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Pip pip pip posted:Nugget is 8 and only makes chirp/peep noises and I talk to her a lot. Nugget is super dumb but also female cockatiels are not known for their mimicry. Maybe Daisy is smarter Yeah female tiels rarely make noises beyond the stock cockatiel noises, though Anaïs will wolf whistle when she's really really mad
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Nov 13, 2015 15:29
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Speaking of which: The only thing scarier than a cockie is... a drunk cockie   I'll gently caress youse up mate... I'll fucken gently caress youse upAlso I don't know if I have mentioned it here, but Toast has learnt how to put herself to bed at night. I turn the main light off at ~8pm so she can get some dark, and if she's still sitting on my shoulder at that point, she hops into her cage then and goes to sleep. She likes to sleep on top of a little cane/wicker/whatever "nest" thing, which she refuses to go into but sit on top of instead. It's next to her favourite toys (that aren't bits of chewable cardboard, paper, or wood), a plastic mirror attached to a cheap tiny bell by a plastic hook. When I lower the towel over her cage (around sunset) she'll hop between me and the cage for a few hours as she gets ready for bed, tweeting to her reflection and crunching her beak merrily. In the morning, at around 7am, she'll wake up and hop downstairs to her loudest jangly bell. She will jangle it as loud as she can (pretty loud) while squeaking until I wake up. If I am taking too long to wake up and she needs to take a food break, she'll hop up to her nest, unhook the bell attached to the plastic mirror, and take it with her so she can jangle between mouthfuls of food and water  Oh, and re reflections: her reflection in her plastic mirror near her nest is a friend, for tweeting and singing to. Her reflection in the bathroom mirror is not to be trusted and must be lunged at if it makes any sudden movements. Her reflection in my laptop screen is confusing - where did that other bird go? It's not BEHIND the laptop???? What is this wizardry??? And her reflection in my big-rear end metal wall fan is in league with her mortal enemy, THE BIRD SHADOW, and must be attacked viciously whenever she catches glimpse of it. CROWS EVERYWHERE fucked around with this message at 15:36 on Nov 13, 2015 |
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Nov 13, 2015 15:32
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Taco is pretty indifferent to his reflection. He sits on the towel rack next to the mirror in the bathroom and doesn't care, we hold him up to the mirror he might inspect it with his beak a bit, do a small head-wave thingy, and then just go "meh" and ignore it.
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Nov 13, 2015 15:41
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Jesus, I'm so jealous of your bird that knows what bedtime is and follows a schedule. We chased Eris with a blanket for twenty minutes yesterday. At midnight. She just wouldn't get in her cage so she could sleep! She's still not playing with her toys that I've seen.  Maybe she's still getting used to being in a new place?
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Nov 13, 2015 16:26
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Babies often don't, then suddenly one day it clicks and they can't get enough of them. Just make sure she has a good variety, some birds don't like the grooming toys, some like rope, others wood and mine can't get enough of toilet paper.
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Nov 13, 2015 16:47
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She's 11 months old, does that count as still a baby?
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Nov 13, 2015 16:49
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They develop at different rates so I wouldn't worry yet, my girl potato is over a year and months behind my male potato's development, she's only recently started taking an interest in toys and still screams like a baby.
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Nov 13, 2015 16:55
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CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:The only thing scarier than a cockie is... a drunk cockie painted bird posted:Jesus, I'm so jealous of your bird that knows what bedtime is and follows a schedule. We chased Eris with a blanket for twenty minutes yesterday. At midnight. She just wouldn't get in her cage so she could sleep! You go, Judah. You go to bed, because you have definite ideas of when that is supposed to happen And when you are supposed to get up YES I KNOW IT'S TIME I'M COMING.
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Nov 13, 2015 17:06
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We call them singlets. I've always personally found it rather odd and kinda disturbing that the slang name for such a piece of clothing would be a reference to domestic violence.
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Nov 13, 2015 17:36
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GoldStandardConure posted:Taco is pretty indifferent to his reflection. He sits on the towel rack next to the mirror in the bathroom and doesn't care, we hold him up to the mirror he might inspect it with his beak a bit, do a small head-wave thingy, and then just go "meh" and ignore it. Must be a sun thing, ritz couldn't give any less shits about what's going on in the mirror. Unless it's a handheld mirror that my gf is using for makeup, those are the devil, apparently.
