| lovie countdown: T-minus about 30 hours :3 |
[Feb. 1st, 2008|12:41 am] |
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so i posted a little while ago about possibly getting two lovies (brothers, not hand tame but not aggressive) in the near future.
mom's planning to bring them home this weekend! eeee!
and i finally thought of good names (and mom agrees), but we'll have to see who's who before i assign them. :3
they'll probably be getting a cage identical to the one that the budgiemonsters are in now (it's either a 21"x24" or a 24"x24" king's cage); if not, it'll be something similar. and of course a boing and a bunch of shreddy type toys.
to those of you with lovebirds: what is the most!awesome!omg!toy in the whole world for your beebs?
eeeeee i'm so excited, they're wonderful little purrmonsters <33333 |
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[Feb. 1st, 2008|08:31 am] |
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Have you all seen the new PBS Nature show "Parrots in the Land of Oz"? My mom taped it for me, and it's awesome. |
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| Caretaking time for two birds |
[Feb. 1st, 2008|11:38 am] |
One of the bird rescues near me is looking to adopt out a pair of bonded GCCs (the species I most want). They'd have to go together.
I am curious how the time required to take care of two bonded birds compares to the time required to take care of one bird. I presume that things like cleaning and food would take more time than a single bird but less than two birds in separate cages. What about socialization time? They wouldn't require as much for their own personal well-being as they would have each other to entertain each other, but they might require more to remain social with humans. If they're bonded, would I want to interact with each separately, or with them together, or all of the above? How burdensome is it to prevent nesting behavior in a bonded pair, is it any worse than preventing a single bird from becoming nesty? Any other thoughts?
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| some very sweet birds |
[Feb. 1st, 2008|01:06 pm] |
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http://www.ranchmoseley.com/Default.aspx
Has any one ever met the person? There in OHIO, and also raise Grey's. They have a web cam for there babys that is adorable.
http://www.mycampage.com/ranchmoseley2
Any one even meet them or know anything about them give a referal I have a friend in OHIO that is looking for a Grey. |
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| Wrinkled feathers? |
[Feb. 1st, 2008|02:20 pm] |
At the end of their recent molt I realized that the ends of one of my cockatiel's flight feathers are wrinkled, and her tail feathers are a little bit too. Autumn is 18, so I was wondering if perhaps it may be due to age? Has anyone else ever seen something like this in their birds? Her feathers will look a bit like this when she is drying off, but now they seem to be permanently wrinkled.
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| I'm a sucker. |
[Feb. 1st, 2008|09:37 pm] |
But we already knew that, right? An acquaintance of ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) lycina purchased a handfed lovebird from a large chain pet store here in Canada. Said lovebird is of unknown age and sex, and said person impulse purchased him or her. Extra bonus fun: Lovebird has a (thankfully mild) scissor beak that the pet store informed the person 'just needed occasional filing'. The person decided really quickly that parrots were not a good choice of pet for them and was informed that the beak needed a vet's attention, not a nail file.
There's a lovebird in my dining room. The lovebird may or may not be adopted out to someone else if it ends up not being a good fit for the house, but for now, the main issue is getting her (I'm sticking with her for now) to a vet to see what can be done about her beak and her other general health. Also, of course, all seed diet, including grit, pine shavings in the cage... you know the drill I'm sure.
Her name is Pineapple, for now. :)
( Of course there are pictures. ) |
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