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I found some birds on the internet
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Feb 23, 2017 13:29
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Feb 23, 2017 15:22
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Makes me think of a cleaner wrasse.
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Feb 23, 2017 16:32
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Holy poo poo this is so magical 
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Feb 23, 2017 18:01
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Forgive me if it's been covered but I've been researching parrots/birds and I'm trying to pinpoint exactly how long you can leave a parrot alone for. There are a lot of warnings not to leave them alone 'all day' or for 'long periods of time' but obviously people are still leaving the house and going to work, so I'm wondering what the threshold is and how you guys manage it. Obviously different birds will have different requirements of course. Full disclosure: I have no plans to buy a parrot anytime soon. My lifestyle and work schedule would not be fair to a bird. I'd have to have a different job before I could become a bird dad.
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Feb 23, 2017 22:30
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I've left my bird home alone for a weekend before and didn't feel like he was unduly traumatized when I got back 48 hours later. Thats about the most I'd feel comfortable with.
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Feb 23, 2017 22:35
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Agent355 posted:I've left my bird home alone for a weekend before and didn't feel like he was unduly traumatized when I got back 48 hours later. Thats about the most I'd feel comfortable with. Was this completely unattended and what kind of bird was it?
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Feb 23, 2017 22:41
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Conure once and cockatiel once, the being two separate occasions. Both left alone, both had plenty of food and water and were super glad to see me when I got back. I left early saturday and returned late sunday and they were fine.
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Feb 23, 2017 22:44
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It completely depends on the individual bird, though obviously each species will have its own tendancies. My lilac-crowned amazon, Auri, does not mind being left alone for extended periods of time simply because she is not particularly social. Being a perch potato, she is quite happy to sit alone in the quiet and look outside all day. That's mostly what she does when I am home anyway. The conure I used to have, a dusky conure, could only barely stand having me gone to work all day and then would be a clingy velcrobirb for half the time I was home in the evenings before her bedtime (the other half of the time she'd busy herself with eating or playing with toys as close to me as possible)
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Feb 23, 2017 22:49
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There won't be one right answer, other than "it depends". Basically birds tend towards being quite intelligent and social, so if they don't have someone to interact with, they're going to get depressed or develop other mental illnesses. On an average week day, I spend 15-30 minutes in the morning in the same room as my two cockatiels, then away at work for 8 hours. In the afternoon I usually let them out for 1-2 hours to roam in the living room, and then another 3-4 hours until I cover the cage for the night. That makes for around 5-6 hours of not-alone time for them daily. It seems like this is barely adequate, and it's only in rare occasions I leave them alone for more than 12 hours. I've had a camera on the cage while I'm off for work for a while now, and they definitely look very bored most of the time. So uh I guess my experience is, if you live alone, birds are like being chained to your home.
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Feb 23, 2017 23:02
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My conure was crafted from velcro, feathers, and superglue, but he's okay with me working regular 6 - 8 hour shifts five days a week. I take him out in the morning while I get ready, and then he goes back in his cage until I come home. I let him out when I come in the door and then he's glued to me until bird bedtime. Weekends we're together for the majority of the day. Despite his clinginess he's actually pretty low maintenance: he'll just tuck himself in my hand or against my face and he's perfectly happy to doze for a while. Sometimes he scampers around on my desk and chases my fingers. He's really fond of keeping me company on days when I sleep in or take a nap -- he gets excited whenever we go into the bedroom and if I seem like I'm headed to the bed he'll purr. Conure purrs are really cute, by the way. I think having a routine is what's important. Also consider that leaving the cage open when you're home and letting them do their thing (with supervision as necessary) is totally appropriate. They don't need to be constantly entertained when they're out like a dog might.
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Feb 23, 2017 23:42
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Conures purr?! Holy crap 
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Feb 24, 2017 01:35
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not my video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2o88EGQM3Y
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Feb 24, 2017 01:44
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We sometimes leave Teeka the cockatoo alone for a whole day, but not over night. He is super not happy about it and lets us know in no uncertain terms how upset he is. He is a social bird, he needs interaction, but he can tolerate the occasional day alone
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Feb 24, 2017 03:14
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:My conure was crafted from velcro, feathers, and superglue, but he's okay with me working regular 6 - 8 hour shifts five days a week. I take him out in the morning while I get ready, and then he goes back in his cage until I come home. I let him out when I come in the door and then he's glued to me until bird bedtime. Weekends we're together for the majority of the day. Despite his clinginess he's actually pretty low maintenance: he'll just tuck himself in my hand or against my face and he's perfectly happy to doze for a while. Sometimes he scampers around on my desk and chases my fingers. He's really fond of keeping me company on days when I sleep in or take a nap -- he gets excited whenever we go into the bedroom and if I seem like I'm headed to the bed he'll purr. Conure purrs are really cute, by the way. This mirrors my experience with owning a GCC. I'm ok with leaving her alone overnight but if it was any longer she would come with us or we'd get a sitter.
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Feb 24, 2017 03:26
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I think we only left Loki alone for more than 24 hours once (when we got married), but both Loki and Yoshi have been needy in terms of attention because we kind of raised them that way. They expect us to come home after work and spend time with them, so when we go to a baseball game or a play or something, he looks at us like "Where the hell were the both of you? I don't know how to microwave my vegetables! I was about to call the police!"
