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Babies. Babies/ Babies, babies babies....

DId I mention Babies....? It's springtime and my maternal urges are sending me on thoughts of committing to months of fuss of BABIES! Ones I don't have to give birth to.

We need to catch up Miss K

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Ah, I see. So a better way to get a violet turquoise pallid would to have a turquoise pallid male (or at least split to pallid) and a violet pallid female?

I imagine a violet pallid female is a less likely bird for me to get my hands on.

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OK, I did see on that website with the encyclopedia on mutations a turquoise pallid violet blue hen.... a young one... they do show violet.... Damn that would be a pretty bird to see in person.

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I know you guys get a lot of stupid questions in this section---I've read a lot in this section over the years to try to understand, but I have no first hand experience.... I have a sf violet male. I was thinking about trying to find him a mate in a year or so. (or more). I like the "rainbow&qu...

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In our Masterbedroom, the bathroom door squeaks something awful. I've asked my fiancee to WD-40 it, but he hasn't. The first thing I do iN the morning is go to the bathroom--and thus make the squeak. So now, when Fats wants me to get up, he makes the squeak. Over and over and over again. It suits hi...

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Wow! Borek loves scritches more than any other bird I've seen!!!

When she bows her head--that means she wants more. Thats what it mean when my quaker does that.

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I was guessing a Turquoise cinnamon? But I'm not so good at guessing. She was looking for an example of an adult as hers is still a baby. She was asking because the splotchy green started to some through.

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I'm frequently taking balls and blocks out of the water dish. Sometimes I come home and the water is green or purple but there's noting in the dish that would make it that way. I assume he's dipping his chewed popsicle sticks in there to turn it colors.

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Not to get too serious--but my best advice for someone bringing home a baby is to remember to patiently train the things you want the bird to do. We all end up training the things we don't want our birds to do unconsciously. If the bird starts doing something you don't want it to habitually, think a...

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Well, the thing on my mind is whether this budgie has damaged follicles. Not that I know anything about it, but if he was in a cage with many other budgies at, say, Petsmart, this could be the budgie that got picked on. Maybe tail pulled out by other birds... Maybe damage has been done. Theorizing.

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Fats used to eat the fruity zupreem... but he hated the purple, then he hated to the orange too, then he also hated the green... Camo the QP eats Roudybush and likes it quite a alot, so in the in the interest of having only one pellet type Fats now gets Roudybush. I prefer something without artifici...

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So beautiful. I love the fluffiness

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Ahem, Is your family photo album complete?

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My Fats does this too. often when we are hanging out in the same room as him and he's in the cage. he paces in a triangle around the cage and stops in the same corner, lifts his head, and "Pew Pew" makes his IRN noise. He also does this in the morning. Now you have me worried that his cage...

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So he's still a pretty young bird. He's probably still getting used to his surrounding and a little scared. That could be part of the inactivity. He's too scared to play. You'll find that cucumbers and watermelon are very high in water content and low in nutrients. on that diet it's no surprise that...

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Since this post I have decided that Fats is enamoured with my toes--painted or not. All the birds do try to eat my fingernails when they are painted bright colors. I've toned down the colors I use and they seem less interested now.

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In Eclectus parrots, incorrectly colored feathers are a sign of a dietary issue. I'm not saying that's what you have here, but I have this dietary issue with my eclectus parrots. Pellets with artificial colors can cause liver issues which manifest in the developping feathers with a lack of pigment, ...

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The most prized nut in the the house is definately the pistachio. Everybody likes them. Yesterday Fats tried to drink my beer as I brought the bottle to my mouth--ugh. I had to put him away. Camo the QP will drink out of a glass--water, juice, milk. He will stick his head all the way in if he needs ...

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You two :) He was hatched March 21st 2013. that makes him a year and almost two months old. he's only got one little black feather. When I took the picture it still has form sheath on it so it was standing out, but now that it's fully released most the time you can't see it. my little baby is growin...

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I think that photo of the two in the aviary would make a very good rap album cover. It looks confident and violent. That's meant as a compliment

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MissK, Fats says "drink, drink, DRINK!!!" I liked a bird breeders page on Facebook and now everyday i see pictures of baby IRNs. OMG, this morning picture of what must be 8 week old Albino and Blue IRN--- I wanted to scoop them up and listen to their little baby meows. awwwwwwwwwww. Good t...

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IMO, Rainbows are the best. what are they? I forget, something like Violet something turquiose pallid---some crazy thing. but they are BEAUTIFUL. Btw, Miss K, don't rule out a Tuquiose grey-- Rocky would look alright with one :) Though I do think normal blue is the most basic mutation--I wouldn't ru...

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He's getting his ring!
https://flic.kr/p/nb1CjL

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Love that little voice!

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Are particular kinds of illness worse than others for handling birds? I ask because I woke up this morning with an eye infection. If I'm going to be home all day, I'd like to handle the birds....

