Family's pet budgie loses ability to walk, and the family modifies their home so the bird can still enjoy life. (Very sweet)
Posted Sep 19, 2014, 6:51 PM UTC
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Liek dis if u cry evry tiem
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A mature, male Budgie should have a blue nose yet they keep referring to Boo as a "she"???
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It does in some parts look a bit blue-ish, though it is a crusty brown in other parts of the video. Could be either. Though it could simply be ignorance on the part of the owners.
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My vote is on ignorance but it's not like the bird is going to be offended either way. She looks super sweet and has a good life. That's all that matters :)
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It's a girl. Out of breeding season females have a blue cere. You can see a brown, crusty cere most of the time which means girl.
Boys are blue all the time.
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Oh, well TIL.
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I'm glad she can still fly.
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I was happy too, but sad that she couldn't scratch her head. My parakeet spent like a quarter of the day scratching.
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why do you people clip the wings of your birds ? If you don't want a pet that flies, do not get a bird. Flying is essential to them.
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I own a flock of budgies, a parrotlet, and three lovebirds. All of them are potty trained. If they are out and need to poop, they go in their cage, or if they are with me in another room, they bob up and down and turn in a circle to let me know, and I put them over a newspaper or paper towel, or just take them to their cage.
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I also have a conure that is potty trained.
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Any tips for training sun conjures?
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Patience. I trained my girl to go to the bathroom by guesstimating when she would need to go to the bathroom, putting her in the cage and repeating "potty" until she just happened to go and then rewarding her with lots of attention. She caught on extremely fast and now she will go "potty" on command.
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How do you train a bird to poo in a proper place? I'm interested as this is the main reason I don't own a bird.
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Every bird that I've ever known has a small tell when they are about to do their business. The first thing though, is to bond with your bird. Potty training has to come after they like you. Watch them closely, and note their behavior immediately before and after they defaecate. For instance, one of my lovebirds squats down low and backs up a step or two, then wiggles her tail as she goes. Then, when you have your bird out of the cage, wait until you see the signs, then quickly put them in/on their cage right before or as they go, while saying their "trigger" phrase. My birds respond to "Go poops!" Say the phrase repeatedly, before, during, and after for a few moments, then praise them each time they go, whether they went on command or just on their own. Eventually they associate your phrase with the act of pooing, and realize that they get praise and sometimes treats for going on command or in the proper place. Over time, you will notice them try to hold it in more until they can go, or wiggle and dance for a bit longer than they used to, as their way of trying to tell you they need to go. My birds don't like going on me or anywhere but where I tell them, because it is never accompanied by any praise or rewards, which they love. So they let me know, and I give them the go ahead wherever is safe. (Sorry for the rant.)
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WHY CAN"T THEY FIX ITS LEGS u/unidan?
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should we tell him?
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No, let him believe, even just a couple more years, it's such a special thing.
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he died sorry for your loss
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Hey Hey um so does the bird just shit all over the house? can you even potty train a bird because i have birds and they shit
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Not the right time of the month to watch this.
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That was really sad but i will admit, and i feel bad for saying this, i did sort of laugh a little when i found out that this all happened because it flew into a window in the middle of the night.
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Modified their home how exactly? I might have nodded off during that excrutiatingly long video, but I got nothing from it.
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Man bird people are weird.
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Never get a single budgie, it's cruel. Some pets need a partner for their well-being.
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If the bird was free, it would have never got its legs broken.
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If the bird was free, you wouldn't have seen it on youtube to make that comment.
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The tender man kisses were disconcerting
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fucking retarded.
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This is the cheesiest shit I've ever seen.
The music and the subtitles are too much, really saccharine.
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Your poor taste doesn't make me dumb nor a faggot.
Nah you're a dumb faggot.