The fact that the barking bird isn't just making the noises of barking but actually doing a complete physical impression of a dog as well, is awesome LOL.
Jim Bowen you are so right. Almost the same for cat lovers. You go out and buy the most elaborate scratching post to find the kitty only scratches the sofa arm...
If I was 20yrs younger I would have 2 Indian Ringneck birds, and a cat..😊..I would have raised them together. But I'm not young enough to give them the attention they deserve, so I watch the lucky parents that have them...Thankyou for sharing your private lives about them...I don't know if you realize how much joy you bring to the people that watch..😆..Again Thankyou..Love and Blessings from New Orleans...😉😎
One bird meowing. One bird barking. Another bird whistling if your happy and you know it clap your hands. Another bird laughing hysterically what dimension is this they're all broken.
Ok the clucking like a chicken is also hilarious. These birds are amazing. If they weren't such a commitment I would own 1. I admire the dedication it takes to successfully own 1 of these, I equally abhor seeing birds with all their feathers pulled out from anxiety. Please don't get a bird unless you're prepared to have a pet who lives for decades and may well outlive you,and who also requires a LOT OF attention and care.
I own a cockatiel and its pretty hard but cute bc they need attention, also never give your bird sweets like how that guy let his cockatiel eat that pancake or whatevr it is, birds can eat some fruits and vegies but not things like pancakes and sweets
Yeah, that's right. So much easier just having these RUclips 'virtual pets' -- no time / attention commitment, no vet / food bills, no worrying about whether they might be ill, no guilt about them not being in the wild. Same reason I chose not to raise any human kids, or have a girlfriend, or live in a house. The _simple_ life!
Truer words have never been spoken. Having a bird, especially a parrot, is a massive commitment and tho very rewarding it’s definitely not for everyone. There are far too many birds who end up unwanted and miserable because people don’t realise how much hard work and sacrifice is involved in their care. It’s not unlike having a child.
My wife and I have a Scarlett Macaw. He’s pretty funny sometimes. Other times he can drive you insane with his screaming. He has also learned all of the families ring tones and says hello when they go off.
Well I've NEVER!!!! HAHAHAHA!!! THESE BIRDS ARE SO BEAUTIFUL, AMAZING AND ENTERTAINING!!! It's incredible to me how much they can sound like a dog barking!!! Phenomenal!!! THANK YOU FOR SHARING!!!
I love cockatiels, something about them that just warms my heart! I know they aren’t half as much work as a cockatoo, macaw etc but they still take a lot of dedication. They’re the only bird I’ve ever contemplated owning, love them! Cockatoos are nuts but hilarious! X
My old school had a cockatoo. Every morning me and some students would came to its cage and said "Good morning" to it. Not long after that, it always shout Good Morning to everyone that passing. I love the bird 😍
God truly is a God of wonders who is so so good. For only a God of love could make such wonderful creatures that fill us with such joy and laughter that are absolutely a delight to watch. I praise you Lord for your wonderful creations and I thank you.
Funny. I loved it. . The birds were making unusual sounds that other animals make.. my favorite one was the white cockatoo that was having a meltdown. . Looks like some humans would have that kind of a meltdown
BEAUTIFUL birds. All male cockatiels bang their beaks. I love them and I hope they all have a person(s) who loves them back. It can be difficult sometimes, especially the cockatoos, ❤️ when their lives become so sad. Remember: adopt, don't shop.
Thanks for this funny and amazing compilation video. It proved how parrots of any size can provide great companionship and laughs for his/her owner as well as the people they interact with. My cockatiel Chipper has proven all that with his sweet and interactive personality and he enjoys "hamming it up" with his vocal repertoire. I think people overlook parrots as pets because unfortunately they're not promoted as that--on TV, the focus is mostly on dogs(not that I have anything against dogs). Again, thanks for this great video!
