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nielsm posted:Looks like the next month is going to be maximum feathers. Both derps have begun molting. Yeah, I cleaned Judah's cage yesterday before heading out of town and it looked like a cockatiel exploded inside. Steve and Ohtori, get a room you two 
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Stolen, but I'll just leave this here..
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May 14, 2016 21:59
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Wrecking Ball posted:Stolen, but I'll just leave this here.. gently caress the police, I'm picking up those puppies.
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May 15, 2016 00:40
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I'm not a dog person, but I would pick up them all up!!!
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May 15, 2016 03:43
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Baby conure Baby-eating conure 
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May 15, 2016 04:42
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Mizuti posted:Baby conure aaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
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May 15, 2016 05:04
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Omg....all I can say is squeeeeeeeee!!
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May 15, 2016 05:10
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That bird is most def a anime
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May 15, 2016 09:44
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Crossposting from PYF. http://i.imgur.com/1SokTOr.mp4
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May 15, 2016 19:17
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To all you bird crazies out there, I have a question about how you clean your cages. Currently I have a light weight, easily detachable Hagen cage. This one: http://ca-en.hagen.com/Bird/Housing/Hybrid-Cages/83300 All I have to do is unclip the bottom tray, and I can fit all the pieces in my bathtub and give them a good scrub in soapy water once a month. But I have been considering getting a bigger, more heavy duty version of a cage like this: http://www.kingscages.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductID=SLFXL%203221. I like that the metal coating is nice and thick, and its more spacious (I could get another 1-2 budgies in the future  ). However, cleaning something of this scale seems a much more daunting task. With most cages like this, i've been told the cage part can be lifted off the wheeled base. But it still seems like a giant thing to have to hoist into the bathtub (if the dimensions even allowed for it to FIT in the tub..)So how do you guys clean your massive cages?
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May 15, 2016 19:19
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Mine had a big tray at the bottom that slides out. I keep it filled with newspaper, which I change daily, and wash it once every other week or so. I don't have to take the whole cage apart or clean it very often. I'll just spot clean the bars where they get dirty.
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May 15, 2016 19:24
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I just use the central vac hose to go in and vac out the cage every weekish, and it gets most of the schmutz. Every few weeks or so it gets a deep clean with hot water and vinegar.
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May 15, 2016 20:13
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Poop-Off wipes are also excellent and bird-safe. The flimsy little wipes will take even hardened bird poo poo, it's amazing. I use them in winter when I can't just spot clean and then take his cage outside to clean while he waits in his travel carrier. Also, praise be unto god, I finally found a god drat pet sitter who will actually listen when I say to change Judah's water when he shits in it. I came in after a weekend away and he had clean water. For a moment I thought "maybe he just didn't poo poo in it," but then I remember that this is Judah, who has never not poo poo in his water. Thank you, sixteen year old girl, for being way better at this poo poo (literally  ) than the loving 50 year old woman who "looooves animals!!!" who I used last time.Now if I could just get the cat to stop peeing in insecure rage whenever I leave for more than 24 hours 
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May 15, 2016 21:41
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you can get plug in  and they really do work I use pet remedy because the refills are cheaper than Feliway. One of my cats will rip out all of his own hair and bald himself without his precious air freshener pheromones.
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May 15, 2016 21:44
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learnincurve posted:you can get plug in This is not the cat thread but gently caress it she's loud and sort of  too
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May 15, 2016 21:48
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Aaaagh Judah's trying to say something new but I don't recognize it yet  It's a pattern in his "talking" voice, not a whistle, and it's very clearly enunciated.
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May 15, 2016 21:50
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Maestro is ripping the hair off my arm and hand and biting my fingers when I try to get him to stop. Please stop, bird. It hurts. 
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May 15, 2016 21:56
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Well stop trying to make him stop, duh
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May 15, 2016 21:57
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Tendai posted:Well stop trying to make him stop, duh It's all good now. He decided he loves the chair arm and is now rubbing the side of his face against it and trying to feed it.
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May 15, 2016 22:26
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@Tendai That sounds like what my cat has, I got them from a mad cat lady and inbreeding is certainly a factor with their neurosis. FYI cats chuffing hate kitchen foil and won't go near it. I have my sofa covered in it at night to keep the little bastards from doing bad things to it.
