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Painting room with birds

Hello! I have an Amazon and a Linnie in the bonus room of my house. About 15 feet from them in my closed off room is my room, which needs to be painted and redone.

I’m worried about the fumes. I’m able to open a window wide, likely tape off the vent and have the door closed with fans blowing out any fumes . But I’m still anxious.

My Linnie’s cage is able to be moved downstairs easily, but my Amazon has a huge heavy cage.

I would maybe be able to keep them in a downstairs walk in closet. Or maybe I’m being too anxious about it. What are your thoughts?

u/Reetyb — 4 days ago

Still being cyberstalked, it’s been 2 years .Update

I previously made a post on this subreddit. I’ve been getting cyberstalked by my bpd ex boyfriend I dated for 3 months two years ago. He’s done it every single day.

I used to attend school with him. He would cyber stalk me every day, profile views, using friends accounts or anonymous accounts - but he left this year and I assume not being able to see me has left him trying to fill the gap with more directly harassing me online.

I run a business and multiple personal social media accounts. Some I have not attached to any of my other social medias and I give to friends. He has found, ALL of them. Everytime I make a new account it’s only a matter of time until he finds it with an anonymous account.

He left messages anonymously on my website telling me to kill myself and criticizing my weight and appearance, and tweeted about my artwork business claiming I promote certain life ruining things. (I don’t)

He uses those third party watch sites to view my business’s instagram page.

The catch is, he uses anonymous accounts or doesn’t directly say my name or my business. He usually says “my ex” or something along the lines of me being his enemy, whatever. So I don’t have the chance to file anything.

He uses his friend’s accounts to stalk me. To take pictures and send them to people. I have no peace online. He always finds a way.

I don’t know how he found my twitter account. It freaks me out. I don’t think I can file anything legally if he isn’t using my name. I’m so tired of feeling watched and scared. If anyone has any advice let me know.

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u/Reetyb — 2 months ago
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My ex has been cyberstalking me for two years. And I’m tired of it

Hello, I dated a guy back in 2024, it was a stupid decision .

It wasn’t as clear to me at the start of the relationship but he was very mentally ill. I was going through a lot with my family and he used it to his advantage. Claimed he had BPD and pushed/pulled me away.

Eventually his ex reached out to me because he was attempting to get ‘’’’back in touch’’’’with them. I freaked out, yelled at him. I shouldn’t have obviously. But he threatened to take his life if I told anyone. I was scared to death he’d actually do something.

Eventually I found his online presence, long history of racism, stalking, sexually harassing celebrities, nazi jokes and school shooting threats. Insane stuff. We broke it off after a long argument, in which I got in his face and confronted him about it all.

For TWO years he’s been continuously finding my accounts and stalking me. Posting about them in places where other people reach out to me. His friends at some point were even concerned and reached out. It put me in a horrible place mentally.

I get those random bots that pop up on my Instagram stories. (It may be nothing but it’s extremely suspicious) . I got harassing anonymous messages telling me to kill myself and that I’m fat (on pages only HE would know about) . And I recently stumbled across him tweeting about my art and comparing it to pedophilia and incest in an attempt to make me look bad.

But the catch is, he never uses my name, says my pages, and never uses his real accounts. So I don’t think this would hold up legally if I decide to take him to court.

He also takes pictures of me from social media and sends them to other people in an attempt to make fun of me.

I’m not sure what the next step is here, I’ve done what I can to ignore it and block him. But he comes back every single time. I don’t think I can send out a restraining order, what can I do?? I have my own business he constantly stalks . I’m not sure what I can even do

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u/Reetyb — 2 months ago
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Anyone else’s Amazon obsessed with their feet??

My 46 yr old Amazon loves to just, hold on her feet and scratch them with her beak. She isn’t biting or injuring them in any way. She chews on her nails sometimes and I took her to the vet to see if she’s having issues with her feet at all, but they said she’s completely healthy. Just, obsessed with her feet.

u/Reetyb — 2 months ago
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Yellow naped little nose bump

Hey there, my 46 yr old female yellow naped has this little bump on her nostrils. I was wondering if it can be identified/ something to worry about?

u/Reetyb — 2 months ago

I [F19] feel sadness around sex with [M19]

Hello, I’ve been dating my boyfriend for around 8 months or so.

I got on birth control and it has made me not sexually active at all, it kills my sex drive and he is really upset about it. I refuse absolutely anything. And he wants to have sex every single time I’m over and even the thought of it disgusts me. It makes me feel repulsed.

I have a lot of trauma surrounding love and intimacy and a lot of body image issues that come from childhood. Sex has always been weird and never felt good. No matter who I’ve been with I’ve always hated it. As much as my mom says I’ll grow out of it, I really can’t. The idea is gross to me. She has told me lack of sex can make men feel insecure.

Bringing it back to us, the other day we were hanging out and he asked, I said no and he stormed off, moved away from me and then eventually went upstairs. I stayed downstairs and cried for a bit, there wasn’t any “it’s okay, maybe next time” or “I’m not upset.” Or any kind of discussion, just some “why” and “pleases” before he eventually left when I said I’m just tired.

He comes back downstairs and is still upset, the next day he acts like nothing happens until I get home and he texts me. Saying my mom was right about it making men feel insecure.

