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Dreggon how do I touch cockatoo??? I have too many fingers but they dont trust me also they keep flying at me aggressively
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Nov 3, 2015 09:04
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One of them started biting off small branches and dropping them at me. I dont think im very popular
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Nov 3, 2015 09:14
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A Saucy Bratwurst posted:One of them started biting off small branches and dropping them at me. I dont think im very popular 
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Nov 3, 2015 09:23
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I'm only willing to lose fingers so the poor cockatoo is gunna be waiting a v long time.
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Nov 3, 2015 10:42
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A Saucy Bratwurst posted:Dreggon how do I touch cockatoo??? Cover yourself in honey and sunflower seeds and stand under their tree for a while?
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Nov 3, 2015 10:46
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A Saucy Bratwurst posted:One of them started biting off small branches and dropping them at me. I dont think im very popular thats what they do if you dont feed them get some sunny seeds and put them somewhere where the bird can eat them do not give your fingers to the cockatoo unless you want the cockatoo to have fingers (you will not have them anymore they are a gift to the bird)
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Nov 3, 2015 12:50
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Nov 3, 2015 13:32
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There better be a bird buried in that.
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Nov 3, 2015 14:36
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RIP A Saucy Bratwurst, we knew them well.
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Nov 3, 2015 14:46
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mine's bigger
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Nov 3, 2015 15:05
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Sekkira posted:There better be a bird buried in that. If I don't cover it when Bobby's out, he will stand next to it with his face against it. I'm scared of what will happen if I open the lid. Dreggon posted:mine's bigger Thats a kilo of seed how can you have more???
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Nov 3, 2015 15:28
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I have had that many cashews, but the cashews are not only for the birds, much to Ozy's dismay.
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Nov 3, 2015 15:39
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A Saucy Bratwurst posted:If I don't cover it when Bobby's out, he will stand next to it with his face against it. I'm scared of what will happen if I open the lid. I'd very much like to see pictures of your bird snuggling a container of seeds, that sounds adorable 
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Nov 3, 2015 15:50
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 I found a female Fife canary  And when I say found I mean she was in the shop and I bought her. Male Fife (yellow, eyeliner, he's pretty and he knows it.)Was bonded to a finch when I got him, finch died and as I may have mentioned, he has not shut the gently caress up singing at the top of his lungs ever since. 6 months of looking for a suitable/not manky pal for him later and i found her. She's gigantic and looks like a round brown starling with a white tail. She's in the spare cage next to him, he has gone all reverse fluffy and is in "hello, what's this?" Mode, which is thankfully quiet as a mouse with the occasional curious beep, and is really tiny in comparison although I do not know what she looks like out of ball mode. She is sat on a perch considering life and eating. Edit: her temporary name is "fat bird". learnincurve fucked around with this message at 17:12 on Nov 3, 2015 |
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Nov 3, 2015 17:09
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Tendai posted:They're parrots, that could also be interested flirtation Cockatoo-chan is so tsundere
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Nov 3, 2015 17:19
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A Saucy Bratwurst posted:Dreggon how do I touch cockatoo??? What's the odds of them starting to harass you through your windows if you're successful?
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Nov 3, 2015 21:05
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Mizuti posted:What's the odds of them starting to harass you through your windows if you're successful? yes
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Nov 4, 2015 01:47
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I really love when Judah comes to a very firm decision that it is Time For Bed Tonight by about 8:30 he was staring at me from his sleep perch and making little "hey, rear end in a top hat, do what I want you to" grumbles. Once I covered him there was the sound of vigorous floofing and then silence.
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Nov 4, 2015 05:21
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Turns out Toast loving LOVES the outer packaging of band-aids (well, pharmacy brand not-Band-Aids). She has been dutifully murdering a pair of them all morning. Last night she discovered that a cheap old yellowed Warhams paperback from 1990 is fun to shred, so my bed is now full of confetti.
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Nov 4, 2015 05:25
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She is merely consecrating the bed with the holy texts of the Emperor.
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Nov 4, 2015 06:31
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Judah ignores books 95% of the time. Unfortunately the other 5% are the times when he manages to sneak down to what I'm reading without me noticing.  However, he also chews on puzzle pieces, which means that when my family is together at Christmas and my mom is doing the inevitable goddamn puzzle, I get to watch him constantly running away with pieces and her having to get them back. 
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Nov 4, 2015 06:33
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Pearl would run off with the yellow pieces whenever we played the board game Sorry. She loves to wreak havoc in general, but the Sorry pieces were her favorite.
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Nov 4, 2015 07:45
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Hello all, thought I would introduce Bonny,  She is a 2 year old Shamrock (also called Rainbow) Macaw, a hybrid of a Military and a Scarlet, with a 50+ year life span. It is thanks to her that I know own a Miter Saw and a Table Saw, turns out that if I make my own toys they pay for them selves in a matter of months. To make her toys I take 2x4's and mark the different type of blocks that I would like to make, then drill holes, and finally cut the board. I had purchased her some toys but she would completely destroy a $40 toy in 3 days, as it is she can munch through a coconut shell in two days. When I got her she was not very social, but she was very food driven, so over the last few months I have managed to get her to a point that I can pick her up by hand, carry her around, and pet her with out fear of getting bitten.
