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Amaya posted:I'm really wanting to get the birds started on recall training but everywhere I've read says that clickers are basically necessary. I've found some places online that sell them but they're so cheap that I can't see the point in getting them shipped...I have something that makes the 'clicker' noise (it's a little half sphere with a smilie face on it that has a clicker inside) and was wondering if that would work? They just need a consistant noise right? You can grab one in the dog section for like $1.99 or something.
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Oct 29, 2012 19:12
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You all need Senegal Parrots. They are the best. Charlie's new hobby is to perch on top of a chair in front of the cockatiel cages and say "Archer" and "Ellie" and make cockatiel noises until Archer gets pissed and then he laughs at him.
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Oct 30, 2012 05:39
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I was at a bird store that had an Amazon that looked at me and said "Pick Me Up!" so I picked him up and he bit me, hopped back onto his perch and just kept saying "LOL"
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Oct 31, 2012 20:24
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Archer loves to rip my glasses off and throw them, Elle will nibble on them, and Charlie will try to break them with his furious poicephalus powers if given half the chance.
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Nov 3, 2012 01:24
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I always buy the wood toys rated for Amazons for Charlie because he destroys anything smaller in a day
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Nov 3, 2012 21:19
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Instead of a grey you should consider the Senegal Parrot. It's their smaller, greener cousin.
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Nov 5, 2012 15:25
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Deadly Chlorine posted:Nah, it's a small shop in Singapore. And yes bird shops are the best, when I went to a friend's one she was boarding a cockatoo that would scream to make smaller birds fly down to the ground and then laugh hysterically with his crest open. Will her chest feathers grow back?
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Nov 8, 2012 05:07
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I think the Cockatiel Caucus has meetings to determine when to molt because all four of the tiels started molting last week at the exact same time and now I have enough feathers to make like two backup tiels.
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Nov 8, 2012 21:37
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Andrias Scheuchzeri posted:They say human flesh tastes like pork. Those conures are just warming up. Charlie has repeatedly tried running off with bacon, bratwurst, and other pork products. 
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Nov 14, 2012 00:07
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I broke my birds. Archer and Charlie have been warking at each other all afternoon, by which I mean they've just been saying "wark" to each all afternoon.
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Nov 17, 2012 22:38
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All birds love glasses. They also love keyboards. Why is a total mystery to us simpleminded humans.
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Nov 18, 2012 08:24
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I like how bird instinct mostly works by apparently they're  enough that there's no circuit for "Were you seduced by the enchanting call of a male cockatiel? (Y/N)
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Nov 20, 2012 01:52
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Outside of their 12-2 warking session the cockatiels don't really do much during the day either. Charlie will chew on some of his wood toys but mostly sits on his perch and talks to himself or teases the cockatiels.
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Nov 20, 2012 22:27
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Poor Steve and Ohtori. Will they ever surmount the taboos of a same-sex interspecies relationship and give in to their love for each other?
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Nov 22, 2012 02:23
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Black cappeds are very similar to green cheeks. The only differences I know of are that they're a bit smaller than green cheeks and I guess some of them talk in their sleep.
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Nov 28, 2012 16:33
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Charlie says hi
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Nov 29, 2012 03:55
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One of Archer would kick rear end since he loves to pose and have his ego stroked.
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Nov 29, 2012 19:27
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SaNChEzZ posted:There were budgies at the pet store with pink heads, my girlfriend and I were like WTFFFFFF I always love how the bin o' budgies is like constant drama and then when I see the cage of cockatiels at the good bird store they're just sort of sitting there or waddling around in circles being all like "dis is fun! '
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Nov 29, 2012 22:13
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Sounds like Archer's long lost brother
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Nov 30, 2012 05:41
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I'm sorry uglynoodles.  But it isn't your fault. I think something was up because the fact he was selling you an unweaned baby seems kind of weird.
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Dec 3, 2012 17:01
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Why'd the bad breeder have to drag an innocent derpatiel into this?
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Dec 5, 2012 00:29
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Charlie has discovered a new class of sounds to make. He now sometimes make moaning noises that sound like some wild crazy Poicephalus sex noises whenever I'm in the room and he wants my attention.
