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nielsm posted:I'm thinking about building an aviary-type cage for indoor. It would be about 2x1 meters on the base. So if its for any type of parrot, they might just chew through the wood. Think about doing a large door to be able to get inside to clean. I have found that painted wood is a pain to clean. Well I take that back, this steam cleaner I picked up does a very good job cleaning wood (but it might take the paint off). You could use PVC pipe.  It would be lighter, easier to clean. Step by step building that one. Its going to be my next spring project. https://parrotsocietyofnwohio.wordpress.com/2010/08/14/pvc-aviary/ 1500 fucked around with this message at 22:49 on Dec 22, 2015 |
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1500 posted:So if its for any type of parrot, they might just chew through the wood. Think about doing a large door to be able to get inside to clean. I have found that painted wood is a pain to clean. Well I take that back, this steam cleaner I picked up does a very good job cleaning wood (but it might take the paint off). You could use PVC pipe. For a cockatiel (whom I hope to give a friend in not too long), but he isn't one to destroy things. He has trouble chewing through a fresh pepper fruit, although he does chew off twigs occasionally when I give him some fresh wood. I don't expect chewing damage to be a problem at all. Also, as I mention, it's for indoor use. I live in a 3rd floor apartment, space is limited. So large doors are not really an option I consider. I think normal cleaning should be fine if I make sure to lacquer the wood well, so it can be wiped with regular dish detergent, and then keep the bottom lined with newspaper, as I do in my current cage. That should make daily cleaning simple, and thorough cleaning is doable if I make sure the side panels are detachable with 4-6 bolts. Finally there's just aesthetic - most of my furniture is light-colored wood, as is the hardwood floor. A large PVC or metal aviary-style cage wouldn't look good.
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i poop fire posted:This little doofus is always sleeping like this when I visit the pet shop. holy poo poo 
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Dec 23, 2015 01:52
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i poop fire posted:This little doofus is always sleeping like this when I visit the pet shop. Saw the Dead Parrot Sketch and decided to troll everyone
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Dec 23, 2015 03:17
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Holy poo poo that is adorable. I don't think I could actually resist if I saw that in real life. That bird would be bought immediately.
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Dec 23, 2015 07:38
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Chaosfeather posted:Holy poo poo that is adorable. Seriously. That's weapons-grade.
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Dec 23, 2015 08:08
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 Taco, why can't you be more like the conure in the photo?
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Dec 23, 2015 08:19
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What is it about my ponytail that is so sexually arousing to bird  i poop fire posted:This little doofus is always sleeping like this when I visit the pet shop. Uwaaaaaa 
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i poop fire posted:This little doofus is always sleeping like this when I visit the pet shop. I can't handle this bird.
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Dec 23, 2015 10:07
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look at this crow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sICaV6VKI6I
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nielsm posted:I'm thinking about building an aviary-type cage for indoor. It would be about 2x1 meters on the base. What did you use for the mockups? A big door for cleaning is an absolute must.
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Dec 23, 2015 15:23
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titties posted:look at this crow another good raven video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZyBNWVD70w
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Eejit posted:
Cockatoo loaf. i poop fire posted:This little doofus is always sleeping like this when I visit the pet shop. Please say he's extremely violent towards people or never stops screaming or something to balance it out because this is too much
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:Seriously. That's weapons-grade. Weapons-grade cute conure?   
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H110Hawk posted:What did you use for the mockups? A big door for cleaning is an absolute must. Used SketchUp. I tried "assembling" the full thing I have in mind, although it's missing a roof:  I'd be bolting the panels on, so removing one would just be screwing off about 6 nuts
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One of those side panels really does need a hinged door, have you ever seen a vet assisting a cow with a difficult birth? It's going to be exactly like that when you need to reach in and pick up a dropped bowl or toy at a time you dont want to be unscrewing the side.
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learnincurve posted:One of those side panels really does need a hinged door, have you ever seen a vet assisting a cow with a difficult birth? It's going to be exactly like that when you need to reach in and pick up a dropped bowl or toy at a time you dont want to be unscrewing the side. Good point on that. I guess I could mount the left front panel with hinges on the left side instead. And then the bottom doors do become rather more pointless.
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Battle Pigeon posted:Please say he's extremely violent towards people or never stops screaming or something to balance it out because this is too much No he just cheeps quietly and fights his little koosh balls on his hammock. The only problem is he's been sold already. 
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i poop fire posted:No he just cheeps quietly and fights his little koosh balls on his hammock. The only problem is he's been sold already. Grace that home with your royal presence, oh mighty koosh-bird. May you always have a snuggly hammock, fuzzy warms and good food.
