if i was at jurassic park i could've stopped it

@pennaraptor / pennaraptor.tumblr.com

bird enjoyer. read my pinned post!

hi! this is my sideblog for my pets (mostly birds)

hi. my name is jay or whatever you like. im not an authority on anything but im always trying to improve my animal care and provide a good example.

> i tag "animal death tw", "animal injury tw" and "animal abuse tw" when needed. my tarantula is tagged "tarantula". other spiders are tagged "spider"

> this is NOT a space for terfs/bigots/shitheads of any kind. die

> there is no ethical breeding of parrots as pets. they are non domesticated and horribly suited to captive life. do not get a parrot because you want a pet and do not get a parrot because you saw one and thought it was cute. if you feel like despite everything you still want to add a parrot to your life, get one from a rescue organization or individual rehoming a pet, and be careful not to unintentionally support hobby breeders. and do your research and then do more.

> keep chickens instead!

> my pets are:

winston (cockatiel, hatched 2011, ~12 years old, brought home 7/13/2023)

allen (budgie, 8/30/2011 - 10/24/2023, 12 years old)

melvin (cockatiel, 1996 - 10/11/2022 around 26 years old, spent last 4 years of his life with me)

my chickens (also tagged individually with their names). currently have 11

gillian (pinktoe tarantula, purchased 12/18/2022, ~2 years old)

the cats (also tagged individually with their names). actually my family's but i live with them. there are 4.

other tags: info (general informative posts), bird art (not mine), maintenance (my animal home improvement efforts), training (teaching tricks and cooperation)

thanks for stopping by and feel free to ask about my animals!

#pinned #updated july 2023

i finally offloaded some photos off my camera that had been sitting there for... various lengths of time, and so here are a couple of previously unseen photos of The Boy. 💙💛🤍

#allen #finally the most recent thing in his tag can be something not so distressing.

he's back in a 'sitting on my shoulder all the time' phase and i can't say i'm a fan. like it's sweet except that our out of cage hanging out time is also the only time he will eat, so i have to keep removing him from my shoulder to remind him there's food. and i can't practice anything with him because he's either sitting On me or eating. also he yells at me every time i move my arm or scratch my head

#its always Something.#winston

this disgusting man used me as a napkin and then as a plate

reach within the foliage and you may find a woman

#chicken #my chickens #carlos the hen

i made a new tabletop perch. branches are sycamore (Platanus), debarked, scrubbed with soap, soaked in vinegar, and baked in the oven. the screws in the most accessible locations are stainless steel (the stainless steel screws i had were too long for some places, but i kept the others mostly on the undersides). i'm going to add a holder for food dishes too. this will be reserved for the future New Bird, and then eventually for both of them (manifesting that one day they'll be able to share).

its very carry-able, which is nice. it's much sturdier than the other one i made, which i'd hope for since i put more effort into it (and it's a sturdier wood).

#maintenance #birblr

sorry this is recorded staring at a hallway. he ONLY makes this sound when i'm not in the room. i love it though

#winston #idk what he's listening to in there i put the radio on whatever isn't static

pennaraptor reblogged

there will definitely be another bird (in time) both for me and winston. he was definitely happier living with anothe flock member even if they didnt directly interact. and id get another anyway because i'll always have as many pets as i can care for at a time. it will be several months away at least because i have projects that need completed and work but at least its something to look ahead for

couple more months perhaps.

new batch of chop. i remembered to go a lot heavier on the greens this time since he gets more than enough orange stuff (squash and sweet potatoes, since those are his favorite and i have to dilute the chop with them quite a bit still so that he likes the texture). this has some squash in it so that it blends together properly (actually a yellow one this time) but i freeze pieces of cooked squash and sweet potato separately and add more each time i give him a serving so that i can control the proportions. in theory i'm slowly decreasing the amount of added squash as he gets used to the texture of the chop, but i'm taking my time so i don't make him hate it. that he eats this at all is kind of a miracle to me.

#next time i'm gonna add some more stuff like flax seeds maybe #pennapost #chop

shrimpcolor asked:

Hello I am chicken enjoyer can you give your chicken a treat from me please? 👉👈 Tell them I'm their biggest fan

their next seed treats will be given in your name 🙏

#they get a handful of delicious scratch grain mixture when i put them back in the pen. as bait and to make them less mad #asks

i keep forgetting that knowing step up is not, in fact, a default state, and actually requires practice and reinforcement in a variety of scenarios if the bird is not already extremely well versed in it. so anyway, when i remember to practice he gets pretty good at it.

#winston #training

come get yer fresh loaves

#chicken #my chickens #margot the hen #jenny the hen #rocky the rooster #jett the hen

LOOK AT THAT ENTHUSIASM!

#winston #training

new takeoff spot. he's still extremely clunky but at least he's keeping a straight trajectory here.

he's lost 2 primaries that he'd regrown since i got him. STOP IT you can keep those for like, a lot longer. cmon

#winston #slowmo

#winston #slowmo #can we all work together and manifest that feather into falling off the rest of the way

they're married

#chicken #my chickens #rocky the rooster #jett the hen

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