Smells good, I hate it

Smells good, I hate it

It's a monster energy drink infused wine that a bunch of people in my life requested I make. It smells amazing and I hate it lmao

u/Dawn_Gray — 5 days ago

Caught two, one left

The second one wouldn't stay still and that's the best picture I could get. I'm at a loss as to what to do with them. Any suggestions? I don't want to doom them just because they were abandoned but I have a Quaker Parrot already

u/Dawn_Gray — 15 days ago

New bird?

I'm thinking about adopting one of Galileo's brothers whom was surrendered to a nearby rescue. This is this list I got so far for cage setup but I'm open to suggestions or anyone's thoughts on new cage must haves

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u/Dawn_Gray — 1 month ago
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Volunteering

I volunteered at a rescue and made a friend. She was a little nervous at first but soon warmed up to me. You might get nipped by a bird but I recommend the experience and if you're in Oklahoma and are looking for a best friend Soft Landings Parrot Rescue in Owasso, OK has some beautiful, smart, birds who deserve an amazing home. If you can't adopt please support them if you're able.

u/Dawn_Gray — 2 months ago

The best thing I've trained

This is how we sharpen and shape his beak. It's a stainless steel fine file that you loosely hold and he'll rotate and change the angle as he needs to.

You can train this by rewarding for just touching the file and then when they rub. You also reward when they put one foot on the end and give them a big jackpot whenever they do all of it together.

I don't recommend nail files as they tend to leave dust behind.

u/Dawn_Gray — 2 months ago

Pointless purchases🤣

Me: *buys a variety of perches and obstacles that can be used to climb or flutter between the top and bottom of his cage*

Galileo: *runs beak first down the bars of his cage*

Me: 😐

Gali: 🤌Bawk!

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u/Dawn_Gray — 3 months ago

Kilju Brewing stall?

Started at 1.1 and it is now a 1.015, am I being overly literal on these numbers or did I stall out? It's been on 1.015 for about a week. I only ask because all of the wines and mead I have made all ended at 1.00 or less in a month but this has been going on for 2 now and I'm ready to flavor it already 🤣

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u/Dawn_Gray — 3 months ago

My little buddy is acting strange

Update: he's doing much better now, I had to drive to the next state over to get him seen as almost all of the vets around me don't take birds of any kind and those few who do were not in until Wednesday. The vet ran tests and it was a major electrolyte imbalance. They gave him fluids and I have a follow up with his actual vet this Wednesday but he was as happy as can be on the drive home. I am sorry to those I snapped on as I was doing all I was able to at the time with very little sleep. He is the only family I have and the implication that I was doing less than my best stung deeply but that assumption is not the fault of those trying to help but the greater problem of mistreated pets in general.

I've called all vets and he can't be seen until Wednesday

When I'm holding him he is doing this which is unusual to start and I'm commenting how he acts while in his cage. We were hanging out this morning and everything was fine until he bit me so I decided that this was as good as time as any to make breakfast so I put him up and by the time I got to him after eating he was acting like this. I use bird safe cookware and don't have anything that gives off fumes. Is he just throwing a fit about being put up or is he sleepy from being woken up early?

u/Dawn_Gray — 3 months ago

Galileo demands holding time

He gets jealous of me holding the xbox controller and demands to be held the same way 🤣

u/Dawn_Gray — 5 months ago