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Birdy kisses are okay. Birdy frenchies are less okay. Birdy trying to investigate your maw for food contents or nose for boogers is perfectly normal and I have no idea why a prey animal would do this (seriously does everyone's birds do this?) Edit: Oh lord what a snipe.
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It's like the birds that pick out the giant horrifying jaws of yawning hippos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6wOiTJZT-Y
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Apr 16, 2020 07:30
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Bird Crazies : Has anyone else had to lick their bird today? For safety?
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Apr 16, 2020 08:03
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StrixNebulosa posted:Okay good. Stay healthy and don't lick your bird. Is flipping them acceptable?  Chaosfeather posted:Birdy trying to investigate your maw for food contents or nose for boogers is perfectly normal and I have no idea why a prey animal would do this (seriously does everyone's birds do this?) I think it's an evolved behaviour from being the descendants of birds that large predators didn't eat while they tolerated having their teeth cleaned by said birds.
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Apr 16, 2020 08:37
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Chaosfeather posted:Birdy trying to investigate your maw for food contents or nose for boogers is perfectly normal and I have no idea why a prey animal would do this (seriously does everyone's birds do this?) Definitely reinforces me to cover my mouth when I yawn
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Apr 16, 2020 13:22
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Not even 15 seconds after I put out the wet-pellets-rolled-in-seed-mash and she's all over it. She's been adoring this method of serving pellets. Even though she's probably just picking seeds out, she's still getting tons of nutritious pellet-goop. 
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Apr 16, 2020 15:40
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Plant MONSTER. posted:Not even 15 seconds after I put out the wet-pellets-rolled-in-seed-mash and she's all over it. She's been adoring this method of serving pellets. Even though she's probably just picking seeds out, she's still getting tons of nutritious pellet-goop. “Yes I need all this food do not take. Thank you. Go away.”
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Apr 16, 2020 17:21
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Just taking a big old sniff of that cockatiel smell is something I really miss
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Apr 16, 2020 18:29
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Its his second bath this year. she chose my glass and absolutely refused to use any of the larger, more appropriate vessels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OFhFXiJ02Y
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Apr 17, 2020 03:50
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He knows it's good water cause you're using it! Anything that is being used by anyone is actually "for the bird". Managed to capture him flying to my hand... I was holding a phone which he's wary of so he didn't go on to my finger directly. He does it more and more regularly and from much further away.
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Apr 17, 2020 22:39
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Plant MONSTER. posted:He knows it's good water cause you're using it! Anything that is being used by anyone is actually "for the bird". WHAT A GOOD BIRB!!!
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Apr 18, 2020 00:35
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Man, half the time when I call Sera he comes, and the other half he tilts his head and stares at me like he's trying to figure out whether he wants to come over or not. Sometimes he does. I'm impressed and jealous. So, after a couple weeks of Ozzy asking to go to bed and then screaming for an hour or two after using his "I want something" sound, and working up Sera in the process, and my increasingly frazzled attempts to figure out what's going on, I've stumbled on a solution of caging the birds and then not covering them for bed until an hour or two later. I don't know why this works, but I have two hypotheses: 1. The days are getting longer and it's loving him up and he doesn't know whether he needs to be in bed or asleep and he's freaking out, and being in the cage uncovered is enough like Time Out which explicitly happens when one or the both of them is being a wound-up little poo poo and needs to calm down, so he's calming down, and then he wants to actually sleep. 2. He's getting anxious or worked up after bed time and so is just trying to call me over repeatedly to reassure him, which I usually do. In this case, the fact that he can see me across the room is enough to reassure him so he doesn't need me to come over. Possibly some combination of the two. Every day's an adventure with this guy.
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Apr 18, 2020 03:04
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Serra has very specific times for very specific treats. 10:00pm when I normally eat dinner, she gets a tiny piece of flour tortilla. When Pops gets home, she gets a tiny bit of garbage treat birdseed. After I ride the exercise bike, she gets a nutriberry. Today, I offered her a piece of tortilla when I got off the bike. She just stared at me. I couldn't get her to take it. Last night, I offered her a nutriberry instead of a tortilla. She threw it on the floor. Can a sassy cockatiel really be this picky!?
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Apr 18, 2020 03:35
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Captain Log posted:Serra has very specific times for very specific treats. There are rules about treats and you can't go changing them on her!
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Apr 18, 2020 03:49
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In the morning both my birds ask for apples, literally. Since I've been working from home, I've been making breakfast for myself, so now the birds also get angry if they don't get a piece of toast. Oh yeah and it has to have peanut butter on it or they loving throw that poo poo on the ground.
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Apr 18, 2020 04:03
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Pig is sick, or going into a moult. Or grumpy, who knows! Rare to see though, hope a naptime will see him good. Might give my ears a chance to heal, too.
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Apr 18, 2020 04:17
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RoboRodent posted:Man, half the time when I call Sera he comes, and the other half he tilts his head and stares at me like he's trying to figure out whether he wants to come over or not. Sometimes he does. I'm impressed and jealous. Oh that's precisely what happens with Pesto and he only does it when he wants something from me...
