Poi-Fish Animals

Featuring; Yuko, David, and Rin the lovebirds!  You might even see photos of our cats, snakes, geckos and fish!

[godspoison]

Very happy to announce the opening of my tictail shop! https://tictail.com/godspoison

A portion of all lovebird charm sales will be donated to my local parrot shelter.  More items coming, including parrot stickers.

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Hi everyone!  I’m sorry to be cross-posting again but I wanted to share my most recent projects and announce the opening of my online store.

I’ve put up all my parrot stickers and these super lovely charms based on my lovebirds, Yuko and David.

A small portion of each parrot related sale goes towards my local Parrot Shelter, Greyhaven.

Shares are really appreciated!  And if there’s anything you want to see, please let me know <3

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I have a lovebird that i have had for about a year and i half, adopted from an abusive owner; and despite gaining her trust i cant seem to get her to make any progress on getting near my hands. She loves my shoulder and its fine not having her perch, i want to get her to feel comfortable with hands. Any recommendations?

Ah this is a fun question. Now I have two lovebirds. David is my hands off bird whoe came from a pet store with not history. I have had him nearly four years now and he is still terrified of hands and people in general. However, like your little bean, he will sit on my shoulder and hang around. I try very hard not to push his boundaries for fear of having him hate me entirely. So what you need to remember is to go at their pace. The last few months I have been taking David into the bathroom and gently coaxing him to stand my presence. I bring my hand close and if he backs off I do too. Over time I have been able to get closer and closer. He will step up once before he decides were done. Honestly i think the reason he lets me get as far as I have is because I have Yuko to show him Im not terrifying. But I do know with time you can make break throughs. As long as your little bean is happy then you are doing great and it does sound like they are happy with you. Some birds just dont like hands at all. Mavis my conure cant perch so Ive trained her to come to my shoulder. Since your bean seems to enjoy your shoulder that is also an option. Try offering a choice treat every time they come to your shoulder. Place the treat on your shoulder and then gradually progress it to taking the treat from your fingers. Keep at it. David eats from my hands and takes offered items but I believe he was grabbed a lot as a baby and just has never got over the abuse. Do you know if your little one was hand raised? Part of me believes David was not and that adds to his fear.Im sorry if it seems like Im rambling. It can be hard to gain the trust of a fearful animal but never give up. Just keep showing all the love and take small steps. Watch their body language and back off when they tell you. Pushing too hard can cause them to regress. If I remember correctly flock-talk had some great tips for working with birds.If you have more questions let me know. I will keep pondering and hopefully add more as I come up with things you can do with your little one.

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Happy seventh birthday my sweet Yuko

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Mavis showing off some of her latest feathers

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He thinks he’s so perfect. 

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Two sweet little beans

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My cockatiel is currently sick and the vet recommends keeping her warm at about 80 degrees. I would imagine some type of reptile heater that would help, but I know nothing about heating devices and am overwhelmed by the choices. I bought a heat lamp and thermometer for her cage, but it doesn't get warm enough. I was wondering what you would recommend in this situation.

Answering this because of time sensitivity.

You can use a reptile heat lamp or, preferably, a ceramic heat emitter (CHE). That way it can be on at night and won’t keep your bird up. A ceramic heat emitter is a product that you screw into a fixture for heat bulbs (like the one you’re already using). It gets hot and emits heat safely, as long as it is a proper distance from your bird.

So, mostly importantly you need a decent thermometer to gauge temperature. I recommend this one. It will give you a very accurate surface temperature of whatever you point it at (your birds body, perch, etc.).

Without knowing the size of your cage I can’t give you an exact recommendation but I’d say start out with a 25watt CHE and use your thermometer to see if it gets warm enough. If it’s too cold, you can put the fixture closer to the cage. If it’s too hot, put it further away.

Now, if getting a CHE is out of your price range or whatever, you can still use the bulbs. Again, if it’s too cold you can put the fixture closer to the cage.

Do NOT rest it directly on the cage. If you do this, the perch beneath can be a toasty 80F but the bars directly beneath the bulbs can easily be over 100F and burn your bird if they decide to grab the bars.

