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Kuros posted:Of course, mama ignored the birdhouse hanging on the patio closet door. Too convenient, obviously a trap :birdbrain:
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Hey, it's me again. Why do my budgies absolutely hate their cage? They won't even go in to eat unless they're starving, or I entice them in by bringing the food bowl to them, then slowly placing it in the cage with them on it. Their cage is plenty spacious and is wider rather than taller, it's pretty drat big. There's enough toys in there without being cramped. I've kept a solid bed routine for a few weeks now, lights down at 6pm, in cage at 8:30 and covered three sides. I leave the back against the wall uncovered so they have a tiny bit of light. Chickadoodle sleeps on the highest perch, I dunno where Wasabi goes. I then wake up every morning at 8:30 and uncover them and open the curtains, then go back to sleep until 11am. I've started wearing earplugs as they won't stop attempting to break out. It's really wearing me down. I hoped by now they'd have gotten used to it, or at least started viewing their cage as a safe space. When they're out all day, they mainly perch high up and just nap, or they'll come down and play on my shoulders, so it's not as if they're utilizing the whole space of my room. They're only really active right after being let out and will aggressively swoop around the room for 15 mins. I'm just feeling real upset with the whole routine, and I hate having to grab them and put them in quickly, because as soon as I open the door, whichever one got put in first will immediately try to break out. It's just pointless stress and frustrates everyone involved. Getting Wasabi hasn't really helped, so it's not a loneliness issue. I've spent more money than is wise on toys, treats, you name it. All to try and make the cage a place they associate with positive stuff. Chickadoodle will immediately run up my arm if I slowly move her inside whilst perched on my finger, even if it's the middle of the day, and even with treats in plain view in the cage. Only time she doesn't is if she is hungry enough, in which case she hops onto the bowl, eats, then beelines right for the exit. She's slightly better at night though, once she's in, she'll relatively quickly settle down by going to her top perch. Wasabi is a month younger than her and will aimlessly squawk and sad meep whilst chewing the bars, digging the food bowl and pushing his head at the bars. Takes him ages to get the memo and sleep. In the morning, they'll spend the entire time stressing out trying to break free. I've never once woken up to them calmly sitting on their perches. They're always pacing or chewing at the bars. It's driving me nuts and I almost bought a flight cage today, but sanity prevailed and I decided not to as I don't fancy being utterly broke until the middle of next month. Is this an adolescence thing? Will they grow out of it? I don't know how to fix it. I'm so close to just spending a few days with them primarily locked in the cage, in the hopes they realise it's not too bad. But then the thought of them not being able to fly whenever they want makes me not do it, and seeing them continuously try and bust out ain't fun. Sorry for the wall of text, someone who's a bird whisperer please tell me how to fix this. Is it a pipe dream where one day they happily flit in and out of their cage, but mainly enjoy being in their cage / on the roof, and only come out to fly or sit on my shoulders? The budgies I had as a kid were like that, they only came out to fly. PS: I've taken a hands-off approach with Wasabi. He likes me well enough, but I barely handfed him, Chickadoodle took the reins on that front and he's been okay with seeds from the get-go. He tolerates me due to Chickadoodle, but I didn't imprint on him. He won't cuddle or nuzzle against me, he just chills on my shoulder or preens me. So we can categorically rule out the 'they just want to be with you' line of thought. Qubee fucked around with this message at 21:50 on Feb 24, 2021 |
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Feb 24, 2021 19:53
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My conure's bottom beak has become 'long' and he isn't fully closing his beak because of it. It's not too bad yet but it's noticeable. I have a vet appt already and I know it's a thing that can happen so I'm not stressed out. I know they'll just trim it. However, I'm more wondering about the why it happened. He has wooden toys and other things to chew on. He is on a pellet diet along with some nuts and human fruits and veggies as well. I would think that would all keep his beak trimmed. And related to that, what can I do to prevent it. I'm sure the vet will have some ideas but I'll ask here too. I made a few more toys and I'm going to pick up some more chew things for him this weekend. Any other suggestions or observations would be appreciated.
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I am really mentally sluggish today so I do not have anything helpful to say but I do have a video of one of the wild conures that was crawling around the tree I was sitting under this morning. e: the video of which I will fix shortly, sorry, that brain thing double e: hooray https://i.imgur.com/xMnaSya.mp4 If you would like to hear cherry headed conure squeaks at the end turn the sound on LITERALLY A BIRD fucked around with this message at 00:33 on Feb 25, 2021 |
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Feb 25, 2021 00:28
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Those the San Francisco cherry-heads?