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I was thinking just now... I have a little sun room off the back of the house with windows. I am thinking... If I make an aviary off the back of the sunroom, I could bring the birds in and out through the sunroom window, then there wouldn't be a chance they'd get away--unless they eat through the av...

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What a great picture! the drawing is great, but I love how both the birds are looking at the camera like they are saying--we don't do that!

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That is precious.

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I think Sapphire might be really good at glass blowing...

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Remember, your bird needs to gain your trust. Remember that. Think about gaining her trust. You may offer her a delicious treat, but she doesn't know what will happen if she comes up to your hand. Eventually her tummy will tell her to give the treat a try. Still it'll take many tries for her to star...

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Melika... wow you are well informed. OK, here's something I didn't find in the list... horned melon, AKA African cucumber, AKA Kiwana. I read that they were a superfood for eclectus-- I am guessing they would also be ok for IRNs? BTW, I thought it tasted pretty good. The texture is all gel-like and ...

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I did read that black turtle bean are indigestible and even if you sprout them, you should still cook the sprouts for digestive purposes. The sprouting mixes I bought online are very nice. Oats and lentils and chickpeas and sunflower seeds. everyone likes the oat sprouts and I hear they are some of ...

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SkyeBerry, after you figure out all the different kinds of bites, come back and tell me why my bird keeps biting my toes! grabs a whole toe width-wise in his beak and chomps!!!! Cannot help but react to that!!!

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Fats was being cute/annoying this morning...
http://youtu.be/BWi_07Gzjqc

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He is testing you and exploring. He will be doing this to your fingers, toes, ears, etc for the next few months as he explores and tests his boundaries. I would strongly discourage him from biting your cheek. If you can predict when it's about to happen, do something to stop it before it happens--of...

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is it an african ringneck? Here's what I see... the eyes are almost all black and the head is still smallish and round. I'm thinking this bird is pretty young. Unless there wasn't alot of light in these photos and his eyes were just dialated because he couldn't see... The beak is largely black/dark ...

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Bump... I haven't been videoing Fats for a while, but yesterday I got some prime sleep talking

http://youtu.be/542pnZAkvJo

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OH the split peas stuck to the bottom of my feet!!! I have found a MUCH better solution to buying a new vacuum cleaner. Change the bird food. Fats would dig through his food and splash it everywhere in order to pick out the safflour seeds. I know that's what he has been doing. This is the main reaso...

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Has anyone else in the northen hemisphere noticed their male IRN being extra cute and loveable? It was like a switch a few days ago. He hasn't even tried to nibble my toes. I'm highly suspicious of this extreme cuteness.

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So, Fats has been taking flights for the last few days. He usually starts on his cage and flys through the living room to the kitchen where he abruptly is stopped by a wall. (He usually hits it fairly gently, no injuries yet). Saturday I took him to Rentzel's Bird Farm in Red Lion Pennsylvania. Nice...

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I made a little rack to hold my sprouting jars... pictures to come. I started sprouting some of the sproutable things I already have at the house: quinoa, navy beans, safflour seeds, and bean mix (the 15 bean mix soup that I cook up for the birds). The quinoa is sprouted in less than a day. I starte...

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I need a vacuum cleaner that will pick up the dried pieces of corn off the carpet. And the lentils. And can get these things away from the baseboard and the feet of the bird cage without me having to bend down or get on my hands and knees. One that is battery operated might be awesome so I don't hav...

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someone had on their webstie to add citrus seed extract to the sprouts... It's supposed to be antimicrobial

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With the addition to our family of two eclectus parrots, I have been further looking into a variety of fresh foods for the birdies... Sprouts. I found this website--these people seem pretty knowledgable about sprouts. https://sproutpeople.org/ I ordered some large bird mix to sprout. I already have ...

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Please do. I hear they are 5 to 7 years old. From the pictures they look VERY well cared for. Their names: Green and Yellow. I don't know which one we'll keep because we haven't met them yet, but the Bfriend seems to think that one will be enough. We are going to get them Saturday. I hope they aren'...

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It is official, this weekend our family will be growing by two eclectus parrots! We will probably try to rehome one after some period of time.

We are buying their cage too--a 40 by 40 King's cage! Now I really have to get to that furniture rearrangement!!!

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Talking: It's really too soon for him to be talking. My little guy was precocious and he said something very mumbly at 7 months. You can look for my thread of Fats videos in the video section of the forum. There are comments as to his age and his proficiency. Petting: This could take some time. My g...

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I will be sacrificing the large tv to the basement and bringing up the smaller tv to mount over the fireplace. I loose my TV stand, but gain an entire corner of my living room. I will have to look up to the TV, but that's not so bad. I'll have to get some shelves to go against the wall to replace th...

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My boyfriend and I have dicussed getting an eclectus parrot before. When I was just learning about birds before Camo the Qp came to live with us, he talked alot about Ecletus and how he's always wanted one. This may be our chance. I found some very reasonably priced birds--2 males, 5-7 years old-- w...

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So sorry to hear. Peace be with you. He's waiting for you over the rainbow bridge.

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