Moobu

Dan what is your opinion about the flight suit? I've been considering trying one for quite some time but I already have harnesses so I haven't really found the motivation to buy one. They seem like great ideas in concept because they double as diapers that keep the droppings off of your clothes and away from the bird in the suit. Link: http://www.flightquarters.com/bird-diapers/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=AFF&Category_Code=F

I think you misunderstood my post a little bit. The website deals with all kinds of birds. I just happened to be looking for hyacinths when I stumbled across it.

Lol this is a funny picture. I actually get very weird looks when I tell people I have fed my birds chicken or eggs. I have to ask them does it make us cannibals when we eat our fellow mammals like cows? They seem to not look at it so weird then.

That was a mistake on my part Jool, I some how thought that Jilly was the one who made all of the posts and lumped the things you said in with hers. Instead of deleting the post after people had seen it and catching flak for potentially "covering my tracks" or something I used the edit function to correct things the best I could without removing information. No intentions of breaking the peace we forged. Sorry!

Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't you the one who came in here on your own accord and added your negative input on the topic when it clearly wasn't asked for? Last I checked the original post here wasn't what is Jilly's feelings about wing clippings.<br><br>Post edited by: Moobu, at: 2009/08/31 12:21

Leia wrote: Amen. =)

I came across a craig's list type of adoption site once. I can't remember the name but I was searching for a Hyacinth Macaw (in love with that bird!) in hopes of finding one that needed to be rehomed quickly and cheaply. Obviously I ran into more scams than anything offering to send them from cameroon, africa if only I help them ship the bird. Of course the ones that were legitimate adoption offers wanted nothing shy of 8000 dollars or more. I'll try and do some digging and find the website because I know aside from the scams for the REALLY popular birds the website overall had some pretty legitimate adoption offers of a wide variety of birds. Just be sure if you happen to find a bird to adopt to try and check into the seller and of course use the most secure money transfer method possible. Pretty sure this is the one I used. I remember a second one but I hope this one helps you in your search. WEBSITE: http://www.petfinder.com/local.html<br><br>Post edited by: Moobu, at: 2009/08/31 08:03

luvparrots wrote: She doesn't want to be an annoyance.

stephjls wrote: Why are you mixing two different types of pellets? I understand the transitioning and mixing from the current food to the new food. But you sound like you intend on offering a hybrid mix of 2 brands of pellets as the final meal. I'm just curious to know what this would accomplish. I'm also curious to know would the variance in the two formulas cause any concern for the diet?

JillyBeanz wrote: Jilly you are proving my point better than I could ever with my own words about your closed minded attitude toward others. You claim that my inquisitive nature is designed to belittle you and cause nothing but strife and anarchy. That is a load of BS and you know it. Just because YOU aren't used to YOUR methods being challenged or questioned as possibly not being the best way doesn't mean the person trying to learn the fact based best way is wrong! All you have done is come here and make a completely outlandish comparison saying "OMG CLIPPING A BIRDS FEATHERS IS LIKE BREAKING GIRAFFE NECKS SO THEY CAN GET INTO YOUR WINDOW!" in reality clipping your birds feathers isn't much more dangerous than giving your very own 2 year old his first haircut. Way to blow things 210% out of proportion to help justify your OPINION though. Edit: To amend peace.<br><br>Post edited by: Moobu, at: 2009/08/31 12:44

One day Linus was trying to eat all of my multi grain cereal out of my bowl, so I got him a little monkey dish from the cupboard and poured him a grey sized bowl of his own cereal. He still insisted on having what dad was eating but eventually realized they were the same. I just didn't want him getting sick from the milk or eating after me.

Yeah stopping the game isn't an option, but having it played so the birds can't hear it from across the house is for sure. I'll have a chat with him.

He looks like he has a permanent frown lol. Very fun to watch him grow in succession like this.

I came across a post in the photo room of one member feeding his grey Ice Cream. I was under the impression you were supposed to be very careful with feeding your bird lactose rich dairy because it was hard for their digestive systems to deal with it. Google shows multiple websites backing up this claim. Can anybody verify here? Here is one website that has this warning to only give lactose in small amounts. http://zachary.avianavenue.com/BadFoods.html

I thought high lactose dairy was bad for birds? At least in large amounts? Just using google fast for the answer revealed multiple websites that back this claim up. Here is one. http://zachary.avianavenue.com/BadFoods.html