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Feb 25, 2021 20:49
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I'm sure they are distantly related, but there are a few flocks in SoCal too! Everyone loves great weather.
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Feb 25, 2021 21:16
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I don't even need the sound on to hear that gif, thanks to the occasional wayward flock flying over my house.
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:I'm sure they are distantly related, but there are a few flocks in SoCal too! Sounds like home! Hi neighbor!
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Serra is now 119g, putting her officially below her stretch weight goal. She is still so very round.  I'm going to see where her weight levels off at, then the vet and I are going to come up with a plan to make her diet healthier. Per her avian certified advice, you don't change diet during a diet due to the gorging issue cockatiels can exhibit. Right not, her diet isn't bad, but it isn't great either. She doesn't eat any fresh fruit or veg, because it apparently looks like a snake in her extremely strange little head.
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Feb 26, 2021 09:18
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It's delightful that she gets to both hit her weight go and remain wonderfully round.
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Feb 27, 2021 00:12
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Qubee posted:Hey, it's me again. Why do my budgies absolutely hate their cage? They won't even go in to eat unless they're starving, or I entice them in by bringing the food bowl to them, then slowly placing it in the cage with them on it. Their cage is plenty spacious and is wider rather than taller, it's pretty drat big. There's enough toys in there without being cramped. I've kept a solid bed routine for a few weeks now, lights down at 6pm, in cage at 8:30 and covered three sides. I leave the back against the wall uncovered so they have a tiny bit of light. Chickadoodle sleeps on the highest perch, I dunno where Wasabi goes. I then wake up every morning at 8:30 and uncover them and open the curtains, then go back to sleep until 11am. I've started wearing earplugs as they won't stop attempting to break out. It's really wearing me down. I hoped by now they'd have gotten used to it, or at least started viewing their cage as a safe space. When they're out all day, they mainly perch high up and just nap, or they'll come down and play on my shoulders, so it's not as if they're utilizing the whole space of my room. They're only really active right after being let out and will aggressively swoop around the room for 15 mins. I'm just feeling real upset with the whole routine, and I hate having to grab them and put them in quickly, because as soon as I open the door, whichever one got put in first will immediately try to break out. It's just pointless stress and frustrates everyone involved. Getting Wasabi hasn't really helped, so it's not a loneliness issue. chilling on your shoulder and preening you is pretty social, tbh. like, that's great. i feel bad that you and maybe your birbs are stressed but i think that some of these might just be growing pains, honestly.
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mediaphage posted:growing pains I gotta agree with this. It sucks to see your birb being stressed, but they have to grow up and learn to sleep alone. Otherwise you end up like me, lugging Serra's cage to your nightstand every night - with a standby battery lantern and power bank for the noise machine.
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 Knew it would happen, broke again til next month as I bought them a new cage. It's taller than I'd like, but I spent ages searching around and nowhere had wide cages that were affordable. The height is good though as they're quite happy chilling on the top looking out the window, and it's a good spot to scatter food for them to forage around in. Any time a pigeon flies past the window they'll scatter, it's why I've got the shirts on top, it stops them freaking out in the cage when something flies past outside. They both went to sleep instantly last night, they sat right on the very top perch. This morning was the best morning yet. Wasabi occasionally tried to break out but nowhere near as much as he would in the old cage. Chickadoodle just relaxed on the perch all morning. They even played a bit with the toy near the top perch. It's total overkill but fingers crossed everyone's going to be happier with the new arrangement. I'm going to see how the next few days go but if there's any issues at all with regards to putting them to bed, I think I'm just going to have to toughen up and cage them for a few days until they understand the cage is actually pretty cool. It's funny because as soon as they realise that, I've got no issue letting them out 24/7, I just want to know I can quickly and consistently lock them up when I have to leave without the slapstick comedy routine of chasing them about the place. On a more positive note, Chickadoodle has always had a fondness for squidging under my chin, and I'd sorta cuddle her that way. But yesterday was a level up in our friendship, she let me cup her with my hand and just go to town with head scratches. She even rested on her belly, and was a budgie burrito. I'm practically a Disney princess right now and it's great. This is a video towards the end of the session, was 10/10. Excuse the unemployed and dishevelled look I'm rocking. Thanks for the advice as well! I realise this is more a wholesome 'post your birbs' thread rather than a questions and answers thread, I can't help but verbal diarrhea anytime there's a tiny issue though. https://i.imgur.com/XiUZWRR.mp4
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:https://i.imgur.com/xMnaSya.mp4 i wish we had wild conures in australia we nearly had wild macaws as the acclimatization society wanted to release them to make the place "look nicer". it's probably for the best that they didn't.
