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Hi all,

I don't know if it was accident or purposeful dunking, but my new "tiel" Birdicles had what remained of his cuttlebone in his water dish....what an exotic odor it created!!!


Skippie (the Birddad in the gas mask and rubber suit with the long tongs phoning the EPA)

Mik, So sorry to hear your news. Your son seems to be handling things like a man, but more importantly, like a decent human being. My hat is off to you and your husband for raising him as such. I read somewhere that you are never truly adult until a parent has passed, I never gave it much thought un...

Sounds like a winner to me. Count me as yea.

Skippie (the multiple birddad)

Hi all, I never dreamed I would be making a post like this but here goes: Here's to you Steve Irwin, you lived a life that many of us frankly envied and you will be sorely missed. If it's any consolation, you left us as you were doing some of the things you loved to do; no lingering, no long final d...

Hi Sue,

My "tiel" Birdius has a positively maniacal laugh It was really funny when I took him back to visit with the breeder and with a crowd present, he left off a cackle worthy of Vincent Price!

Skippie (the Birddad)

Hi and thanks for your posting. I'm happy that Mikaela opened this area for mutual support. I've been through the loss of several pets and it sure helps to have someone to share the grief, especially a community like this one.

Skippie (the Birddad)

It's a boy or you been kissing him on the neck and leaving lipstick marks

Skippie (the birddad)

PS My wife leaves kissy marks on our "tiel"

Hi Birdjunkie,


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Hi,

Send me your pics and I'll be glad to do a signature, email them to scottthenurse@comcast.net and let me know if you have a background shot or if you would like to use one of mine.(mostly floral)

Skippie

Sue......I love your response..... have you ever read The Prince by Machiavelli? You sure sound like you did diabolical for sure!

Skippie (the probably 2 time only birddad)

Hi Dani,

Love your new signature collage Aggie is gorgeous (as well as Prinny and Bodi)! Is she getting used to you?

Skippie (the birddad)

Mik, I would enjoy helping members put their fids in their best light. If anyone is interested, email your best shots in original resolution ( if there is movement blur or the picture is out of focus, I can't use it) and give me a week. If you need a floral background shot, I have a bunch I took in ...

I used Roxio Photo Suite for the picture you see on my signature line. I hope to do a better avatar in the near future. I used to use Paint Shop Pro when it was a shareware offering and found it to be similar to Adobe Photo Shop. It's amazing what you can do once you conquer the learning curve! Skip...

Hi again, That Great Dane pup looks just like one my flight instructor had Funny story: the airport sponsored an air show and my flight instructor was helping. His dog was with him and he was needed elsewhere, so he tied the dog to the nosewheel of a little Cessna 150 with her water bowl and feed di...

Hi,

Congratulations......you have a son

And a very good looking one too! More pics please!

Skippie(the birddad)

PS: Welcome to the board, hope to see more postings!

Thanks Dani. It will be a while before he gets his ring, but I'm anticipating!

Hi, Magoo stopped biting about three weeks ago. I was really concerned because my wife told me she was going to stop interacting with Magoo altogether, but since then he has been behaving much better with her and I think she is unconsciously reinforcing the good behavior. Oops, almost forgot to tell...

I'm sorry to hear your news about Rio. I think Rio's mom (and I use that term loosely) is delusional about her son. It's really unfortunate that Rio will end up suffering. If its any consolation, I do believe in Karma - what goes around comes around and I think it will come around in spades for that...

Who said birds can't smile

Skippie

Nila is a very handsome bird! I just got the DNA results back for Magoo and He's a boy!!! (was that redundant or what????) I guess I'll have to call him Quincy Magoo!

By the way, is that a Hybiscus flower he is munching on?

Skippie, Quincy, and Birdius

Thanks for the reply! I really wish Birdius and Magoo were pals, but unfortunately, the minute they're together, they start snapping and lungeing at each other.(see the message threads under training and behavior, subject: Getting along. At any rate, it seems that everyone I've met on this forum has...

Skippie's Law: "The amount and clarity of bird speech is inversely proportional to the size of the audience!

Skippie

Your fids are beautiful You should be proud!

Skippie

Hi, I am happy both with Birdius, my "tiel" and Magoo, my IRN, but they don't seem to like each other. Every time the get together, they both get combative (open beaks and lungeing) and I have to separate them Should I let them settle this on their own, keep them separated, or try something else? I ...

Hi. When we first brought Magoo home we thought something was wrong because he made no sounds. After a few days as he became more comfortable, he started replying to my "tiel"s whistles with a"caw-caw-caw" call and now he is making a variety of sounds almost like a jungle recording. Give Suki a litt...

Hi, As a new bird-dad, I was anxious to learn all I could about IRNs. Thank God I found you out there! My wife and I got our first bird "Birdius" (my wife latinizes everything!) by accident. I was out looking for crickets for our leopard gekkos and the place I usually buy them was out, so I wandered...

Hi.

I got to playing around with image editing software and came up with this collage. The background is a shot of some lillies from my garden.




Skippie

Hi again, DaniO3, Venus, *mia*, and Kosejentan, thanks so much for your replies. Your birds are all gorgeous and I am gratified by your comments. As my birds mature, (Birdius is only 6 months old and Magoo only 5 months) I hope to post more photos and I hope to see more postings from you. Hope to he...

Hi,

Thought I'd post some photos of my birdzes!


Birdius


Magoo

Handome devils aren't they!

Skippie

It now seems that when in the cage, Magoo lunges at fingers placed next to the cage, but he doesn't bite, he just taps them with his beak! My wife and I decided to avoid flinching and show no reaction when he does this and it seems to be paying off! In the meantime, we got him a carrier and have sta...

Hi, My wife and I got Magoo, a blue IRN about a week ago and he has started to bite out at any hand coming close to the lower portion of his cage. He steps up just fine from the perches in the upper section of his cage and he is a sweet bird when out of the cage, but my wife is concerned that his bi...