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Lila_

Hey
She has heaps of toys but she is never around any of them when i see her regurgitating, she's always out of her cage.

Lila_

Hi guys, I know she isnt a Ringneck but I am really desperate at this point. :( My cockatiel has been regurgitating daily - clusters of mostly undigested food. I have taken her to the vet twice who gave her a course of antibiotics (no effect) and said as long as she isnt losing weight, dont worry. I...

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Yes, she likes cutlery. and drawers..

Have just posted a vid of something else she really likes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKJy0t8eZSw

Lila_

leave the cage door open so she can feel more comfortable about being outside of the cage, and so its her decision to be out of the cage. it will probably take a while, but she will eventually calm down and youll see she will start moving closer to you across the floor/furniture over time.

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Dodo the movie star

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFRtYoHlFjg
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y0tp3K7ICI

Lila_

Oops!
2008 is supposed to be 2007

they turned 2 last year!

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They aren't really stinky :) Dodo the ferocious indian ringneck - Born November 23 2008 Noodle the angelic cockatiel - Born around July 2008 Pablo (AKA Chickenman) the hormonal lovebird - Born unknown - probably early 2008 Canary the earblasting canary. - Born unknown - possibly 2007 How do I add th...

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We watched Priscilla Queen of the Desert and naturally Dodo picked up their awful awful laughs - which she joined them in for the entire movie. she likes bad laughs, took me ages to work out where she learned a horrible braying noise from until i started laughing and she started braying - lol very e...

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funny how they can tell when you are leaving them.
did tango forgive you?

Lila_

Dodo is mean, my whole family is terrified of her. she was peeved about my parents being in her apartment and would not stop grumping and yelling and giving us all the evils. my mother's solution was to stand in front of her cage and try some mind control, bobbing her head around in circles saying Y...

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servants get paid.

its like those bumperstickers that say "dogs have owners; cats have staff"
the next line should read "Parrots have slaves".

which is what we all are

Lila_

every bird wants to be an only child...
at least they aren't at war. they should calm down a bit with time...if they havent already

Lila_

Lol!
birds dont seem to understand toenails.
My IRN used to regurgitate to my toes when they were painted pink and attack them when they were red (i now wear socks!)
My cockatiel tries to brood my toe and finger nails.
very weird

Lila_

Have personally known 2 ringnecks - 1 mine, 1 my sisters. both were bad with other birds. my sisters bird was a bully, very mean to the other birds. mine is a psycho and must be supervised at all times or she will hunt down and try to kill the other birds. think she would prefer to be an only child....

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Oops! sorry, I read cockatoo, but actually shes a cockatiel. in that case - this is exactly what mine does on the weekends. it all "I LOVE YOU WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!" when i get home from work, but she likes a little space if i am going to be home all day. mien gets super affectionate befor...

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I actually sort of agree with U.S Marine with the point on other people interacting with the bird. even if the bird thinks that Mom and Dad are losers. My birds think my poor mother is a total loser and they are very mean to her. but shes patient and talks to them a lot. Then when my Tiel had major ...

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his beak is probably fine. if you are really worried, get a birdvet to check it.
ive only ever seen IRNs with black on their beak, regardless of age. I have even seen IRNS with entirely black beaks - no red at all! Not sure what that was about but they seemed normal and healthy.

Lila_

maybe he is particularly bored at the moment
or he has only now, after 10 years, realised that the kind of swing you buy him is really good to chew.
maybe get him a swing made from a different kind of wood.

Lila_

He LURVES you! (and only you)

sounds cute

Lila_

Did you eventually figure this one out? Can you try getting a fake cellphone, keeping it with the real one and when the real one rings and he goes for it, let him have the fake one? or is he too clever for that? dodo was always flighted and its beautiful :). However she had the same issue as smokey,...

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Does she still cry and bob her head for food? I read on a Cockatoo site about someone who managed to bond with a very unfriendly 'too by feeding it like a baby again... it sounds like she is scared of you. if her cage is near a tv, you could try leaving it open and sitting quietly on the couch watch...

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one month is a short time as far as parrot psychofits seem to go, so just be patient. it might take ages, but it is going to be soooo worth it when she puts her head back and coos at you. I handraised my IRN girl from a few weeks and she still hates it when i put my hand in her cage. its sort of fai...

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lol thats so funny noodle my female cockatiel hates dodo my irn. shes also really hormonal right now and screams in a loud high pitched voice for no particular reason, hides out in drawers and cupboards. i hope she doesnt start laying, that will just be too much. your bird was probably jusy upset th...

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yes thats very disturbing!
did you take her to a vet? what was the problem and is she ok now?

dont mammals get something similar with tetanus?

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hey leopard! where in NZ are you? yeah biting when youre trying to give him food is really mean isnt it. i handraised dodo myself from 5 weeks but she still tries to bite me if i try to touch her food dishes inher cage. even if im putting food in them! the IRN i raised her with used to bully her awa...

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Hi Briony Yeah Dodo's a DNA'd girl around 8 months and she dances and barfs for me daily. bit weird like that... She started a few months ago but she's getting quite good at it though! she does it most enthusiastically when I've given her a tasty treat - let me tell you it doesnt always smell too gr...

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Thanks for that
turns out it was just a scratch that had become a little infected. its all healed up now with some cream the vet gave me.

you were 100% right - birds do NOT get pimples

Lila_

Hi this might sound like a really stupid question, but do birds get pimples? my cockatiel (yeah i know not an IRN but thought you guys might know) has a little pink bump between her eyelid and the par where her feathers start again. like the baldish space around her eye that isnt her eyelid. it look...