So if it’s as close as is safe but still too cold, get a higher wattage bulb. Check your fixture first, it’ll have printed on it somewhere what wattage it can go up to. For instance it might say 75watt somewhere on it. That means it can only hold bulbs up to 75watts. Say you already have a 75watt in there and it’s still too cold, you’ll have to get a new fixture that can go up to a higher wattage.

Good luck with your little guy! Heat can make a huge difference in sick birds so it really is worth it to get this right.

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I just wanted to add my experiences with this situation as well.  Yuko was very sick when her liver was failing and I was told the same thing in regards to keeping her warm.  With my luck it was during the winter months.  Here’s what I did (please don’t take it as gospel but as an alternative);

I bought a heat blanket (small) and set Yuko up in a smaller hospital cage with more height than width (this allowed her to regulate if she was too warm at the bottom).  I moved this cage to a small area of our apartment, in this case the reptile room (basically away from drafts and windows)(this also removed the stress of traffic while she recovered).  We kept her covered and away from the reptiles, so there was no stress involved there.  We placed the heat blanket on low in the bottom tray of her cage and covered the top in blankets to trap the heat inside and let it rise naturally.  I used a thermometer to keep tabs on the heat through the day and night.  We did manage to keep it in the 76-80 range the entire time she was in there.

Because of the nature of heat blankets it does need to be monitored regularly.  This is basically what my vet recommended except they suggested keeping her in a critter carrier.  Because Yuko was still able to move about I opted to use a cage to allow her the chance to get away from direct heat.

[godspoison]

Due to popular demand off-line I’ve decided to offer birdy stickers to all my birdy friends! All funds raised go into my emergency vet visit funds.  Please help me spread the word.

*Don’t want a bird?  I can do custom chibi animals or characters as well.

Existing designs are all under the cut.

Keep reading

[girlwithbird-blog]

hey guys!! making a new post about the fundraiser since i have a new url 

PLEASE DONATE TO ROSE’S TAIL AMPUTATION SURGERY HERE (✿´◉◞⊖◟◉｀✿)

the brief backstory:

rose is my moluccan cockatoo child, rescued from the world parrot refuge that shut down in august 2016. she was rescued by greyhaven exotic bird sanctuary and night owl bird hospital along with 500+ other parrots that were left in horrid conditions.  standing in their own feces, mutilating and fighting each other, and were without medical care for probably well over a decade.

rose was one of the luckier ones, but since she was a severe mutilator, she has mutilated her tail to the point of where her tail bone, follicles, and skin are severely damaged and deformed.  luckily, she no longer needs a cone and no longer picks at herself that intensely.  she is currently on heart medication and liver supplements to get her back into tip top shape, and all the needs now is her tail to be amputated so it doesn’t cause her continued discomfort with the feathers growing back crooked, and even ingrown forming a large cyst.

the bill is going to be steep, but luckily the sweet vets at the clinic are cutting me a discount, and i am now working two jobs in order to help fund the travel (i live out of town from the vets), stay and the medication, bills, aftercare etc she will need. but i need your help too.

thank you all for reading, sharing, reblogging, and donating. you guys are the best and have seriously single handedly improved rose’s life by helping me provide for her special needs.  ⋋(‘Θ’◍)⋌ :.。✯*

*disclaimer: i know i have gotten flack before, but i assure you i am a responsible owner. unfortunately, not all of us have 5000 lying around for an emergency amputation.  i used to have a very well paying job before i got ill and had to move home.  please no negative messages. thanks. 

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UPDATE

sorry that ive been a lil quiet lately, but i dont have a smartphone atm (but im getting one end of this week!!) so i dont have the option to blog here and there when im away from home

rose’s health is doing good! she is on heart medication which is 60 dollars a month, and luckily i am able to afford - her surgery is still up in the air, the doc is on vacation and will be back tomorrow so im going to call the clinic and FINALLY get her diagnostics back. though, it is kind of relieving because i assume they would call if there was bad news.

we ran out of enalapril so shes been off it a week, but i got the clinic in vancouver to send some to the clinic locally so i should be able to pick that up soon. so now im nervous about her not being on it, but she seems literally just fine, if not more energenic since she started the meds!

anyway, i am still in desperate need of funding. please if you can, donate to the youcaring or to my paypal here.

thank you all for standing by us. <3

[poifish-animals]

Sorry for the radio silence

I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone on here for spreading around the news about Yuko’s gofundme and trying to help me through this.  I’m honestly honored and so blessed to be part of the community.