*IMPORTANT WARNING FOR PET BIRD OWNERS:* The food that we normally give to the canaries (and other companion birds) consisting of a "complete, balanced and top-quality seeds mixture" bought in pet stores or malls, makes the owners trust that their pet is well fed, but it's not so: indeed the birds health is at serious risk. The owners of canaries, parrots, cockatoos, budgies, cockatiels, etc., WE MUST PAY ATTENTION TO DOMESTIC BIRD BREEDERS AND VETS and keep in mind that although we feed them with such a typical seeds mixture, our birds are very likely in danger of suffering a painful and unexpected PREMATURE DEATH BY FATTY LIVER DISEASE. Canaries, for example, will surely die at 4 - 7 years of age of the more than 15 that they can live. It's sad that pet birds are fated to die early and painfully in so many cases. You have to warn people to avoid it! This deadly disease is very common in pet birds but owners usually don’t know or detect it in time. And we can’t imagine that *THE CAUSE IS IN THE FOOD ITSELF* that we provide to our birds, in which such *a typical mixture contains low-fat seeds such as canary seed together with other VERY fatty seeds such as niger, hemp or nabine and, in addition, the birds usually prefer to eat the fatty seeds* so that their REAL DIET is unbalanced by excessive fat, gradually causes the fatty infiltration of the liver and in a few years causes fatty liver hepatitis and PREMATURE DEATH to pet birds. *Also the fruits and specially the breeding paste and its pigments and THE SUNFLOWER SEEDS ATTACK THE LIVER* if they are taken too much or for too long. It's a cruel disease that progresses silently and, when its unexpected symptoms begin, they are easily confused with other ailments so the owners usually postpone the visit to the vet at a time already critical for the life of the bird (besides that not all vets are trained to recognize this elusive and misleading disease, even to administer lipotropic and regenerative liver protectors in curative doses, just in case it's that and not a supposed blow). It's a process of slow and asymptomatic progression, but when its visible symptoms begin (acute phase) the disease accelerates. *SYMPTOMS OF THE ACUTE PHASE OF FATTY LIVER DISEASE:* First, overgrowth of beak and nails since months before, progressive sadness and/or pecking, hard belly (in many cases, with a dark spot with a half-moon shape on the belly, which seems a "tumor", to see it you have to wet your fingers to remove the down), falls from the sticks of the cage that seem for "errors of calculation" and then lameness (that make believe that they are by the previous falls, but both symptoms are due to that it hurts the liver), lack of flight and singing, the bird fluffs up his feathers or bends more or less slowly; Then, within a few weeks or a few days, heavy breathing with open beak, remaining lying on the floor of the cage near the food, sudden spasms from time to time (which make people believe that the bird is "epileptic" but it are twinges of pain of diseased liver), abundant greenish poop (caused by biliverdin which if it's not fasting, it means hepatic harm), then black and watery (from hepatic hemorrhages), then a strange purplish color of skin and beak, an excessive appetite and the final "improvement" of a few days (in the last phase, the already degenerated liver becomes deflated by what the bird seems to ameliorate), after which it suddenly dies among seizures (which may seem a "heart infarct" or a "stroke"). For the first symptoms the liver has already degenerated to 80% and only an urgent (and accurate) vet action can save your bird and revert the liver situation. If you simply feed your bird with the loose seeds mixture (even if you give it fresh fruits, vegetables and let it exercise, for example by letting it out of the cage at home), right now your pet's liver is degenerating, and neither you nor your bird know. *Without liver protectors, it's almost certain that your bird will die early and in many cases you won’t be able to determine its real cause.* Hepatic lipidosis it's not only deadly by itself when the visible symptoms begin (sometimes even it does not warn at all until few moments before the death). Even before the acute phase it predisposes the bird to suffer infections, as it weakens the immune system. Obese pet birds have an higher risk of many other diseases, like arthritis, heart disease and cancer. Obesity in birds it's not so apparent but it's more dangerous than in other animals like mammals. So in addition to giving to the birds lipotropic and detox / regenerating hepatic protectors preventively and routinely, breeders usually make their own mixtures with low fat seeds. *PREVENTION AND/OR TREATMENT:* The time to act is NOW that your bird doesn’t show yet the visible symptoms. It's necessary to ACTIVELY PREVENT THE LIVER DEGENERATION. Fortunately it's easy to do it: *It's very advisable to substitute progressively (within some weeks, as per the instructions of the manufacturer) the mixture of loose seeds for some pellets compound food of seeds, fruits and vegetables (preferably those that already include liver protectors), because this prevents the bird from filtering and eating mostly the fatty seeds (but without insisting if the bird does not get accustomed to eating pellets because he could die for starvation within a few days).