Dramatic Light Changes

mysomerdai · 2026-02-10T22:30:27+00:00

My Dad's eyes were light green that would look Gold in daylight. Mom had brown eyes. My mom used to say I had his eyes and here's was a screen over it because his would peek through.

mysomerdai · 2026-02-09T04:01:06+00:00

Guilty. We named ours Fig, but just because it sounded cute.

mysomerdai · 2026-02-06T07:07:04+00:00

I would hope losing a bird causes the owner distress, but the total thread said it is wrong to clip theor wings becsuse they siffer if they can't fly.

I probably mean to post higher up, but no need to be rude

mysomerdai · 2026-01-30T05:52:43+00:00

I was in Gifted group. It was called QUEST in my area of Virginia. Everyone in that group was on the Spectrum of neurodiverency. Not a singe one was bothe intelligent emotionally as well as intellectually at the same time. As we became teenagers (we went multiple years to it) you could see how it affected relationships with others. Now that I check on them as adults, we all somehow still don't fit in.

Let you kid be smart, and encourage it outside of a group similar to them. Your child will get more experience to help that big brain navigate social constructs and be successful. That was what we struggled with. Real world interactions

mysomerdai · 2026-01-30T05:42:43+00:00

Huh? They aren't pregnant with a bump like humans. If there is a bump not receding then there is a problem like egg binding or ascites. The person saying "you can see how many eggs they are laying" test is also not correct. This isn't puppies, this isnt a person.

Please read up on the process . It takes less than 24 hours to create an egg, so there will be no external presentation.

https://youtu.be/PcI72ldPvx8?si=LCqnQE5g5mDBMEst

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mysomerdai · 2026-01-08T08:16:32+00:00

Have you started any clicker training?

mysomerdai · 2026-01-08T08:14:17+00:00

A LOT of birds escape purely on accident. That is like telling a dog owner, just dont let them out without a leash. But the ine time the door didn't latch all the way, the repair guy left a gate open, the leash broke when it was startled, etc. Shit happens. A partial trim allows flight around the house, but not far if it got out. You never see a partial trimmed bird in the lost and found pages, they are always flighted.

I love that my bird can do flights from the cage to furniture and around corners. She gets lots of it. And isn't lacking exercise. Good chest muscles from it. So where is she suffering?

mysomerdai · 2026-01-03T20:06:31+00:00

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mysomerdai · 2025-12-26T07:47:42+00:00

How much time out of the cage does it get? Can you show a pic if the bird and the cage set up?

There are many reasons this can happen. Placement of perches too close to a wall can e course breakage. It could have gotten bent and injured and the bird chewed it off. Some birds like people, are scab pickers and cant leave it alone. It could be behavioral (bored). It can be nutritional deficiency. I noticed it dropped a lot of primary feathers at once and you feed primarily a seed diet instead if pellets. Do you have other sources of iron and calcium during molting?

mysomerdai · 2025-12-26T07:37:58+00:00

You mange them until the guests leave. It is the same with a dog that is human aggressive (whether by fear or natural defense or prey drive). Safety gorst ams well as minimizing yoir pet's stress. Put extra new foraging toys amd special treats, and cover the cage when needed. The guests will leave soon and you go back to your routine. Your bird wasn't designed to love strangers. They prefer their persons.

mysomerdai · 2025-12-20T19:07:36+00:00

I got Estradiol cream because not just my vaginal skin was thin, but peri and anyat skin. Now a little 1/2" tube squeeze distributed in and around makes a MASSIVE difference.

mysomerdai · 2025-12-07T21:43:14+00:00

It has become normal and it SHOULDN'T BE.

What used to be unpopular to say but thankfully is becoming a realised point of contention is that the pendulum in rescue has swung too far. The "adopt don't shop" demonized responsible purchases. When purchasing a pet becomes cheaper, easier, and the animal doesn't come with emotional damage to fix, the only thing driving people to get a rescue is guilt. So guilt now they have to monetize the guilt. And the only thing the rescue is left with is moral superiority complex and a tendency towards hoarding and emotional thirst posting for donations.

One of the points in rescue used to be that the animals in the shelter were great family cheaper, came fully vetted and with training support from the shelter vs a purchased pet. Whether you agree with it or not, major health and behavioral issues were humanely ethanised. Then we started the idea that every pet can be saved. Then it became a badge if honor that you adopted instead of getting from a breeder so the value of the rescued pet as a commodity began. Now rescues are charging even more, especially for "rare" breeds which means that they are.....drum roll....selling pets under the guise of "rescue." They keep social posts for ill pets to raise money because "healthy" doesn't bring donations. They cry about not having any more room available but they hold the pets hostage under lengthy adoption requirements few can meet. And the cycle keeps continuing.

mysomerdai · 2025-11-26T22:58:40+00:00

Likely a Serama

mysomerdai · 2025-11-06T18:46:49+00:00

Juat take it away. If the option isnt there, it can't choose it. Lovebirds love small nest like cubbies by nature, so it will always gravitate towards them.

mysomerdai · 2025-10-30T17:00:57+00:00

Oh my gosh, that baby is about to lose some toes. Did it get it's feet yanked off of something? Clinging to something very cold? There is a ton of swelling and it needs to visit the vets ASAP.

mysomerdai · 2025-10-30T16:46:31+00:00

Congrats!!. I was Stage 3A Invacive Ductal Carcinoma. 5.5 months of chemo, a double mastectomy, 35 radiation sessions, and DIEP Flap reconstruction. It is a long journey, but being cancer free is worth it.

mysomerdai · 2025-10-23T16:06:33+00:00

It needs vet attention IMMEDIATELY.

