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Are there any weird things i need to know before thinking of getting one that not many people talk about? Because stuff like giving them cuttlefish bones and making them balance on tennis balls is weird and I didnt know these things

Cockatiels are some of the easiest companion birds to care for in my experience. They're not prone to being neurotic like some of their bigger cousins are so they're much more forgiving than something like a cockatoo or conure. They are definitely very friendly and social if they're hand-raised. If you have the space, resources, and time for one, I'd say go for it. They're top-tier pet birds in my opinion.

One downside I'd have to say about having a cockatiel though is the dust feathers they produce. Even having one cockatiel can produce enough dust feathers for it to be a bit noticeable. Having an air filter is a good idea but make sure it's birdsafe. The other downside is that the males can be noisy.

Male cockatiels can be weird and like feet. There are more than a few YouTube videos of them singing to feet.

>>2357179
All birds produce feather dust, including and especially chickens. Sweep your floors and use a medical mask if you're obsessive.

You're a shitty owner. Why do you cry if you didn't have any correct material in the first stance ?

>>2356843
Children don't understand shit like that.

>>2357196
not if they're 2 or 3, but 10 year olds sure as shit can

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>>2356740

>>2356740
>>2356741
looks like some kind of bird to me

>>2356740
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_kestrel

>>2356675
It looks very cute, everytime.

>>2356611
I MISSED THEM
I wish they didn't extinct
They look amazing, better than pandas

sorry man it's dead, their island is one big mining facility anyway

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/30/522091683/back-from-the-dead-reported-sightings-fuel-hope-for-return-of-tasmanian-tigers

>>2356543
Hard to say but i think the police is a bad idea. Get an electric razor and some pruning shears. Do unto others, op

>>2356543
Sounds weird as fuck, maybe someone mistook him for a stray and took him to a vet to get him castrated? Anyway, take him to a vet as well, let them look into what was done to him, see if maybe someone recognizes him.

>>2356552
Everything matches with this, when strays get spayed/nutered the vet will often clip a small portion of the ear.

I'd prefer humans to have wings

BUZZZZZ BUZZZZZ

>>2356447
they do :^)
http://controversialtimes.com/science/scientists-discover-species-of-flying-spider-and-its-highly-venomous/

they don't need wings, they make parachutes out of webbing and paraglide around on wind currents
believe it or not there are actually millions of spiders flying high above you in the jetstreams right now

>>2356273
lab left pitbul right

>>2356273

To clarify, the Vet who the place I rescued the dogs from uses says the white on is a Golden retriever mix, and the brown on is Lab mix. I asked my own vet about the brown one, and she believes he is lab/akita mix with dominate lab features and personality traits.

>>2356273
pit bull left
pit bull right

Taking care of this cat will be a massive undertaking and it probably will be very skittish and potentially aggressive after rehab.

Leave out your traditional scraps, but have a can of tuna ready. Try to bait him in that

>>2356156
Be slow, use treats, but most importantly look into cat body language. You don't want to stare at the cat and make him feel threatened. He will probably need vat care which may cost a bit.

>>2356156
Best of luck Anon.

Rhode Island Red

>>2355839
Looks like a brown recluse

That's a raptor, anon

Just get her euthanized or do it yourself. She's suffering at this point and no medication is going to help. If there was a medication that would help then you'd need a vet to prescribe it anyway and I don't suggest doing it yourself through a farm supply.
HP probably makes it all the more painful to her. It damages and irritates tissue. Cleaning it with saline would be better.

I honestly don't think she's suffering. It does not seem to bother her, she eats a ton still, loves treats, runs around and plays. I would think she was suffering if she slept all the time, didn't eat a lot, or acted off at all (trouble breathing, biting or anything like that), but she's the love bug she's always been. Just with a gross face. :/

>>2355761
By your description it doesn't sound like she's suffering. But with an infection you need to get her on antibiotics and/or open up the infection and irrigate it with distilled or pure water in a irrigation syringe. Clean out all that nasty material. If her immune system isn't compromised (tumors?) she should heal up in no time.

Hydrogen peroxide, I haven't used that since the early 80's when a biochemist friend gave me an educated talk about it. It's vastly overrated with limited effectiveness. That bubbling action isn't a sign that it's working, but visual evidence that the chemical breakdown -oxidation- of H2O2 (hydrogen peroxide) occurs rapidly and doing practically nothing beneficial. It's also probably irritating your cutie there. I'd never use it. Google it and you'll see why you'd never want that stuff around.

Other than that I don't have any other ideas. I'm just drawing on experience & education with backcountry/wilderness first aid. I hope she gets better, seems like a tough girl.

Who else gonna blast this as loud as possible when they finally go extinct?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF1Q56YAo0Q

Why does all ancient Chinese medicine revolve around dick growth?

>>2355516
It probably includes tons of other shit too, Chinese businessman don't care about herbal headache remedies tho

>>2355410
because you're a furfag

>>2355429
You need air to survive because you're a airfag you stupid gigantic nigger. I hope you fucking get raped by 4 Mexicans in a humid Tuesday night, fucker.

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>>2355410
Because they are white and pure as the freshly fallen snow.

>>2354406
yamete kudasai

That is not how you make dryads

>>2354626
Then what are you supposed to do?

>blaming the mosquito for carrying disease by complete accident, not hating the disease instead

By that logic, you are also the worst for being able to catch the diseases mosquitos can transmit. Imagine always having to worry about killing your host when you otherwise would be entirely harmless.

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>>2354274

>>2354274
>hating bacteria for trying to live and not blaming the human for being a faggot unevolved scrub who can't into symbiosis