* *And, whatever the diet, it's CRUCIAL to add to the drinking water or to the food LIPOTROPIC LIVER PROTECTORS that include carnitine and / or choline, betaine, methionine, etc., (and it's very convenient to add DETOX / REGENERATING LIVER PROTECTORS with thistle milk, boldo, artichoke extract).* Liver protectors are not medicine but cheap food supplements manufactured by pet bird vet laboratories that remove the fat from the liver, clean it and favor its recovery. It's essential to add them to the pet birds diet to conserve their liver. It's something that breeders and vets know, but we the owners usually don't know. It are appearing in the market compound feed for pet birds that don’t include fatty seeds and that already include several liver protectors. *But the vast majority of owners still confidently feed their birds with the typical mixture of loose seeds with little fat and other very fatty seeds... And their birds continue dying for hepatic lipidosis in a large number of cases (likely, in most cases).* Now we know that, as fatty liver disease develops from the daily food itself, it’s most likely *THE FIRST CAUSE OF DEATH OF PET BIRDS, and more so as the bird ages.* Webs on FLD: www.beautyofbirds.com/liverdisease.html Liver disease is a slow, on-going progressive disease where the liver tissue is replaced with fat. When the liver disease has progressed, the bird may suddenly appear ill. www.lovinghands.com/forms/Hepatic%20Lipidosis%20-%20Fatty%20Liver%20Disease.pdf One of the sadder diseases many avian vets see is that of hepatic lipidosis or fatty liver disease. It's sad in a number of ways since often the birds are very ill, life-threateningly so, or possibly having died suddenly. Often the owners have been unaware of the dangers of feeding their beloved pet the seeds, peanuts, or other fatty foods the bird obviously loves to eat. These are truly cases of "loving your bird to death". Any bird can fall victim to fatty liver disease. www.researchgate.net/publication/46105643_Treating_liver_disease_in_the_avian_patient Dietary deficiencies of lipotrophic factors such as choline, biotin, and methionine may decrease the transport of lipids from the liver. The clinical manifestations of hepatic diseases in ornamental birds are much more frequent than people could realize and in many cases they are not appreciated, progress in a silent way and when they are evident, vet action may arrive late. Most any avian symptomatology should be considered as if it was a pathology that could be serious, and not allow the disease to develop because then it will probably be too late. We must closely investigate the symptoms, take preventive measures that don’t harm (such as giving liver and intestinal protectors according to the leaflet) ask for advice from vets, breeders, etc. and procure the most appropriate treatment RAPIDLY, but without rushing in the treatment or with the doses in such small animals. If the days go by and the bird doesn’t improve, it's necessary to continue investigating and, if necessary, change the medication in an informed and contrasted manner. Doing nothing or stopping research usually ends up with the bird dead, but acting without being sure of what is done and in what dose, it likely ends the same way. It's necessary to obtain and confirm the sufficient vet experience and have the serenity to determine in each case whether it's convenient to hasten to do and / or administer what medicine and in what dose, or if it’s better not to do and let the situation evolve without medicating for the time being, or according to the medication that has already been administered. A limp in a bird is not always an injury caused by a blow, but the symptom of a disease of some organ (usually the liver or an intestinal disease) that needs to be discovered and treated ASAP. When in doubt, change diet to one with the lowest fat possible (only birdseed, or with other low-fat seeds such as millet, chia and vegetables) and administer lipotropic and regenerating liver protectors in curative doses immediately... although nothing could foresee a fatal outcome. There are also food supplements protectors of the intestinal mucosa and stimulants of the immune system. In doses according to the leaflets do not cause damage, it will surely save the life of your bird (if it's not too late), and will keep them with a basic wellness.
I lost a cockatoo to fatty liver disease. By the time I adopted him he had been eating a very poor diet for nearly 40 years. It broke my heart. I gave him a fresh healthy diet but I couldn’t un do the damage.
Thank you, I'm not a bird owner, but I would certainly like to be and plan on being one. I'm now informed, Thanks. Although I couldn't read the whole thing.
@@malindasmith3496 so just feed my bird a mostly veggie diet instead of pallets? I was thinking veggies in the morning and lf veggie and half pellet mixture in the evening. Or just completely ignore the bird food altogether?
Acting is bo$$ get a good quality organic pellet that is not baked. I use bird tricks pellets they are top quality. My birds get a mix of veggies and fruits with a healthy grain like quinoa. Then foraging treats throughout the day and pellets for their evening meal.
@The Media Lies Against Islam I couldn't agree more !! THANK YOU Vic64y !! I don't have a bird and probably won't get one but as a hardcore animal lover for all animals, there's always so much more information that needs to be known !! Animals are our responsibility on this earth .💚
The barking parrots are a blast to watch and hear....sooo funny! Love all the birds and their antics.