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Feb 24, 2017 03:35
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holy poo poo 
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Feb 24, 2017 04:17
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This is one of my favourite tumblrs, a pro follow 
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Feb 24, 2017 04:22
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I went to the vet today to buy some Harrison's and there was a cage in the lobby with two tiels in it. Both were floofed up and looked like they were recuperating. I tried talking to them but they kept their eyes closed. Then I whistled. Their eyes flew wide open and immediately started whistling back and making kiss kiss kiss noises. It was super cute and I spent more time whistling with them than I did chatting with the vet tech.
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Feb 24, 2017 04:35
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Tendai posted:Conures purr?! Oh yeah, ravens seem to do that too! https://twitter.com/ravenmaster1/status/828672878233141249
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Feb 24, 2017 13:50
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griddle bit me on the nose last night when i was trying to listen to her purr, thanks a lot you guys  it bled a lot
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Feb 24, 2017 15:00
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Heat is off in my apartment today, potentially all day, no space heater, and it's 15F outside. I have the birdcages covered with blankets and insulated as well as I can but I'm worried about them and the birds are so mad I'm not letting them out.
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Feb 24, 2017 19:37
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Mirthless posted:griddle bit me on the nose last night when i was trying to listen to her purr, thanks a lot you guys lol
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Feb 24, 2017 20:06
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subpar anachronism posted:Heat is off in my apartment today, potentially all day, no space heater, and it's 15F outside. I have the birdcages covered with blankets and insulated as well as I can but I'm worried about them and the birds are so mad I'm not letting them out. They'll be fine, they can handle cold better than you give them credit for.
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Feb 24, 2017 20:13
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I didn't work today but I visited my best girl anyway
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Feb 24, 2017 20:24
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subpar anachronism posted:Heat is off in my apartment today, potentially all day, no space heater, and it's 15F outside. I have the birdcages covered with blankets and insulated as well as I can but I'm worried about them and the birds are so mad I'm not letting them out. When this happened to me I discovered my PC makes a decent space heater when running Folding at Home on CPU and GPU. A 200mm case fan at full speed can move a lot of air.
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Feb 24, 2017 20:40
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Mochi decided he was not having any of that anyway and pulled a Houdini. When I looked up a second ago he was peeking out from under the blanket at the edge of the seed catcher. He opened his food door from the inside somehow. Birbs.
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Feb 24, 2017 21:37
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:I didn't work today but I visited my best girl anyway I think you're going to have to talk to Amadeus about an addition to your household because my goodness that is a pretty lady.
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Feb 24, 2017 21:45
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:I didn't work today but I visited my best girl anyway
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Feb 24, 2017 21:48
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:I didn't work today but I visited my best girl anyway awwww yisss To switch to actual things instead of just reactions, a friend threw my name in the ring as a possible rehoming for one of many birds displaced by an aviary owner's suicide. I said that I think I have a handle on the basics but I'd want to talk more about my boat living situation with current caretakers before saying yes I am 100% on board. So we'll see what happens and if I get to meet some birbs I will gladly relay what I can here to y'all in the photo and story department.
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Feb 24, 2017 21:50
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Mookie the 'too is fine being left alone for up to 72 hours occasionally, though by God we'd better have treats and toys and snuggles ready when we get back. He gets boarded for anything like than that, though. My normal 12-hour shifts don't seem to bother him much.LITERALLY A BIRD posted:I didn't work today but I visited my best girl anyway It begins. Give yourself over to the cloud. Mirthless posted:griddle bit me on the nose last night when i was trying to listen to her purr, thanks a lot you guys Mookie got my nose once, too. That was a fun trip right back to work. My bird bites are the stuff of legend among other staff.
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Feb 24, 2017 22:22
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:I didn't work today but I visited my best girl anyway 
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Feb 24, 2017 22:42
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From PYF.
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Feb 25, 2017 00:57
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Trebuchet King posted:awwww yisss Oh my god. I heard you alluding to this the other day and didn't get details. I'm SO excited for you, friend and neighbor!
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Feb 25, 2017 01:55
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Goffins amaze me. They have a soft and adorable appearance; small size, babyish proportions, big dark eyes, rosy face, and even their crest looks silly. But they may be the cleverest of all cockatoos. (That article has a lot of specifics on the intricacies of their decision-making)  They seem incredibly easy to fall in love with.
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Feb 25, 2017 02:17
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Tendai posted:Conures purr?! Skiiba will make that noise sometimes when she really enjoys a scratch, but most of the time I hear that noise when she is trying to back up into things and rub her birb booty 
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Feb 25, 2017 02:30
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Are there easy-to-replicate budgie cognition studies? As Yoshi has been trying to learn to whistle Epona's song, I've gotten more and more interested in his dino brain.
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Feb 25, 2017 02:40
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Mizuti posted:Goffins amaze me. They have a soft and adorable appearance; small size, babyish proportions, big dark eyes, rosy face, and even their crest looks silly. That article is really interesting, also the picture in your post has a lot of fingat blood on the plywood
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Feb 25, 2017 03:00
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Feb 25, 2017 04:27
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You are all way better at taking photos of your birds than I am. I finally managed to get a few videos of Yoshi by distracting him with my Claddagh ring, but I juuuuuust missed one of his best sentences, "I'm a dinosaur!" Please excuse the terrible lighting, amateur video quality, the sound quality that requires turning volume to 11 just to hear it, and my Red Sox pajama pants: Mostly Budgie burbles, with a clear "Yoshiiiii!" at the end. An attempt at "Excuuuse me, princess!" that is a long way from his best. You have to be prompted to even know that's what he's going for, but dang it, he's trying so hard.  Beep and "Hiii!". Yoshi sometimes just gets in moods where he cheerfully beeps, but normally "Beep-beep-beep!" is him doing a little anger.
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Feb 25, 2017 05:16
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