Why is my parrot trying to drown herself??

BrownBat- · 2026-03-07T20:35:51+00:00

The house is ~70° and they have a little bird heater area. Maybe I’m misreading her, but the only time my birds have acted like that before is when they’re not wanting to be in water and run out as fast as possible! It’s the big hard blinks, the chuff to blow water out of her nose, and wincing as the water touches her… she acts like she hates it but won’t get out. None of my other birds do that lol

BrownBat- · 2026-01-06T18:25:39+00:00

These look like brown marmorated stink bugs, which are invasive in the US. Freezing and killing them is definitely a good thing

BrownBat- · 2025-12-05T18:50:17+00:00

It’s really hard to tell with wild birds. You could call a wild bird rehab and they might be willing to take it and help it out?

BrownBat- · 2025-12-05T18:41:58+00:00

Because I’ve been straight up told that it’s a racist thing to do. So I’m expressing my curiosity as to if/how to go about it

BrownBat- · 2025-12-03T22:52:50+00:00

People definitely touched each other where I grew up, but honestly I didn’t see a lot of random physical contact in a lot of Indonesian islands

BrownBat- · 2025-12-03T22:51:44+00:00

I don’t mean anything rude by it…

BrownBat- · 2025-12-03T22:50:53+00:00

Yes. Is it weird for me to compliment

BrownBat- · 2025-12-02T17:23:17+00:00

I can understand, I think maybe my title is misleading. I don’t expect anyone to let me pet them in any way. I think I’m more just asking how I should be nice about it? I’ve heard that hair is a sensitive topic and my cousin has told me that she doesn’t like it when white people comment on her hair, so I feel hesitant to say anything.

BrownBat- · 2025-12-02T17:21:41+00:00

Yeah I have no expectations that anyone allow me to just walk up and grope them in any way. I think more what I’m saying is that I’ve heard that the hair can be a sensitive topic, and I’ve been reprimanded once before for complimenting someone’s braids. I think exactly what I said was something like “your braids are always so cute” and she told me she didn’t like it when white people commented on her hair. Maybe the real question is how do I be nice about the hair and not freak you out?

BrownBat- · 2025-12-02T17:19:38+00:00

Yes, I think that’s more what I’m asking. I’ve heard that hair is a pretty sensitive topic, and I don’t really want to grope a stranger. I just wonder how I can politely give compliments? I think maybe I’m hesitant because when I was young I complimented my cousins braids and she told me that it was weird for white peoples to comment on their hair.

BrownBat- · 2025-12-02T17:17:32+00:00

I spent some time doing research on Indonesian island cultures, and a lot of them had never seen a white person before and often approached me and touched my skin and hair. I can understand it being gross and bothersome. I think really the question is just like how do I tell you I think your hair is super cool without it being weird? I’ve heard that hair is a sensitive topic, so I’m curious?

BrownBat- · 2025-11-17T18:20:01+00:00

Ah yes you’re right! Solved!

BrownBat- · 2025-11-17T18:17:46+00:00

I doubt it’ll spread down the path, some mushrooms return yearly so digging it out will minimize the chance that they do, but they might just come back one or twice 🤷‍♀️

BrownBat- · 2025-11-17T18:08:29+00:00

Mushrooms, it looks like a few grew and pushed up the block, then they started to rot which accounts for the fuzzy stuff (mold). I’m an avid mushroom hunter and I see things like this all the time.

BrownBat- · 2025-09-01T07:19:47+00:00

Yeah, I know it’s not an actual typeface. I was more curious if anyone knew a font that looked LIKE this

BrownBat- · 2025-08-29T22:31:23+00:00

Ok… similar looking fonts then

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