So yeah.... I wasn't paying undivided attention to him at the time so I can't be sure. But this is probably the second time I suspect I might have heard it. We don't swear THAT vulgar around here as humans. We may use the occasional casual word here and there.. I know exactly where he has been hearing it from though. My brother plays Call of Duty on his PS3 and keeps the living room TV rather loud when he can get away with it. They seem to like to use that word a couple of different ways in that game.... Does anyone have tips on how to untrain words? lol

At my local petco they actually sell a type of cylinder connector that fastens to the cage and unscrews to hold twigs of natural branch then tightens around them. Keep in mind that you need to disinfect the crap out of any natural wood as it could contain all sorts of evil like bugs, bacteria, mold spores, or mosses. (Are there harmful mosses to birds? Not sure about that one.)

cflanny wrote: This is also what I've heard and was told Mirror toys aren't bad but belong on the outside of the cage to help control how much time they have to "get to know" their buddy in the other dimension.

I feed all of my birds the Avian Maintenance fruit blend and they all really seem to like it. I have heard nothing but good things from everyone I've talked to about their pellet line. I hear the bland tan pellets are a little better for them than the fruit blend is. I get the fruit blend because it is available in 20 lb bags that last me a year.

I was once told I could tell the sex of my birds by looking at the eyes. And that females had much more oval eyes. To this day I still say Linus and Barney have well.... eye.. shaped.. eye. So yeah, urban myths are pretty fun lol.

Oh? I misunderstood the procedure. I assumed feather plucking would be frowned upon and you just picked a feather out of the bottom of the cage.

I understand that I just don't like being made out as the butcher who puts my kiddo's on the chopping block and goes to town with my cleaver to remove the wing at the shoulder. Edit: The reason I gave out directions was because my vet gave me the thumbs up to clip at home. We had a 10 minute chat and he showed me exactly what he did and that was that. He didn't make it out like this incredibly off limits thing that should never be attempted. I've been clipping wings at home for a good 2 years now and can say I have the experience doing so to comment that it isn't any harder to clip wings than it is to trim nails or check the birds vent.<br><br>Post edited by: Moobu, at: 2009/08/30 13:10

Joolesgreyuk wrote: I leave most of my kiddos unclipped. You also have to look at the flip side of the coin. Not clipping a bird's wings that is inexperienced in flight leaves all sorts of doors open for disaster. It is uncommon but not unheard of to have birds fly into windows with enough force to break their necks. Unclipped birds have to worry about ceiling fans. Clipped birds will never fly away in some freak accident where an open window is some how made available. I believe that a small amount of training is in order to help eliminate some of the hazards confined houses have to offer to fully flighted birds. 450 grams moving at 25 mph is going to severely damage pretty much anything it hits in your house including itself. The problems you indicate can all be overcome. Switch ceiling fans off before letting your bird out of his cage - simple! Use beaded curtains or large stickers on large glass windows and doors or put blinds up. Your bird will soon get to know the hazards in the house and he will become a more competant flyer and avoid them - mine has! Don't adapt your bird to fit in with your house, adapt your house to your birds needs. If you are not prepared to do this, get another pet! Cutting a birds wings does not prevent a bird from escaping or catching a gust of wind and getting away (as members on here will testify) and should this happen he will be less likely to survive in the wild than a flighted bird. All I'm saying is think very carefully before clipping, it isn't the easy option some people think it is! Clearly why I stated train your birds to become flighted safely in the house. Accidents happen and you can't put large beads over everything you own. Large pictures, Televisions, anything can be a hazard. Please read my posts before going on the defensive because if you had taken the time to absorb some of it deeper than looking for confrontation you would realize that I was half agreeing with you to begin with!

Joolesgreyuk wrote: I leave most of my kiddos unclipped. You also have to look at the flip side of the coin. Not clipping a bird's wings that is inexperienced in flight leaves all sorts of doors open for disaster. It is uncommon but not unheard of to have birds fly into windows with enough force to break their necks. Unclipped birds have to worry about ceiling fans. Clipped birds will never fly away in some freak accident where an open window is some how made available. I believe that a small amount of training is in order to help eliminate some of the hazards confined houses have to offer to fully flighted birds. 450 grams moving at 25 mph is going to severely damage pretty much anything it hits in your house including itself.

DNA testing is pretty much fail proof as far as I know. The people telling you that the bird will change sex as it grows older are 100% wrong. It's a bird, not a tree frog. I've heard of a less reliable, less expensive method that involves using a lost feather for them to extract the DNA from. But yeah.. basic genetics knowledge of chromosomes should pretty much self explain why DNA testing is as accurate as you can get. They look to see if the chromosomes in the DNA strand are XX (female) or XY (male). Those are human sexing chromosomes but I assume they are the same in birds.