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January 24th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor | new use for 2.5 gallon tank My sister has peach faced lovebirds that have decided to raise a baby. She doesn't really want another one in her aviary, so she decided to let me hand raise the new baby. Well, he came to my home today and is now residing in one of my 2.5 gallon tanks. It makes a nice cozy little home for him. We let mama raise him until he had plenty of fuzz and was starting to get his pinfeathers. Here are some pics of him that she took out in her aviary. Innit he coot? |
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January 24th, 2009
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| | Moderator | Oh my goodness!!!!! He's the cutest little thing! |
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January 24th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor | He is much larger now - I'll try to get a couple more pics. The first pic was taken 12 31 08. The pics are all about 3-5 days apart and the last pic was taken yesterday (1 23 09). |
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January 24th, 2009
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| | Moderator | He grows that much in one day? |
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January 24th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor | Not quite. I wish I knew how to label the individual pictures.
The first pic is 12/31/08. He is only a couple of days old.
The second pic is 1/3/09 - four days later - age about 6 days
The third pic is 1/9/09 - six days growth - age about 12 days
The fourth pic is 1/16/09 - a week later - age about 19 days
The fifth pic is 1/23/09 - another week later - age about 26 days - almost a month old.
He is starting to explore his surroundings and nibble on things. Pretty soon he will be trying to eat on his own. Baby birds grow so fast. |
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January 25th, 2009
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| | Fish Master | Cute!!!! Look at that little ball of fuzz... so adorable  |
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January 25th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor | Well, after breakfast this morning, fuzz bucket (temporary name) decided to take a nap, so all the picture I could get was of him in his ball of burlap sleeping. I'll have to see if I can get someone else to take a picture of him while he is eating. After his lunch, (when he decided he was done, not me) he tried to burrow into my hand. Then when I was setting him down in his nest, he dove off my hand and into his ball of burlap and buried himself in it. I think he likes his bed... |
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January 25th, 2009
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| | Fish Master | How adorable! The weather here in Phoenix sure has been nice for the little birdy hasn't it! |
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January 25th, 2009
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| | Moderator | Awwwwww, thats adorable, his ball of burlap bed. lol |
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January 25th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor | Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinismommy How adorable! The weather here in Phoenix sure has been nice for the little birdy hasn't it! | Yes. This is NOT January weather - this is April weather. The garden doesn't know what to do and my finches are starting to breed. Not to mention the moss in pond is growing like mad. Oh well, that just gives me lots to bring in for the clean up crew. |
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January 26th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor | Well, after breakfast this morning, he decided he wanted to explore a bit, so I took a couple of pics of him. He is really getting his wing feathers in, but his rump is still nothing but fuzz! |
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January 26th, 2009
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| | Fish Master | Hehe what a cutie |
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January 26th, 2009
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| | Fish Master | That is just precious! |
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January 26th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper | Aww. He's so adorable. |
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January 26th, 2009
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| | Fish Master | So CUTE! |
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January 28th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor | Well, his name is now Twitters. He had an outing to the garden today when I went out to pick spinach leaves for my Mom's salad. I think he enjoyed it...
I love his little blue rump - the feathers are still real short, but it is so cute. |
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January 28th, 2009
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| | Moderator | What a cute name! It looks like Twitter really liked being outside.
Don't they get lonely without a mate? |
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January 28th, 2009
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| | Fish Master | That is AMAZING! I love birds. So beautiful! |
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