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1500 posted:It could be that, or it could be that he is not getting enough baths/showers. He has a big giant water dish that he dunks in pretty frequently. Oh, but he hasn't been doing it as much recently! I'll try moving it and switching the water out twice a day rather than just in the morning. Other than that, just Kiwi being adopted back in August. I don't know how to tell if he is too dry, other than that. How much do they need to be able to submerge? He is usually able to get himself pretty soaked, it's this guy right here, besides his normal water bowl.
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Black areas can also be from you handling him, or him rubbing against something. Inko has glorious perfect feathers and Ohtori is a bit more scruffy because I hold him and he climbs about and just gets into everything everywhere.
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Shirec posted:He has a big giant water dish that he dunks in pretty frequently. Oh, but he hasn't been doing it as much recently! I'll try moving it and switching the water out twice a day rather than just in the morning. Other than that, just Kiwi being adopted back in August. I don't know how to tell if he is too dry, other than that. Ya I have one of those, I would think that is a little small for bathing purposes, but not bad by any means. What I have found is birds like to really soak themselves, using their wings to splash around (but every bird is different). I would try a large shallow Tupperware with water and see if Sammy splashes around more(dipping his wings in), you could also use a squirt bottle on mist and drench him (if he shows signs of liking it). As I got used to taking Bonny into the shower with me, I tried it with Pan (Quaker) and he liked it. Another option is to have a shallow bowl in the sink, and then have the water running, see if he dives in. If he has no experience with this type of stuff his first reaction might be to back away, what can help is if you take the first step and splash in the water. It sounds like his normal retinue might have been disrupted, and the over preening might be a reaction to that. -------------------------- Finally uploaded some videos of Bonny. When I make her toys Bonny likes to get involved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1mafuzlBwI I put the movie Rio on for her and this is her first reaction to the opening song. If you want to just see her dance, jump to the 1min mark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4nrm-txQ9k 1500 fucked around with this message at 20:15 on Jan 29, 2016 |
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Jan 29, 2016 19:49
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Yet another video, this time I am wrestling with Bonny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=573YYvJU8wc
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1500 posted:Yet another video, this time I am wrestling with Bonny. Gosh, Bonny is such a cutie  I love seeing your projects and her, what a sweetie.1500 posted:Advice Battle Pigeon posted:More excellent advice I'll make a few small changes and see if that helps, and try to see where I'm touching as well. He unfortunately doesn't like showers, Kiwi is my shower bird. He is a dunker, like 3-4 time a day normally.
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If it weren't for the lovely whistling in the bathroom in the morning, and the heart-wings/flirting, I'd be assuming Mr Pending was getting ready to lay an egg with how he's acting lately Neither of the conures are hormonal so not sure why the cockatiel is Maybe he's just discovered a hidden burning passion for interior design
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Jan 29, 2016 23:24
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good birds
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Jan 29, 2016 23:24
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Got posted a little ways up but thank you for sharing regardless  it's a very good article.
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Jan 29, 2016 23:42
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I adopted a potato! Comes home in March! http://i.imgur.com/s0Zd3hi.jpg
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Battle Pigeon posted:If it weren't for the lovely whistling in the bathroom in the morning, and the heart-wings/flirting, I'd be assuming Mr Pending was getting ready to lay an egg with how he's acting lately Uncivilized.
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Jan 30, 2016 04:39
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Tendai posted:Inappropriate Australian hooliganism, that's what it is. mate
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Here is where I will describe Toast's method of destroying gumnuts. First he sticks his top mandible (the pointy one) in the nuthole. He then uses his lower mandible (the shovely one) to crunch off all of the raised bit around the rim of the nuthole. Then he sticks his shovel mandible in the nuthole and uses his pointy mandible to punch a new hole in the body of the gumnut. Next he peels off the entirety of the barky outer layer of the gumnut piece by tiny piece, leaving the scent of eucalyptus throughout the room and on his breath. Lastly, once he's peeled off all the barky outer nut layer, he flattens the inner fibrous layer into a single piece and discards it on the floor (where I pick it up and put it in the bin). Gumnuts are currently his favourite toy 
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Jan 30, 2016 06:21
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holy hell peacocks are awesome https://www.facebook.com/hellojoyus/videos/1014617685272763/
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Taco does that ALL THE TIME with his feathers, and if you pick it up he gets very angry that you have his feather and will attack you till he gets it back.
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Tea.EarlGrey.Hot. posted:holy hell peacocks are awesome would
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Dreggon posted:would When I lived in San Diego we had neighbors who had several peafowl in their yard. I don't know what the birds were for but the noise was hideous.
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titties posted:When I lived in San Diego we had neighbors who had several peafowl in their yard. I don't know what the birds were for but the noise was hideous. Escapees from zoos and private owners mostly. We have em all over the place in Florida, but especially in the Tampa Bay area.
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Tendai posted:Inappropriate Australian hooliganism, that's what it is. He's not even doing that, honestly, so I'm kind of at a loss as to what to do or whether it's even a problem really He continues to be fed by Ohtori whenever they're both on the mirror shelf in the bathroom. It's heartwarming He is also eating the Zupreem daily (they're mostly too big and hard (hurr) to really eat much so most of it is shrapnel, but he's deliberately sitting there for ten-fifteen minutes at a time munching and getting bits) which is the most surprising thing honestly. I assume it's because he had a choice, it wasn't mixed with his daily seeds, and he has never accepted the small Harrison's in over a year or so of them being in his cage so I didn't expect him to even try and he just started eating Zupreem right now so therefore of course he would. Because cockatiel. (He likes the orange ones best apparently, and Ohtori purple, Inko was just offended and his are on the floor)
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Battle Pigeon posted:He's not even doing that, honestly, so I'm kind of at a loss as to what to do or whether it's even a problem really
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http://mutarijjalun.tumblr.com/post...r-feed%3Areblog
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Is it weird I watched that loop like 10 times...?
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Jan 30, 2016 21:12
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Anyone want a toucan
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H110Hawk posted:Anyone want a toucan Mindo still being a turd?
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H110Hawk posted:Anyone want a two year old child
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what you want, punk-rear end biiiitch
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dreggon pls do not get roughed up by those scary gangsters on your trampoline
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Pile of Kittens posted:dreggon pls do not get roughed up by those scary gangsters on your trampoline Pile of Kittens posted:gangsters  
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Why do they have flowers growing out the head
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Jan 31, 2016 08:30
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Fashion
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LOL he is so not impressed.
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Jan 31, 2016 09:34
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Powerful muttonchopping going on in the background
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Bird on right doesn't move a single cm he's so umimpressed Which ones are they?
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Battle Pigeon posted:Bird on right doesn't move a single cm he's so umimpressed left is Gaston's friend, right is Gaston
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Jan 31, 2016 10:25
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Toast has declared my hair to be his waifu and my fingats to be his fat pink babies
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He'a preening your hair and throwing up on your hand?
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Neddy Seagoon posted:He'a preening your hair and throwing up on your hand? A little less G-rated for the first, but yes. My fingats are not eating the food he pretends to spew up for them, so they must be bitten into submission. This is why I won't let you have real babies, stupid bird 
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Stop letting him near your hair. Sucks, but do it.
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