All the birds make me laugh. My favourite is the one parrot that chased the cat....a heroic act.!!!
A heroic cockatoo, very scary when angry, as that cat quickly found out!
@Violets divine spiritual shop LLC Divine No shit.
Surprise, m**********
The fact that the barking bird isn't just making the noises of barking but actually doing a complete physical impression of a dog as well, is awesome LOL.
I just can’t help but get so tickled. When I see a parrot barking like a dog. It’s hilarious! Thanks for the giggles! 😂
The barking one, even fooled the dog 👋😃
Same here, and he usually doesn’t react to sounds off of my phone! 😆
You can always tell a bird house. Old furniture and new toys for the bird
Hi Christine... *L O L* Very observant of you...HaHaHa...
XD that veryyyyyy true
Christine Bailey no pictures either, no flowers, no plants!
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Jim Bowen you are so right. Almost the same for cat lovers. You go out and buy the most elaborate scratching post to find the kitty only scratches the sofa arm...
Omg the parrot that learned the song "if you're happy and you know it clap yourr hands" really broke my heart... So adorable :(
The barking Cockatoo sent my cat running and made my dogs lose their minds 😂😂😂
maybe these birds have wrong soundchip geted as they born...what i see here from parrots...icant believe😆😅😂
9:17 "He's behind me acting like an idiot again, isn't he?"
That's funny😂😂😂😂
I'm laughing my ass off... Jumping on the BED.
Bong boing
9:22 you can just see the owl thinking: so this is my life, huh ?
If I was 20yrs younger I would have 2 Indian Ringneck birds, and a cat..😊..I would have raised them together. But I'm not young enough to give them the attention they deserve, so I watch the lucky parents that have them...Thankyou for sharing your private lives about them...I don't know if you realize how much joy you bring to the people that watch..😆..Again Thankyou..Love and Blessings from New Orleans...😉😎
One bird meowing. One bird barking. Another bird whistling if your happy and you know it clap your hands. Another bird laughing hysterically what dimension is this they're all broken.
🤣🤣🤣 whatever the dimension I wanna go there.
@@_6079SMITH 😂😂😂
@@chelwesch68
🤣👍
They are not broken, they are just well educated in a foreign language :)
Crazy wes
I appreciate so much the owners that raise and take care of these loves. They bring such joy to others. Thank you for being a blessing 💖💖
Ok the clucking like a chicken is also hilarious. These birds are amazing. If they weren't such a commitment I would own 1. I admire the dedication it takes to successfully own 1 of these, I equally abhor seeing birds with all their feathers pulled out from anxiety. Please don't get a bird unless you're prepared to have a pet who lives for decades and may well outlive you,and who also requires a LOT OF attention and care.
I own a cockatiel and its pretty hard but cute bc they need attention, also never give your bird sweets like how that guy let his cockatiel eat that pancake or whatevr it is, birds can eat some fruits and vegies but not things like pancakes and sweets
Unless its a pancake made of food safe for birds
Yeah, that's right. So much easier just having these RUclips 'virtual pets' -- no time / attention commitment, no vet / food bills, no worrying about whether they might be ill, no guilt about them not being in the wild. Same reason I chose not to raise any human kids, or have a girlfriend, or live in a house. The _simple_ life!
You are so right. Take the commitment seriously. They need attention. Love. Companionship
Truer words have never been spoken. Having a bird, especially a parrot, is a massive commitment and tho very rewarding it’s definitely not for everyone. There are far too many birds who end up unwanted and miserable because people don’t realise how much hard work and sacrifice is involved in their care. It’s not unlike having a child.
Birds so lovely ! Bring joy for you everyday !
This is why I love birds! Such characters!
Umbrella cockatoos are absolutely insane they're so hilarious They by far have the most personality in my opinion
yeah, they're absolute nucking fut-jobs... don't think I could live with that, like having a screw-ball 6yr old for 20-30 yrs++, lol.
Pecking cockatiel saying "You mistook me for a parrot..and I'm clearly a WOODPECKER!"
it´s the birds that show us how strange human laughter is to animals
My wife and I have a Scarlett Macaw. He’s pretty funny sometimes. Other times he can drive you insane with his screaming. He has also learned all of the families ring tones and says hello when they go off.
