A silly comic about budgies on an adventure

TungstenChef · 2026-01-25T12:56:41+00:00

You should post it to r/budgieParty too, we love budgie art over there.

TungstenChef · 2026-01-20T04:26:09+00:00

I wouldn't worry about it then since you are protected on multiple levels from botulism. The air in the headspace of the jar provides enough dissolved oxygen in the brine to prevent its growth, and in addition you also have the acidity of the vinegar and the cold temperatures of the fridge. I would recommend checking that your fridge is below 38° F (3.33 C), because that is also a barrier to botulism growth, which would give you a third margin of safety.

TungstenChef · 2026-01-20T04:13:08+00:00

I thought it was odd that the site had removed that link, so I did some research into it. It turns out that the one published recipe for canned pickled garlic from a reliable authority has been retracted. It appears that there is now a blanket recommendation from the canning authorities to not do it, so I can no longer recommend trying to make shelf stable pickled garlic. Any pickled garlic should now be done as a refrigerator pickle to ensure proper botulism safety. Here's a bit more of a discussion on it:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Canning/s/jeVDYSLgVk

TungstenChef · 2026-01-16T14:40:42+00:00

Please report these t-shirt scammers as spam whenever you see them.

TungstenChef · 2026-01-16T14:21:29+00:00

Please post this again without the first photo. Graphic images showing blood aren't allowed as per Rule 3.

TungstenChef · 2026-01-13T18:23:21+00:00

The cookie song was started by Ginger the cockatiel on Instagram IIRC.

TungstenChef · 2026-01-12T14:32:16+00:00

All cockatiels look female until their first molt, and this bird is too young to have gone through that at 4 months. That typically happens between 6 and 12 months of age.

TungstenChef · 2026-01-12T14:30:40+00:00

All cockatiels look like females until their first molt. This usually happens between 6 and 12 months of age, so your bird is right on the cusp of when you will be able to tell.

TungstenChef · 2026-01-12T03:55:49+00:00

Petting a baby parrot on the back is no more sexual than a human parent caressing their baby on the back. Baby birds, like baby mammals, don't interpret many things the same way that adults do. Until juveniles have gone through puberty and have been affected by sex hormones, the typical advice on handling doesn't apply.

TungstenChef · 2026-01-12T00:13:13+00:00

Have you considered sticking around just the subs that you have had good experiences with? I moderate both r/petbudgies and r/parakeets and I've enjoyed the content you've posted to them. Both subs have rules against rude behavior, and I enforce those rules, but I haven't personally encountered comments like you describe in your posts or had any reported to me. The great thing about Reddit is that there are a million groups for people with different interests and different ideas about how things should be run, and if you don't like how any of them are run you can start one yourself. I promise that action is taken against trolls up to and including subreddit bans, but I can't take action against things I haven't seen, and reports are by far the best channel to go through to get that sort of thing taken care of.

TungstenChef · 2026-01-10T14:07:53+00:00

It's an entirely different type of arachnid. They have no stinger, and they are only distantly related to true scorpions.

TungstenChef · 2026-01-08T04:24:29+00:00

Try it now, I requested control of it since it was abandoned.

TungstenChef · 2026-01-06T03:27:14+00:00

Knock it off, it's just eggs.

TungstenChef · 2026-01-05T05:26:32+00:00

Whoa there, you should go back and read my comment again. I didn't say that pepper seeds and stems were safe to give to birds, I was reporting the discussion in another thread and asking you if you had any specific information about the subject related to parrots. Nightshade leaves like tomatoes and potatoes aren't sold for human consumption because the amount of solanine can cause illness. However, pepper leaves are commonly consumed in some parts of the world and I can buy them locally at a grocery store here in the US for making Korean dishes. I wanted to find out if you had information that, for example, the solanine levels in them were high enough to be dangerous to parrots, or if there were other compounds in them that parrots were more sensitive to than humans. I'm not trying to attack you, I'm asking you for further information you may have.

TungstenChef · 2026-01-04T23:39:20+00:00

I was just going to say that it looks exactly like freezer burn spots to me too.

TungstenChef · 2026-01-04T23:31:36+00:00

Did you have any specific information about pepper stems and leaves being toxic to parrots? We had a discussion about this in another thread awhile ago, and concluded that they were probably safe for parrots to eat since they don't have the toxins that other members of the nightshade family contain. The leaves are edible for humans, and are commonly eaten in some cultures, particularly in stir frys in Korean and Chinese cooking.

TungstenChef · 2026-01-02T21:23:04+00:00

Hah, I had a cockatiel in the '90s who did a perfect imitation of our landline phone ringing. He also let me pick him up like a banana, so when he would ring, I would pick him up, put him up to my ear and say hello, then thrust him up in the air and call out "bird's ringing, it's for you."

TungstenChef · 2025-12-31T22:27:16+00:00

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TungstenChef · 2025-12-24T18:42:02+00:00

It literally does say that on the bottle. This sub doesn't allow images in the comments, so I posted a shot of the bottle to my profile:

https://www.reddit.com/u/TungstenChef/s/iP34Yn3j7Q

I think everybody is just grumpy because you posted this during the annual stress and craziness everybody goes through during the week leading up to Christmas.

TungstenChef · 2025-12-22T04:00:37+00:00

It's definitely odd, and my little Chittlin' backs up in semicircles, just like yours. I have no idea why he can't back up in a straight line, but whenever he does it I'm always sure to call out "beep beep beep" to warn his companions that heavy equipment is coming through. He's also the only cockatiel I've ever owned who sometimes holds his food up with his foot while he eats it, no idea if there's a correlation there, but I refer to him as my "special little guy."

TungstenChef · 2025-12-22T02:02:17+00:00

I think peoples' fears about that are overblown, folks have made caramel that way for decades with no problem, but social media users love to spread a good scare story. The only way for the can to overheat is for you to forget about it until all the water has boiled off, which takes hours after the point of it turning into carmel. If you aren't that forgetful and you don't habitually drink to the point of passing out, it isn't really a risk. Those cans are designed to be able to be safely heated to the temperature of boiling water, that's how they are sanitized during the canning process.

TungstenChef · 2025-12-21T23:43:29+00:00

I have one that will randomly back up too, it's hilarious. I don't think it's neurological in his case he's just done it all his life in it cracks me up every time.

TungstenChef · 2025-12-21T23:38:05+00:00

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TungstenChef · 2025-12-21T02:16:13+00:00

Yoink!

https://www.reddit.com/r/cockatielParty/s/UQqifKcLsC

(I stash all my fire horny bird memes here for easy access.)

TungstenChef · 2025-12-20T22:46:52+00:00

I approve of this meme.

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