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Got a call back from the vet and apparently Toast is... a boy!  A very snuggly bitey boy who loves shredding and likes trying to make a nest in my hair, but a boy nevertheless.Everyone please adjust your pronouns accordingly!
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I'm sorry Toast, but you must leave the Vuvalini. Its for the best.
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Dec 11, 2015 01:48
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This thread makes me want a bird so badly, especially kawaii Inko. My grandma had an African Grey who I loved despite him not liking me much, who after she passed went to my mom's friend who had another grey and was more capable of caring for it (plus two greys who get to hang all day errday). Conures are something I'm interested in, but I work ~10 hours a day and don't get more than 6 hours a day at home that I could spend with a bird. Is it possible to get a pair that could entertain each other? Cost and having good diet items available isn't much of a concern.
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Dec 11, 2015 05:12
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Honestly, 6 hours isn't bad at all. I have an African Grey and a GCC. During the week, they get a couple minutes in the morning while I get ready for work and I get them some fruit slices for breakfast. I get home at 5pm and they're out until 10. On the weekends, they are pretty much out of their cage with us all day. They're fine. Just make sure they have toys and poo poo to keep their brain occupied.
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Dec 11, 2015 05:21
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schnickety scribe posted:Bath time tonight: 
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Dec 11, 2015 05:27
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Tendai posted:Conure pool party is the best kind of party Maestro got excited and flew over when the other birdies had cleared out (they still make him nervous) and did a cute little splash-dance bath instead of doing an all out shooshle in the water like I'm used to birdies doing. I got it on video. I'll have to upload it and share in the near future.
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Dec 11, 2015 05:41
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schnickety scribe posted:Bath time tonight: the poofiest of poofs
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Dec 11, 2015 08:39
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Taco is tolerating me today.
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Dec 11, 2015 08:46
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Huzzah! Now to win his adoration back with kale. Toast is defying gender stereotypes and continues to bite all my fingers and shred all the Aldi catalogues.
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Dec 11, 2015 09:09
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Due to the surgery I have to limit my contact with him for a month or so, so I just have him chilling on the couch next to me or sitting on my knee, things like that. But its hard as my first instinct is to pick him up and give him a big kiss and bury my face in his feathers.
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Dec 11, 2015 09:33
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Smelling birds is always a good choice. Soon you will be able to do it again
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Dec 11, 2015 09:40
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We finished off this kitchen roll that had a big solid cardboard tube in it, so I cut it in half and decided to try and teach Ohtori to run though it. He picked up what I wanted very very quickly, with not much persuasion needed. However since I am a terrible human it turns out the tube is somewhat small for him, BUT since he is a Good Bird he was struggling and heaving and dragging himself through anyway because the poor bastard will do anything for a cashew
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Dec 11, 2015 11:00
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So I noticed that Toast loving LOVES chewing foil (from my chocolate, but it has no chocolate on it, fear not). And he also loves eating pepitas (after getting into my stash of pepitas one time). So I showed him some pepitas, which got him nice and excited, and then I wrapped them up loosely in the foil, with the idea being that he will chew them out and enjoy tasty pepitas! But alas, as soon as he could no longer see the pepitas, Toast was filled with INDIGNANT FURY and launched himself at my fingers tweeting his disapproval at being deprived of delicious snack. The pepitas are still in their foil ball. 
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Dec 11, 2015 11:58
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I worry too much about them ingesting little bits of foil to let them chew it, though Ohtori would like to very much. How was Toast sexed? It sounds like you got it done same day? (I forgot to contact avian vet in time (they're only here on Thursdays) about sexing Inko. Maybe next week... or next year, it's pretty cold and he's embarrassing to take on the bus)
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Dec 11, 2015 12:15
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Battle Pigeon posted:I worry too much about them ingesting little bits of foil to let them chew it, though Ohtori would like to very much. Yeah, I got it done by the vet when I took Toast in for a new/baby bird checkup a couple weeks back (Toast is a very healthy and happy bird and surprisingly well-behaved and non-bitey with the vet). Luckily there is a full-time avian vet in 5 days a week a quick drive away from me! They used the blood for sexing as well as a couple of other tests which all came back good. Toast is now asleep (he is a very good birb who puts himself to bed at reasonable hours and wakes me up by jangling a bell as loud as possible every morning) after having shredded another page of an Aldi catalogue.
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Dec 11, 2015 12:19
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Can't you mail away a feather/blood sample? Thats what breeders do in QLD/NSW anyway.
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Dec 11, 2015 12:20
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Jose Oquendo posted:Got home from work and opened up the bird cages. My grey climbs down his cage and proceeds to shuffle his way to the bathroom while whistling Blue Danube. good taste in music
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Dec 11, 2015 12:26
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No, as the stuff gets sent off to another country, and you can't just send blood through the mail... so said the vet. Not sure about the feathers. Maybe it takes too long to arrive for them, I will try and look in a moment if there's any info online. To do it at the vet is £16.60/$25CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:Yeah, I got it done by the vet when I took Toast in for a new/baby bird checkup a couple weeks back (Toast is a very healthy and happy bird and surprisingly well-behaved and non-bitey with the vet). Luckily there is a full-time avian vet in 5 days a week a quick drive away from me! They used the blood for sexing as well as a couple of other tests which all came back good. Ah right! That's super convenient. We're lucky to have one at all-they're available to the public two days a week in different places, Thursday is just very close to home. Get Toast one of those acrylic paper roll holders
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Dec 11, 2015 12:27
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Battle Pigeon posted:No, as the stuff gets sent off to another country, and you can't just send blood through the mail... so said the vet. Not sure about the feathers. Maybe it takes too long to arrive for them, I will try and look in a moment if there's any info online. To do it at the vet is £16.60/$25 I have one suggested as a Christmas present I have saved up a bunch of toilet paper cardboard rolls and chopped them up and turned them into balls. Toast has also been helping me shred expired scripts and a bunch of receipts from when I emptied out my wallet.
