Parrots
Parrots!
Hello parrot lovers! This is c/parrots, a community for parrot owners and anyone that appreciate parrots.
There will be some useful resources here or on a stickied post sometime in the future.
Rules
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Don't be a jerk. Do be helpful, kind, supportive and informative.
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No NSFW images. This is a forum for celebrating parrots and a resource for information about parrots. It's okay to post a question about you bird's health but please don't include an image with it. If you think your bird is sick, you need to go to an avian veterinarian.
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No images of animals in unsafe situations. This includes but is not limited to images of parrots with predators (dogs and cats), images of parrots unsecured in a moving vehicle, images of parrots outside without proper restraint or free-flight training.
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Rules are subject to change in the future because I have no idea what I'm doing.
Related communities
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/c/cockatiel: A community for cockatiel content.
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/c/backyardchickens: A community about backyard chickens and other birds commonly found on homesteads.
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/c/birding: A community for those that enjoy watching wild birds in their native habitats.
Note about Moderators
If you are an original r/parrots mod, please send me a message on Reddit from your mod account with your lemmy username. I have no interest in being a mod but I wanted to get this community up and running.
If you are interested in becoming a mod, please send me a message!
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Aww Marty! Did the behavioural study come through in the end? Really curious about that.
We never got around to it, no. We were preparing to do a trial of Fluoxetine (Prozac), but the compounding pharmacy said that they weren’t able to make a dose small enough to have room to titrate for his tiny little body. Our next plan was to try Clomipramine, but the whole wild fire thing happened. Marty lost his tail and has been absolutely exhausted while re-growing it. He hasn’t been exhibiting as much hormonal behaviour because he’s sleeping so often. Once he’s back to normal, we’ll consider trying Clomipramine.
Oh no I just read about the fire! I'm glad all of you are alright now. It must've been so traumatic for you and the poor birbies. :(
My African Grey was definitely traumatized. He (understandably) developed some separation anxiety. From his perspective, he was alone for 14 hours, in the dark (because the power was out), then there was a big scary noise in the middle of the night and strangers kidnapped him.
Marty’s emotionally unaffected. I took both birds out in their carriers to a pet-friendly shop the other day (trying to teach them that carriers don’t always mean they’re going somewhere bad) and Marty said “Hi Marty” to everything.
Awww Marty, he sounds like my own 'tiel: Very outgoing, will want to say hi or visit everyone they come into contact with.
I hope your African Grey will get better soon. I realise I never learned their name!
My African Grey's name is Theodore; Theo for short. He's a very "standard" parrot. Theo is curious and destructive, but afraid of new things and afraid of new people. I'm sure that he'll get better with time. He just needs to see that we won't abandon him again. I know that none of what happened was my fault, but I still feel guilty about it, especially when I get frustrated with him. I have to keep reminding myself that we're both trying to recover.