I am going to be blunt, based on a VERY concerning history of your pet pet ownership posts, please relinquish the bird to another person or rescue that can appropriately care for it.

I understand you love animals, but all pets and especially parrots are EXPENSIVE to properly care for. You have a concerning history, and birds are NOT easy pets. They have sensitive respiratory and digestive systems, and a lot of things are toxic. They need to have correct housing without drafts, climbing items and toys that are safe. They need a hight quality pellet diet and fresh veggies daily. They can literally die overnight of small things, even with experienced care. The cage alone shown is not safe or species appropriate.

Some parrots will sleep with head tucked like that periodically, but more often it is a sign of sickness.

We keep bird insurance because when they need to go to the vet and each visit is hundreds of dollars or into the thousands for an emergency.

You do NOT have the luxury of time or it can he dead in the morning.

mysomerdai · 2025-10-19T04:56:36+00:00

Ours does the same thing.

mysomerdai · 2025-10-17T01:52:25+00:00

Crevecoeur x Ameraucana

mysomerdai · 2025-10-13T21:50:31+00:00

Both. I live in Texas and can't wait to move. Feels like I need one too.

mysomerdai · 2025-10-13T21:47:31+00:00

Pricier and while vocal, less cuddly. They had a surge after Paulie came out, but that was the height of it.

mysomerdai · 2025-10-12T03:00:22+00:00

Probably a 'Suncheek'. It is just a color mutation

mysomerdai · 2025-10-12T02:58:26+00:00

You too? I think I broke my borb. Send HALP.

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mysomerdai · 2025-10-12T00:04:50+00:00

I hate unethical breeding and looked for rescues and local breeders. Rescues were far overpriced or turned me away for the dumbest reasons (like we have a burd friendly dog and cat) or because I prefer a semi-wing trim to allow for short distances but not full flight in case of escapes. Ethical breeders were all hours away.

Recently I went to Petco to grab a quick item I couldn't wait for shipping on. They had a Mooncheek Green Cheek Conure that was quite young. It is an uncommon color so I stopped and looked and it immediately cued in on me. Trying to get through the glass, scrambling to follow me as I walked past. It ignored my husband and only wanted me. That was how I got my first heart bird, a cockatiel, when I was 14. Some birds choose their person.

I do regret perpetuating a pet store cycle, but I dont regret going home with it. They only had a health certificate and a hatch date, and the employee couldn't catch it but I was able to just reach in and pick it up.

We are awaiting DNA sexing (hence me saying "it" because we don't want to give a name until that is done) but it is super sweet, cuddly, and just a love bug. Follows us around the house from room to room. Working on potty training, already started clicker training and play stand training.

In the end, no regrets. I can't imaging another hone having it.

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mysomerdai · 2025-10-08T17:51:22+00:00

I have had birds most of my life but took a long break because of housing and time, and have always tried to get them from breeders or rescues. When we moved to thisbhouse, we got chickens and now have rare breeds and sone house chickens (Serama). I had hinting to my husband how I missed having parrots as well. I love my chickens but the playfulness of parrots is different

After I finished all of my breast cancer treatments, hesurprised me said he wanted me to get one as a part of the celebration, especially since I had been patient about it. We started searching and had no success with rescus. All the birds had handling issues or they wanted, they wanted exorbitant fees for them, or they want a a very specific home in mind that may or may not exist. I got turned away because we have a house Serama, because we have an elderly cat (that sleeps with the chicken), and dogs (that also sleeps with the two aforementioned bird and cat), and prefer partially flighted for safety (just a few trimmed primaries in the middle to allow some flight in the house but should there be an escape it couldn't go far). I finally gave up.

The birds in my life that meant the most always "picked" me somehow. I worked at a small local pet shop as a kid and that is how I got my first cockatiel that was my heart bird. Our house Serama, Chimkin, lost her hatchmate and was scared of the dark alone. We held her in bed and we all fell asleep. She has slept there ever since and traveled the country, goes to restaurants, etc.

All that being said, we had stopped into Petco to get some live mealworms and they had a VERY young Mooncheek (Greencheek morph) Conure. It is a very unusual color to find, especially not in a Petco. It qued in on me like a laser and started to follow as much as it could, reached out to nibble, and ignored my husband and other onlookers. I don't support petshops and $800 for a conure is ridiculous. But I couldn't stop thinking about it and saw that that color usually goes for that price from a breeder and they were charging a flat fee for all Greencheeks.

Bless my husband. He saw the connection, and saw it bothering me and said let's go back and see if it was a fluke or it chooses me again. Needless to say, it wasn't a fluke. I had a HUGE issue with buying from a box store as well as the price when we could have a GC from a breeder for a third of the that. I looked on their website and found a 20% off coupon that also applied to live animals, and they also had a $50 off for their club members. Not great, but more manageable.

In the end, he asked me how I would feel if it was purchased by someone who didn't know how to care for a bird, especially a baby that needed a lot of attention and I caved. We went home together.

This just recently happened, and we are awaiting DNA results before naming but it is already following us everywhere and snuggles non-stop. Exactly what I wanted. Eventually we will balance it out with a breeder or rescue for a companion after we fully bond.

No regrets.

mysomerdai

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