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raven playing in the snow https://youtube.com/watch?v=e_z49voC3gQ my partner and I say "WOTS UP" to each other sometimes because of this video. livin that bird crazies life
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i poop fire posted:This little doofus is always sleeping like this when I visit the pet shop. omg.... I have fallen in love here...that is seriously one of the most adorable things I have ever seen. You know, this is NOT helping me wait until next year to get my birb you know  My husband heard me d'awwwwwwing from the other room and immediately said "Is it a conure pic?" Came in, looked at it, and said "Yup...that is cute." He NEVER says that!
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Gosh this also just too adorable. None of my birds want to cuddle in my sleeve  Awww, his faaaaaace 
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titties posted:look at this crow I like to think the younger crow is just all "hey, dude's not so bad, see? chill out"
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Ozz81 posted:I like to think the younger crow is just all "hey, dude's not so bad, see? chill out" A baby crow likes this guy and climbs up into his lap. The adult crows flying overhead are flipping out. The guy tries to pet the baby crow's feet and it immediately steps up and looks pleased. The adult crows continue to lose their poo poo. GoldStandardConure posted:another good raven video titties fucked around with this message at 22:00 on Dec 23, 2015 |
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I found a video of another blue Quaker doing what Bobby does for hours on end https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6K1t72XAuY I am 90% sure this has to do with the breeder being in hospital when he was still being weaned and her husband doing it, and not doing it right because despite his best intentions, he just didn't know what he was doing (pretty much what they told me). Alarm bells should have been ringing when I heard that i guess, but god drat. He didn;t do it so much in the winter but when I first got him and for the past few weeks, it's all he does all day long. He has new toys and food and water, I do my absolute best to not encourage it, which is leading to him being attention starved because he doesn't stop and rewarding him with my presence is going to make it worse. I've tried replacing it with a whistle, and sometimes he will whistle, at which point I try to whistle back, but as soon as I make a noise, the screaming starts again. This is driving me nuts, do you guys have any ideas at all as to what I can do different because I'm at my wits end with this bird. I really honestly love him when he's not like this but that hasn't happened for at least a month. E: Bobby's screaming is constant. Maybe a second or 2 of gap between squawks for hours on end. He still bobbed like a baby when I got him, which they aren't supposed to do (maybe just head nodding, but not the baby shake) after being weaned because it's toddler bird behaviour, but I encouraged it because I thought it was cute, I even named him for it, but that probably doesn't help either. underage at the vape shop fucked around with this message at 00:36 on Dec 24, 2015 |
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titties posted:I love talking corvids. I remember another video where a crow comes onto the porch and climbs into some dude's lap. His girlfriend is all "pet him" and the guy goes "nah, he got the big-rear end beak", to which the crow replies "gently caress YOU" Maybe this one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifCmvLNQl3s
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Tea.EarlGrey.Hot. posted:raven playing in the snow Gosh darn it all. I know I have picked the correct bird family to create super sized, super powered, things of mythology out of, videos like this just reinforces it.
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Every budgie ever, translated https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMz-P5n57KA
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Anyone here have a Pionus? I saw one being boarded at Night Owl Bird hospital, I think it was a Maximillian. Nice looking bird and apparently they are pretty chill too.
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That question has nothing to do with my thumbs looking like I was flagellating them due to bird ownership. In other news we ran out of Harrison's Adult Lifetime Coarse (which we crush up a bit with a mortar and pestle) and so did our shop, so we bought the High Potency Coarse and Scout is going to loving town on it. It's like watching Pam eating cocaine.
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mikerock posted:It's like watching Pam eating cocaine. Don't tease me.
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H110Hawk posted:Don't tease me. I'll try and get photos of a GCC with its head in a white bowl burbling away excitedly at some point. In the mean time have a reminder that everyone in this thread should be following World Parrot Trust on Facebook 
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Birds are such noble looking creatures.
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:Birds are such noble looking creatures. 
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holy poo poo that conure's face is incredible
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Happy whatever my bird enthusiast friends! I hope it is marvelous, you are all my favorites 
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What did everyone's birds get from santa this year??
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blackflare posted:What did everyone's birds get from santa this year?? ^^^ I want to know I cannot wait till next Christmas when I will hopefully have (a) birb(s) to spoil rotten...
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It's absurd but I feel really bad because I'm at my boyfriend's parents' all day and also couldn't afford to buy Ama a new playgym this year but we had a very nice day yesterday, we took a nap together and he got a bath and some rice and corn chips and lots of scritches 
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Pion only got a larger serving of food than usual on the eve of 24th, while I was gone to my family. But I'm planning to strip the little tree I've had through the month (a tiny spruce) and build a kind of play stand from it, and some more perches.
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