Stuck Case aww haha that’s adorable
Persistent aren't they
GOD IS AWESOME IN ALL THINGS HE CREATED 🙇♀️🐣🙇♀️🐣🙇♀️
Absolutely! ❤
Well I've NEVER!!!! HAHAHAHA!!! THESE BIRDS ARE SO BEAUTIFUL, AMAZING AND ENTERTAINING!!! It's incredible to me how much they can sound like a dog barking!!! Phenomenal!!! THANK YOU FOR SHARING!!!
These birds are ALL SO GORGEOUS ‼️‼️‼️. The barking cockatoo had me laughing out loud‼️‼️
I love cockatiels, something about them that just warms my heart! I know they aren’t half as much work as a cockatoo, macaw etc but they still take a lot of dedication. They’re the only bird I’ve ever contemplated owning, love them! Cockatoos are nuts but hilarious! X
That owl needs an ⬅️ I’m with stupid
T-shirt
exactly, turning the birds silly and stupid
@@ensabanor9939 .😂😂.lol
Or with "Not my breed" on it.
I ❤️love birds...ALL birds are precious. Heaven is having many many many birds!!!
9:18 oh my god this is the funniest shit!
Actually very metaphoric for many social interactions
The owl is really tiered of his sh**.
Delightful and hysterical... what magnificent darlings they all are ! 😍😍😍
they are such beautiful creatures !! it is wonderful how they bark and meow ,it is wonderful and beautiful of them !!
1:03 this is me during day 32 of quarantine.
How is your sanity doing? I am worried for your neighbors
Me when I have to do online school
Parrot goes insane 100%
If so is the bird imitating the human, imagine the human.
@@escain the human would definitely be in some kind of asylum for sure. 🤣
Owl to the Cockatoo,"Go away kid,you bother me."
Birds ROCK.
Birds are so smart and funny! Beautiful creatures
My old school had a cockatoo. Every morning me and some students would came to its cage and said "Good morning" to it. Not long after that, it always shout Good Morning to everyone that passing. I love the bird 😍
9:45 - When you have that one loudmouth trying to push you into a fight but you're completely unaffected... #betheowl.
1:03 2.5 months of quarantine got me like
3:30 3+ months of quarantine be like...😂😂
Yup
That cockatoo is having an identity crisis! LOL
I just love parrots they light up my life the way they laugh they are so beautiful 😍 so cute and funny 😄
That owl just sits there like, whatever. 😂😂
2:20 NOT TODAY KITTY!! 😂😂😂😂
I think the cockatoo at 1:06-1:35 sums up how we all feel about 2020.
Too funny! Loved the barking Cockatoo & the jumping Cockatoo! Sooo funny! Thanks 4 the laughs 😂👍🙋♀️
God truly is a God of wonders who is so so good. For only a God of love could make such wonderful creatures that fill us with such joy and laughter that are absolutely a delight to watch. I praise you Lord for your wonderful creations and I thank you.
Anyone want to perform an exorcism on the bird at 1:06?
Sheriff Burford T. Justice ya, that would freak me out if I heard that in the night. Lol
The neighbors have offered to pay.
Wtf!?
Too much tv?
It's not the bird that needs it, but the owner.
"meow"
"I'm not a parrot, I'm a pooddy cat"
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👍🏻
I love watching these birds..I just couldn't live with one!😀😀
Awww, soooo cute and clever
6:50 I had to turn down the volume. Didn't wanna make my neighbors think I am wringing my gf's neck and those are her last screams.
Uhhhh what?
Yeah.. Not again.
This cookato is incredible!
So adorable and very smart!
0:18 Oh my god, your dog is so cute, what breed is it
It’s a cockatoo spaniel
LOL
I love cockatoos and my favorite parrot
❤ Love these birds ❤❤❤❤
Funny. I loved it. . The birds were making unusual sounds that other animals make.. my favorite one was the white cockatoo that was having a meltdown. . Looks like some humans would have that kind of a meltdown
Watching these videos is great stress relief!
Wow... Excellent... Really this is Natural Beauty...
Cockatoos are the comedians of the parrot world❤
I've got to buy myself another adorable bird!!
So funny! Birds are sp precious. And then the showstopper with the hyper white trying to activate the stoic owl. 😂😂
1:28 THAT IS MAX!!! That is so Max! I know those untranslatable words from anywhere. 😂
My parrot barks just like the little terrier that used to live next door, it still cracks me up
I love all birds
DO YOU LOVE VULTURES ? LOL
@@loopiewho They might not be pretty, but they provide an indispensable service for our ecosystem.
