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Neddy Seagoon
Oct 12, 2012

"Hi Everybody!"

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CROWS EVERYWHERE
Dec 17, 2012

CAW CAW CAW

Dinosaur Gum
Imagine if you fell into a world where the floor was made of hamburgers

Tsaedje
May 11, 2007

BRAWNY BUTTONS 4 LYFE
Sunflower packet Cockatoo approves

Inglonias
Mar 7, 2013

I WILL PUT THIS FLAG ON FREAKING EVERYTHING BECAUSE IT IS SYMBOLIC AS HELL SOMEHOW


Welp.

LITERALLY A BIRD
Sep 27, 2008

I knew you were trouble
when you flew in


Gold standard indeed.

Sarmhan
Nov 1, 2011

I am become bird, destroyer of food.

nielsm
Jun 1, 2009



LITERALLY A BIRD posted:

Gold standard indeed.

This.



My birds also did things today and I tried making some video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwf4mm4GhQg

Potato Salad
Oct 23, 2014

nobody cares


nielsm posted:

This.



My birds also did things today and I tried making some video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwf4mm4GhQg

i need a biiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrdddddddd

Captain Log
Oct 2, 2006

This is basically what happened when I discovered hallucinogenics.

Disco Salmon
Jun 19, 2004

The birb wants what the birb wants...why settle for a taste when you can sit in it and gorge! After all, birdie feet add flavor!


Got a question for y'all. Poor Cricket is full on molting...I feel so bad for her right now!!

She looks like a little pinheaded avocado voodoo doll atm with all the pins on her :( Other than showers and baths...anything I can do to help her? She seems so itchy and she isn't into letting me help preen her pins much .I caught her earlier trying to scratch her head with one toe and it looked SO awkward, let alone working well :(

Poor baby...I took her in the shower with me this afternoon and just soaked her to the skin and she seems happier, but once she dries she will be miserable again. Any ideas? Or is this just the way her life is for the time being till they grow out?

Disco Salmon fucked around with this message at 02:55 on Mar 23, 2017

Suntan Boy
May 27, 2005
Stained, dirty, smells like weed, possibly a relic from the sixties.



If birb is particularly resistant to bring preened by you, place something rough and hard to move in their living space to rub against. It's not perfect, but it helps them be less itchy/pissy. Mookie, for example, preferred a large chunk of granite for the first couple of years.

That said, preening is a social thing, so be persistent! Stockholm syndrome takes over eventually.

Kenshin
Jan 10, 2007

Suntan Boy posted:

If birb is particularly resistant to bring preened by you, place something rough and hard to move in their living space to rub against. It's not perfect, but it helps them be less itchy/pissy. Mookie, for example, preferred a large chunk of granite for the first couple of years.

That said, preening is a social thing, so be persistent! Stockholm syndrome takes over eventually.
Auri has never allowed anybody to preen her. About two years ago I installed a conure-sized "nail maintenance" perch vertically from the ceiling of the cage and Auri began using it as a scratching post for her head and face almost immediately. Her moods improved and she has used it daily ever since.

here's what it looks like:

Kenshin fucked around with this message at 01:44 on Mar 23, 2017

CROWS EVERYWHERE
Dec 17, 2012

CAW CAW CAW

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Yeah, hard/rough things are good for birbs to rub itchy moulting faces and bodies on. My vet recommended having one rough perch somewhere in the cage (anywhere but the topmost perch - that has to be a nice big comfy one for snoozing) so birb can wear down claws naturally and sharpen their beak as well as rub against it when moulting. One that's mounted vertically like Kenshin's is better for moulting birb. You can also use chunks of rock or concrete or even rough natural woods (birbsafe obviously). This applies to non-parrot birbs as well. Our chickens have a couple of concrete bricks that they use for sharpening their beaks and itching against.

e: having a variety of textures in perches and accessories is good for birb, they will generally figure out for themselves which ones to use and when.

CROWS EVERYWHERE fucked around with this message at 02:24 on Mar 23, 2017

Disco Salmon
Jun 19, 2004
Thank you!! I have a spare pedi perch around...I'll have to see where i can hang it from.