I wanted to take this time to let you all know that she is recovering and we are still going to the vet weekly.

I also wanted to let everyone know that Rin passed away on the monday after Yuko came home from her two day stay at the vet office.  I’ve been really quiet about it because I didn’t know what to say without falling apart.  This weekend I will be taking her in to have her cremated.

I miss her so much and I’m just falling apart over here.  Thank you guys so much for bringing some light to my day during all this.

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Click here to support Help Yuko on the Road to Recovery

Over six years ago, I was given the most wonderful gift, a young lovebird named Yuko. It was almost instantly that we bonded and every day we grew closer together. In 2013, Yuko started plucking feathers, shortly after that, her health truly started to decline. After many tests and tears, she was...

Yuko is really sick and I’d appreciate all the help we can get to get her back on the road to recovery.  Shares and donations are very much appreciated!

Thank you so much for your support during this time.

If you’d like to send me a copy of your receipt (with your tumblr name) I’d be more than happy to draw a thank you image of a parrot of your choice (if you can’t choose I will draw a little Yuko for you)  or I will post a personal thank you from us on the blog.

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I do apologize to everyone with the spamming.  I wanted to say thank you to those that are helping to spread the word and to those that have donated to help.  Normally I always have a reserve for these kinds of situations but I recently had to take Rin in for feather plucking.

Yuko is currently home and is undergoing the remainder of her treatment in my care.  I will do my utmost to keep everyone posted.

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Hey - sorry to hear about Yuko. Just to let you know, I've just donated a little now. It's not much but I hope it helps some. My love to Yuko and the rest of the birds ❤

AW thank you so much.  I truly truly appreciate it.  Every little bit helps.  If you’d like to request a bird or if you have a pet, I’d be more than happy to doodle you something as a thank you <3

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Click here to support Help Yuko on the Road to Recovery

Over six years ago, I was given the most wonderful gift, a young lovebird named Yuko. It was almost instantly that we bonded and every day we grew closer together. In 2013, Yuko started plucking feathers, shortly after that, her health truly started to decline. After many tests and tears, she was...

Yuko is really sick and I’d appreciate all the help we can get to get her back on the road to recovery.  Shares and donations are very much appreciated!

Thank you so much for your support during this time.

If you’d like to send me a copy of your receipt (with your tumblr name) I’d be more than happy to draw a thank you image of a parrot of your choice (if you can’t choose I will draw a little Yuko for you)  or I will post a personal thank you from us on the blog.

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I do apologize to everyone with the spamming.  I wanted to say thank you to those that are helping to spread the word and to those that have donated to help.  Normally I always have a reserve for these kinds of situations but I recently had to take Rin in for feather plucking.

Yuko is currently home and is undergoing the remainder of her treatment in my care.  I will do my utmost to keep everyone posted.

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Click here to support Help Yuko on the Road to Recovery

Over six years ago, I was given the most wonderful gift, a young lovebird named Yuko. It was almost instantly that we bonded and every day we grew closer together. In 2013, Yuko started plucking feathers, shortly after that, her health truly started to decline. After many tests and tears, she was...

Yuko is really sick and I’d appreciate all the help we can get to get her back on the road to recovery.  Shares and donations are very much appreciated!

Thank you so much for your support during this time.

If you’d like to send me a copy of your receipt (with your tumblr name) I’d be more than happy to draw a thank you image of a parrot of your choice (if you can’t choose I will draw a little Yuko for you)  or I will post a personal thank you from us on the blog.

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Click here to support Help Yuko on the Road to Recovery

Over six years ago, I was given the most wonderful gift, a young lovebird named Yuko. It was almost instantly that we bonded and every day we grew closer together. In 2013, Yuko started plucking feathers, shortly after that, her health truly started to decline. After many tests and tears, she was...

Yuko is really sick and I’d appreciate all the help we can get to get her back on the road to recovery.  Shares and donations are very much appreciated!

Thank you so much for your support during this time.

If you’d like to send me a copy of your receipt (with your tumblr name) I’d be more than happy to draw a thank you image of a parrot of your choice (if you can’t choose I will draw a little Yuko for you)  or I will post a personal thank you from us on the blog.

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