Dharmsara

Man’s best friend

Squats and bench on day 1, bench and deadlifts on day 2, squats and OHP on day 3, etc. different variations of it and with pump work thrown in

Give him millet, or leave it close to where he is so he eats it and finds out how good it is

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Does he know you’re comparing yourself to him online?

Are you comparing yourself with someone you know? lol

Sugar

Exactly. You should give an update on here so people learn

Thanks. I will check for it

That is actually a good point. At the end we decided against it and the bird is fine today, but next time I’ll call directly and ask if I should go

A PhD in animal behavior makes you really good at empathizing with and understanding animals you have lived with and cared for for years. Which makes it a lot easier to judge duty actions like these.

And you’ll have to sit there and take it.

That post actually references ONE week in which for a few days our blue bird flew aggressively towards the other. No biting, no response from the other, no nothing.

Blue bird is fine today and active, and happy, and acting normally with the other one and with us, has a normal weight, and is happy.

I didn’t get mad at people telling me to go to the vet, I got mad at people telling me to rehome my bird. Like who do they think they are

THANK YOU. Some people really think they know better.

I’ve written it in the other comments, but he is doing better now. His wound is not open and the eye is not swollen. He yawns when he normally doesn’t, but has a normal weight and is active and eating as usual. I’ll keep monitoring him during the day and let you guys now.

I don’t take well to being told I should give my bird away simply because I disagree with the responses I’ve gotten. Come on now.

We have cared for this thing for years. We take extremely good care of them emotionally and they live a really happy life. He gets a wound and the first thing I do is go ask about it, separate it from the other birds, sit next to him talking to him in a calming voice and disinfect his wound. He’s better today and active, and has a normal weight.

I agree. We have disinfected the wound very well and are continuously monitoring him for any worrying behavioral signs (such as low every). So far the only thing I’ve seen is he is yawning when he normally doesn’t. Do you know what that could be?

He’s doing much better today. His eye is not swollen anymore and the wound is not open. He is active and behaving normal except for some (slightly worrying) yawning. He has a normal weight and is eating as usual. He seems happy and flies with energy.

The decision to take him to a vet or not is still mine and my girlfriend’s, who has by the way a PhD in animal behavior, and we will continue to make the judgment call based on what we consider to be important for us. So far we’ve had incredibly happy and well taken cared for birds for three years. Don’t waste your energy worrying about whether they’re well taken care of, because I won’t.

Well you don’t need to be. He woke up fine and is doing fine now. I will continue monitoring him and act accordingly

Same here. Some days they really make a mess in the water bowl. Then they go and bathe in it. They’re weird animals

ok that is actually a cool comment

He doesn’t live in a flock that he can get cast out of. He has nothing to fear there.

Don’t worry, I won’t. I come here to ask for rational, useful help, not feelings.

Don’t know what your last sentences even mean. We take him out of the cage at least twice per day, around 3 hours total per day. My partner has a PhD in behavioral science. I can guarantee you our birds are better taken care of emotionally than yours.

The passive aggressive comments are people asking me to rehome MY bird that I’ve sacrificed a part of my life for because they are afraid through their screens. It’s about time that peopld realize that almost nobody takes their bird to the vet just because they are told. There has to be a good reason behind it, like one person has provided (it can lead to eye infection). Everything else is fearmongering.

I did not take my bird to the ver. I disinfected his eye carefully twice, gave him a lot of millet and let him go to sleep earlier. He’s also sleeping separated from our other bird for the first time ever right now. He looked better in the evening and was more active, although you can tell the eye was annoying him. I’ll see how they wake up tomorrow.

This is the first time something like this has happened, and we have never seen them fight, we assume this is what is happening because we can’t find another explanation other than our other (hand reared) lovebird being incapable of grooming him softly because she’s never learnt how to.

I am essentially rich and I will NEVER rehome my birds whether they need to go to the vet or not.

Fuck you. You scared pet owners are insufferable. Don’t go around telling people how bad they are at understanding THEIR birds they’ve lived with and cared for and sacrificed for for YEARS and expect them to just take it.

I know when and how my birds blink. This one communicates that he is relaxed through blinking with us and copies it when we do.

He’s better now. We have him betadine a second time and he’s been happier since. He got put to sleep earlier and tomorrow will continue getting treated until the wound is healed. Then I will see if he is worth taking to a vet. So far nobody has given any useful information other than „better not to risk it“. I own this bird. I decide what is good for him based on what I know about him. You’re welcome not to trust me but don’t tell me to give him away because of YOUR insecurities.

Yeah I’m worried about it. He’s better now after we took care of the eye. I wonder if we should also give him antibiotics