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Nov 13, 2015 17:47
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Bonny was really good at putting herself to bed, but now that the days are so much shorter, I have been keeping the lights on. Now when I turn off the lights, she just hunkers down at her current location and goes to sleep (or what I call, her vulture pose), I then have a very pissy macaw on wake up to move into her cage. I have been lucky that she is very slow to wake up in the morning, so I have not had any problems with her screaming in the morning. I have been very surprised that I have not had the cops called on me. Her last owner had an 10 year old girl, and so Bonny has a scream (and laugh) of a little girl. When Bonny gets to screaming, it sounds like I am killing a little girl, and you can hear it blocks away and that is with the windows closed.
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Nov 13, 2015 17:58
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My birds scream, the kids upstairs scream. Fair trade.
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Nov 13, 2015 18:02
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Halloween Jack posted:My birds scream, the kids upstairs scream. Fair trade.  Judah, on the other hand... if I lay down in the living room, he starts shrieking like a siren. I can sit up on the couch, I can even fall asleep sitting up on the couch. But if I lay down on the couch, he is not goddamn having it.
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Nov 13, 2015 18:07
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painted bird posted:She's 11 months old, does that count as still a baby? Depends on breed but often yes. Babies for a year, children for a year, awful awful teenagers for a year, then adults for 60 years. If only humans had that ratio we'd be done with college at 5 years old.
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Nov 13, 2015 21:49
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So I'm very excited, I'm going to a positive reinforcement class tomorow taught by these people: http://www.companionparrots.org/ I've been looking at their adoption pages (I'm keeping at two birds, so hard) and  so many cuties!I was really impressed because I emailed them asking if they had any tips working with re-homed birds, and they invited me to swing by before the class to speak with some of the people that work there. I'm probably going to donate some money to them, because places like this should totally exist and I think their requirement of having to take educational classes before being allowed to adopt is very smart.
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Nov 13, 2015 22:02
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Agent355 posted:Depends on breed but often yes. Babies for a year, children for a year, awful awful teenagers for a year, then adults for 60 years. If only humans had that ratio we'd be done with college at 5 years old. Eris is a GCC! That makes sense. I guess I have another year or so of her being sweet and quiet before she turns into a monster.
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Nov 13, 2015 22:25
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Shirec posted:So I'm very excited, I'm going to a positive reinforcement class tomorow taught by these people: http://www.companionparrots.org/ That is great, taking in an abandoned bird is not easy, and not for everyone. Most people can't handle the extra work it takes to work past a birds history. So what two caught your eye?
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Nov 13, 2015 22:34
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Saw a baby budgie at a pet store today, wrestling with a jingly bell on the floor of its cage 
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Nov 13, 2015 23:32
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1500 posted:That is great, taking in an abandoned bird is not easy, and not for everyone. Most people can't handle the extra work it takes to work past a birds history. So what two caught your eye? Ah, I meant I'm trying not to go over my current two. My first, Sammy the GCC, I did buy from a local pet store. Kiwi is my second bird, an 8 year old Nanday I adopted from a friend of a friend that was keeping her 24 hours a day in her cage with no interaction and toys worn away to nothing. Apparently if I hadn't taken her, they were gonna let her loose in the wild. I really want to take Captain Jack or Cricket home but I'm trying to resist. Just gonna see them and not fall in love, yup.
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Nov 13, 2015 23:33
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So I just gave daisy fresh food and water, not 10 seconds into it she picked up a pellet and walked it over to the water bowl, dropped it in and then cocked her head and watched it float around.
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Nov 14, 2015 00:26
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As the political season continues its inexorable journey towards The Great American Presidential Race 2016 I think it's time to discuss our country's future. The future is birb.  http://probirdrights.com/  The Democratic vote is the right thing to do, Something Awful. So do.
