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Captain Log posted:Grace looks like such a happy little bean. I know she's going to get better with all that love she lives around. she did not at all want to take the antinflammatories by beak so i have been putting it on a little of her favourite food (egg >_>) and she sits on my shoulder in the morning and eats it out of a tiny bowl. the new routine has clicked (just as we approach the end); this morning she bumbled across to the top corner of the big cage and was waiting for me to put her on my shoulder so that she could get her morning egg treat.
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Healing eggy breakfast  Any time Pookie's on her own at home for a while, we stick on long youtube videos of bird rooms to keep her company. I just came home while this one was playing, and got a demonstration of just how LOUD a moluccan cockatoo can get. Like, I have heard them before, but not in an indoor space and at full volume https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KGpqLi8xfQ&t=4577s
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Can anyone recommend a trimming perch for an African Grey? His nails are very sharp. I have an appt for him in a few days but I'd like to see what I can do to minimize that. I have a couple perches in his cage already but they aren't doing poo poo.
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I've heard that the perches aren't much good in general and are more likely to irritate a parrot's feet than do much else. That being said I've never owned one made out of anything grittier than pumice so  I've been considering getting one of those little dremmels that are marketed for cutting baby's fingernails, I wonder if that might work better than clippers?
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Pookah posted:Any time Pookie's on her own at home for a while, we stick on long youtube videos of bird rooms to keep her company. I just came home while this one was playing, and got a demonstration of just how LOUD a moluccan cockatoo can get. Like, I have heard them before, but not in an indoor space and at full volume It's astonishing how loud moluccan cockatoos can get if they want to. I have no idea how moluccan owners stay sane, even with earplugs and healthy expectations!
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It's everything a bird needs because it's everything a bird is!
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Scientists Taught Pet Parrots to Video Call Each Other—and the Birds Loved It (via the Smithsonian)quote:Domesticated parrots that learned to initiate video chats with other pet parrots had a variety of positive experiences, such as learning new skills, researchers from Northeastern University, the University of Glasgow and MIT report this month in Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 
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mediaphage, how is the little blue bean doing? Also I just noticed that a bunch of y'all have adorable feathers for your Platinum User icon. Does that signify birb royalty or something?
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Unsinkabear posted:mediaphage, how is the little blue bean doing? we’re in a bit of a holding pattern. there’s still not flying or really much of an attempt at it, and her gait and climbing are a little off - i’ve been starting to think that she injured more than just a wing. but msk injuries do take a long time to heal for any kind of animal so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ we contacted the vet and he said it’s fine to keep giving her more anti inflammatories for the time being because it does seem to be helping. so we bought a full bottle and have been giving her 0.06ml (lol) every morning. i put it on a little bit of egg in a tiny bowl and she sits on my shoulder and eats it up. alex is getting a little stressed by the situation and will go to a spot on the desk, make eye contact with her, and then hold on to the perch and flap really hard, which isn’t something he’s done much since he was a baby - all in an attempt to get her to fly to him we’re mostly still carrying her wherever she signals she wants to go, and we keep a space heater in the room to make sure it doesn’t go below 75°f. and keep the lights turned a little lower during the day, all to keep them calmer. she’s definitely better than she was - but still lots of extra sleeping and is kinda plateaued for the moment.
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mediaphage posted:we’re in a bit of a holding pattern. there’s still not flying or really much of an attempt at it, and her gait and climbing are a little off - i’ve been starting to think that she injured more than just a wing. but msk injuries do take a long time to heal for any kind of animal so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Omg, bless both of their tiny little hearts  It sounds like you're doing an incredible job of keeping them each as comfortable and reassured as possible. Thank you for being an excellent pet parent.
