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Mazziemom

Errr, are you positive about that teil being hatched without that part of the wing? That sure looks like a pinon scar to me. While pinon isnt common in the US anymore, I don't know about other countries. And even as uncommon as it is here, it still happens. We recently got in an Amazon that some mor...

Mazziemom

at ThePerchStore.net right now. 25% off all toys and toy parts, today only. I just bought a LOT of toys, stuff I've been wanting to get but the price makes me ache... now I could afford all of them at once (kinda LOL). One day sales are hard I know, but man its worth it to save 25%. I know I hardly ...

Mazziemom

Looks kind of like a bourke parakeet....

http://www.bourkes-parakeet.nl/media/2003-G53-head

But my brain keeps saying its an Aussie grass keet...

or mabye a princess of whales ?

Wish the pic was taken more head on, so we could see the body better.

Athena

Mazziemom

Buddy wears a small. Yes, he does wear it. He doesnt LIKE it, but he wears it because he is fully flighted (and has been all of his life except six months .. he was clipped to appear on TV ) and I like for him to still be able to explore outdoors. Flight cages just arent enough. Alice has one too, s...

Mazziemom

The ring comes in between 18 months and 3 years. Maybe Baby is an early starter. And, if I took a pic of Buddy right now you'd feel a LOT better. He does monster molts... I mean it. I tested him for PBFD the first two years because he molts so bad, every feather on his head drops off then comes back...

Mazziemom

We had a friend who lost her conure to one of those. ONE thread got loose (she checked it all the time) he got his head in it and choked himself. She freed him still alive, rushed to the vet and he died there.

I will NOT have them in my house.

Athena

Mazziemom

We built Alice's gym ourselves... and love it. We like it better than the gyms we paid a lot of money for. Now, it was built for Alice, who is an Alexandrine... but other birds use it. Currently Cody (CAG) is parked up there playing, and the IRN's use it a lot. Hunting for photos, we took them as we...

Mazziemom

If she's having liver issues she should be on milk thistle. You can buy it in liquid form at some health food stores, or look for an alternative dr's office (ours sells it). Milk thistle is very very good for liver problems. And, if she's having problems with her liver she should NOT be eating fatty...

Mazziemom

Mazzie screams, but she is very demanding by nature. If Buddy screams I always go look, he never does unless something is really wrong and upsetting him. Of course, in his eyes wrong is simply another bird walking across the floor, but thats ok because they arent supposed to do that LOL. Alice screa...

Mazziemom

Yep, thats why I'm hardly here. Jen was right, if I log in to check PM's it isnt as bad, but still it drives me bonkers to have to log in every single time. I don't have this problem on any other the php boards I'm on but this one.

Athena

Mazziemom

Mikaela... You would be doing yourself, and your bird, a huge disservice if you didn't allow it to bond to your partner as well as yourself. Birds are social, by shutting them off to any person you are limiting their social circle, their flock. They need a flock to be healthy emotionally. And, there...

Mazziemom

LOL, I think I enjoy the silence of the IRN crew because we have so many other jabber beaks. Sitting here I am hearing "Hello" in a sweet soft voice, over and over and over and over. Its the male Ekkie determined to get me to come hold him LOL. We teach talking more in context, which I am not sure w...

Mazziemom

Yep, every birdy will do it

Athena

Mazziemom

As you guys know ringnecks go into a trance while bathing, some take longer than others to get comfortable and do it, but every one will if they find that safe spot and relax. Our intake ringneck, Homer, has been hard for me, because he's so afraid of both women and hands. I know he needs one on one...

Mazziemom

Hey Mik...

Neener neener! Lilly has been playing with me all morning!

The kids have two more days of school left, then I'll loose my morning playmate, since they will be home and kidnap her LOL.

Lilly is loud btw, but nothing compared to a U2

Athena

Mazziemom

LOL, thats exactly what I was going to say Dani...

Just be glad Baby isnt albino.