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Nov 14, 2015 00:30
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Shirec posted:Ah, I meant I'm trying not to go over my current two. My first, Sammy the GCC, I did buy from a local pet store. Kiwi is my second bird, an 8 year old Nanday I adopted from a friend of a friend that was keeping her 24 hours a day in her cage with no interaction and toys worn away to nothing. Apparently if I hadn't taken her, they were gonna let her loose in the wild. oh haha. Ya I said no more animals after I hit 8, then definitly no more when I hit 9. Now that I have 10, there is no way I am getting another 
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Nov 14, 2015 00:53
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I have 11 and my mum thinks I have one dog and two cats.
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Nov 14, 2015 00:54
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We just have the birds (2 budgies, 1 GCC). I can't imagine having time for any more birds, except maybe a finch cage.
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Nov 14, 2015 01:07
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:As the political season continues its inexorable journey towards The Great American Presidential Race 2016 I think it's time to discuss our country's future. I need to get one of these bumper stickers to go with my license plate. My license plate is a bald eagle vanity plate that just says "SQUAWK"
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Nov 14, 2015 01:11
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Kenshin posted:I need to get one of these bumper stickers to go with my license plate. I have a bald eagle plate too Just a generic wildlife conservation plate number though.Also re: pet chat: I only have Ama and I guess my boyfriend's cat counts too so 2 pets. I'd like another bird but I love my relationship with my bird the way it is, there's no need to bring in another pet that might reduce his time with me or make him jealous.
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Nov 14, 2015 01:28
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Double post and also, sorry for more bird merchandise, but my friends keep linking me awesome stuff tonight  This gal on redbubble has some amazing stuff.    e: also I'm pretty sure one of those is a reference to my last link LITERALLY A BIRD fucked around with this message at 02:24 on Nov 14, 2015 |
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Nov 14, 2015 01:43
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That cockatiel one is literally what I imagine Archer's internal monologue being right before he does something stupid
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SaNChEzZ posted:Must be a sun thing, ritz couldn't give any less shits about what's going on in the mirror. Unless it's a handheld mirror that my gf is using for makeup, those are the devil, apparently. except this little guy, he loves the mirrors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaIQuksgZa8
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Nov 14, 2015 02:06
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:As the political season continues its inexorable journey towards The Great American Presidential Race 2016 I think it's time to discuss our country's future. That's a European robin! How scandalous!
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Nov 14, 2015 02:10
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Oh, in other news: Toast's pellets (the Vetafarm ones recommended by the vet) are red, yellow, blue, and green (a very blueish green). Her favourite are the yellow ones, possibly because they look like the "natural" coloured ones (which she prefers, and which are mostly nutritionally identical to the coloured ones; the vet recommends the coloured ones because they produce a "superior quality stool" which I can attest to). So she eats all the yellow pellets she can get first. Then, when they're gone, she starts on the red pellets. Only after she has eaten all the red pellets does she start on the blue and green pellets.
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Nov 14, 2015 02:43
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A girl and her birb:
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CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:Oh, in other news: Toast's pellets (the Vetafarm ones recommended by the vet) are red, yellow, blue, and green (a very blueish green). Her favourite are the yellow ones, possibly because they look like the "natural" coloured ones (which she prefers, and which are mostly nutritionally identical to the coloured ones; the vet recommends the coloured ones because they produce a "superior quality stool" which I can attest to). So she eats all the yellow pellets she can get first. Then, when they're gone, she starts on the red pellets. Only after she has eaten all the red pellets does she start on the blue and green pellets. Bobby used to do this too except the red pellets. I think it takes a while for them to click that its all actually food and all tastes the same.
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Nov 14, 2015 03:28
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Suntan Boy posted:A girl and her birb: No really, my bird ate my homework
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Nov 14, 2015 03:41
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Suntan Boy posted:A girl and her birb: this is sooo cute
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Nov 14, 2015 03:52
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anotherblownsave posted:No really, my bird ate my homework somehow not surprised
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Nov 14, 2015 04:06
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:As the political season continues its inexorable journey towards The Great American Presidential Race 2016 I think it's time to discuss our country's future. Well I know what my SASS partner is getting this year. And also me. And also other people I know. And also Judah's cage. Suntan Boy posted:A girl and her birb:
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Nov 14, 2015 04:12
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Suntan Boy posted:A girl and her birb:
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Dreggon, please re-enact that scene
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