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Post by Shirls on Nov 8, 2017 15:45:15 GMT
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Post by clt80 on Nov 8, 2017 18:27:39 GMT
I agree with Shirls, a beauty!!
I love that once back in the flock (bedroom) at night the screaming stopped. I think it's lovely.
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Post by Hezz on Nov 9, 2017 2:26:20 GMT
I'm sensing a "Take Loki to work day" I think that would be a disaster, Marianne Marlow!!! Not sure I would have a job after!!
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Post by OP on Nov 9, 2017 7:19:47 GMT
You would have lots of friends for the day and not much work done by anybody.
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Post by Hezz on Nov 9, 2017 9:38:50 GMT
You would have lots of friends for the day and not much work done by anybody. Exactly!! And the boss would not be pleased.
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Post by skysmum on Nov 9, 2017 17:02:36 GMT
Tried him sleeping somewhere different last night, by putting him into one of the spare rooms, so he is not just outside the kitchen door. I should be able to get breakfasted, hopefully sort the budgies' grass, water, paper etc and be out the door before he is aware. I hate not seeing him in the morning, but unfortunately everyone in the house needs to be appeased. Someone doesn't like getting up too early. So far, so good. The real test will be moving the budgies' cages out into the living room. They do tend to rattle a little. skysmum, he is so dexterous with his feet, holding things; he even holds his little pellets sometimes and they are a little square about the length of a oat seed. I wonder why Budgies don't use their feet like that, i know they grab things and play about with things with their feet but they never hold something like the bigger birds do.....hmmmmmm.
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Post by Hezz on Nov 9, 2017 19:37:42 GMT
I have wondered this as well, skysmum. After seeing the larger parrots do so (cockatoos and corellas) I wondered how far down the size range this went. I wonder if it is a safety issue, being that budgies are at the bottom of the food chain and so vulnerable, whereas it would have to be a decent sized animal/raptor to take one of the larger birds. Or has it got more to do with the budgies being ground foragers, I wonder?
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Nov 9, 2017 19:57:03 GMT
Such a great question. Budgies do hold things down to eat them, but not up. Maybe a leg strength issue?
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Post by OP on Nov 9, 2017 20:16:58 GMT
Maybe budgies don't have as far to bend and larger parrots have their beaks further off the ground/perch.
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Post by skysmum on Nov 9, 2017 22:17:27 GMT
I think it has to be more diet related which would also bring in your theory about being ground foragers Hezz. I was watching a beautiful cockatoo in a pet shop a few weeks ago, i watched the man give him a monkey nut which he took in his foot, he was holding the foot right up and breaking into it to get the nuts, as they do. The bigger birds eat bigger nuts and seeds also fruits so have to hold them out of necessity i guess whereas the buds being small seed/grass eaters have no need to hold. As M said ive seen mine hold down grass stems etc to get to the seed heads but never actually hold something up. How about this one Hezz i.pinimg.com/736x/46/3b/97/463b9776e038ec01aebf8bd497e33da5--budgies-parrots.jpg
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Post by ffiscool on Nov 9, 2017 22:21:36 GMT
I wonder if it is also to do with predators. If a big bird is holding things up, having that strength, not much would probably knock them, gripping with the other foot.
If a small bird did it, they wouldn't stand a chance.
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Post by skysmum on Nov 9, 2017 22:29:30 GMT
Yep, they are a pray species unlike the bigger ones, could be some thing in that one
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Nov 9, 2017 23:38:51 GMT
skysmum what are those things in the conures seed bowl, they look like jellybeans!
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Post by Hezz on Nov 10, 2017 0:33:44 GMT
I wonder if it is also to do with predators. If a big bird is holding things up, having that strength, not much would probably knock them, gripping with the other foot. If a small bird did it, they wouldn't stand a chance. I really don't think it is anything to do with strength; I do think it has a lot to do with predators, as I mentioned before. The little birds rely on their speed and flying skills, they are a meal in themselves. The larger parrots are going to fight back with that big strong beak, and be a lot more of a struggle to contain.
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Post by Hezz on Nov 10, 2017 0:39:41 GMT
I think it has to be more diet related which would also bring in your theory about being ground foragers Hezz. I was watching a beautiful cockatoo in a pet shop a few weeks ago, i watched the man give him a monkey nut which he took in his foot, he was holding the foot right up and breaking into it to get the nuts, as they do. The bigger birds eat bigger nuts and seeds also fruits so have to hold them out of necessity i guess whereas the buds being small seed/grass eaters have no need to hold. As M said ive seen mine hold down grass stems etc to get to the seed heads but never actually hold something up. How about this one Hezz i.pinimg.com/736x/46/3b/97/463b9776e038ec01aebf8bd497e33da5--budgies-parrots.jpgThis is beautiful. skysmum. I too am worndering what the coloured "beads" are in the pot. I took this one just before, but wasn't quite quick enough .... Spyro and Loki were sharing Loki's grass. Spryo moved off just as I took the photo and would not co-operate to give me another.
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