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Apr 18, 2020 05:25
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iRend posted:Pig is sick, or going into a moult. Or grumpy, who knows! Rare to see though, hope a naptime will see him good. Might give my ears a chance to heal, too. Get well soon, Pig. Hope it's just a moult.
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Apr 18, 2020 06:48
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iRend posted:Pig is sick, or going into a moult. Or grumpy, who knows! Rare to see though, hope a naptime will see him good. Might give my ears a chance to heal, too. It's the time of year for a moult. All three of my doofuses are doing it right now. Serra will beg for scritches, inevitably I'll touch a new feather, get VERY ANGRY and BEAKY and HISSY for half a second, then beg for more scritches. I've started taking slow motion videos of her "attacks" and I need to remember to get one good enough to post.
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Apr 18, 2020 08:23
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My parrotlet snuggled up to my ear last night and I could hear his heart beating. I tried to calculate his BPM and my estimate was within the normal range, glad you're healthy buddy!
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Apr 18, 2020 11:06
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it is spring and it is time for YELLIN ABOUT WANT SOME FUK. I'm a transcriptionist and just started working from home. god help me
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Apr 18, 2020 17:50
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Tann posted:My parrotlet snuggled up to my ear last night and I could hear his heart beating. I tried to calculate his BPM and my estimate was within the normal range, glad you're healthy buddy! 
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Apr 18, 2020 17:51
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Did the thread know that there is a band where the lead vocals are done by a gray parrot. wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatebeak music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwXKR9EWhXo
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Apr 19, 2020 01:44
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If Serra is getting scritches and I say ANYTHING scritches must stop immediately so she can wark. It’s hard to teach her the word “scritches” when anytime I say it she has to go, “WHAT?!” She also makes a distinct noise when I give her a treat. It’s either cockatiel for “thank you” or “Woo!”
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Apr 19, 2020 02:21
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Does hatebeak have a video where I can see the borb
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SuperKlaus posted:Does hatebeak have a video where I can see the borb I am actively looking, but I haven't found one yet. Their track names are   The album is called "Birdhouse by the Cemetery", ... obviously. theHUNGERian fucked around with this message at 04:38 on Apr 19, 2020 |
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Apr 19, 2020 04:35
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https://twitter.com/SteveStuWill/status/1250944921843847169?s=19 Birbs are weird yo
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Apr 19, 2020 15:22
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Other Conure says: HELLO GOOD MORNING HELLO GOOD MORNING HELLO GOOD MORNING HELLO GOOD MORNING HELLO GOOD MORNING HELLO GOOD MORNING HELLO GOOD Being as I am not in the apartment where Other Conure is UNLEASHING SCREM I find it very cute and it makes me smile, but I also feel bad for his family and hope that he is not a new addition, but rather a long-standing member of the family that they love very much despite this 
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Captain Log posted:She also makes a distinct noise when I give her a treat. It’s either cockatiel for “thank you” or “Woo!” Alex makes a very specific un-birb-like groaning/grunting noise whenever I take the lid off of his safflower seeds.
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Apr 19, 2020 19:05
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mediaphage posted:Alex makes a very specific un-birb-like groaning/grunting noise whenever I take the lid off of his safflower seeds. ngghh that's the good stuff
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Apr 19, 2020 20:17
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I finally, finally got Ozzy's fake sneezing on video. https://youtu.be/I4yBIcVwuPQ The apartment is a disaster right now. I'll fix it tomorrow, after I've recovered from work. Don't judge me too hard. Ozzy's so camera shy I don't know when I'll catch him again.
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RoboRodent posted:I finally, finally got Ozzy's fake sneezing on video. That's the cutest thing omggggg
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Apr 20, 2020 00:35
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RoboRodent posted:I finally, finally got Ozzy's fake sneezing on video. It's like one of those dubbed movies where the sound is hilariously offset from the video.
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Apr 20, 2020 01:21
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https://twitter.com/iatemuggles/status/1251251431664992258
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Apr 20, 2020 01:35
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RoboRodent posted:I finally, finally got Ozzy's fake sneezing on video. He's clearly trying to say "Pikachu"!
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Apr 21, 2020 15:14
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Plant MONSTER. posted:He's clearly trying to say "Pikachu"! My brother taught my grey to say it years ago. He still does it once in a while. Lately he's been walking around the house doing the famous riff from the law and order theme.
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Apr 21, 2020 17:18
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Plant MONSTER. posted:He's clearly trying to say "Pikachu"! Well, who's been teaching my birds about Pokemon, I ask you? Because if that's true then I have a very weird burglar problem.
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Apr 21, 2020 17:25
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Jose Oquendo posted:My brother taught my grey to say it years ago. He still does it once in a while. Lately he's been walking around the house doing the famous riff from the law and order theme. Oh God, that's hysterical. "Bah BUM!"
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Apr 21, 2020 19:36
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renaming my birds to Tweedle Doom and Tweedle Death, y/n?
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This fucker.
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