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call me crazy but i would get one that's the same colour. especially if your irn is blue. this is not an exact science and i will not take any responsibility if you choose to take my advice ha ha

i too would be interested in finding out what other people do as we are approaching winter here as well. we keep our birds cages outside so that's where they sleep. we have cafe blinds to protect them from the wind, rain, etc.. but these don't stop the cold getting in. you know i think birds can pro...

my irn does this also and it is very distressing. what to do? we have four birds and she is our 'problem child' as i like to call her. her bum will bleed with regularity because she's chewed at it.. because it irritates her.. because it's habit.. because it's psychological.. who knows???? for whatev...

Are you sure that the bird isnt damaging its own tail by chewing on it? Maybe get the Vet to just check it out to see if there is no underlying problem. thanks for the reply! :D chicken bones sound interesting! she's been through a lot in her short little life so i'm guessing she's got a few hang-u...

hey there folks :) out beautiful blue irn 'bollo' is having so much trouble growing a decent set of tail feathers. anybody else ever experienced this? we're having to pluck a lot of them out because they crack and start bleeding. ergh :( sometimes we use arrowroot powder and that'll stop it enough t...

such a beautiful baby bird! that reminds me... must buy grapes!

bollo's tail feathers are growing back quickly! they look like they'll be nice and strong!

ha ha.. mutley! i love it!! they ARE total mutleys.. we ended up calling them chilli & gonzo.. i call them my chuckleheads!!

4 birds = lotsa mess!! i got a squirt in the eye the other day.. bird poop/fact of life.. i'm cool with that..

hey guys! :) the wednesday just before easter we took bollo... http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f237/schibetsart/avatars/IMG_2830.jpg ..down to the vet. one of her tail feathers had broken off and was bleeding and neither of us wanted to pull it out.. so we went to our avian vet who is really brill...

bath shots. yay!

in the shower..



we haven't taken them in the shower lately because afterwards they eject water from every orifice. it's scary.

i wanna give big kisses to both of them on their fluffy little tummies!

this is a great shot of my two birds, sprocket & morph. sprocks on the left is the big kahuna, my big bully bird, and morph on the right is a chillaxed little cutie. i love them both. they're a few months old now and the absolute sunshine of my life. :P http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i354/s...

ahh so it's called a clutch! thx! :lol: I have two from the same clutch living together in one cage. One of them had a rough landing not long ago and hurt himself pretty bad so he was getting nasty whenever the other bird came near him. Completely understandable because he was in pain and didn't wan...

i really liked this one i saw at a pet store but am not anticipating that mine will turn out like this. :D http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i354/schibets/stand.jpg i also really like this which i think i found on here somewhere.. excuse the bad quality but i must have trashed the file after i pri...

me too! i was thinking of going down to the oppy and buying an old hat stand and using that as a start.. i don't really know. would love to see other peoples ideas aswell!

Best solution for a broken blood feather is to simply pull the feather out. :) yikes! what do you do? just yank it out like you were pulling out a human hair? hope i never have to go there but good to know! Wow - I wonder why that's a good thing? I would have thought putting anything on a wound cou...

Yeah I used to make sure Sunny's wings were always trimmed, As she was always out and about around the house somewhere, and LOVED having a bath outside (See pic) lol And i guess time just time just passed between clippings and they got just that little bit too long :( How heart breaking. :( I think...

I'm happy to give you my two cents but when it comes down to raising ringnecks i'm totally wingin' it... :P I don't know if it's good advice but my birds didn't really do much when we got them home on the first day. I think they were a little too young to squawk.. Sprocket just sort of sat there and...

ellieelectrons wrote:I must post some photos of our set up some time.

Ellie.

Would love to see it!

My granny has a lime tree and a mandarin tree and I was thinking of taking some big branches off of them so that's good to know that you use branches from a lemon tree. Should be the same right?

pinkdevil wrote:Am guessing Basil is a green bird?...going by the name.

Ha ha! I love the name! Why didn't I think of that!

Welcome!

I had a Yellow girl for 6 years.. She was my baby! But sadly flew away one day while she was having a bath.. She tried to follow me around to the clothes line.. But once she got up in the air just couldn't stop.. :() :o So sad! Did you have her wings clipped? Welcome to the site! Everyone is super ...

I'm sure your fids will be resilient and get over it in no time... although, if you're anything like me, it will probably take you much longer to get over it :wink: Ha ha! Totes! My boyfriend and I were massively traumatized. He was ready to go down there and open a can of whoop a*s on this pet sto...

This guy right... his idea was.. he pulled the wing out and left 2 feathers on the outer wing and 2 feathers close to their bodies which he said helps cover their kidneys and then he snipped off all the feathers in the middle right up to the feather line. Then with the two outer feathers he cut them...

Has the nail stopped bleeding yet? Yes! Thank the lord! The talc seems to have done the trick but what a horrible thing for Sprocket to have to go through. :( I don't know if next time we bath him it'll start bleeding again but I'm going to keep a close eye on it! Either way we're NEVER going back ...

Hey man, I wish you all the good luck you need! Just putting it out into the universe is a great start!

very new to this sight but loving it so far I know! Isn't this site wonderful! I can't believe what I let that a-hole do to my babies. What you wrote are exactly the thoughts I had. I also think that they will try to over compensate with the wing that wasn't clipped. Do you know how long it takes f...

Hooley dooley! That's a lot of birds!! You'd be a great person to ask for advice from then! And i majorly need advice.. ANYONE!!! We took Morph & Sprocket down to the pet store this morning to get their wings clipped which was a tortured decision in itself and oh my lord what a debacle it has tu...

Thank you! Do you really have 9 birds?!!

Oh. My. God. That first photo is the cutest thing I have ever seen.

Cool. Thanks for the link! I'll check it out now.

I'm not an expert on this... but I thought natural light would be important? ... but maybe I'm wrong. What do others think? Ellie. I know! I read that and I was like.. a closet.. what the.. ? No. I'm not down with that at all. :lol: I've only had my birds for a couple of weeks and I'm a total novic...

I immediately know my boyfriend is going to hate that harness idea! :lol: We've both got different ideas about how to raise the fids.. such as he doesn't see the harm in letting them munch on his cheetos whereas I almost have a conniption if I catch him doing it!!! Most times they can't resist food ...

Hey guys! These are my fids Morph & Sprocket!!! I love that you call them fids, genius!!! http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i354/schibets/DSC00376.jpg (hope that worked, it's been a long while since i've posted in a forum!) My boyfriend had talked about getting a parrot for ages whereas I was ...