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Battle Pigeon posted:
It's full of stars....
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Got a question for y'all. Been reading up (again!) on feeding the baby birb after we bring him/her home. I have found a few different things and I wanted to ask you all what you use. I know the lady who is hand raising the baby is going to get him/her on healthy pellets (though the name escapes me atm) and a mix of fresh veg/fruit grain etc. What do you all do for feeding your conures or other birbs? Any schedules etc you use? I have been reading up on the chop and the mash and I really like the idea, but not sure if it is something that would be feasible for one little conure. I figure you all have been where I am atm, so any advice you can give would be great.
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VioletCorsica posted:Ideas for names for a pair of cockatiels requested please! Nothing happening for certain (yet), but I can dream. Names don't need to be related to one another. Dumb and Dumber. Or possibly "Aargh!" and "Gerrof, you bastard!"
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Soylent Yellow posted:Dumb and Dumber. Bill and Ted
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:Bill and Ted I don't think you can beat this one.
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:Bill and Ted This one  Definitely this one!fake edit: hubby says if he could name two birds together it would be Beavis and Butthead. Not sure if I approve but there ya go :P
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Apr 16, 2016 20:18
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Arthur and Fenchurch
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Conure voice chat: I don't know about accents, but our 3 GCCs all have distinct voices and some distinct sounds. Simon's just kind of gravelly, Gunter is more of a squeaky toy, and Zuz has a high-pitched baby voice that always sounds a little rushed. The only time they sound similar is when they are screaming, because they have learned to mimic each others' screams so that they can scream in stereo. Because they are all assholes. Speaking of screaming, I've come to a realization: the apartment is much quieter when all of the birds are out. It's very nice. Unfortunately, they can't always be out all the time, mostly for their own safety and because they need to go to bed (or eat, in the case of Maestro, who will just sit and not eat or drink unless we physically move him to his cage in the back). Edit: Fry and Bender are good. Zoidberg and Fransworth are also good (before we'd gotten Maestro, we'd been contemplating getting a potato and naming it Farnsworth, since Pazuzu is our Futurama bird and Simon and Gunter are our Adventure Time birds). schnickety scribe fucked around with this message at 21:16 on Apr 16, 2016 |
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Disco Salmon posted:hubby says if he could name two birds together it would be Beavis and Butthead. Not sure if I approve but there ya go :P Bill and Ted is the clear winner to me because you could teach them to say "Whoa!"
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Khizan posted:Bill and Ted is the clear winner to me because you could teach them to say "Whoa!" Excellent!
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Disco Salmon posted:Got a question for y'all. I don't use too much of a firm schedule, I know some of the other conure owners here do. I use pellets in their main food dish, and a side of fresh fruits/veggies (most of the time which is chop) and a few seeds/peanut butter for treats on rare occassion. I also make birdy bread with corn muffins, pellets ground in, and shredded veggies/baby food for my more stubborn conure that won't eat chop. Other treats are sliced apple, dried fruit of any kind, broccoli, popcorn, banana, and nuts. I give them the fresh food in the morning and then change it out again when I get home from work. It's kind of a feel your way out kind of thing, my one bird goes nuts for chop and won't eat birdy bread, the other is the exact opposite. I did get a food processor though, just cause I'm lazy and it's way easier to make chopped veggies that way.
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I originally named Ellie "Little Lebowski" till I realized she was not a he and while I'm happy with the name our benevolent mod suggested I wish I had gotten her after Archer so I could've had Archer and Lana
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Woke up and immediately thought Rocky and Bullwinkle, butLITERALLY A BIRD posted:Bill and Ted holy poo poo this
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Oh my, the names are fantastic! You guys!  My own ideas, sorry if I somehow missed that you all suggested one of these! Beep and Boop Lewis and Clark Paisley and Argyle I am not sure if I am relocating, so not sure where and when some whistle!birds (my own notation for cockatiels) would enter my life, but in the next few months, hopefully. Thank you all for the thread, I have been rereading and crying over everybirdy's stories.