Appreciate the help!

mikerock
Oct 29, 2005

It's Scout's 6th birthday today!

Happy Birbday doofus!

CROWS EVERYWHERE
Dec 17, 2012

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mikerock posted:

It's Scout's 6th birthday today!

Happy Birbday doofus!



Hairbirbs best birbs :kimchi:

Also friendly reminder that lorikeets look like this:



And love to rub their tongues on you, also, they have gained a taste for flesh (they steal barbecue meats and slices of ham).

Eejit
Mar 6, 2007

Swiss Army Cockatoo
Cacatua multitoolii

Teeka generally lets me preen him, but he sometimes is a total poo poo about letting me get the like 3" cuticle right under his crest.

He is also molting like crazy right now

GoldStandardConure
Jun 11, 2010

I have to kill fast
and mayflies too slow

Pillbug
Rainbow Lorikeets did nothing wrong :colbert:

(aside from drive black cockatoos and purple crowned lorikeets to being critically endangered).

mikerock
Oct 29, 2005

Nappin after a big feed of birthday seeds

CROWS EVERYWHERE
Dec 17, 2012

CAW CAW CAW

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GoldStandardConure posted:

Rainbow Lorikeets did nothing wrong :colbert:

(aside from drive black cockatoos and purple crowned lorikeets to being critically endangered).

Rainbow lorikeets did EHHHHK EHHHHK EHHHHK EHHHHK EHHHHK EHHHHK EHHHHK EHHHHK EHHHHK EHHHHK EHHHHK EHHHHK EHHHHK EHHHHK EHHHHK EHHHHK EHHHHK EHHHHK EHHHHK EHHHHK

Disco Salmon
Jun 19, 2004

mikerock posted:

Nappin after a big feed of birthday seeds



Sweet Birdie Dreams Scout :)

so adorable....

1500
Nov 3, 2015

Give me all your crackers
Just popping in to say

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DroNuZuXO3o

Suntan Boy
May 27, 2005
Stained, dirty, smells like weed, possibly a relic from the sixties.



Bonnie!

Shirec
Jul 29, 2009

How to cock it up, Fig. I


I feel like this is a giant tease. I crave more Bonnie!

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
I'm going to play the video to Lucy!

Lucy floofed. :D

1500
Nov 3, 2015

Give me all your crackers

learnincurve posted:

I'm going to play the video to Lucy!

Lucy floofed. :D

I did try to get Bonny to react to Lucy's video, but I did not have any luck. She can be hit or miss on bird videos.


I was out of town for a while so my wife took a bunch of vidoes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGRM3Hc2_Ts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9ehNX9vRjU

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
Heart wings and flock calling after those ones. Now she's attacking the bell to show what a big strong bird she is. She's clearly recognising Bonnie as another Macaw as she's watching with intense concentration, if it was a conure video she wouldn't be that fussed..

I don't know how vocal Bonnie is but Lucy is usually very quiet apart from a manic squarky session at night time.

Shirec
Jul 29, 2009

How to cock it up, Fig. I

The idea of macaws studiously watching videos of other macaws is filling me with :kimchi: :kimchi: :kimchi: :kimchi::kimchi:

Frozen Pizza Party
Dec 13, 2005

So Scuttle went away today... a sad day but a happy day.

As a parting gift, he bit the ever living gently caress out of my finger, so bad that I felt the flesh crunch as his beak dug in.

Anyway, he went to a lady from the Senegal facebook group, she's actually the owner of http://theflyinggourmet.net/ she makes bird foods and stuff.

Scuttle will be the 14th in her flock, and she's excited to work with him and get him socialized. I don't think he could have gone to a better home. Not that we weren't a good home, but we just didn't have the resources that this lady has.

So long Scuttle!

LITERALLY A BIRD
Sep 27, 2008

I knew you were trouble
when you flew in

mikerock posted:

It's Scout's 6th birthday today!

Happy Birbday doofus!