Athena

Mazziemom

Mazzie is like that, with all other birds except Dayo. I actually asked some of my friends about it, because she is really jealous of every other bird. They said she probably senses that out of the whole crew, those two are my babies. Both of them are my angels, Mazzie the sunshine in my life and Da...

Mazziemom

I clip all my guys, but for years I took them to a groomer. I knew how, but I trusted my groomer and it was easier for me. I hate it when they are mad at me, and the ringnecks get mad for a while after a clip. Now, we do home visits for our clients (former residents) and for special referrals to gro...

Mazziemom

Buddy has been flighted for years Mik, but its a trade off. He doesn't get to go outside without a harness, and he doesn't care for the harness much. He can go to the flight, but has to be carried there safely. He doesn't get time upstairs often because I have kids and you never know when someone wi...

Mazziemom

Kato was nine years old when she came to us, fully flighted, and had never been clipped. She had also never flown. We've spent the past couple years teaching her to fly, and have never clipped her. She can fly now, she knows she can, but she rarely decides to do so. She only goes outside in a carrie...

Mazziemom

oh Honey, I am so terribly sorry! My stepdad, who might as well be my real dad, had a major accident about two months ago and nearly cut off all the fingers on his right hand. He's still in recovery, and the scars are horrible, but at least they are still there. Don't beat yourself up, and just love...

Mazziemom

Try taking a pic in sunlight with no flash....

Usually helps keep colors more true

Athena

Mazziemom

Buddys the only ringneck I've had who wasnt really into showers. Alice turns into gumby too, and Sage is a total dork for water LOL. I'm not sure why they love them so much, but it has really shown true for me. Heres the only pic that hubby got of a wet Homer that I would allow to be kept LOL, he tr...

Mazziemom

Oh this little guy loves showers. He went fully into the trance, like Mazzie does. Buddy gets squatty and relaxed, but Homer was nearly asleep LOL. Mazzie, well, she's the shower diva. I must sit/lie on the bottom of the tub so she can flop out on my body with her wings wide open and tail fanned. Th...

Mazziemom

At this very moment, I am enjoying being owned by a ringneck to the extreme. Here I was typing, thoughtlessly letting Mazzie hang out on my shoulder. Up she sneaks, further and further forward, till she can hook her upper mandible on my lip and pull me in for a kiss! So now its kiss, coo, kiss, coo,...

Mazziemom

Show me a pic and I'll tell you where its normal for them to have some yellow tint as adults

Athena

Mazziemom

Ya'll are welcome to borrow my weekend, it was a buttload of work but it was really great

I'm sorry everyones sick, I had that gunk a while back and wanted to just die. Spent three days in bed, not even eating, all I could do was feel miserable!

Athena

Mazziemom

Bodi is a classic Ekkie... they are such food hounds!

I swear they eat 3 times their body weight a day if you let them LOL.

Glad to hear everything is going so well!

Athena

Mazziemom

I was growing desperate to make some headway, any headway with Homer, the ringneck intake. After his Q we moved him near Maz, hoping being around another older ringneck would help some, and he did talk to her a bit but still was very closed off to us. Nothing I tried, none of my other tricks made an...

Mazziemom

It took me six months to get Mazzie to trust me enough to come out of the cage when I asked, and I used a dishtowel to spook her to me before that. I could've grabbed her, but I preferred that she thought that the evil towel was going to get her and ran to me for comfort They can take a very long ti...

Mazziemom

I don't want to put a damper on things, but this breeder doesn't sound right to me. Doesn't respond to your emails, and is worried the birds could catch a human illness (not possible). I would REALLY be sure your baby is 100% healthy before bringing it home, and get a guarantee on that. Could be jus...

Mazziemom

We keep our seed/pellets/bird breads in the freezer here. Well, the birds have a chest freezer, big enough to fit a few bodies in LOL. Of course, we buy in bulk. When I come home from the feed store its with about 200lbs of food at a time... just so I don't have to make the trip more than once a mon...