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Nov 4, 2015 09:39
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oh my god more photos please, I absolutely love macaws they are my dream bird.
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Nov 4, 2015 10:10
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Tendai posted:Judah ignores books 95% of the time. My solution of "sacrifice the bookmark" seems to be working well, though. Weekend "jade is sleeping in, so I'm reading, yay! it's birdie in the bed" time usually ends with the bed full of shredded paper. It's to the point that Simon seems to have lost interest in the books completely and always go right for the bookmark. Bonus pic of Simon peeking out from under the blankets after snuggling up against my belly:  (yes, we are hyper-vigilant when there are birdies in the bed, and they are never allowed on the bed when we're both asleep)
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Nov 4, 2015 11:52
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I find that a roll of toilet paper saves the books, for some reason it's like crack to all of mine. I would like to thank whichever one of them it was who decided to start vigorously flapping or flying at 5am this morning.
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Nov 4, 2015 12:24
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learnincurve posted:I find that a roll of toilet paper saves the books, for some reason it's like crack to all of mine. Teeka decided to be a squeaky swingset for 15 minutes at 530 today. Whatever the gently caress that was about
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Nov 4, 2015 14:59
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1500 posted:Hello all, thought I would introduce Bonny, More pictures! Every macaw I've known has been kind of a doofus.schnickety scribe posted:Bonus pic of Simon peeking out from under the blankets after snuggling up against my belly:
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Nov 4, 2015 15:23
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Fat bird has settled in lovely. She just sits there doing nothing, which is exactly what a happy canary is supposed to do, she's also double the size of Peter non-floofed. Peter on the other hand has come alive, he's still in submissive feathers flat mode and is hopping from perch to perch staring into her cage like the most curious bird in the world and there still hasn't been a peep out of him. Huzzah.
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Nov 4, 2015 17:38
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1500 posted:Hello all, thought I would introduce Bonny, Post more Bonny!   Teeka demands it!
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Nov 4, 2015 17:56
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No bird (maybe no animal) can look more excitedly happy than a cockatoo with its crest up. Even if it really means they might be, you know, angry and murderous instead of overjoyed.
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Nov 4, 2015 19:23
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Well rest assured he was happy I was dancing with him. I keep my fingers for another day.
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Nov 4, 2015 19:43
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A pipe dream of mine is to harness train a large parrot and take them for walks. I can only imagine how much an intelligent pet like a bird would enjoy going on a hike or something. Maybe I'm projecting.
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Nov 4, 2015 21:17
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Agent355 posted:A pipe dream of mine is to harness train a large parrot and take them for walks. I can only imagine how much an intelligent pet like a bird would enjoy going on a hike or something. Maybe I'm projecting. I've never tried to teach Judah to get used to one, he's unnerved enough by concepts like "going into the kitchen" and "OH GOD THE BATHROOM I WANT TO GO HOME" without introducing the great outdoors into the mix.
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Nov 4, 2015 21:37
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Agent355 posted:A pipe dream of mine is to harness train a large parrot and take them for walks. I can only imagine how much an intelligent pet like a bird would enjoy going on a hike or something. Maybe I'm projecting. I would really, really like to be able to do this with Teeka but he is balance impaired so he would need to go in a backpack or I'd have to hold him on one arm (like a falconer) the entire way. He can't safely fly and lol at him trying to walk. I do a ton of hiking and it would be amazing to have him with during the summer, though. What I really want is some way to mount him to my road bike.
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Nov 4, 2015 22:09
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Agent355 posted:A pipe dream of mine is to harness train a large parrot and take them for walks. I can only imagine how much an intelligent pet like a bird would enjoy going on a hike or something. Maybe I'm projecting. Can't speak for all birds, but Mookie will flip his poo poo if he spots a hawk. Crowds of people, generally fine. So, maybe less nature trails, more downtown strolls? Mookie considered Bonny for a few seconds, then went back to chewing on his teacup. I, however, would love to see more of the technicolor cuddle monster.
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Nov 4, 2015 23:02
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Please post more Bonny. Macaws are amazing birds, I want to live vicariously through you. Eris is being a toddler and refusing to go into her cage for the night. Augh.
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Nov 4, 2015 23:32
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Yeah it's been a while since we've had a macaw owner in here. (Anyone remember Pteri?) How is Eris coming along? Also why is this thread no longer gold 
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Nov 4, 2015 23:42
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Battle Pigeon posted:Yeah it's been a while since we've had a macaw owner in here. (Anyone remember Pteri?) Says it is for me?
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Nov 4, 2015 23:50
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Eris is doing well! She's still wary of us, but she hangs out with the budgies a lot and seems to be adjusting. Now we just need a plan to get her hand-tame.
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Nov 4, 2015 23:52
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