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My daughters crazy cute bluefronted Amazon, Sazu 😁😍 He comes to stay with me (his Nan 😉) for about 4-5 months trough out the year, whilst my daughter visits her hubby in another country. I love and spoil him to death 🦜♥

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u/OkLeading636 — 23 hours ago
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Thank you all for helpful advice. The little one is thriving well 🫶🏻unsure of its gender tho.

Still can’t tell if it’s male or female.
Apparently for hanging parrots, there’ll be blue throat spot for male and green for female. This one has kinda turquoise patch from certain angle. Maybe it’s still a baby and can’t tell yet?

u/overthinkingat330am — 2 days ago
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I need help!

Just adopted a sun conure from someone who didnt realize they wanted a bird. Its a sweet bird huge cage all the toys food etc. What else can i do to help this old bird out?

u/Throwawaypuffs — 1 day ago
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Help! My parrot is acting strange after flying into cooking oil.

I've had my orange winged Amazon for almost 10 years now. A few days ago she accidentally flew into a pan that still had leftover cooking oil in it (not while it was hot!).

I immediately tried to wipe it off her since her whole legs, butt and tail were drenched in it. She's a huge coward so she got really scared from the tissues and started flying everywhere and didn't let me near her. I also tried washing it off but she wouldn't allow it either so I just gave up to not stress her anymore. The problem is she's been acting strange ever since. She won't let me pet her anymore and she LOVED getting pet. She growls whenever I wanna pick her up and reaches for her legs to preen them obsessively. I'm scared this became a sort of anxious or compulsive behavior for her because she does it every time I want to pet her now. Yesterday I got her to take a bath and I even managed to clean her legs and tail off with a little soap (not fully but her legs are almost clean now) and she's still preening them aggressively to the point I'm scared she's gonna irritate her skin or start plucking the feathers.

I don't know if she's like this because of the oil and will stop once it's all out or there's something else wrong. Any advice would be appreciated!

u/maumnjau — 1 day ago
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my budgie :]

not 100% sure how old he is but maybe around 7 years old now? I've had him for about that long. I'm a big fan of his little blue "vest"
also, any tips on training him to be friendlier even though he's been around for a pretty long time? he's not quite afraid of us but will genuinely go towards my hand to bite it if i put my hand in his cage, but doesn't bite particularly hard.

u/Any_Milk_266 — 1 day ago
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My dad died and my bird keeps saying all the things he said

Thought I would share this as it's a pretty cool part of a very shit time we are having.

My dad died last week which is obviously the worst feeling in the world.

He had been in hospital the last three months with the occasional week at home and so I'm wondering if my bird will have any idea that he has passed.

My bird is torturing us however by repeating all the things my dad used to say around the house haha

Incredibly sad but also cool that my dad's voice will never actually be gone.

Edit: Every reply has been so nice so thanks for that.

I should specify the bird has lived with my mum my dad and me and my brother for all 6 years of his life with the exception of me and brother disappearing to University for periods of time.

His entire routine was basically built around my dad which is reflected in his vocabulary. He knows the exact time he ate dinner with him and says this accurately as well as the time my dad would shower etc etc.

Because my dad had been in hospital for the last 3 months I think hes gotten semi used to that routine being broken now.

But I do think he senses something is going on

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u/Inevitable-Win-2815 — 2 days ago
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New member

Is arrived a new family member... Baby.

I don't know it's age ou gender.

u/164500 — 1 day ago
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This is the new member of our flock! She’s a Blue Lacewing IRN and I love her so much already!

u/pbellot — 1 day ago
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I'm a sucker for rescues....

Everyone meet Lynyrd! At Petco today we had a guy come in and angrily drop a fig bar box on the register and say he was surrendering a bird. Our manager and cashier tried to talk to him about paperwork, history, etc, but he literally only said "It's not my bird now" and he left. She was trying to figure out what to do with the bird when I walked over, picked him up, and said "I'm taking him"

I had been thinking off and on for a few months about getting a parrot of some kind, but was undecided on the type , where to get it, etc. I spent nights and many shifts listening to different videos about the different species and what their needs are, and like with all my pets, when this guy showed up I felt I was the best chance he had locally.

Couple of notes before anyone talks about the red flags in this story 😅

This cage is temporary. I'm going to build one similar to what I have for my rats on my page, but it'll be a few weeks.

If the guy took a family/friends bird and they call, I told all the other Petco employees to ask for a description of the tiel, and if it matches, I will talk to them about giving him back. I'm not saying I'd just surrender him over immediately, but I would lean that way until I was given reason not to

I have an avian vet lined up. Called them almost immediately and have an initial appointment set up for next week. I don't see any health issues besides that dry face and his beak and nails are getting a little long.

His wings are clipped, and they will stay clipped for awhile until I'm ready to trust free flying in a locked bedroom. Probably my office or back enclosed porch. Easiest to keep the other animals out.

Please share your feedback, recommendations, and stories!

u/DastheDruid — 2 days ago