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Always wonder how birds got so diverse despite their descent from a common theropod rootstock. Like there are parrots who are incredibly long-lived and toddler-tier intelligent, and then there are some birds that live a couple of years and don't seem to be capable of much more than the basic specietal instincts.

I also wonder if the evolution of their forearms into wings has permanently gimped them? There is no undoing that evolution, and regaining any dexterity in those limbs; most birds have to make do with their beaks or feet. Even many flightless birds end up with those limbs atrophying as it's an overspecialized tool that has little other use.
 
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FierceBrosnan said:
She is my coturnyx quail with torticolis.
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My mother has torticolis. I imagine she doesn't get Botox injections like my mom does to straighten out her neck. Do you give her an anti-inflammatory or anything similar?
TapewormSalesman said:
Would it be possible to replicate parrot pellets with birdy bread? I've given up on trying to get them shipped here, it's apparently an impossible feat. Looking at the ingredients, though, it's basically the same thing.
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You can do birdy bread. What is missing, though is some kind of vitamin supplement like Hari Prime or one of the formulas from Versele Laga. Can you get anything like that? Might be easier to ship as it's a lot smaller than pellets.
jje100010001 said:
I also wonder if the evolution of their forearms into wings has permanently gimped them? There is no undoing that evolution, and regaining any dexterity in those limbs; most birds have to make do with their beaks or feet. Even many flightless birds end up with those limbs atrophying as it's an overspecialized tool that has little other use.
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I mean by primate standards, I guess you could say they are gimped. That said, my 5 seem to be perfectly capable of doing whatever they want to. I mean, they're very amused by the fact that they can fly, I can't, and there's nothing I can do if they want to fly where I can't reach them.
 
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Chicken In A Pot said:
vitamin supplement like Hari Prime or one of the formulas from Versele Laga
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Holy shit, after looking up Versele Laga, I found pellets in this country for the first time, but, of course they're not for the birds I have, they're for African Greys. (:_( Gives me hope that eventually they'll start properly selling those here tho. Is it safe to mix a vitamin supplement in the birdy bread though? On my first try I was kinda afraid it spoil ruin the vitamins if I bake them so I didn't add anything.
On an unrelated note, the pictures you get when you look up bird products on something like aliexpress are fucking wild

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Put it in the fresh food you prepare and not the birdy bread. I would think the heat could affect them. As for the Versele Laga, consider calling the place that sells the African Grey formula and see if they can order any other kinds in. If they are an "official" store or dealer, they should be able to, though you might have to pay for it ahead of time.

As for those sinks, be careful... they are powered by batteries and have a long hose. They are hard to keep clean and I have talked to owners that have had to toss it because of fungal growth. I have also heard that some enterprising bird hoodlums have tried to chew their way to the battery when no one was looking. That would be very bad. I know someone whose husband took a very simple pond pump, attached some aquarium tubing to make the water go higher, and stuck the whole thing in a glass kitchen pan. Their birds loved it. Sometimes simple is just as good and a lot safer.
 
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Put it in the fresh food you prepare and not the birdy bread. I would think the heat could affect them. As for the Versele Laga, consider calling the place that sells the African Grey formula and see if they can order any other kinds in. If they are an "official" store or dealer, they should be able to, though you might have to pay for it ahead of time.

As for those sinks, be careful... they are powered by batteries and have a long hose. They are hard to keep clean and I have talked to owners that have had to toss it because of fungal growth. I have also heard that some enterprising bird hoodlums have tried to chew their way to the battery when no one was looking. That would be very bad. I know someone whose husband took a very simple pond pump, attached some aquarium tubing to make the water go higher, and stuck the whole thing in a glass kitchen pan. Their birds loved it. Sometimes simple is just as good and a lot safer.
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No worries, I didn't buy that sink, my birds loathe running water for some reason, I thought there might be something like those cat drinking fountains where the bubbling is very mild, but ended up not finding anything safe and give them their baths with the regular old spray.
Also not sure if this has been posted yet:

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