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May 15, 2016 23:06
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Can confirm big sheets of foil are like cat-deterring force fields. My friends cat would puke behind furniture until the access points had foil put in front of them (not even blocking it, just laying on the ground in front of where he went in) and they didn't have a problem after that.
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May 15, 2016 23:25
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In other news, the birdies are happily eating their fancy organic Harrisons pellets I just bought yesterday. They were previously on Zupreem but there was so much artificial dye in those pellets I kept thinking they were internally hemorrhaging. The little jerks all of a sudden decided the only acceptable colour to eat is red. DON'T EAT THE GREEN!!  ^Also cats are weird. I will never understand cats. Even less so than picky colour coding birds. Wrecking Ball fucked around with this message at 23:30 on May 15, 2016 |
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May 15, 2016 23:28
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DarkHorse posted:Can confirm big sheets of foil are like cat-deterring force fields. My friends cat would puke behind furniture until the access points had foil put in front of them (not even blocking it, just laying on the ground in front of where he went in) and they didn't have a problem after that. Oh if that were only true here  All of my feline crew adores foil in any form. Several love water and take showers with us, (and adore spray bottles!!)...and still others eat citrus fruits and sweets when they can get it.My cats are all broken
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May 15, 2016 23:34
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I've had broken cats as well. Put foil on top of a snake cage so they wouldn't sit on it all the time, one of the cats looks at it and drags it off with her teeth. 
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learnincurve posted:@Tendai That sounds like what my cat has, I got them from a mad cat lady and inbreeding is certainly a factor with their neurosis. FYI cats chuffing hate kitchen foil and won't go near it. I have my sofa covered in it at night to keep the little bastards from doing bad things to it. Judah is the good pet right now.
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May 16, 2016 00:08
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Wrecking Ball posted:In other news, the birdies are happily eating their fancy organic Harrisons pellets I just bought yesterday. They were previously on Zupreem but there was so much artificial dye in those pellets I kept thinking they were internally hemorrhaging. The little jerks all of a sudden decided the only acceptable colour to eat is red. DON'T EAT THE GREEN!! I've been giving my birds blueberries as treats and their poop is terrifying for a day afterwards every time.
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May 16, 2016 00:18
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I notice that Garrus is left-handed and almost always flies laps around the room counter-clockwise, while Gillian is right-handed and usually flies around clockwise. I wonder if there's some sort of connection. I never really thought much about it until today when they collided in mid air. At least they both recovered before hitting the ground.
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Tendai posted:Aaaagh Judah's trying to say something new but I don't recognize it yet I'm just gonna guess the sixteen-year-old girl tried to teach Judah some swear words.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:I'm just gonna guess the sixteen-year-old girl tried to teach Judah some swear words. This is why I am glad lovebirds are not good at learning to speak, because Toast would be going "you little shitwhistle!" and "gently caress you you little cockmongler".
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May 16, 2016 03:30
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Neddy Seagoon posted:I'm just gonna guess the sixteen-year-old girl tried to teach Judah some swear words. And it's super unlikely with the girl in question, like I would be genuinely shocked despite knowing that teenagers are shits.
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Sigh...I can only imagine the language Cricket will pick up once she is home next weekend. My lovely British husband has a large and wonderful command of the English language, especially when it comes to swearing. I am almost expecting her first words to be along the lines of "rear end biscuits" "buggeration" "bloody hell" "twat" "fuckwit" etc.....sigh, the vet is gonna love us!!