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Dec 12, 2012 00:26
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Bubbles is making the same sort of warks that Hunter makes when he's on top of the cage and worried that Archer is going to fly over and beat the crap out of him.
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Dec 19, 2012 05:14
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Yep, that's cockatiel sex. It shouldn't be too much of an issue because cockatiels will often mate for the hell of it and not produce eggs because of some mechanism I don't really understand.
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Dec 21, 2012 03:19
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I bet I could get Hunter to wear a pair, but I'd feel really bad since he's enough of a ball of anxiety and derp as it is.
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Dec 25, 2012 01:53
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Cockatiels have the same power. My mom is a bit spooked by birds but I have to do a FaceTime call at least once a week so she can say hi to Ellie
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Jan 5, 2013 03:14
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The other cool thing about doing FaceTime is that the tiels get really curious about it. Anais is always getting in the way because she learned that things happen when she pecks the screen so she's obsessed with my iPad.
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Jan 5, 2013 04:19
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I just get the Zupreem FruitBlend pellets on Drs. Fosters & Smith and get one of those Goldenfeast mixes for the tiels since they don't like veggies unless they're crunchy. Charlie gets the same brand pellets but fresh veggies. Only seeds they get are from Nutriberries.
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Jan 5, 2013 21:44
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I thought chocolate was straight up toxic to birds?
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Jan 8, 2013 00:49
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Ah, okay. That makes way more sense. Unrelated, I'm having dinner with Charlie and I noticed he always pulls the skin off of his peas before eating them. Also, I gave him a little piece of a sesame seed bagel the other day and he tried to hull every little seed. What a weirdo.
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Jan 8, 2013 02:13
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Yeah, budgies and tiels are low maintenance and derpy enough that I consider my tiels more as a unit than a group of 4 birds.
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Jan 12, 2013 04:41
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Andrias Scheuchzeri posted:I've read that greys are particularly into mimicking rude bodily noises. I have no idea if it's true, but I'm ready to believe it. I don't know about greys but Charlie loves making fart noises and sneezing noises.
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Jan 13, 2013 08:53
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Chili posted:OK, I may be going full blown bird crazy now. I think... I want a third cockatiel. I certainly have a big enough cage to support three, at this point, there's really not much more difficulty to just adding another. It would depend on the personality of the third derp. Hunter wasn't an issue when I added him because Elle is too much of a sweetheart to get into bird fights and Hunter is such a derp that Archer just sees him as another bird to keep in line.
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Jan 17, 2013 03:27
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When I came home last night instead of making weird shrieks Charlie got all excited and said "Did you miss me!?" The tiels on the other hand angrily warked until I went into the computer room, said hello, and walked out.
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Jan 18, 2013 02:50
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Awww geez. I saw the title and saw the cover and I'm already all  . I feel bad enough as it is that Charlie is by himself in a different room than the tiels and will never do normal flock stuff or find a mate.
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Jan 18, 2013 08:07
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My tiels all start warking when they hear running water. I think it's an instinctual thing since they live in a pretty arid climate and bounce around between water sources. And with the scritches Anais gets mad if I offer scritches and then realizes she likes them. Archer on the other hand will just start rubbing his head against my hand until I pet him. Hunter doesn't care either way and Elle will perch on the palm of my hand, bow her head, and just patiently wait for them.
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Jan 20, 2013 06:13
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I get the feeling Buffy was ready to throw down
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Jan 22, 2013 02:38
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Battle Pigeon posted:It's been about 14 months since we first became parrot owners, yet only today have we had our first destroyed cable. We found Steve sitting on a chair tucked under the table, halfway through a Kindle cable. Ohtori generally doesn't have the patience to sit and work on something if it isn't instantly showing signs of damage, but Steve is steady and methodical with his little nibbles. They may be derps, but they're nothing if not persistent when it comes to cables and headphones.
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Jan 25, 2013 00:54
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Yeah, once I left the room to use the bathroom and I came back two minutes later and Archer and Elle had ripped at least 2/3 of the keys off my keyboard. The worst is when they know they shouldn't be chewing on something so they'll be all cute and suddenly run to the keyboard, headphones whatever and try to do as much damage before you pick them up.
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Jan 25, 2013 02:08
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I bet he'd probably start laughing after he bit the crap out of you too.
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