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OMG this is the funniest thing ive ever heard!! ive laughed so hard i think i put my neck out im so sorry. its really gross. i think the OOOOOOOOOO BILLY! is the final icing on the cake. try wearing a hooded sweatshirt with the hood covering your head and ears. he can still hump your shoulder but he...

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lol thats so cool!
congrats you must be so proud

I wish dodo would do that. at the moment all she can do is imitate the door intercom beeping. she lovves to watch us run to grab it, i think shes trying to get the same reaction when she beeps at us. BEPBEPBEP(LETMEOUTTHECAGEANDGIVEMETHATCANDY!)

Lila_

[quote="mafa_loureiro"]You are free to disagree. However, as I live here, have done many research, own birds and have major avian breeders as friends, I can be confident that major deadly diseases to large parrots, at this moment do not exist here. I have done research, if I was someone le...

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hey lene when you train your birds to accept the harness will you let us know how? i ordered some harnesses from aviator for my birds, all the way from the US to NZ and they will not go near them. ive tried all the tricks they tell you to but the birds arent buying it. i really want to be able to ta...

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Dodo does that when i annoy her. its the 'youre looking for trouble!' voice. she ESPECIALLY does that when im putting her to bed. its because she hates going to bed. maybe your baby hates it too. Also dodo is a dna'd female but she barfs at me all the time. the other day she got distracted and forgo...

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Yeah i totally agree with donna. they really do understand. when something's wrong they know that they have to be nice and let you cuddle them even if they would rather go do something more fun. they find you and look after you, they really do. when i'm upset they know, and when i'm fighting with my...

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you know when i put this post on i was really at my wits end with dodo. she still bites my face from time to time, everyone at work thinks its really funny. but she doesnt do it maliciously. she does it in response to a certain tone of voice i use (normally when saying DONT BITE MEEEE or when im whi...

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what ever happened with your bird? it was quite a nasty wound there, is he ok now?

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Hmm...that sounds REALLY familiar. yeah dodo hates it too when i try to scratch her pin feathers. she went through her first moult earlier this year and she was pretty grumpy. i found a good trick is to tire her out with playing or something, let her sit on your knee or hand and while shes so dozey ...

Lila_

Hey LisaK

I know you started the thread ages ago but I only just found it - your cockatiel is 29 years old?!
What do you feed him? i have a young tiel girl who rocks my world and i would be a very very happy person if she would hang around that long.

Lila_

Hi guys just a stupid question... Dodo's beak was bright red when I first got her at 6 weeks (and yes I still fed her babymix etc till 12 wks) but now its turning black... the bottom half and the edges of the top mandible are turning dark. Btw she is green My sister's lutino girl of the same age sti...

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hey that looks like a basil plant. to be honest something i can buy would be SO MUCH easier, i live in the middle of the city and the plants i can buy here are pretty limited. i've never heard of penny royal so unless its basil i doubt i will find it anywhere. skibum which spray thing do you use? ot...

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Does anyone know of a bird-safe insect repellant available to buy or that I could make myself?

Summer has brought fruitflies that have been multiplying because they share my birds' fruit and veg. They are driving us all crazy!!

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Thanks Skibum I have been to Birdbarn (I'm in love with Mr Biggles so go there whenever I get a chance) and will try and get hol of Datsun's mum. Yeah I had the vet clip her wings but it only set her back a day or two. She flies as though they were never clipped and I dont want to clip them shorter ...

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Does anyone know where one can get a flight harness in New Zealand (or in Australia if they will ship)? Thats flight harness, not suit. Also does anyone here use them or know anything about them? Is it hard to get the bird to accept it? My cockatiel does not move from my shoulder whether I'm in a sh...

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Thanks Nil!

was it ok for them to chew on the leaves as well?

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Make sure its an AVIAN vet not a normal vet who does his wings. i bougth a little budgie that needed to be rushed to the vet the night i bought her (didnt realise she was sick before i got in the car,and then didnt want to return her to such a bad breeder) and the only place close and open was a gen...

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I¡¦m sorry he¡¦s biting you. How old is he? Dodo started hating me at about 10 weeks or so, I weaned her at about 12/13 weeks and she bullied me something terrible right up until the end of December. All the posts and websites tell you to ignore the biting but when their strong little beaks are slic...

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Last time I posted here it was because my Dodo was trying to take pieces out of my face. Over Christmas she had a complete personality change overnight. It's as though someone switched my bird for a bird that actually likes me and wants to be around me all the time. I am concerned that there might b...

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A friend at work recently cut down two olive trees (dont know what kind of olive, i guess the ones that bear fruit) and has offered me the branches as perches for Dodo and my other birds. Living in an apartment in the city, things like real wood arent easy to come by. I was wondering if anyone knew ...

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She has been fine sitting on my shoulder for the past 7 weeks that I've had her. There has been no reason for me to expect this so naturally I have let her onto my shoulder.
I am aware that they bite, please read first paragraph of my post. I was looking for a way to prevent her from biting my FACE.

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I have been very patient with my young ringneck's biting because I did my research before buying and know that chewing me is something she just has to do for a while. But for the second time in 4 days she has suddenly and viciously attacked my face. She never bites my hands THIS hard!! My lip and ch...

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Do birds get pimples?

update

sounds familiar

29 years old?!

Why is my bird changing colour?

thanks

Bird-safe Insect Repellant

Harness

Flight Harness

Olive leaves...

Yes definitely an expert to clip his wings

i know exactly what you mean

Schizophrenic Dodo

Olive wood - safe?

yes

How do I stop malicious face attacks?