Happy birbday Scout! :buddy:

Disco Salmon
Jun 19, 2004

Frozen Pizza Party posted:

So Scuttle went away today... a sad day but a happy day.

As a parting gift, he bit the ever living gently caress out of my finger, so bad that I felt the flesh crunch as his beak dug in.

Anyway, he went to a lady from the Senegal facebook group, she's actually the owner of http://theflyinggourmet.net/ she makes bird foods and stuff.

Scuttle will be the 14th in her flock, and she's excited to work with him and get him socialized. I don't think he could have gone to a better home. Not that we weren't a good home, but we just didn't have the resources that this lady has.

So long Scuttle!



Good luck to you Scuttle!! Have fun in your new home with all your new birdfriends :)

1500
Nov 3, 2015

Give me all your crackers

learnincurve posted:

Heart wings and flock calling after those ones. Now she's attacking the bell to show what a big strong bird she is. She's clearly recognising Bonnie as another Macaw as she's watching with intense concentration, if it was a conure video she wouldn't be that fussed..

I don't know how vocal Bonnie is but Lucy is usually very quiet apart from a manic squarky session at night time.

Bonny is very vocal, either she is talking to herself, singing or just growling at her toys. When she gets tired she honks. Wife has said she has started purring like a cat.

This used to be her go to sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbK-IUlYaPA

Would do this for hours.

Disco Salmon
Jun 19, 2004
I need to redo the video i uploaded...sorry!!

Disco Salmon fucked around with this message at 05:41 on Mar 24, 2017

Tendai
Mar 16, 2007

"When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber."

Grimey Drawer

1500 posted:

I did try to get Bonny to react to Lucy's video, but I did not have any luck. She can be hit or miss on bird videos.


I was out of town for a while so my wife took a bunch of vidoes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGRM3Hc2_Ts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9ehNX9vRjU
I was so happy to get home from work so I could watch these :3: Bonny is a delight.

mikerock
Oct 29, 2005

Scout made a post :3

MattLochNessMonster
Jul 1, 2009
Just moved into a higher-density apartment complex, and I'm a little worried about Rocky's flock-calling volume. I know typical advice is to not reward loud behavior, but it's been really getting under my wife's skin. Is there any way to get him to chill out a bit in the mornings, or is it too late to teach a 23 year old bird new tricks?

birb photos for the birb god


nielsm
Jun 1, 2009



http://0x0.st/v-e.webm

What are they doing here? Why is Putni trying to place a foot on Pion? (I have seen him to this several times recently.) Is Putni gay?

Disco Salmon
Jun 19, 2004
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-BNrQGVU3M

Ok I THINK I got this now....made a channel and uploaded a video to it.

So, last night, Cricket decided that she was in a mood, and wanted to play. She has never done this where we could actually catch her on video doing this, so we took the opportunity and the camera and she was adorable :) Please excuse our voices !!


EDIT: I cannot figure out how to embed the thumbnail video etc from youtube, so hopefully the link doesn't screw up...

Disco Salmon fucked around with this message at 18:35 on Mar 24, 2017

1500
Nov 3, 2015

Give me all your crackers

nielsm posted:

http://0x0.st/v-e.webm

What are they doing here? Why is Putni trying to place a foot on Pion? (I have seen him to this several times recently.) Is Putni gay?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4wy0mXSZRs

Disco Salmon posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-BNrQGVU3M&feature=youtu.be

Ok I THINK I got this now....made a channel and uploaded a video to it.

So, last night, Cricket decided that she was in a mood, and wanted to play. She has never done this where we could actually catch her on video doing this, so we took the opportunity and the camera and she was adorable :) Please excuse our voices !!


EDIT: I cannot figure out how to embed the thumbnail video etc from youtube, so hopefully the link doesn't screw up...

just copy past the url, the forums should put it as video type="youtube" and /video at the end automatically.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-BNrQGVU3M

1500 fucked around with this message at 17:29 on Mar 24, 2017

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Disco Salmon
Jun 19, 2004
Awesome thank you :)

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