Hunterkat

The adventures of Pepper, Jasmine, and Rocco! She/her. Pepper: adopted 6/13/2021 at roughly 1 year old. Rocco: adopted 2/22/22 at 5 years old. Jasmine: adopted 11/11/22, hatched 4/15/20. Rest In Peace Tetra, 2018-2021, and Niko 2/12/17-10/7/22. Avatar by homeofhousechickens.

[hunterkat]

Who’s Who in the hunterkat flock!

Pepper! Little man was rescued June 13, 2021. He’s very shy but loves to sing. He bonds strongly with other budgies and is very sweet to them.

Jasmine! This girl was rescued November 13, 2022. She has the biggest personality and loves to preen hair and hang out on your shoulder. She also likes to bite earlobes.

Rocco! This goofy little green cheek was rescued 2/22/22. He has a lot of anxiety from his previous home, and as a result he does pluck. He gets up to all kinds of trouble all the time. I call him my little stinker man.

[biodiversesv]

We are Biodiverse, an LGBT+ centered science Discord server and we are back for our third annual Birding Contest!

Four teams will face off from now until July to see which team can identify the most bird species from across the globe!

The event is open to everyone regardless of birding experience or geographical location. This contest is a great opportunity to learn more about your local wildlife and sharpen your bird identification skills, all while participating in a friendly competition!

All the information you need is on our Discord server, including the full list of rules and how to join the contest.

Hope to see you there! Happy Birding! 🦜

Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vp5Bewnp7r

[ilikeloons]

I cant stop laughing at this lil dude. They are so unserious from the front.

[hunterkat]

I love this little lintball so much, even though he’s a pain in the ass and yells all the time and bites me and-

[hunterkat]

[hunterkat]

Wow, finally something he’s playing with! Apparently he likes cork, who knew

[pepperandpals]

Alright, well, I was gonna plan this out better and maybe do a campaign of some kind, but with the Tufts appointment now being TOMORROW plans have changed. I don't know what all will be done tomorrow, but the original estimate was $3K and I needed to raise $1K more to reach that.

If you are able to help out at all,

My PayPal is [email protected]

And my Venmo is amandabl89

I don't know what will happen, but money will be used to pay vet bills, gas to drive her the 3 hours there, meds, and to make payments on mine and my partner's care credit cards that are also maxed out.

Should things not go well, funds will also be used for cremation.

I want to say more and be more, I guess, eloquent, but I'm so frazzled right now. I'm sorry.

Thank you for everything 💖🦜

[arts-i-enjoy]

POV you try to eat an orange

[wbicepuppy]

a slightly too yellow mourning dove in snow

[hunterkat]

Doofus tries to grab a toy in his bird hand and fails repeatedly, more at 11

[hunterkat]

Merry Christmas!

[hunterkat]

Ms. Jasmine got a hormonal implant today. I’m shocked they could do it on a bird as small as she is, but she did really well and the vet was awesome. Fingers crossed it works well for her! Lupron shots monthly are very expensive but she needs the hormone blockers to be healthy. Avian bornavirus is awful when it shows symptoms. I’m hesitant to say she has PDD/AGN officially, since no budgie (afaik) has ever been officially diagnosed with that, but she experiences a lot of the hormone disruptions, slowed GI tract, and frequent GI infections common to it. I’ve been told several times “budgies don’t get PDD/AGN” by groups focused around this disease. I’m probably one of the few who cares enough about “just a budgie” to get her diagnosed and treated… I suspect many other budgies do suffer with similar symptoms but it never gets reported or treated. It’s really sad, they’re such great little birds! Jasmine is such a trooper with all of her medical appointments.

[hunterkat]

You know, it’s awesome that parrots will use tools, but I have to wonder if scratching your head with your own feather actually accomplishes anything….

[flock-talk]

Look at him!!!!

[flock-talk]

Now I’m not saying you need a bird to be happy but I am saying… it’s impossible to not be happy when there’s a bird

[hunterkat]

I took a shower and he was literally falling asleep on the shower rod. I have no idea if he was even getting steam hitting him up there but I’m glad he enjoyed it?

[rosetta-draws]

more school work, this time: an oil painting of holly from @parrot-parent !! she's a v beautiful and expressive creature, so i actually painted her twice... i'll post the other one later tho

(oil on paper, which i'd gesso'ed with acrylic paint cuz gesso is a scam)