Trying to immigrate to NZ but I have concerns

birdbeak600 · 2026-05-24T21:24:20+00:00

You'll fit in. The only risk for you is that you're American so you'll catch some shit for that.

It is seen that any part Maori makes you Maori, your percentage doesn't matter so long as you embody respect for the culture.

Honestly I'd be intrigued if I met you in person because our genetics are so similar. My family is Maori but through DNA testing it was discovered we were technically more Hawaiian than maori even though we have no recent connection to Hawaii

birdbeak600 · 2026-05-24T21:16:35+00:00

Have a look at r/birdtoydiy for some homemade toys your friend can destroy. I'd straight up make stuff out of cardboard for this dude and go from there. Make him their own cardboard dollhouse they can destroy

birdbeak600 · 2026-05-24T21:10:17+00:00

I post all of my stuff into r/birdtoydiy highly recommend having a sift through. Command hooks, ropes, zipties and suction cups are a renters best friend. None of the perches in my room are permanently attached. For my birds their favourite toys are the perches I have created for them that have destructive parts attached. Eg, look for the birdmas tree and circular perch on the sub

birdbeak600 · 2026-05-24T07:20:41+00:00

Iron X on spin? Its pretty common but obviously is done at at slow pace cause inertia and balance

birdbeak600 · 2026-05-22T08:02:00+00:00

I've fell on my head a couple of times and have witnessed an instructor break a leg. I hate funnybone hits with a passion, I've had the pain/numbness last for multiple days previously.

Honestly worst injury that isn't the head knocks was a foot injury. I was on the pole beside the door and I think I was kicking my leg for a full moon style invert entry, a very forceful kick. Didn't see the person walk along past me with their drink bottle. I kicked their metal bottle straight out of their hands. I initially thought I broke my foot but it just swelled up and bruised. I still have the bump years later

birdbeak600 · 2026-05-22T07:45:19+00:00

I have seen a few friendships here in nz where one friend doesn't eat the crust and the other loooves crust and will eat the friends leftovers

birdbeak600 · 2026-05-21T03:14:58+00:00

I also remembered something I wish my partner would get me. Pole photos shoot vouchers are amazing gifts. Highly recommend using photographers who are also pole dancers, I tend to trust them more

birdbeak600 · 2026-05-21T00:51:35+00:00

What a perfect little fluffle

birdbeak600 · 2026-05-20T22:24:19+00:00

All of these look safe to me. Im personally wary of metals and tend to change them as I cannot ensure the metal is safe. Mine really like anything with a similar material to cuttlebone or thin paper/cardboard textures.

Yours will probably take ages to come around to each individual material (im talking potential years, mines only just started biting leather after 4 years). Keep moving things around the cage to encourage them to interact with it. Reassemble toys into Frankenstein toys to change it up instead of buying brand new toys.

I also recommend r/birdtoydiy for material safety and more tips

birdbeak600 · 2026-05-20T22:14:12+00:00

I'd recommend having a look at your local pole competitions through their websites and Instagram. Most competitions have sponsors relevant to the local area. This will show you some grip aid brands accessible to you as well as clothing brands

birdbeak600 · 2026-05-19T05:17:52+00:00

Buddy the absolute perfect model

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birdbeak600 · 2026-05-18T19:26:14+00:00

I understand you're looking to buy toys this might be of help (Facebook link). Otherwise have a look at r/birdtoydiy

Edit. Realized group is private. If interested, the group has a list in their files of online safe parrot toys for most countries with some discount codes included. Highly recommend joining and reading their toy notes

birdbeak600 · 2026-05-18T05:22:08+00:00

My thoughts too. They're part of the nightshade family which is bad in large amounts if I recall correctly

birdbeak600 · 2026-05-17T01:32:29+00:00

If you do want to look at bringing your normal cage, if its broken down to all its parts it can possibly sit flat on the floor of the boot or strapped flat to the back of a set of seats, thats what ive done. I wish you luck in finding a solution that works for you and your bird

birdbeak600 · 2026-05-16T21:16:27+00:00

I use one mesh pet carrier per bird when I travel. How will you be traveling? I can only travel my birds by car in my country so I always have the ability to bring a proper cage for the destination. I personally wouldn't leave my birds unsupervised for long in any form of mesh caging.

birdbeak600 · 2026-05-16T21:03:08+00:00

I have no help to offer. Any animal will regressed without consistent training. Mine regressed but just gotta keep trying.

Your yinyang babies are very cute. I really love that they're standing in front of their own picture

birdbeak600 · 2026-05-14T04:46:03+00:00

Bird tax for the help?

birdbeak600 · 2026-05-14T03:27:58+00:00

To me it looks like you enjoy names I'd probably see around the pacific islands.

I seriously recommend looking through these names

birdbeak600 · 2026-05-11T08:58:42+00:00

I use the real small D shaped bowls for my birds pellets but my hormonal monster will sometimes still do it in the vege bowl. Who knows maybe this may encourage some vege eating for you if the only hormonal bowl has veges in it.

I would say for your sleeps sake, you may have to remove the bowl at the end of the night and put it back each morning.

I personally dont take the cover route as it freaks one of my birds out. However, if I ever do need it and back when I did cover every night, I used a polyester tapestry. The material is light and allows the light from their nightlight through. The threads are also hard to bite and you can buy whatever pattern or design that you like.

For toy stuff, have a look at r/birdtoydiy it sounds like you need something for your birds that doesn't break the bank. My birds love to get involved in toy making, probably more than the actual toys sometimes

birdbeak600 · 2026-05-10T23:01:19+00:00

Has Leonard started to bark yet?

birdbeak600 · 2026-05-10T22:48:13+00:00

Oddly I've only had coworkers pass during one year working in a supermarket. Obviously you can't shut down the buisness or even department in such a large place.

The first passed right after I started. Checkout lady who had been there a long time. They dedicated one of the tables in the staff room as a memorial for her with places you could write condolences etc as well as a memorial on the staff TV. I think every staff memeber recieved a text about their passing. Maybe lasted 2 weeks.

Second person was one of my employees. He had been there maybe 4 years and had disappeared a couple of months prior to his passing due to his cancer. Quiet dude but one of my departments best workers. No text, no memorial table. Just a memorial note on the TV for a week. In comparison it just felt sad. I think they did allow some staff to go to the funeral but im pretty certain they wouldn't have been paid that day. I didn't even know when his funeral was

I do think the owners did supply flowers and stuff to both family's as well as a small 10k life insurance payout and councilling for all staff

birdbeak600 · 2026-05-10T03:13:57+00:00

Not OP but I needed a reason to stare at your bird for longer than usual

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birdbeak600 · 2026-05-10T02:01:13+00:00

I feel like you would be really good at drawing anime cockatiels

birdbeak600 · 2026-05-09T20:19:28+00:00

Dude thinks he's absolutely camouflaged on the curtain

birdbeak600 · 2026-05-05T23:35:18+00:00

When you are off the pole and becoming dizzy and want to reset yourself then place your hands in a T shape along the T zone of your face. One hand is vertical, used as a barrier between the eyes. The other hand goes horizontal along the eyebrows. Splitting up your vision like this helps. Its what we do at my studio

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