I don’t know what to say to him. I said I’ll promise next time but it’s just going to be gross. What can I do? What discussion can I have? Do I need to go to my doctor to get my medication adjusted so it doesn’t feel as gross to me?

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u/Reetyb — 3 months ago

Boyfriend got sent 500, help?

Hello, my boyfriend got contacted by a very obvious scammer to draw his face on Instagram. I’m an artist , I know this stuff. But the difference, they sent actual money. 500 dollars to his account.

I’ve never seen this before. Once again I’m an artist. I told him not to even touch the money.

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u/Reetyb — 3 months ago
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Anyone elses Amazon …. Chew their own nails?

Hey there, my 46 y/o yellow nape has been chewing her own nails. She has no sign of injury, tons of toys and activities and acts completely normal. Just sometimes likes to chew on her nails and scratch her toes with her beak and leave the weird dead skin flakes on me. She’s a weirdo, but other than that the nail thing doesn’t seem very common and I just want to make sure that this isn’t a possible sign of something more .

u/Reetyb — 3 months ago

Younger Amazon owners, how’s it going?

Hey there, I’m 17 and I have a 46 yellow naped Amazon.

She is a lovely, quiet, sweet loving girl 95% of the day, she talks at a quieter volume and is quiet in the mornings (blessing) and in the evenings. With the occasional noisy day.

She sometimes will do her flock calls when she knows I’m in the house but can’t see me, and it’ll increase in volume. It isn’t ear piercing, but it’s a very loud “hello!” Similar to if someone was yelling it across the room to someone else . Her flock call is only “hello!” And “mama?/grandma?” From her owners before me.

Anyways, being younger I have a supportive family. I will always have her, and I bought and have her with my own money. I am just worried about college, and jobs. Not having “enough time” or trying to find a place for us to stay once I’m old enough and ready.

So, younger Amazon owners . Tell me your experience with navigating life right now. What’s your routine? How are you handling it? Any tips? It would be lovely to soothe my anxiety, lol.

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u/Reetyb — 4 months ago

I snapped

For context I’m a glass child twice, but my twin brother is the one we worry about most. Born with epilepsy that leaves him at the mental maturity of a 9 year old.

To say he’s fucked up my family and life would be an understatement. My relationships, social interaction, self esteem, all that was impacted. I feel like an alien. And I can’t get upset because he “doesn’t understand” . I deal with it all year just for our birthday to come around and he gets all the love . I barely get shit . I have to put up with him. My parents divorced . He tore it apart.

I know it’s not him, it’s the condition, but it’s also everyone around him who refused to correct his behavior

There would be times where he’d tell me I belonged in the kitchen, or said something racist to someone or something else against me to get a rise out of me. He does this to argue, he will argue all the time and never apologize. He does it to feel powerful because he doesn’t have power anywhere else. But my family never corrected it

I snapped tonight. We were sitting at the dinner table at a Mexican restaurant when he brings up how he’s “not mad at ICE for doing their job.” I got up and told him to sit at another table or sit in the car. I wasn’t going to deal with his shit . He does this every night, every single night. To get a rise out of me. Every.single.night. And my parents just tell me “he doesn’t understand” when he absolutely does.

We can’t even have a family dinner without him ruining it. I’m tired of this. I want a normal brother and a normal family.

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u/Reetyb — 4 months ago

School had a phishing email

Hello. My school recently got attacked with a phishing email along the lines of “Save the date!” Sent out by one of my teachers.

I was not aware of the scam and opened the link on my iPhone, just to be met with “open on computer”. No links or anything was downloaded to my knowledge. And I just closed the tab.

Should I be worried ? I changed my email password but not sure how that stuff works, tysm

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u/Reetyb — 4 months ago
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My Linnie is getting anxious?

Hey there! I own an 8 yr old creamino Linnie who is my absolute soul bird. He’s super loving. But he’s never ever played with toys as much as I’ve encouraged him. I’ve done everything, training, bought toys, etc. I have so many in his cage he never (if rarely touches)

I recently rescued an Amazon who is amazing. She’s on the opposite side of the room and never interacts with him. The only time they are together in the same room is when they’re very supervised and one is with me.

My Linnie has recently started flying after many years of not doing it, he takes off randomly quite a bit and flies ontop of my canopy bed to chill, which I’ve made a little area for him. But he’s recently gone up there, paced anxiously and flown around calling for me. I’ll retrieve him and he will continue to fly back up and repeat the process, like he’s super anxious. He does this all the time, everyday.

When he’s not doing this, he’s VERY clingy, like always needs to be in my face kissing me and being super close. Not on my finger… in my face. Or he’ll get stressed and fly right back near my face… and repeat

He seems to be getting more anxious recently, and I wonder if it’s jealousy from seeing my other bird spend time with me. I wonder if I should move his cage to my room. So he feels like he can see me more and feel less jealous.

If anyone’s Linnie is super jealous and clingy, lmk!!

u/Reetyb — 4 months ago

She’s a 45 year old yellow naped and has a little bit of yellow scaly toes. She gets a great balanced chop + roundybush diet and plenty of outside time and her perches are handmade . She had it when I got her. Google says keratin build up and the vet hasn’t pointed anything out, is anyone else familiar with this in their amazons?

u/Reetyb — 5 months ago