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mediaphage posted:we’re in a bit of a holding pattern. there’s still not flying or really much of an attempt at it, and her gait and climbing are a little off - i’ve been starting to think that she injured more than just a wing. but msk injuries do take a long time to heal for any kind of animal so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I'm so, so happy she is getting such excellent care from her Birb Parents. I keep checking the thread for updates, and I'm glad she is hanging in there. Serra had her yearly vet checkup yesterday. She was not pleased.  She had to wait on the table, and was still not pleased.  Uh oh, here comes the vet -  But here is where it gets crazy. She is listed in her chart as an obese bird. But they see my charts about her food intake, and also have seen her for her entire life. The avian vet told me they are implementing new ways to determine if a bird is obese, and they would be using those with Serra today. There was some sort of body test, maybe called a keel score? I don't know. The vet said 1 is a bad, flabby, obese parrot. 5 is a parrot that is all muscles, but that classification is almost exclusively for free flying males. Serra scored a five. He told me she does not carry much fat at all, and has incredibly good musculature. She is just a giant. He said she might be the biggest cockatiel he has ever seen in decades of work that was healthy. Bear witness to the fitness of the modern 144g Borb, whose chart no longer classifies her as overweight or obese. 
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144g of pure whupass
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PEAK BIRDFORMANCE.
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You may not like it, but this is what beak performance looks like.
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GotLag posted:You may not like it, but this is what beak performance looks like.
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Aw, is that her daily egg nibble? Congrats on your Olympic tier bird bod, Serra! What a bad bitch
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Unsinkabear posted:Aw, is that her daily egg nibble? ya that was this morning right after she wiped all the egg off her beak onto my neck
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Serra! Congrats on being a giantess!
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such a queen
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Captain Log posted:I'm so, so happy she is getting such excellent care from her Birb Parents. I keep checking the thread for updates, and I'm glad she is hanging in there. She legit looks like a goddamn chicken in this picture. I think you got conned and were sold a chicken pretending to be a cockatiel.
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Bird Crazies: this is what beak performance looks like.
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waiting to introduce a whole need cockatiel breed: the amazon
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I was so excited for the triumphant conclusion to this saga that I shared it with the group chat, backstory and all. That photo of her in borb mode but staring down the camera like a not-so-tiny angry eagle is just too loving good to not share with the world.Arsenic Lupin posted:Bird Crazies: this is what beak performance looks like. Also seconding this, how could we not?
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My Gawd, all these comments have been such a pleasure. I love you all. 
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I agree in wondering how I go about requesting the bird crazies feather plat icon, and my bird crazies tag went away when I changed my avatar to match my randomly assigned new name 
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Good chonkatiel update! Love seeing her majestic pose Sweet little Grace, such a good birb nibbling her egg medicine. I hope she's feeling much better soon.
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Unsinkabear posted:mediaphage, how is the little blue bean doing? A mysterious benefactor floated through here a few months ago and left lovely feather icons and little bird-related comments. It was very sweet Also, I meant to say, I am so glad Grace is holding her own and eating her wholesome eggy medication. That her partner is trying to encourage her to fly is just ridiculously sweet. Birds are so dang loving, and hardly anyone knows about it.
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LAB also gave them out a few years back while she was an admin. I got one even though I just lurk here for bird pictures.
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Khizan posted:LAB also gave them out a few years back while she was an admin. I got one even though I just lurk here for bird pictures.  to a real one
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Unsinkabear posted:
She's very much still alive! Lol
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Pookah posted:A mysterious benefactor floated through here a few months ago and left lovely feather icons and little bird-related comments. 
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I'm finding sprouted bird seeds in my house plants and I'm thinking Pesto might be discovering farming
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Plant MONSTER. posted:She's very much still alive! Lol Oh wild, I knew she was alive (lol) but for some reason thought she quit the forums.
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Plant MONSTER. posted:I'm finding sprouted bird seeds in my house plants and I'm thinking Pesto might be discovering farming look for some people farming is a calling
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Bird Crazies: this is what beak performance looks like. Oh, definitely doing this.
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Oh, by the way, if people want feather icons y'all gonna have to wait for me to figure out how to do custom plat icons. I actually do not know how to do that! It is a mystery to me! I'll look into it later when I have a chance and see if I can't figure it out.
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RoboRodent posted:Oh, by the way, if people want feather icons y'all gonna have to wait for me to figure out how to do custom plat icons. I actually do not know how to do that! It is a mystery to me! Yes please and thank you  Tux being adorable right before he bit me
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