you whose team they prefer to be on No one's been like Gaston A king pin like Gaston No one's got a swell cleft in his chin like Gaston As a specimen, yes, I'm intimidating My what a guy, that Gaston 
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Dreggon posted:the only bird that ever came into the house was a baby magpie who didn't know any better Hissing cockies sound like what I imagine dinosaurs sounded like. Also, I'm convinced that raptors were able to mimic sounds of things around them. "*whistles* Who's a clever girl? *squawk*" e: Imagine a T-Rex chasing after you, laughing like this, its pupils rapidly contracting and dilating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE8PTMSFMUg
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If raptors learned anything, it's how to mimic the screams of their victims as they're disemboweled.
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I'm sure these have been posted here before, but they must be posted every day. "We can't prove they weren't huge fatbirds!"    
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Birb question: I have been buying birb toys in preparation for getting one soon (cockatiel or lovebird). I've noticed quite a few rope toys being sold. I was wondering if rope toys are generally recommended for birds? I know that dogs and cats will sometimes swallow strands of rope and it causes all kinds of digestive problems. But I've also seen bird owners who seem to know what they're doing letting their birds play with rope toys. What's the general consensus in PI about rope toys for birds? I don't want to put my future bird through the distress of getting sick because they have string stuck in their stomachs (not to mention putting my wallet through the distress of paying for a vet to fix them up).
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CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:Birb question: I have been buying birb toys in preparation for getting one soon (cockatiel or lovebird). I've noticed quite a few rope toys being sold. I was wondering if rope toys are generally recommended for birds? I know that dogs and cats will sometimes swallow strands of rope and it causes all kinds of digestive problems. But I've also seen bird owners who seem to know what they're doing letting their birds play with rope toys. What's the general consensus in PI about rope toys for birds? I don't want to put my future bird through the distress of getting sick because they have string stuck in their stomachs (not to mention putting my wallet through the distress of paying for a vet to fix them up). step 1: buy toy step 2: take toy out of box step 3: throw away the toy step 4: give the bird the box
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Dreggon posted:step 1: buy toy I've been stockpiling cardboard boxes and tubes for Future Birb, and since reading about lovebirds enjoying making paper strips and sticking them in their feathers, I've started stockpiling newspapers and magazines for them to play with too. In my experience birds LOVE boxes and tubes, perhaps even more than cats. A sparrow my dad raised from a baby especially loved toilet rolls for hiding in (including toilet rolls that were still in the bathroom).
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CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:making paper strips and sticking them in their feathers 
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Tendai posted:I pre-emptively demand videos of this because watching them do that is one of my favorite things https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydi_0Ns7sLs
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CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:Birb question: I have been buying birb toys in preparation for getting one soon (cockatiel or lovebird). I've noticed quite a few rope toys being sold. I was wondering if rope toys are generally recommended for birds? I know that dogs and cats will sometimes swallow strands of rope and it causes all kinds of digestive problems. But I've also seen bird owners who seem to know what they're doing letting their birds play with rope toys. What's the general consensus in PI about rope toys for birds? I don't want to put my future bird through the distress of getting sick because they have string stuck in their stomachs (not to mention putting my wallet through the distress of paying for a vet to fix them up). My personal take is that they're ok as long as you're diligent about their condition. As soon as you start seeing loose threads, or the bird starts destroying it, either replace it or switch to something else.
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When I first got Boop, she celebrated by removing the rope from the plastic connector for the cage.
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