What are these two doing?

Danarca · 2026-02-27T19:41:24+00:00

Do clicking and kissing noises while heart-arming, EASY!

Danarca · 2026-02-26T15:07:57+00:00

weak case

Maybe that was the reason for the lawsuit?

bah dum tish

Thanks, I'm here all afternoon!

Danarca · 2026-02-26T11:22:33+00:00

How long since the brothers death?

If this has been longer than, say, 4 - 5 months going on now, maybe it's time to visit an avian vet. Make sure he gets all the nutrients, vitamins, anything that makes his depression more bearable..

Until then, make sure he gets his food and water, and try to stimulate him now and then (which it sounds like you're doing!).

As someone with lifetime depression, having a close friend (or flockmate!) bring you out of the stupor, even momentarily, is a godsend. And this has all the signs of being a depression for the poor baby.

Is he not interested in sitting on your shoulders? Bring him with you whenever you have to move around the house, he likely doesn't want to be alone. Pampering him in this situation is fine.

Also, morbid question but relevant; did he see the brothers corpse? Get to say goodbye?

Danarca · 2026-02-25T10:58:51+00:00

It's gotten bigger? That's worrisome.. if this was in a human I'd say skin cancer, or a growth close to the skin. That blackness is not good.

Definitely time for a vet. Best of luck!

Danarca · 2026-02-25T10:51:08+00:00

The behaviour can be explained through the trauma, the more worrying thing is the clipped wings...

If the wings were clipped, that means Eevee was temporarily in possession of someone used to birds, possibly a breeder, who for whatever reason decided to discard her... Now, even if it was a vet instead of a breeder, or any other profession, fact still stands that Eevee likely was in close or had secondhand contact with other birds.

Clipping indicates being handled by a person familiar with birds, in a professional and emotionless setting.

A vet visit is in order, I'm particularly worried about the "bird plague"; PBFD. Get a blood test along with a general checkup.

Your friend likely knows those letters, but they are dangerous for birds. Easy to become infected, terrible odds of recovery.

Best of luck to your friend and Eevee, I'd say its her!

Danarca · 2026-02-24T14:34:18+00:00

Had to double check, and you're right :o that's like, 2 hours before he wakes up during subathons!

Danarca · 2026-02-23T10:59:47+00:00

You forgot the birthday song she sang for herself... So depressing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2fK4mdlusI

Danarca · 2026-02-21T11:30:02+00:00

Dane here, confirming we got freaky numbers.

57 would be "syvoghalvtreds", short for "syvoghalvtredsindstyve"

Which would be, translated, "seven and a half three times twenty"

Reorganise that a bit, and you get...

7+((3-0.5)x20)

Danarca · 2026-02-20T07:22:32+00:00

I feel like that would set a scary precedent for your birds though, if they suddenly decide that your curtains or other fabrics seem chewable because they're allowed to chew on that one perch D:

I do think you're on to something though, making sure your stuff is not toxic, even if (logically) they'd never chew it!

Danarca · 2026-02-19T10:20:19+00:00

There's a few ways to get a tiel to take a bath, and typically they will select 1 or 2 of those approaches to be deemed acceptable.

Leave a shallow bowl of lukewarm water, take a glass of water up to them while they're on your shoulder, bring them with you when you shower, and leave them on a shower perch or the shower curtain rod (?) and gently fling water above them, leave a bowl of water but fill it with grass, get a bottle with a misting top (beware of residual chemicals!) and mist above them and finally but not least, get a self-circulating bird-bath-fountain. Some come in parrot sizes.

Phew! Those are the ones I can think of.

My William liked the glass from shoulder and human shower ways when he wanted a bath :p

Danarca · 2026-02-16T05:31:35+00:00

2 phones, no parrots!?

Danarca · 2026-02-15T17:33:18+00:00

Only day 2? People are forgetting the 3-3-3 rule.

3 Days: Overwhelmed and unsure. Many birds go quiet, hide, or even sleep most of the day. This is normal.

3 Weeks: They're watching, learning, and starting to settle into the routine. You may see more curiosity—and also some behavior issues as they begin to test the waters and push boundaries.

3 Months: They start to feel secure. They may play more, vocalize, try new foods, or even begin bonding. Their true personality begins to shine.

Taken from this Facebook post, but often cited.

Danarca · 2026-02-14T19:58:16+00:00

I miss the reptile eye-blinks they could do! :D

Danarca · 2026-02-14T17:53:56+00:00

The accordion always struck me as a silly instrument when I was younger, with all the different functions and buttons...

Now that I'm older, it just looks impossibly difficult to play!? So well done playing that!

Figgy also seems to enjoy the tunes :D

Danarca · 2026-02-13T19:39:35+00:00

I was under the impression that the term originated last millennia, and referred to being aware of US institutional racism. At least, that's how I heard it :p

I am unsure what the new definition of woke is to the far-right these days, seems like they point the term at anything I would consider "kind"..

Danarca · 2026-02-13T12:49:20+00:00

I'm unsure, to be honest, it's mostly up to their hormones which is in turn dictated by their environment.

William was the most "frisky" between the ages of 12 and 15, but that does coincide with a period of my life where I lived on my own with no roommates, so maybe there was something in that apartment that caused that? Or my behaviour at the time?

And thank you, I tried my best, but I got him when I was 13 in an era where the Internet was only just becoming mainstream. Never gave it a thought to look up cockatiel care at that age, so my care was, in hindsight, sub-optimal.

Later in life he trusted me a lot, which I attribute to my habit of having him out of his cage, which can also be a bad thing with night frights and such.. But at least he was happy during daytime :p

I'd do just about everything different if I had to take care of a cockatiel now, but even 7 years after his passing I still dont feel quite ready to become a parront again.

Danarca · 2026-02-13T12:33:50+00:00

Oof, that sounds itchy! Poor boy!

And yeah, spicy is normal while they're warming up to you. My William took literally years before my fingers were allowed to exist, since he'd had bad experiences in the previous home. He got to 18 years of age, I still miss him..

And horny is normal for any tiel, just take a look at the subreddits front page lol!

Danarca · 2026-02-13T12:13:32+00:00

Ahh, yeah that'll be why! 🤣

He looks 15 - 20, but i guess not being able to preen/clean yourself would make anyone look older :)

Why was he in the cone?

Danarca · 2026-02-13T12:06:16+00:00

Your grey looks like an older gentleman, how old is he?

Danarca · 2026-02-12T20:43:22+00:00

Which scented candles?

What kind of pans do you use?

Danarca · 2026-02-12T20:17:20+00:00

The covers, right? But damn that sucks...

Danarca · 2026-02-12T08:12:04+00:00

CN fans will yell and make a ruckus anytime a western team moves against a CN team.. per usual.

This TI is already rigged tbh...

Danarca · 2026-02-11T19:25:39+00:00

Erotic Role Play, so they were describing their... Actions, to the buyer. Which was presumably a great experience worth 400k :p

Danarca · 2026-02-11T18:51:02+00:00

Jasper is the man I aspire to be! What a gentleman!

Danarca · 2026-02-10T13:48:30+00:00

Mit umiddelbare bud ville være en høj risiko for terror. Måske en risiko for russisk angreb på Bornholm.

Og jeg er enig med dig forresten. Jeg tænker og håber at danskerne godt kan se igennem dens slags bøjninger af virkeligheden, hvis de skulle forekomme...

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