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Murfchck - the link leads me to a photobucket login but no pic. Can you send me the pic you were referring to? I haven't purchased the hanging gym I linked yet but would like to see your idea first. Thx! I like Dans option too.

The only picture I could take is the corner of our living room. I'm specifically looking to see if anyone has used these hanging gyms and if they are any good. They're kind of pricey so I don't want to blow a load of cash on garbage perches. I'll take pics of the bird room when it's done but right now it's a complete disaster with most stuff shifted to the middle of the room so the painter can finish the base boards.

When we first got the birds, we made our own playstand on a wood platform with four plastic casters etc. We recently got brand spanking new wood floors including where the bird area is in our living room. Wife is kind of fed up with the tree stand so I came across these hanging gyms. The idea is to put two stainless eye bolts into the ceiling causing very minimal damage and hang two of these where our current bird stand is. We have a canvas floor covering we've been using that will continue to use underneath. I think I sold her on these as I can unclip them, remove the canvas and the whole setup is GONE within minutes leaving nothing but beautiful wood floors - unlike the playstand which has to be uncovered from a myriad of crisscrossed towels, the canvas, and then maneuvered out of the living area, then remove the plastic floor protectors it's sitting on - PITA!! They claim these are easy to clean and poop doesn't stick like on wood due to the material. My question is - does anyone here use these? Are they as good as touted online? Today the painter is putting finishing touches on the bird room. I will have two eye bolts in the roof in the bird room for these hanging gyms to be moved to when not in the living area. I think this is a pretty cool idea. Any thoughts?

Scam. Reads exactly like some scam ads I've seen in the past.

They do create quite a flap. We call Greycie the flying piggy!

Depends on how much meat you want flying through the air in your living room. I don't know why I find that funny. We chose 460 grams of flying Grey chicken.

So far no diagnosis. They took blood and are waiting on results. The vet started her on an antibiotic and something else to relieve itchiness. He says the bird seems better. The vet said nothing appeared unusual with the preening gland. I sent him the info on Aloe Vera in one of the stickies so he said he'd go by last night and get some of that to start misting her with. I'm still waiting to see what comes back too. Never met the birdy but hoping for the best.

High pitched screech in the ear with temporary loss of hearing here too. I hate it when she does that. All else is fine by me.

The manager that I work for has a CAG that is approaching 1yo. Last night he noticed plucking above the base of the tail feathers, under the wings and I'm assuming around the oil gland area. Anyone venture a guess about what's wrong? I'm guessing infection in the oil gland itself maybe. He set up an appointment with a standard vet and I re-routed him to one of the best avian vets in our area. That should provide some answers hopefully.

I need something that is standalone. I will have no computer or laptop in their room. Timbersmom, do you have any trouble with the birds messing with the camera? I also need to access the feed via smartphone.

Anyone use a petcam to monitor their birds while away/at work? Our bird room is nearing completion and I'm wanting to put an IP netcam (standalone) in the room to check in on them during the day. Wife stays home with them most of the time but we're coming up on a situation where she may need to be away for a few weeks and I don't want them to have to stay caged all day since they're not used to that. Any recommendations?

She looks like a sweetie bird.

What's it made of? Want to sell it?

That's the easiest way I've found to do it. Some people use photobucket but I find it annoying to even watch videos posted there.

Is 'Sugar in the Raw' a good substitute? I may have to try this and batch freeze it.

I saw a thread where someone was asking about DIY climbing nets. A couple of current posters (and one non-current) mentioned having tossed their unused climbing nets into storage because their birds hated or were scared of the nets. I have two birds that are genetically crossed with chimps and will surely use them. I believe Talon and LuvParrots were the two current members. Don't recall the other. We're getting our bird room done finally and want to hang one in the bird room, and another in our shower. Greycie and Tobey currently swing from a towel but I would rather hang a climbing net that I can attach securely. The towel has slipped and hit the deck once already with Greycie in it - ouch. I also want to throw one over the back of my chair as Greycie loves to hang off the back of the recliner and play peek-a-boo.

No jury needed here. We have four birds. Our Parrotlet, Conure and the Caique react as if there is another bird in the mirror. Greycie does not. She stares at it like she knows she's staring at a double, or something strange. When I play youtubes of other birds (esp. Einstein) on our flat screen, she reacts differently as if she's looking at another real bird, which she is sort of. Mirrors work really well for the pea-brains, not so much for the uber::smart Greys! It kind of makes me sad in a way to look at our Caique and know he doesn't have the same brain-power. He looks up at us with that cute little eye and I know there's just not that much in his little head. Doesn't seem to be by size either....as our Conure is on the bottom of the smartness totem pole, then the Parrotlet and Caique are at the same level. Greycie is quite a ways above them all.

Do you really mean 'compressed' or 'edited'? YouTube will take care of compressing on it's own. They actually recommend MPEG4 at 640x360 (16:9) or 480x360 (4:3) aspect ratios. I have a GoPro but I never use it for the birds so I can't recall what ratios it supports. Once you have your video in hand, the best way to 'compress' it is to edit it. I use Windows Moviemaker because it's free and easy. The downside to Moviemaker is that it outputs an .avi file but YouTube supports upload of .avi so no biggie there.

I can tell you this about our Caique: I got lazy one day and just put him to bed in a cage that was on the floor. Talk about a pissed off bird the next day. Higher is better and they'll just be generally more relaxed. That's our experience.

Looks like a happy grey in her Pak-o-birdy. Bet she puts it to good use.

She's a very sweet prairie dog. But like parrots, they are wild animals and have the instinct to bite. The neighbors were feeding her (which is why I had to build a containment fence, she was going over for treats) and she instinctively took the end of one of their fingers. There's a video on youtube or maybe it was America's Funniest videos of someone giving a kitten cpr. That was going through my head when I was trying to save 'Peaches'. I had her laid in my hand the same way massaging her chest and abdomen all the while doing compressions. Can't believe it worked. I need to post some video of her on here, she's a real cutie.

Get Dayo a toy hammer and see if he licks it!

Funny story - We have a pet prairie dog that lives outside. I have her in a containment fence which uses an electric wire 3 inches off the ground to train her to stay in. I screwed up and used the wrong charger when I first set it up. I thought she was still in her cat crate when we were going to test it but she slipped out and ran straight for the fence. I didn't know it but she got herself caught under the wire and stunned then began to cook. I only noticed because I smelled her burnt fur. It took me a while to get to where I could cut the power and was sure I lost her. Anyway, I go get her and she's limp, no heartbeat, no breathing. I commence chest compressions on my prairie dog. It took about 1.5 minutes before I could get a pulse going but no breathing so I started pumping air into her with my mouth. I finally got her breathing. After that it took about 45 minutes before she could move again on her own but overnight she sort of just recovered. No lasting effects that we know of. My teenager couldn't believe I saved the prairie dog. Her comments were, you can never tell Marietta (my wife). She's right, she'd kill me. The prairie dog has to stay in this fence because she bit the neighbors and sent them to the hospital for stitches.

I don't know why I said walnut. I meant pecans. We have multiple pecan trees on our property. It's a race to see who can get them first: us, the humans wandering around looking for free nuts or the squirrels. Squirrels are winning.

What about other nuts? This time of year we're finding all sorts of nuts in the stores (and under our walnut trees). Should they be roasted as well?