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Julie White
Flier
Joined: 17 Nov 2005
Posts: 421
Location: Staines, England |
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Tim was a joy yesterday, he has some toys on the bottom of his cage, 2 bells and a cardboard centre from kitchen roll, well he was giving them hell yesterday, picking the bells up and throwing them around, pouncing on the kitchen roll, running round the bottom of the cage, climbing up and pouncing again. He must have been playing for close on 2 hours like this taking short breaks and starting again. I think it's because the weather changed and it's a bit cooler after the thunder storms, also he likes to untie knots so has lots of rope toys. He looks so funny when he runs, a bit like a goosestep, I was laughing all afternoon  |
Sunday July 30, 2006 12:05 pm |
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Fluffy Sue
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
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That must have been wonderful to see!  Don't you have any footage of him having a ball?
I think it might just be the weather. Over here they're more active too! |
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Sunday July 30, 2006 1:11 pm |
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Julie White
Flier
Joined: 17 Nov 2005
Posts: 421
Location: Staines, England |
Hi Sue unfortunately if I put a camera near Tim he freezes, I think with him being wild caught he's more sensitive to things like that, I'll try and find the instructions to my digital camera as I think it may have a webcam facility and if it's in place all the time he may start to ignore it. |
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Sunday July 30, 2006 1:40 pm |
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Cathy
Kamikaze pilot
Joined: 02 Apr 2005
Posts: 6673
Location: Omaha, NE USA |
Oh, it sounds like both of you had a great time Julie! It's so funny, we often talk about keeping our birds entertained, but so often it's the other way around, huh? Or, I guess more of a mutual thing!
Anyway, it's great to see them so happy  |
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Sunday July 30, 2006 1:45 pm |
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Julie White
Flier
Joined: 17 Nov 2005
Posts: 421
Location: Staines, England |
Hi Cathy, I know I'm a bit daft but I get emotional when I see him play like that and I remember what he used to be like, he's very loving in his funny little way and whe I scritch his cheek he regurgitates for my finger, the other fids regurgitate looking at my face, he's a bit confused. |
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Sunday July 30, 2006 6:32 pm |
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Cathy
Kamikaze pilot
Joined: 02 Apr 2005
Posts: 6673
Location: Omaha, NE USA |
Awww, you're not daft at all!! You are just so happy to see that you have made your little sweetie a very happy birdie You have done wonderful by him & I can certainly understand your emotions! He's very lucky! |
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Sunday July 30, 2006 10:50 pm |
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Julie White
Flier
Joined: 17 Nov 2005
Posts: 421
Location: Staines, England |
Thanks Cathy for the lovely things you said. It's been a good experience to have Tim and see him recover over time, I feel priviledged to have him but I do hope that the trade in wild caught birds ends soon, he was lucky to survive and probably his little flock was wiped out, apparently 1 in 3 survive, anyway I'll be getting emotional again if I think about it. |
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Sunday July 30, 2006 11:53 pm |
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sentiels3
Experienced flier
Joined: 12 Oct 2005
Posts: 1312
Location: Joliet, Ill |
go ahead and get emotional Julie, you have the right to after helping turn Tim's life around. sounds like he is having a grand ole time. Pepper will play in her cage for hrs on end too. I just sit and watch her. She's soooo cute when she plays hard and kicks birdy butt on her toys.
we are having a big heat wave here, been in high 90's almost 100 with heat indexs of 104 or more. it just takes your breath away when outside.   |
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Monday July 31, 2006 6:42 am |
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Julie White
Flier
Joined: 17 Nov 2005
Posts: 421
Location: Staines, England |
Hi Sentiels, we've been having a heatwave here but because we had thunder storms last week it's a lot more bearable, but my dog Aimee is terrified of thunder and has to have tranquillisers when it's stormy. I can get a bit emotional when I think about Tim and what he went through, I can't understand why there has to be so much cruelty but I guess I'm not the only one there. Sites like this one educate people about the care of birds and the pitfalls there are, but considering how common keeping parrots and birds is now I think there should be more information about the cruelty that can be involved given out via TV radio and the press, sorry my soapbox is out again and I can get a bit preachy. |
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Monday July 31, 2006 3:59 pm |
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sentiels3
Experienced flier
Joined: 12 Oct 2005
Posts: 1312
Location: Joliet, Ill |
Preachy is good, people have got to learn and do research on bird ownership. I keep telling my sister to take better care of her bird Sharkey. I'm the one who buys him toys and gives him bird treats. I even yell at my sister when she doesn't keep Sharkey's cage clean and give him fresh water. The larger birds love to make bird soup, I end up changing Pepper's water at least 6 times a day. I want her to stay healthy. Keeping birds is different than cats and dogs. I'm glad I did research on birds before getting mine. I keep learning new things all the time.
I just love my birds and would love more but I know that 3 is the maximum I can handle and give proper care to.
This is a good site to learn from. I'm so glad I came across it. |
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Monday July 31, 2006 11:20 pm |
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sentiels3
Experienced flier
Joined: 12 Oct 2005
Posts: 1312
Location: Joliet, Ill |
 Oh Julie, it is very hot here today. We even lost power in a wide area due to overload at power company. Luckily it came back on by 5:30pm when we got home from taking the birds for their checkups and wing/nail clippings. little Kacey had to get a calcium shot due to her excessive egg laying. She is very subdued now. Pepper is also quiet and not eating her dinner right now. by tommorrow they will be all better. |
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Monday July 31, 2006 11:24 pm |
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Julie White
Flier
Joined: 17 Nov 2005
Posts: 421
Location: Staines, England |
Hi Sentiels, don't know if this reply will appear as I seem to be getting the Dutch site up at the moment but here goes. Hope you solve the problem with Kaceys egg laying soon, have you tried shortening the daylight hours or putting a mirror in the places where she lays so that she thinks there's another female tiel there? it's just a tip I read somewhere. Some parts of London have had power cuts but it's been ok here although strangely for England we have a draught and there is a hosepipe ban in the south. I had trouble getting photos to show on the computer but pushing the refresh button seems to help. |
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Tuesday August 1, 2006 8:47 am |
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sentiels3
Experienced flier
Joined: 12 Oct 2005
Posts: 1312
Location: Joliet, Ill |
Hi Julie, its been a week since birds went to vet. Kacey was very sore after getting her calcium shot and could hardly move. it was heartbreaking to see her try to get around.
we have done just about everything to get her to stop laying eggs. vet said that some female birds just lay eggs no matter what you do. we just have to make sure she never gets egg bound or lacks in calcium or good food to eat.
today she is finally back to her perky self and walking without difficulty. she flew off the ladder and broke one of her short tail feathers that was growing in, she also lost her one big tail feather at the vets, it didn't break but came out of the follicle. I don't think Kacey will ever have a tail. |
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