Loopiewho I love ALL birds large or small cute or intimidating...all of God's wonderful creation!!!
1:03 me when i get home from work slowly losing my mind.
Beautiful.
The little dog was so confused a bird barking
I've had parrots and totally enjoyed them. Especially my PAVAROTTI singing one. 😅
How clever are these birds. 😁
Beautiful parrot and good talented
Lol sorry but it is so funny and adorable lol i love them all
Oh onni trying to burst the bubble and maybe try to chew it. Fantastic
The third bird is definitely crazy... 😜
1:26 - LMAO!!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Nice to see 1 video of pet birds and no cursing! Awesome!!
BEAUTIFUL birds. All male cockatiels bang their beaks. I love them and I hope they all have a person(s) who loves them back. It can be difficult sometimes, especially the cockatoos, ❤️ when their lives become so sad. Remember: adopt, don't shop.
0:19 is literally the "I think your dog is broken" meme.
1:29 I JUST CANT! 😂
Me: mom can we have a Dog?
Mom: but we already have a dog.
Dogs at home: 0:22
You got to admit these are the best dogs .
Gives new meaning to the saying"The one that flew off the Coo Coos Nest" Hallarious!!!
I love the little guy at the end (about 10:04) mocking the Owl
This cockatoo is possesed 😂😂😂 laugh sooooo hard at this one 1:02
wtf ??!! That was a trip !
That's normal cockatoo behavior. Mine does this every night at 7pm for no reason.
the main parrots in the video are people repeating things after their pets in highest pitch possible
Très bon chien de garde ce petit cacatoès ! Il peut faire illusion dans la maison en l'absence de ses maîtres ! Trop choupinou !
I sense you're trying to tell me something
*A H H H H H H H H H H H*
Either he wants his dinner or there’s a serial killer hiding in the closet.
"i sense you're trying to tell me something" lol
Yes i want to be flying free in the Australian outback
😂😂😂
At lot of this is just neurotic behavior due to isolation; and I'm not talking about the birds.
00:22 hilarious the bird walking and barking! ah ha ha
7:33 Sounded like that parrot was watching too many horror movies. xD
I recognize Mr. Max when I hear him~...
Thanks for this funny and amazing compilation video. It proved how parrots of any size can provide great companionship and laughs for his/her owner as well as the people they interact with. My cockatiel Chipper has proven all that with his sweet and interactive personality and he enjoys "hamming it up" with his vocal repertoire. I think people overlook parrots as pets because unfortunately they're not promoted as that--on TV, the focus is mostly on dogs(not that I have anything against dogs). Again, thanks for this great video!
That cockatoo barking and scaring the dog is priceless.
I tried not to laugh but i couldn't stop laughing.those birds was so funny i love them.❤🎉❤
The spastic bird laughing on it's cage after the bird whistling if ur happy and u know it clap ur hands left my lil sis and i in tears XD
Fantastic fun... Thanks.
Omg! the one barking is killin me!
Aww so cute 😅😂😂😂😅😅😂😅😂😅😅😂😅😂😅
Thanks 👍🏿
you`so stoopid❤😂🎉😂😂😂😂😂😂😮😅😊😅😊😊😊😊😊😊😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉poooooooooóóoooooopy head
1:05 Omg im laughing so HARD RIGHT NOW!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
That is one crazy bird lmao HE MUST LIVE WITH A WACO HOOMAN 😂😂
Ahhhhhhh the things we watch in lock down 😂💕
Super !
Holy hell that cockatoo......
THIS IS TREMENDOUS! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
*IMPORTANT WARNING FOR PET BIRD OWNERS:* The food that we normally give to the canaries (and other companion birds) consisting of a "complete, balanced and top-quality seeds mixture" bought in pet stores or malls, makes the owners trust that their pet is well fed, but it's not so: indeed the birds health is at serious risk.
The owners of canaries, parrots, cockatoos, budgies, cockatiels, etc., WE MUST PAY ATTENTION TO DOMESTIC BIRD BREEDERS AND VETS and keep in mind that although we feed them with such a typical seeds mixture, our birds are very likely in danger of suffering a painful and unexpected PREMATURE DEATH BY FATTY LIVER DISEASE. Canaries, for example, will surely die at 4 - 7 years of age of the more than 15 that they can live.