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Dec 11, 2015 12:34
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Watch out for foil - Pookie chewed up a big ball of it and so got sent off to the vet's for x-raying 'n stuff, and there were definitely bits of foil in her crop and digestive system. They ended up not causing any trouble, but the vet did say that bigger/sharper bits could be dangerous. 
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Dec 11, 2015 14:53
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could a cockatoo fire a gun? asking for client
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Dec 11, 2015 15:20
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Not could it, but would it and the answer is absolutely
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Dec 11, 2015 15:23
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Hi! Its that guy again, who's writing about birds without actually owning any*! If anyone has any insights or experiences with teaching their birds things, from tricks to important stuff, I'd love to read about it. *In my defense I had two (more like one and a half) flocks of chickens and a budgie once. I'll see if I can dig up any good pictures of them.
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Dec 11, 2015 17:11
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Battle Pigeon posted:Not could it, but would it actually cockatoos don't like guns. they prefer to slowly tear their victims to shreds and hear the screams
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Dec 11, 2015 18:35
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Slaughterhouse-Ive posted:actually cockatoos don't like guns. they prefer to slowly tear their victims to shreds and hear the screams
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Dec 11, 2015 20:45
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A new rule has been created in Casa Pookah - apparently at an undefined but extremely specific time of the evening it becomes "Knee O'Clock". Before this magical time, any invitations to sit on my knee and be cuddled are quite rudely rejected, but whenever that magical time arrives, I'd best be prepared. Things in the way are thrown off the table, meals are most definitely to be abandoned. Knee O'Clock arrives and Pookie MUST sit on my knee and be snuggled for well over an hour or there will be sulking.
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Dec 11, 2015 21:56
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Can I ask about a bird myth? As a young child I was strictly warned to not handle any dead birds I found, and feathers that I picked up from the ground were taken away. The reason behind this was that they had some kind of lice and would make me sick. I always wondered about that as I got older, especially when dressing wild game like partridge or turkey. Why was it okay to handle this dead bird but not a sparrow or whatever? Was my family just dumb, or making poo poo up so I wouldn't handle bird carcasses?
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Dec 11, 2015 23:07
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titties posted:Can I ask about a bird myth?
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Dec 11, 2015 23:25
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I think that's a general misconception since most wild birds do have lice or mites or what-have-you. But since these parasites feed off of living hosts they're not going to hang out on a discarded feather or whatever.
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Dec 11, 2015 23:26
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Thyrork posted:Hi! Its that guy again, who's writing about birds without actually owning any*! If anyone has any insights or experiences with teaching their birds things, from tricks to important stuff, I'd love to read about it. Anything more specific you'd want to read about? Pookah posted:A new rule has been created in Casa Pookah - apparently at an undefined but extremely specific time of the evening it becomes "Knee O'Clock". I'd love to cuddle a Grey though I'm sure 99% of them wouldn't be too happy about it
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Dec 11, 2015 23:35
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I take it Knee O'Clock is at an arbitrary and inconsistent time of day?
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Dec 11, 2015 23:39
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Thyrork posted:Hi! Its that guy again, who's writing about birds without actually owning any*! If anyone has any insights or experiences with teaching their birds things, from tricks to important stuff, I'd love to read about it. I really like this blog, about training her two Pacific parrotlets. There are videos of the training and the birds are really cute.
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Dec 11, 2015 23:44
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Battle Pigeon posted:Anything more specific you'd want to read about? I am totally down for you to just give me the first story, cute, informative or just in general, that comes to mind when teaching birds things. bartlebyshop posted:I really like this blog, about training her two Pacific parrotlets. There are videos of the training and the birds are really cute. Thanks, will give it a look over! 
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Dec 12, 2015 00:07
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Well, Mookie managed to hulk some bars off his cage. So far, he seems content to just jam all his toys through the gaps, but they're definitely big enough to stick his giant head through. I can't find the post about it, does anyone remember the recommended cages for big birbs?
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Dec 12, 2015 01:36
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Tendai posted:Still, the image of a cockatoo with a tiny six-shooter is I can imagine a cockatoo response to the sound of gunfire "You call that noise? I'll make some loving noise!"
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Dec 12, 2015 01:44
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Why have you betrayed me brother (Make sure to watch it all the way through, I thought it was over but it got better )
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Dec 12, 2015 02:29
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That guillotine door being unlocked is freaking me out. it looks really dangerous.
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Dec 12, 2015 03:38
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Potato Salad posted:That guillotine door being unlocked is freaking me out. it looks really dangerous. Yeah, looking at it now it looks a lot heavier than when I first watched it. Hopefully those feathers provide adequate cushioning.
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Dec 12, 2015 03:42
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All the guillotine doors on our bird cage are cable tied shut, to prevent the bird figuring out how they work and getting out when we aren't home.
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