Q&A July 2024
Added 2024-07-30 13:50:20 +0000 UTCAnswering all your questions this month from this post.
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Thank you!! Great questions and answers 🙏🙏 my lovebird Buddy is weighing 47-48g before food. She use to be 50g and vet said she is a little heavy then for her size. But I do know the key part so help reduce biting hopefully. But I also am afraid to feed her less cuz she gets very aggressive is she wants food. She acts like she’s starving a lot even with adding more treats, but maybe she is getting. Too many seeds now (after hearing small birds need a 10% seed daily) and I don’t know how to measure that. And she won’t eat every crumb of pellets at night. Anywho! I want to do a consult soon after I get more help for my space. Just moved to a studio for financial reasons so I also know her sleep has changed. Thank you guys for all you do!
Tia
2024-08-01 17:38:30 +0000 UTCGreat advice!
BirdTricks
2024-08-01 13:09:02 +0000 UTCWow, thank you 🥰 getting lots of sunshine in my daily routine 😉
BirdTricks
2024-08-01 13:08:52 +0000 UTCHello and thanks from the hot South filled with cicadas! At 26 minutes, you answered my question. I can tell from their "bathtubs" that they have bathed but never knew how to introduce the spray. Will try your suggestion - through the bars while they are bathing themselves. BTW - you looked beautiful in this video next to your sweetheart.
LynnATLGA
2024-08-01 05:12:17 +0000 UTCI have handled birds that "sharpen" their claws, including my albino Quaker. Her nails are not very long at all but were razor sharp, just like her beak. She has actually chewed the tip of some of her perches to look like the tip of a pencil...super sharp! Because she is so tiny and her nails are already short I do not use a Dremel on her, instead I installed a pumice perch in her cage and that rubs the tip of her nails just enough to make then less sharp. I use the "safety" on made by 'sweet beak & feet' . For a bird with longer nails or just a larger species, I think using a nail file or Dremel would be a good way to just blunt the tips.
Jennifer Perez
2024-08-01 03:41:33 +0000 UTCGreat contribution! I hope everyone reads this, Julie! Thank you!!
BirdTricks
2024-07-31 18:25:28 +0000 UTCIt might take some experimentation for the java tree. I always had different ones set up differently for different birds. Blueberry loved mahogany pods and toys that would hang and give her privacy in her favorite roosting spots... Prim lovessss palm leave toys and mostly large size ones she can actually get and stand on lol and Monet lovesss the Cressi cruncher type toys in all sizes. So just watching them and seeing what they gravitate to! It will help.
BirdTricks
2024-07-31 18:25:02 +0000 UTCI use little bowls and put portions of their fresh food in them all around the back porch for the little birds to fly around and find them to eat! It's so cute to see them utilize the whole porch.
BirdTricks
2024-07-31 18:22:14 +0000 UTCThank you. All answers are helpful. I am going to change the toys on my birdstand with each bird's favorite foraging / chewing toys, so they would spend longer time on the birdstand. I have been able to trick my flock to play with / forage from their toys ( and remain quiet for several hours) inside their cages, once I figured out each birds' favorite toys, and stuff some treats / pellets inside the toys.
Sofiana Kusuma
2024-07-31 15:35:27 +0000 UTCThank you Jamie and Dave for your answer:) Yep the goffin is for sure the one that gets more in trouble lol! But the greys used to like hanging out in my curtain…. And have a few bites of the window frame…… Now I have set my curtains inside the window frame so it’s not interesting to land there anymore…… but I still feel the Java tree is not that exciting either…. I will try setting up pellets in paper balls and see where it leads us. Also my galah has the opposite problem lol…. I have been working with Kim to have him come out of his cage and interact lol he is far from what a galah should be! lol He was a breeding bird and did a bunch of home where no one took the time to interact with him….. he is for sure a project:) I have to say since I ask my question there has been some progress with the greys and the Java tree….. will apply your recommendation, and see what Kim’s thinks on my next consult :). Thank you for all your devoted time it’s gladly appreciated.
Geneviève Bénard
2024-07-31 01:56:28 +0000 UTCI got my Hahn's, Lucy, from a shelter where I was volunteering; at the time, I was helping with 2x daily cage paper changes and watering/feeding. There were approximately 400 different birds; about 25 were staff-only handle. Every day, I paid attention to every bird's behavior: did they vocalize loudly when I passed their cage? Who never came to the front of the cage? Who panicked regularly, and who seemed to roll with the environment best? Who was curious, without aggression? Who appreciated my singing and dancing (this really narrowed things down!)? Which birds felt most at ease with me, and I with them? I fully agree that while various species have some generalities that stick, every bird is a study of one. Lucy was somewhat shy, but also curious; when I opened her cage, she would move to the back while I changed her papers and food, and then move back to the front to watch while I moved on to the next cage. She vocalized, but not constantly. Not all rescue birds have been through great traumas (many have been well-cared for and loved family companions until there was a death or serious illness requiring them to be rehomed, for example) -- but some are. Be honest with yourself about what you can take on/take home, and which birds you can help most by working with them as a volunteer at the shelter.
Julie K
2024-07-30 16:32:39 +0000 UTC
