Sidney

[Wolf]

Is this the one, Liz? viewtopic.php?f=25&t=14369

[liz]

Is this the one, Liz? http://www.theparrotforum.com/viewtopic ... 25&t=14369

That is it. Sorry to drag you around the forum because I can't remember.

[BabyBird]

Sidney is enjoying some warm cooked oats (I call it porrage) with a sprinkle of seed and mushed banana.. She is really loving it, and she goes back up to her ruff perch at times to wipe her beak then she goes back down.. I feel bad just watching her with it all stuck to her beak even though it's quite funny seeing her trying to wipe it off on the ruff-perch, and I guess it's filing her beak down too because I've noticed the long curved bit it blunt and a bit shorter now.. And her nails are getting better, great perches they are.. The ones with the sand-like feel kinda like chunky sand paper

[Wolf]

Actually this is the perch that I prefer to provide for them to groom their nails and beaks on and it is also much easier on their feet than the sanded perches are.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/p ... atid=15079

[Chantilly]

Sidney is enjoying some warm cooked oats with a sprinkle of seed and mushed banana.. She is really loving it, and she goes back up to her ruff perch at times to wipe her beak then she goes back down.. I feel bad just watching her with it all stuck to her beak even though it's quite funny seeing her trying to wipe it off on the ruff-perch, and I guess it's filing her beak down too because I've noticed the long curved bit it blunt and a bit shorter now.. And her nails are getting better, great perches they are.. The ones with the sand-like feel kinda like chunky sand paper

Awesome! I will have to try that for Tilly! With the ruff perches I would just make sure you dont use them to long in a row, I think I read 3 weeks maximum and take it out .

Actually this is the perch that I prefer to provide for them to groom their nails and beaks on and it is also much easier on their feet than the sanded perches are.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/p ... atid=15079

I will try to get one of these, what are your thoughts on the mineral (calcium) perches? I found them to be good.

[BabyBird]

Sidney is enjoying some warm cooked oats with a sprinkle of seed and mushed banana.. She is really loving it, and she goes back up to her ruff perch at times to wipe her beak then she goes back down.. I feel bad just watching her with it all stuck to her beak even though it's quite funny seeing her trying to wipe it off on the ruff-perch, and I guess it's filing her beak down too because I've noticed the long curved bit it blunt and a bit shorter now.. And her nails are getting better, great perches they are.. The ones with the sand-like feel kinda like chunky sand paper

Awesome! I will have to try that for Tilly! With the ruff perches I would just make sure you dont use them to long in a row, I think I read 3 weeks maximum and take it out .

Actually this is the perch that I prefer to provide for them to groom their nails and beaks on and it is also much easier on their feet than the sanded perches are.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/p ... atid=15079

I will try to get one of these, what are your thoughts on the mineral (calcium) perches? I found them to be good.

I've got one like this but in blue, it costed £10 but on northern parrots it's only £4 for a brown one, and yes they are quite good.. She likes to wipe his beak on it which saves me taking her to get her beak filed.. And the best thing is that if she accidentally eats the stones they are totally digestible

[BabyBird]

Oh and if you make the porrage (the oats and mushed banana) and she doesn't like it, try mixing apple sauce or honey and hiding some favourite treats in there, they forage for them, just a warning, be prepared for some huge mess and the cage needing a massive clean and even your walls after eating the porrage because she throws it everywhere

[Wolf]

Well I do kind of like the mineral perches, but I really don't use them because most of my birds just think they are these wonderful chew toys and set about reducing them to powder as quickly as they can. Sometimes I think that they have made it into a game to see who can turn the whole perch into powder the fastest. I now set a container below them under the grate to catch most of the powder when I do get them one and reuse the powder.
A word about their nails and beaks, if I may. The perch that I provided the link for is really great as it has two sides that are smooth and two sides that are rougher for the purpose of sanding down their nails and beaks, so it is also easy on their feet. I like to place them at their food and water dishes. Most of the time the reason that a birds nails are trimmed is because they are sharp and that irritates some people, however, unless they have a disease such as liver disease or malnutrition which causes their nails and beaks to grow overly fast they do not really need to have either of them trimmed. If they have some perches like the one I provided the link for and nice natural wooden perches with the bark still on them the will keep them in perfect condition. A bird mostly just cleans their beak and usually only does a little touch up along the sides of the beak, the cutting edge. In most cases it is not recommended to trim the beak at all unless their is a problem such as it being over grown or if for some reason it is misaligned so that it does not close properly. The beak is different than the nails in that it has many more blood vessels in it and due to the fact that it is used to explore the birds environment as well like another hand it is full of nerves and is very sensitive. Don't let anyone trim the birds beak unless it actually needs it done and then only by a competent avian vet.

[BabyBird]

Well I do kind of like the mineral perches, but I really don't use them because most of my birds just think they are these wonderful chew toys and set about reducing them to powder as quickly as they can. Sometimes I think that they have made it into a game to see who can turn the whole perch into powder the fastest. I now set a container below them under the grate to catch most of the powder when I do get them one and reuse the powder.
A word about their nails and beaks, if I may. The perch that I provided the link for is really great as it has two sides that are smooth and two sides that are rougher for the purpose of sanding down their nails and beaks, so it is also easy on their feet. I like to place them at their food and water dishes. Most of the time the reason that a birds nails are trimmed is because they are sharp and that irritates some people, however, unless they have a disease such as liver disease or malnutrition which causes their nails and beaks to grow overly fast they do not really need to have either of them trimmed. If they have some perches like the one I provided the link for and nice natural wooden perches with the bark still on them the will keep them in perfect condition. A bird mostly just cleans their beak and usually only does a little touch up along the sides of the beak, the cutting edge. In most cases it is not recommended to trim the beak at all unless their is a problem such as it being over grown or if for some reason it is misaligned so that it does not close properly. The beak is different than the nails in that it has many more blood vessels in it and due to the fact that it is used to explore the birds environment as well like another hand it is full of nerves and is very sensitive. Don't let anyone trim the birds beak unless it actually needs it done and then only by a competent avian vet.

Wow that is a lot of information, thankyou so much I really appreciate your help thankyou very much wolf

[BabyBird]

Today me and Sidney have had a chill-out day, been trying to get her to step up but I don't think she had much sleep last night because it was very windy and all you could hear was things blowing about outside, so she could hardly concentrate and she seemed tired.. Any tips on how to get her a good nights rest?

Anyway She's been eating very well but she's been regurgitating it back up and then eating it again (lovely I know ) eww.. But she hasn't done it for a few hours now, she's definitely more active and playing with her toys, I don't know if she's playing or aggressively attacking them (lol only joking, but it looks like that, she's just tearing them to peices).. Gonna need some new toys

She took a bath in her water bowl today, I was quite worried when I came upstairs and saw her feathers all clumped together and little black dots all over her, I don't know what the black dots were, but when she was all soaked she looked like she's plucked feathers out, but once shed dried her feathers went back to normal.. All fluffy and cuddly does anyone know what the black dots were? They where at the end of each feather and each feather looked as if it had been bitten off..??

That's today update love to hear your replies on this