Mazziemom

You really really gotta watch it... I'm not saying this to be a bully but to warn you. I've seen the damage that bigger birds who are not interested in little birds can do, they just take one swipe with that beak and if its not death its something close. Very very dangerous. I keep my guys sorted by...

Mazziemom

If you freeze your seed, very well, it kills the eggs. I try to make sure the seed is in the freezer for at least a week. Freeze it right there in the bag btw, no need to even open the bag, the cold works right through the walls. If you do open the bag, then put it in a ziplock to prevent freezer bu...

Mazziemom

Seed Moths hon.

You can get special traps for them, but the best cure is to freeze your seed.

Athena

Mazziemom

LOL, you could get a boy albino ... and never get the ring! It was so sudden! I was watching with baited breath, it seemed like it happened overnight. He had a light black band from the time he was nine months old, but it was NOTHING compared to the deep black coming in, or the gorgeous pink and blu...

Mazziemom

Hrm, I cant say yet.

Buddy's was pretty sudden. He went from adorable baby face to molting with specks of color at the end of all those pins. Within two weeks he was fully ringed out.

Athena

Mazziemom

Wow, how old is he? That beak is already candy corn, and I swear I thought that didnt happen until they were around nine months old.

He's lovely, and looks relaxed!

Athena

Mazziemom

Use a round pizza pan, and it will stand with the perch atop it

They really are simple. You can get more complicated, but theres no point to it.

Athena

Mazziemom

Who put you on the Orn? Over the counter medications can mess up a birds normal internal bacteria. You could be creating a yeast infection, or worse. I would only use it if you were under the supervision of a vet. Either way I'd get your bird some BeneBac right away, to try to help balance things ou...

Mazziemom

LOLOLOL...

How funny. They have Feathered Family listed, and I cant remember ever ordering anything from them. I guess our reach is growing huh.

Athena

Mazziemom

Its so up to the bird, you almost don't have a choice. Mazzie hates all other birds. She tolerates my blue and gold and doesn't try to attack him at every opening, but she hates other IRN's. She can be somewhat ok with my Alexandrine, but still not ok enough to be trusted. Buddy however is as friend...

Mazziemom

How many birds do you have? when did you start getting them Is you quiver of birds full? what other birds do you want? And to be nosy, you can refuse to answer, how much did you pay for your birds? thanks I think we have 12 of our own between all members of the family. Erm... I grew up with a blue ...

Mazziemom

Oh you have got to just build one, get over the fear.

They are really simple. Pizza pan on the bottom. Dowel in the center. Another dowel on top. You guys can do 2 screws, its not hard.

I have a couple unused around here, wish you were closer.

Athena

Mazziemom

No dial up, fast cable

I used to have the remember password option, but its gone?

Really REALLY annoying. Like, really!

Athena

Mazziemom

For some reason I cant stay logged in. It just took me 3 tries to log in at all, and I'll be surprised if it lets me stay after posting this. I've checked everything on my end... is there some glitch in the board?

Athena

Mazziemom

Awww, look at those baby faces! I love babies!

Athena

Mazziemom

LOL, Oh my, that is adorable! I've never seen a budgie in a flight suit before, way too cute!

Thats just so wonderful, budgies often don't get the love they deserve, its good to see that your baby does!

Athena

Mazziemom

My Alice is just over a year... hrm.... one year and three months... plus a few days LOL. Her lower mandible is a lighter color than her upper, but her eyes have lightened already. Looks like, unless your baby is pinning, your baby still has rather deep colored eyes? Alice's eyes changed at about ni...

Mazziemom

Our latest intake at the rescue is a male IRN, 17 years old. He's had one owner, but that owner let some rather bad habits devlop. He doesnt step up, at all, and is terrified of hands. He was moved from place to place via shoulder. He refuses to eat anything healthy, and I had to break down and give...

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Huge Toy sale today...

Ringnecks Bathing, and Homer update...

I love my kissy face girl...

Floating on air...

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Grrr, Mik?

One to test my patience...