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Cythereal posted:Crossposting from PYF. omfg i can't
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May 16, 2016 04:17
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If only I could teach Toast to say "wanna kiss a fucken legend" 
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May 16, 2016 04:50
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I'm glad Taco hasn't learned to talk, because I grew up in the outback in a mining town, so every second word out of Tacos mouth would be "gently caress". He has learned how to make a kiss sound though
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CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:If only I could teach Toast to say "wanna kiss a fucken legend" Yeah.....I talked with my husband earlier and he said almost the same thing about Cricket. Apparently it would be awesome to have Cricket yelling "Shoo you bastards" and "Fuckin Legend" at the cats. Sigh...poor bird has no clue what kind of home she is coming into lol
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Alright, second attempt at posting. First attempt made me cry. I'm starting to worry about my bird's quality of life. Wandy is at least fourteen years old but two vets independently of each other both think she is ancient. She is spending more and more time on the bottom of the cage and seems to be having trouble with sinusitis all the time whatever the hell that is. I keep trying to give her medicine but she is very old and frankly seems a bit frail and I feel that it's a bit cruel at a certain point. I'm thinking about taking her to the vet tomorrow but I don't really have a reason other than, "She is old and doesn't seem happy unless I'm holding her, doc?" I don't loving think that's going to come to a good conclusion. How do you all cope with your elderly birds? I could use a little guidance right now. God loving Damnit.
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Flat perches and a friend. She's on the bottom of the cage because she's having problems gripping a normal perch, she may not have long left but a buddy would really make a difference to what time she does have left, and more importantly it sounds like it's (another bird) something you need as well. /hugs
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This is the unfortunate part of looking after a pet through to old age. You don't need to make that trip as long as she is still happy and enjoying life. Just because shes not as spry as she used to be doesn't mean she isn't happy, just like your grandparents, she's almost definitely more than content to sit and watch the young'uns run the world. Ultimately none of us can make the decision for you, but I honestly think having a discussion with your vet about how much pain the sinus issues are causing and Wandy's quality of life would be extremely valuable. The vet will understand completely where you are coming from and should give you plenty of options for making life easier for her, like the bird equivalents of stair elevators and shower rails. At the end of the day, you've given Wandy 14 long and happy years, and the fact you are so concerned about her shows you are an excellent owner. underage at the vape shop fucked around with this message at 08:19 on May 16, 2016 |
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Captain Log posted:Alright, second attempt at posting. First attempt made me cry. -Consider as well maybe getting something like a finch flight cage, or a cage advertised for rodents/etc-basically low and long, like this: http://www.zooplus.com/shop/birds/bird_cages_and_accessories/parakeet_cages/261902 or http://www.zooplus.com/shop/rodents/cages/hamster_mouse_cages/hamster_cages/174317 or http://www.zooplus.com/shop/rodents/cages/rabbit_cage/120_cm_cages/146571 Just avoid any with painted bars. You could probably even find something similar on craiglist for cheap and deep clean it. Long and low will give her space to move, flap, and stretch, but she won't have to climb or perch too high to reach anything and if she fell she'd be fine. -Get large sheets of fleece and use that as the liner for the bottom of the cage, on half or all of it. You can wash and reuse it. Toasty warm on the feets, and if you put a bit on the cage bottom wall she can cuddle up into it if she wanted -Flat/shelf perches like mentioned above can be good -Heated perch or heat lamp might be nice for her. Maybe even something like a little box/basket she can sit in-there was a goon in a previous incarnation of this thread who had an elderly cockatiel, and every day they'd put bird into a little basket and put the basket on the window sill so it could look out at the world in comfort. -Maybe she'd like something like egg food, or bird mash, or bird bread? A soft treat full of Good poo poo for her.
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I completely understand the Old Birb worries. Zoe is twenty-one and has paralyzed leg nerves, so she spends most of her time laying down on her flat shelves, the cage bottom, or across my chest. Since she has a broken beak and useless feet, she can't play with toys, and now that her life-long friend Zeke is no longer with us, I worried that she wasn't having the best quality of life if I wasn't constantly interacting with her. But! Zoe has four other birds as company. I have a TV playing in the background to provide some stimulation. She's next to a window and she can see outside and yell at the local wildlife, neighbors, and flecks of dust. She still preens herself religiously, even if she can't quite reach her tail feathers. She still fusses when she doesn't get her way, loudly. She still snuggles for hours and hours with me like it's her God-given right. She's mostly blind, nearly deaf, can't walk very well, is missing half her beak, and has a poopy tail, but Zoe is happy and healthy and content with her lot in life. She's more than the sum of her parts. I guess what I want to say is that you'll know when it's hopeless. Every bird, person, and creature has a different limit, and you'll know when your feathered friend has hit hers.
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