Inktober starts tomorrow!!! 🖤This year, I’ll be inking the adventures of Roshni and Olive. 🐦🐤 I’ll be using three prompt lists, picking whichever one fits the story best that day. Planning on doing everything traditionally, so excited!! What are you guys planning for @inktober?
hypothetically kakapo should be capable of mimicking human speech like other parrots right? god that terrifies me. a fat little man runs up to you and says hi
Hi there! I've been considering getting a Tiel recently but I don't know the first thing about birds. Would you by chance have any sites where a beginner could find some good information? Thanks!
I’ve found cockatielcottage.com to be a great resource if you’re starting out! I wonder if any of my followers have more suggestions?
Roshni always makes sure I get her best angle…here she is getting #upcloseandpersonal! She loves taking selfies, you can even see her pause a few times so I can take a photo 😂😂 . Thanks @happy.cockatiel.corner for tagging us! Life has been busy lately and I haven’t been on instagram much — I’m sure most of you have already done this so I’m tagging any of you who haven’t yet, let’s see your birds #upcloseandpersonal 😄 … . https://ift.tt/2rMHTCu
Poor baby!! What a scary situation, I really hope she gets better quickly!!
Hey!! I’m posting this in hopes of getting some help for Minos, my (almost) 3 year old cockatiel. When she first joined the family she arrived with a ruptured air sack and contracted an illness from another (wild) bird. I posted her story to Tumblr and we were able to get enough money to pay for her medical expenses which, in the end, saved her life. A few years on and she’s having her second clutch of fertile eggs, with the new baby chick only 2-3 weeks away.
Unfortunately, her and Pluto (my other 3 year old cockatiel) had a fright in the dark, with both of them angrily defending their eggs from one another. While Minos can barely make a scratch when biting, Pluto can do some real damage, which he has. After a vet visit it looks like she has nerve damage to her foot. Basically what this means is that her brain is telling her foot to move, but it won’t (see the second picture, right foot). The vet said this can last from a few weeks to months, but she may potentially never be able to move the foot again. This means we’re going to be needing to take her for regular check ups, as well as give her medication for pain and inflammation in hopes that it heals. Check ups are $59 per visit, even if it’s just to collect medication. I’m hoping that with the medication and vet checks, she’ll eventually be able to use her foot again, and hopefully be able to be with her chicks.
I’ve left a link to Paypal for the medical costs, every little bit really does count. If you’re able to, please spread this!
(If you leave a donation, feel free to leave your URL so Minos and I can thank you personally!)
Rajah loves ladders. Without them, he would probably always be stranded somewhere. (Roshni and Burfi like ladders too, but they also like to scream for help. Poor Rajah just quietly accepts his fate to be stuck.) The only problem is, pet stores don’t have really really long ladders! So here’s how I made my own.
What you need:
Two long sticks — branches, bamboo, dowels work great!
A lot of small sticks — I’ve used branches, dowels, and nontoxic pencils.
Lots of twine!! You can also try tape, but the birds will probably destroy it pretty quick (not even duct tape is free from my birds’ beaks).
First, I measured the distance from the cage door to the floor. Since my birds like their ladders leaning quite a bit, I added a few inches. My longest ladder is about 3½ ft. Then, I estimated how wide I wanted the ladder to be. If you have a few birds, make sure you make it pretty wide so they don’t run into each other while they’re climbing haha. Finally, see what distance your birds are comfortable with stepping up, I have cockatiels so I kept the spaces between steps pretty small. With smaller spacing, you’ll need more rungs on your ladder — I used about 15.
For your materials, you can go branch hunting in your backyard and use gardening shears to cut them to size. Michaels also has dowels, and I got bamboo sticks from Dollarama! Also. I tried using colourful nontoxic pencils but it was a bad idea. I ended up having to cut the pencil part down because Rajah kept eating them. 😓
Here’s how I go about assembling them:
Lay out the long sticks on the floor, keeping the space you want between them.
Gather up your small dowels/sticks, and lay them on top of the two long ones. Make sure you keep the spacing close enough for your birds to climb on without trouble!
Cut some twine! Doubling up the thread makes tying faster.
Starting at one end, hold the small dowel in place and wrap the twine around both dowels/sticks. Tie a knot.
Now wrap it around the other side, hold it tight, and tie a knot.
Wrap it around a couple more times on both sides, you don’t have to tie knots. Unless your bird loves chewing through knots, then you probably need to keep it more secure!
Once the two dowels seem pretty secure, you can tie a final double knot!
Do this like 30 more times. Make sure you have a movie or something on, or else you’ll start crying about your lot in life as a parrot maid.
You can choose whether to work your way by rung or by side, they both take about the same time. I think I spent like an hour on my first ladder, but if you get someone to help you it should take around half an hour to finish!
Put up the ladder and enjoy! You might need to tighten the knots every once in awhile. My tiels like to move the rungs around when the knots get loose, and then they get upset when the ladder’s all crooked. 😂