WTF: My Wife just purchased a $400 BIRD!

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tiger roach said:
If she knows nothing about birds, you guys need to learn up quick. If its health declines from poor diet etc. it can catch a cold which could then kill it in a matter of hours, and then you have a $400 dead bird. :(
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That’s great advice. The most important thing to do is find out what to feed the bird instead of bird seed. Birdseed is mostly fats, so it’s like crack for birds. Also, find the number of the local bird vet now in case you ever need it. The upside is that birds are generally healthier than dogs and cats and don’t require expensive annual vaccinations and minor surgeries here and there.

If you haven’t already, pick a room for the bird to live in that’s out of the way and doesn’t get sun at sunrise. Paint the walls glossy so it’s easy to clean the shit off (the lift their butts and open fire). Don’t use a room with nice wood trim, because some birds eat wood trim. Use decorative shower curtains as tarps under the cage and just change them out every other day to keep the floor clean.

This is bringing back so many awful memories. I feel sorry for the poor woman who took those lovebirds when I couldn’t take them anymore.
 
The Man who raises and trains the birds gave us a lot of good advice. We have a spot for the birds cage that is out of the way but also in a common room that it wont feel alone in. We didn't get bird seed at all, the guy told us to get this bird food that kinda looks like fruit loops. My wife bought a roll of paper cage liner. The poop is super annoying! All over the place! Hes wings are clipped but he keeps trying to fly.
 
We had a cockatiel. That damn thing would shriek every time I walked in the door. Once, I fired a Bic lighter at him from across the room. I missed.

Wife took him back to the aviary.
 
a guy i knew 20 somthing years ago had a mina bird, well his wife did.....JEEBUZ was that G.D. thing noisey.....the shrieks were like 130 db. how the fuck can you live with something like that IN THE HOUSE??

good luck, bigsbyboy......i think yer gonna need it.
 
jelloman said:
Do tell...
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This is a recent policy, so only the last two were affected. They are Porsche (not Portia), and Cinnamon. From now on, nothing but stripper names. We'll get a couple more later in the year, so we're already thinking of good candidates.

We give our goats old lady names (Gertrude, or Gerty, and Esmeralda, or Ezzy).

And we name our horses after movie and TV characters. Boomer was from Battlestar, and Beatrix Kiddo (Kiddo for short) from Kill Bill.
 
We have three birds, that love to chew stuff up. We feed them nothing but gummi bears and shout at them when they're being noisy. I keep two in a wire cage out on the patio rain or shine. The third lives in the bathroom and I scream at him while I'm on the toilet taking a shit, and he screams back at me. Then every night I go stick hot needles in my ass.
 
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