It's sad that pet birds are fated to die early and painfully in so many cases. You have to warn people to avoid it!
This deadly disease is very common in pet birds but owners usually don’t know or detect it in time. And we can’t imagine that *THE CAUSE IS IN THE FOOD ITSELF* that we provide to our birds, in which such *a typical mixture contains low-fat seeds such as canary seed together with other VERY fatty seeds such as niger, hemp or nabine and, in addition, the birds usually prefer to eat the fatty seeds* so that their REAL DIET is unbalanced by excessive fat, gradually causes the fatty infiltration of the liver and in a few years causes fatty liver hepatitis and PREMATURE DEATH to pet birds.
*Also the fruits and specially the breeding paste and its pigments and THE SUNFLOWER SEEDS ATTACK THE LIVER* if they are taken too much or for too long.
It's a cruel disease that progresses silently and, when its unexpected symptoms begin, they are easily confused with other ailments so the owners usually postpone the visit to the vet at a time already critical for the life of the bird (besides that not all vets are trained to recognize this elusive and misleading disease, even to administer lipotropic and regenerative liver protectors in curative doses, just in case it's that and not a supposed blow). It's a process of slow and asymptomatic progression, but when its visible symptoms begin (acute phase) the disease accelerates.
*SYMPTOMS OF THE ACUTE PHASE OF FATTY LIVER DISEASE:* First, overgrowth of beak and nails since months before, progressive sadness and/or pecking, hard belly (in many cases, with a dark spot with a half-moon shape on the belly, which seems a "tumor", to see it you have to wet your fingers to remove the down), falls from the sticks of the cage that seem for "errors of calculation" and then lameness (that make believe that they are by the previous falls, but both symptoms are due to that it hurts the liver), lack of flight and singing, the bird fluffs up his feathers or bends more or less slowly; Then, within a few weeks or a few days, heavy breathing with open beak, remaining lying on the floor of the cage near the food, sudden spasms from time to time (which make people believe that the bird is "epileptic" but it are twinges of pain of diseased liver), abundant greenish poop (caused by biliverdin which if it's not fasting, it means hepatic harm), then black and watery (from hepatic hemorrhages), then a strange purplish color of skin and beak, an excessive appetite and the final "improvement" of a few days (in the last phase, the already degenerated liver becomes deflated by what the bird seems to ameliorate), after which it suddenly dies among seizures (which may seem a "heart infarct" or a "stroke").
For the first symptoms the liver has already degenerated to 80% and only an urgent (and accurate) vet action can save your bird and revert the liver situation. If you simply feed your bird with the loose seeds mixture (even if you give it fresh fruits, vegetables and let it exercise, for example by letting it out of the cage at home), right now your pet's liver is degenerating, and neither you nor your bird know. *Without liver protectors, it's almost certain that your bird will die early and in many cases you won’t be able to determine its real cause.*
Hepatic lipidosis it's not only deadly by itself when the visible symptoms begin (sometimes even it does not warn at all until few moments before the death). Even before the acute phase it predisposes the bird to suffer infections, as it weakens the immune system. Obese pet birds have an higher risk of many other diseases, like arthritis, heart disease and cancer. Obesity in birds it's not so apparent but it's more dangerous than in other animals like mammals.
So in addition to giving to the birds lipotropic and detox / regenerating hepatic protectors preventively and routinely, breeders usually make their own mixtures with low fat seeds.
*PREVENTION AND/OR TREATMENT:* The time to act is NOW that your bird doesn’t show yet the visible symptoms. It's necessary to ACTIVELY PREVENT THE LIVER DEGENERATION. Fortunately it's easy to do it: *It's very advisable to substitute progressively (within some weeks, as per the instructions of the manufacturer) the mixture of loose seeds for some pellets compound food of seeds, fruits and vegetables (preferably those that already include liver protectors), because this prevents the bird from filtering and eating mostly the fatty seeds (but without insisting if the bird does not get accustomed to eating pellets because he could die for starvation within a few days).*
*And, whatever the diet, it's CRUCIAL to add to the drinking water or to the food LIPOTROPIC LIVER PROTECTORS that include carnitine and / or choline, betaine, methionine, etc., (and it's very convenient to add DETOX / REGENERATING LIVER PROTECTORS with thistle milk, boldo, artichoke extract).*
Liver protectors are not medicine but cheap food supplements manufactured by pet bird vet laboratories that remove the fat from the liver, clean it and favor its recovery. It's essential to add them to the pet birds diet to conserve their liver. It's something that breeders and vets know, but we the owners usually don't know.
