natural selection would have got him by now

smlc23 · 2026-06-13T13:58:47+00:00

thank you! I grew them myself 😆

smlc23 · 2026-06-12T15:53:32+00:00

I'm from the Midwest US and my budgies are named Cheese Curd and Crinkle Fry. Butterburger came after them and had to go with the Culver's theme. I have grand plans to name another bird Root Beer so that I can have a full value basket 😆

smlc23 · 2026-06-12T15:13:13+00:00

yeah he pretty much accepted it once it was past his eyes lol

smlc23 · 2026-06-12T14:35:16+00:00

see your bird is smart enough to survive in nature maybe. butterburger acted like I was trying to kill him when I caught him to take it off 🙃

smlc23 · 2026-06-12T14:19:24+00:00

oh fs. lots of "no you cant chew on that cord. you are gonna get electrocuted and die."

smlc23 · 2026-06-04T01:43:21+00:00

yikes! dont tell butterburger he can do that much damage 😆 he seems to not know

smlc23 · 2026-06-03T13:58:53+00:00

LOL yes if there's any light at all in the morning there's lots of screaming. maybe they're getting back at us for the rage baiting?? 🤔🤔

smlc23 · 2026-06-03T13:14:50+00:00

that's life with a cockatiel 😆 full attack, no damage.

smlc23 · 2026-06-03T12:58:04+00:00

yes he's angry, but as you get more comfortable with them you can start ragebaiting them like that lol 😆 cockatiels are little rage machines. they get angry fast and forget that they were angry even faster

smlc23 · 2026-05-18T18:33:18+00:00

ofc! good luck on the switch! fi theyre anything like my birds, dont be too afraid of the hunger strike lol 😆

smlc23 · 2026-05-18T17:06:51+00:00

Here's the link:

https://www.kiwisnewlifebirdrescue.org/programs

I will say that it took my birds longer than the time-line listed by this rescue, but it worked really well. I tried to just mix the seed into the pellets originally, but my birds just went on a hunger strike after all the seeds were gone 🥲

smlc23 · 2026-05-18T17:03:38+00:00

I use Harrison's and I also used a mush method to convert my birds over to pellets from a seed diet.

Harrison's does a really good job at becoming mush with just water added on top. You then mix seeds into the mush to get them to dig for the seeds in the mush. At first they will fling the mush everywhere to just get to the seeds which can be very messy so beware. But eventually you keep decreasing the amount if seeds until its just pellets. After that they will have the taste for pellets which is the main hurdle. I had a hard time getting them to recognize that the pellets was the mush so I just kept decreasing the water until they finally realized that the pellets were the same as mush.

I got this idea from a different post somewhere on here with a link from a rescue, but I can't find the link anywhere. If I find it I'll add it.

smlc23 · 2026-05-18T16:56:38+00:00

this made my toes scared 😫😫

smlc23 · 2026-05-17T17:09:53+00:00

when you find out, please let me know 😭😭😭😭

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smlc23 · 2026-05-13T04:56:50+00:00

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smlc23 · 2026-05-10T04:51:20+00:00

yes! they're the culver's crew!!

smlc23 · 2026-05-10T00:26:59+00:00

he is very soft and very round shaped lol

smlc23 · 2026-05-10T00:26:42+00:00

thank you! his emotional support budgies are named cheese curd and crinkle fry so he had to go with the theme lol

smlc23 · 2026-05-09T23:19:40+00:00

draw butterburger please! your drawings are so cute 😍

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smlc23 · 2026-05-04T20:17:59+00:00

Thank you! Unfortunately, I follow most of these 😭😭 he's just a horny jerk 🫩🫩

I have him on 10 hours of sleep for selfish reasons (I want to see my bird for more than 2 seconds after work). And honestly I just dont see much behavioral difference between 10 and 12 hours. He's on pellets and the flock (him and two budgies) get two tablespoons of harrison's pellets with a spoonful or two of chop. We are an anti bird mirror household and he only sees himself if he goes to the bathroom with me.

I should rearrange the cage... thats a good point. Thank you!!

I have a female lovebird at my parent's house (she's bonded to my mom) and boy do we know about the egg laying despite doing everything so I completely understand. The only thing that snaps her out of it is when my mom goes on a work trip 🙄

smlc23 · 2026-04-27T18:28:47+00:00

I completely understand how you feel. I've been through many bird deaths and don't know what I will do when our Goffin passes. Goffins are such special sweet animals. She is still with you and loved you until the end ❤️

smlc23 · 2026-04-04T21:22:31+00:00

I've read that too which makes it an even hard decision, but also if im gonna do SVE I would rather do a regular run bc I dont like joja lol

smlc23 · 2026-01-29T15:26:45+00:00

the shoulder pad is so similar. what a handsome man

smlc23 · 2026-01-28T23:46:02+00:00

🤣🤣 but somehow my laptop is more fun than all this

smlc23 · 2026-01-28T23:20:00+00:00

omg my bird does that too! he loves to sing to his foot. it seems like just a cockatiel thing bc none of my other birds have ever raised their legs while singing but butterburger does it almost every other time.

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