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[008kenichijouji]

I don't know if anyone else already mentioned this, but since you live in a basement, you might want to test for radon gas if it hasn't already been done. It's colorless, tasteless, and without scent, so you'd have to purchase a testing kit, but radon causes cancer, primarily lung cancer. Apparently the gas can be contained in any level of a house, but it's more contained in basements, as cracks in foundation easily let it in (it comes from the natural decay of uranium in the soil). Here's the website if you're curious: Radon Home Page | Indoor Air | US Environmental Protection Agency

Just thought I'd mention it for the safety of you and your family, people and birds alike. :] We found out that we have a high level of radon in our basement, and we were never aware of it until many years after living in our house.

 

[baron1282]

Our basements get's cold and as far as drafts, not really a big problem. Just cold as there is no heat down there.

He seems to have settled in. He took a shower today with my wife, because he wouldn't go back into his cage. He does not like the cage, but loves being out of it. He bites a little, but not bad. I am going to get him a play gym today! I thought he would want to be in his cage for at least a few days to get use to the new area, but he wants to be out with us. He has not screamed our squawked at all yet. He does chirp when I leave the room, but I chirp back. He does not seem interested in toys at all! Even at the pet shop the toys I put into his cage for him, shows no signs of use. Is this an odd thing? The staff says he uses the happy hut I bought for him, but today I found him on the side of the cage clinging to it not moving from the top left. I don't know if he slept there all night, or if he didn't sleep at all. I am sure he is settling in still, so I hope he starts using the toys and other things.

 

[baron1282]

As far as Radon, we did test the air quality for mold and everything else that is dangerous to a basement. I don't know if Radon was in that test. Everything came out clean! I will look into that thou!! Thanks for advice!! I hope to be out in 6 months anyway. I hate living with the parents again.

It's cool and sucks at the same time. Dinner is free again which is nice, hahaha!! But I have chores again. :-( LoL

 

[SandyBee]

Our African brown head slept upside down hanging on the side of her cage for a month after we got her home. Also she didn't use any toys till now, 2 months later.
She needed time to settle in... Everyday now she is doing new things and playing more.

She also now sleeps on her perch.

 

[008kenichijouji]

As far as Radon, we did test the air quality for mold and everything else that is dangerous to a basement. I don't know if Radon was in that test. Everything came out clean! I will look into that thou!! Thanks for advice!! I hope to be out in 6 months anyway. I hate living with the parents again.

It's cool and sucks at the same time. Dinner is free again which is nice, hahaha!! But I have chores again. :-( LoL

LOL. Gotta weigh the benefits I suppose. Will work for food! Haha.

 

[baron1282]

Just an updates guys. We have had the bird now for 5 days, and had a vet check up. The vet said the bird was very good looking and in great health. Now the next mission is to find a vet that can check up on birds that is closer than 2 hours away.

He has been a little bitty, but nothing major, almost felt like he bit my ear off. LoL He has been going to bed around 9pm every night. My question is he is in our TV room where we watch until 11pm. We put him in his cage and close the cover, is this a problem? It's 100% dark for him being we have a cage cover.

Also what does it mean when be bobs his head? We kind of figured it means he wants something.

Also he makes little sounds, almost like barely bearable chirps. It's cute, but what does that mean?

 

[ConureCrazy]

As far as the bobbing his head, he probably wants something, IMO. I have my GCCs cage next to our dinner table, and they'll look in the direction of our plates and bob their heads as if they're about to take off into my food... lol but they never do. Or if I'm about to give them a treat, they'll bob their heads in the direction of the treat.

The little chirps... Mine make cute chip/honk noises. Usually it's right before a nap, when excited, or when they're eating. It seems to ne a conure thing.

 

[baron1282]

Thanks, it's weird, it's like a sad little crying sound he makes sometimes. It just sounds so pathetic but cute at the same time. When we put him to bed he makes that sound, and it almost sounds like he is being hurt. Do really act like kids when you put them to bed and they don't want to go to bed?

 

[ConureCrazy]

Thanks, it's weird, it's like a sad little crying sound he makes sometimes. It just sounds so pathetic but cute at the same time. When we put him to bed he makes that sound, and it almost sounds like he is being hurt. Do they really act like kids when you put them to bed and they don't want to go to bed?

I think? i know what you're talking about. They are SO much like 2 year olds (I have a 2 y.o. little brother, I've got experience. ) and when I put them to bed when they don't want to (or when they're jjust grumpy-tired), they make a very high pitched grumbling noise that now that I think about it, it does sound like crying.

 

[baron1282]

It's kind of funny, but I think our bird is scared of my aquarium. Every time I am near the bird jumps off my shoulder. When I put him next too it to show him it's nothing to be scared of he really does not freak out, but he tries to get far away as he can. Anyone deal with a fear like this? It's kind of funny, but I am trying to not scare the bird on purpose. My theory is the noise my Skimmer makes, as my filter really does not do anything. Here is a pic of the tank.