It are appearing in the market compound feed for pet birds that don’t include fatty seeds and that already include several liver protectors. *But the vast majority of owners still confidently feed their birds with the typical mixture of loose seeds with little fat and other very fatty seeds... And their birds continue dying for hepatic lipidosis in a large number of cases (likely, in most cases).* Now we know that, as fatty liver disease develops from the daily food itself, it’s most likely *THE FIRST CAUSE OF DEATH OF PET BIRDS, and more so as the bird ages.*
Webs on FLD:
www.beautyofbirds.com/liverdisease.html
Liver disease is a slow, on-going progressive disease where the liver tissue is replaced with fat. When the liver disease has progressed, the bird may suddenly appear ill.
www.lovinghands.com/forms/Hepatic%20Lipidosis%20-%20Fatty%20Liver%20Disease.pdf
One of the sadder diseases many avian vets see is that of hepatic lipidosis or fatty liver disease. It's sad in a number of ways since often the birds are very ill, life-threateningly so, or possibly having died suddenly. Often the owners have been unaware of the dangers of feeding their beloved pet the seeds, peanuts, or other fatty foods the bird obviously loves to eat. These are truly cases of "loving your bird to death". Any bird can fall victim to fatty liver disease.
www.researchgate.net/publication/46105643_Treating_liver_disease_in_the_avian_patient
Dietary deficiencies of lipotrophic factors such as choline, biotin, and methionine may decrease the transport of lipids from the liver.
The clinical manifestations of hepatic diseases in ornamental birds are much more frequent than people could realize and in many cases they are not appreciated, progress in a silent way and when they are evident, vet action may arrive late.
Most any avian symptomatology should be considered as if it was a pathology that could be serious, and not allow the disease to develop because then it will probably be too late. We must closely investigate the symptoms, take preventive measures that don’t harm (such as giving liver and intestinal protectors according to the leaflet) ask for advice from vets, breeders, etc. and procure the most appropriate treatment RAPIDLY, but without rushing in the treatment or with the doses in such small animals. If the days go by and the bird doesn’t improve, it's necessary to continue investigating and, if necessary, change the medication in an informed and contrasted manner. Doing nothing or stopping research usually ends up with the bird dead, but acting without being sure of what is done and in what dose, it likely ends the same way. It's necessary to obtain and confirm the sufficient vet experience and have the serenity to determine in each case whether it's convenient to hasten to do and / or administer what medicine and in what dose, or if it’s better not to do and let the situation evolve without medicating for the time being, or according to the medication that has already been administered.
A limp in a bird is not always an injury caused by a blow, but the symptom of a disease of some organ (usually the liver or an intestinal disease) that needs to be discovered and treated ASAP. When in doubt, change diet to one with the lowest fat possible (only birdseed, or with other low-fat seeds such as millet, chia and vegetables) and administer lipotropic and regenerating liver protectors in curative doses immediately... although nothing could foresee a fatal outcome. There are also food supplements protectors of the intestinal mucosa and stimulants of the immune system. In doses according to the leaflets do not cause damage, it will surely save the life of your bird (if it's not too late), and will keep them with a basic wellness.
I lost a cockatoo to fatty liver disease. By the time I adopted him he had been eating a very poor diet for nearly 40 years. It broke my heart. I gave him a fresh healthy diet but I couldn’t un do the damage.
Thank you, I'm not a bird owner, but I would certainly like to be and plan on being one. I'm now informed, Thanks. Although I couldn't read the whole thing.
@@malindasmith3496 so just feed my bird a mostly veggie diet instead of pallets? I was thinking veggies in the morning and lf veggie and half pellet mixture in the evening.
Or just completely ignore the bird food altogether?
Acting is bo$$ get a good quality organic pellet that is not baked. I use bird tricks pellets they are top quality. My birds get a mix of veggies and fruits with a healthy grain like quinoa. Then foraging treats throughout the day and pellets for their evening meal.
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THANK YOU Vic64y !! I don't have a bird and probably won't get one but as a hardcore animal lover for all animals, there's always so much more information that needs to be known !!
Animals are our responsibility on this earth .💚