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Qubee posted:
that’s great!! i’m so pleased. everything about your video is adorable as well. i don’t think you look disheveled but that might just be because i look the same right now for similar reasons lol. fwiw we also cover the top of the cages with towels. having a mildly enclosed feel really makes the birbs feel more secure in that nothing is likely to get to them. at night, obviously, the whole top half of the cage is covered. sorry that you felt the need to get a new cage, but hopefully it’s all working out now. maybe you can sell the old one to recoup? if not, it might be nice to keep in case you need to go to the vet and you haven’t bought a smaller travel cage yet. incidentally don’t apologize for asking questions, the thread is here for help and coping too and it’s hard not to feel anguish when the little friends are so clearly unhappy.
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Feb 27, 2021 14:00
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Aww, I wish my birds were so cuddly.
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Feb 27, 2021 14:54
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More magpie friends! This couple are on my regular walking route. The female on the right occasionally imitates a dog bark or says "come on!", and happily takes food from my hand. The male is much more nervous, and as a result pecks hastily and occasionally misses and hits my fingers instead.  The adolescent on the left is also an eager eater, but the younger bird on the right tends not to be willing to go for my hand until it's watched another magpie do it (it also tends to do things like gently grab my thumb instead of the seeds I'm holding): 
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Hmm, so Pesto is looking a little disheveled today and I think he’s been throwing up a bit as I’m finding little piles of clumps of seeds on the bathtub’s rim... however the seeds aren’t scattered as they would from a real barf session, I’m thinking they might have been intended for Mayo. He was fine early in the morning, but around 9 am is when I noticed some seeds stuck to his chest and his feathers look sticky in places. He’s still acting pretty normal.
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You can see a seed stuck to his chest here, this was  This is around 3:00pm, I stopped by home quickly to see how he was doing. He was pretty nappy but that’s normal for that time of day. He did start singing and preening but if you look at his feathers they look sticky.  and he's all back to normal now. Feathers look all fixed and clean. He's being noisy and trying to be as impressive a bird as possible or Mayo. Oh, Pesto, little do you know if you'd try less hard, you'd probably succeed. Plant MONSTER. fucked around with this message at 00:35 on Feb 28, 2021 |
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Not directly related, but this thread inspired me to make my players in a tabletop RPG very mad at me. They're now trapped on a jungle continent after a giant parrot, eight feet long with a twenty foot wingspan, went to town on their ship, ripping apart the rigging and masts and just being a happy, giant parrot. 
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Cythereal posted:Not directly related, but this thread inspired me to make my players in a tabletop RPG very mad at me. They're now trapped on a jungle continent after a giant parrot, eight feet long with a twenty foot wingspan, went to town on their ship, ripping apart the rigging and masts and just being a happy, giant parrot. Perfect.
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Cythereal posted:Not directly related, but this thread inspired me to make my players in a tabletop RPG very mad at me. They're now trapped on a jungle continent after a giant parrot, eight feet long with a twenty foot wingspan, went to town on their ship, ripping apart the rigging and masts and just being a happy, giant parrot. 
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RoboRodent posted:Perfect. And the locals ride them into battle as mounts.
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Now have inspiration for my next D&D session.
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My next dnd campaign is 8 ft birbpersons fighting 50 ft vacuum cleaners
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If anyone tries to kill a Griffin Parrot, their character should get transported back a million years to have to fight dinosaurs. You know, spells and poo poo.
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I've got a wounded woodpecker in a cat carrier, hopefully be able to find some kind of wildlife rescue tomorrow. Got to be someone know what's to do about this.
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Hummingbirb update: We have egg! The nest is so precarious, I hope it all goes well.
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linnies are great! typically they like to bathe upside down so if you start spraying them they'll hang like a bat and spread their wings out and shake them in the "rain" as you spritz. that's why it's acting like that.
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Having had three lady tiels over the years, I cannot comprehend such a relaxed borb.
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today the little woodpecker was very alert but otherwise not moving around a lot unless somebody tried to touch him. It was very hard for me in this part of the state but I managed to get it to a wildlife rescue. Beautiful animal, so delicate
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Agrinja posted:today the little woodpecker was very alert but otherwise not moving around a lot unless somebody tried to touch him. It was very hard for me in this part of the state but I managed to get it to a wildlife rescue. Beautiful animal, so delicate  Good work. Pics to share?
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mikerock posted:I'll take ten. Only 10? I'll take 20.
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