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:Bill and Ted and hopefully they will be excellent to each other
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God drat It Bird & Don't Chew That You rear end in a top hat
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Reinhard von Lohengramm and Yang Wenli Alternately Reinhard von Lohengramm and Siegfried Kircheis
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Original Recipe & Extra Crispy? (We had cockatiels when I was little, and my mom always threatened to fry them up for dinner when they got into things.)
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GoingPostal posted:Original Recipe & Extra Crispy? (We had cockatiels when I was little, and my mom always threatened to fry them up for dinner when they got into things.) I threaten to turn Toast into a delicious chicken nugget occasionally
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 Another successful bath time! The trouble is always first getting Putni to the bathroom, and afterwards getting him out again. This time both of them were happily fluffing when the water was raining down too, and not trying to run away from it.
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mikerock posted:It's full of stars.... It's a starrrrrbirrrrrd, waiting in the sky.... Sociopastry posted:hello new desktop It's small resolution so the thought of it all hosed up and stretched out 90s style is hilarious to me nielsm posted:
Do they go under the shower, or have a spray bath from bottle?
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Battle Pigeon posted:Do they go under the shower, or have a spray bath from bottle? Today was mostly spray bottle, but Pion also likes to sit on my head and misted by the bouncing (?) water.
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Brave! Steve won't go near the shower stream. Either he'll have a spray bath on a hand in the shower (door open only), or he'll sit on the toys draped between shower enclosure and shower head while the water is running and enjoy the humidity.
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Birds should not be viewed front-on  (sorry for low-quality photo)
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The Narrator posted:Birds should not be viewed front-on 
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The Narrator posted:
Low-quality photo but high-quality potato.
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So Gunter has finally found her War Steed.
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jadebullet posted:So Gunter has finally found her War Steed. Uh, pretty sure a parrot is a Chaos unit and not a Space Marine one even if they do look to be Blood Ravens  .
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He's attacking that dreadnought. He IS a chaos unit.
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That explains why she later proceeded to shove the entire squad and a tank onto the floor before I could get over and stop her. Gunter, the best Proxy for a Greater Daemon of Tzeentch.(Though Khorne is more appropriate for her personality. Her latest thing is "apologizing" for biting me this morning by trying to lick up the blood while making cute happy chirping noises.[she got scared by the camera when my hand was near her mouth]) jadebullet fucked around with this message at 15:54 on Apr 17, 2016 |
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After much heartbreak and many tears Mindo is safely at his new home in New Jersey. He took a red eye flight and boy are his wings tired!  He's already up on her hand which is a great sign!Dazed and confused look:  What is down there? 
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Well, Yoshi had quite a terrifying night for a baby bird. At about 3 AM, there was a fire in our building. I think someone downstairs burned something that wasn't food for once. It was small enough that the fire department didn't have to put anything out by the time they got here, thankfully, but big enough that a couple of people, including me, got sick from the smoke by the time we got outside. We managed to get poor Yoshi into his carrying case and outside very quickly, but it was very cold, and we had to open the windows to get rid of the smoke smell. We took his cage into the bedroom because it seemed to be better in there and covered his cage with blankets. The place is still a little chilly, but so far, he seems to be okay. He was terrified all last night and freaked the gently caress out this morning when we had to move his cage back to its proper place, but he's already eating his vegetables and running around hitting his bells. I guess there's not much we can do but keep an eye on him.
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Poor Yoshi, sounds like he'll be okay. Fluffy potato 
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So, I felt like playing around with color settings on my camera today. The birds were perfect for it. It's pretty cool for comparing the color mutations of the 3 GCCs. photo dump time               
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H110Hawk posted:After much heartbreak and many tears Mindo is safely at his new home in New Jersey. He took a red eye flight and boy are his wings tired!  You guys did what you needed to while minimizing stress for Mindo and making sure he was somewhere that would be good for him.Pip pip pip posted:Fluffy potato 
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