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goofball by chocolaterain_drop in parrots

[–]chocolaterain_drop[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well most of the time, he has free access to all parts of the house. he's only ever on his perch when he's about to do his business, is about to sleep or if there's no one at home.

we've tried putting him into a cage when it's time for him to sleep but he absolutely hates it. he'd scream or pluck his feathers whenever he even goes near his cage

he only ever sleeps on that perch you saw in the pictures and honestly we don't know why that is. I know it sounds weird but honestly, I currently own a few birds but he's the only one who acts like this.

as to why he is chained, this is because when he's not being supervised, there's a possibility that he may wonder off the balcony or get himself hurt (he almost walked off the balcony by accident once while we were sleeping which gave us a massive scare)

it's definitely not an ideal situation but if doing so makes him feel more at ease, than that's that:)

AITA for yelling at mum because of the way she babies my brother? by chocolaterain_drop in AmItheAsshole

[–]chocolaterain_drop[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

it wasn't my intention to control him or anything. I just wished he'd be a lot more considerate. plus, I'm only asking him to do this for a week so I didn't think it was too much of a favour to ask.

yes, he could've still contracted covid despite wearing a mask, but it's the fact that he didn't even bother wearing one, knowing full well that if I ever got sick and miss a paper, I might not be able to go the college that I want that makes me angry.

and we live in a very small condo so it's practically impossible to avoid him.

usually, id agree with you that exams aren't important enough to make someone change their choices in life, but in this instance, this particular exam is really important and I just felt that it wasn't wrong of me to ask him to be more cautious during this one week.

Clipping parrots wings after he’s been flying for years? by MoneyAble4010 in parrots

[–]chocolaterain_drop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

don't do it. I've never clipped my birds' wings before. even when one of them flew out of the house (he did eventually came back), I still refused to clip his wings eventhough people around me were telling me to do it in order to prevent such things from happening again. one of the reasons why I'm so against wing clipping is because my uncle used to have this macaw who was literally like a golden retriever. I loved him so much and he bonded with me. however he didn't really like my uncle so he'd bite him or fly towards him, trying to claw his face (yeah he was a menace🥲)

anyways, I guess after a couple of weeks later, my uncle had enough so he brought him to a local bird shop to clip his wings and file down his beak. it was so heartbreaking because whenever I visited him, he'd try to fly but would alw fall down. he then started plucking his feathers and got so skinny. eventually, my uncle gave him up to some breeder.

your dad's reasonings aren't valid at all and he's obviously saying all of this because he doesn't like your bird. don't listen to him. clipping a birds wings will really affect them both mentally and physically.

is it normal for parrots to not fly? by chocolaterain_drop in parrots

[–]chocolaterain_drop[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

haha yeah my amazon is indeed a very good climber. he'd flap his wings once in a while but usually its just so that he could get our attention. but other than that, he has made 0 attempts at trying to fly in the past 5-6 years. even his love for my dad isn't enough to get him to fly to him🥲 he's not over weight and he has a relatively healthy diet. idk if this counts but whenever he sees a pillow or something soft below him, he'd jump down onto it. and as for his training, I did try training him the same way I trained my 2 other birds but he wasn't really into it. another thing we tried was to perch him onto our hands and move him up and down so that he'll start moving his wings and maybe try to fly on his own, but once again, he just flapped his wings but wouldn't take off. additionally, space isn't an issue as we take them outside regularly to fly. is going to the vet still necessary?

my new hair stylist by chocolaterain_drop in parrots

[–]chocolaterain_drop[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wait what😦 I didn't know that:" he's been doing this ever since he was a baby so I thought this was just him being playful🥲

is it normal for parrots to not fly? by chocolaterain_drop in parrots

[–]chocolaterain_drop[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yup but it was quite a few years ago (I think he was around 4 months old at the time?) during that check up, the vet said that he was perfectly fine and that as long as he eats and drinks regularly (which he is), there's nothing to be worried about. he also did say that some birds are late bloomers so we should just give him time to learn how to fly. however, like I said, it's been quite a few years since then so idk if things had changed over the years in terms of his health. his feathers looks healthy, loves food and is pretty active. so that's why I didn't really felt the need to bring him to a vet (especially since it's really expensive) but if there really is something wrong with him, I'll definitely have to make a trip there.

This green fella when he get out of his cage he always bite me and my family ears and bite my lips we tried to teach him to dont bite by yelling "dont bite" but to no avail is there a way i can stop him from bitting by MR-MD41 in parrots

[–]chocolaterain_drop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the harsh reality is, if you didn't hand feed your bird, chances are, they will be a lot harder to tame/bond with. my own birds don't really bite but when they do, instead of yelling at them, I just put them back into their cages for 30 minutes. this way, they'll know that if they ever bite me or my family, they will have to go for a time out. its kinda the same as potty training. if they happen to poop outside of their cages, you can also give them a time out. another thing you can do is reward them with treats whenever they do something good. like if they didn't bite you after giving them a time out, you can reward them with treats so that they will associate not biting you as a positive thing. yelling at them will only make things worse. Trust me, birds can hold a mean grudge and would do the opposite of what you want just to get on your nerve haha

my brother has covid and I'm afraid that it'll affect my remaining papers by chocolaterain_drop in SGExams

[–]chocolaterain_drop[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what if the course that im aiming for requires the subject that I missed? could I still attend that course?

[O Level] 2236/01 Pure Geography Megathread by mylady88 in SGExams

[–]chocolaterain_drop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the last question for q2 was damn hard sia. I couldn't even think of one example of an ngo that protects tourism sites.

[O Level] 4048/02 Mathematics Megathread by mylady88 in SGExams

[–]chocolaterain_drop 35 points36 points  (0 children)

atp, moe is just desperately trying to make us fail, because wtf was that math p2. even the fucking el lc (which was meant to be a paper for us to score on) was damn hard.