MY SPY birdhouse - AS SEEN ON TV!

[chirpy]

fhgwgads "YEA!!!!!!!" lol thats hilarious!!! Laceys very very calm... she really doesnt give a damn about anything which comes from both daddy and myself. I couldn't care less about a lot of things.. so when she is with her cousins its hiarlous.
During christmas we had 3 out of the 4 girl cousins (4 months younger than mine, another 7 months younger, and the younger 11 months younger), well the one thats 4 months younger didnt make it (long family drama.. his mom was upset and crying.. what else is new tho) Lacey being the oldest and the two girls are SO MEAN to one another, they are dragging each other by the pig tail, biting each other, scratches to the face (blood yes, ) and theres mine just watching from afar hanging out with her dad and her uncles like "look at those kids. " its funny cause once Lacey comes around they are all over her like "Lacey lets go play" they NEVER EVER fight with her.. its just the other two girls.. the one that couldn't make it is deathly scared of the other one she hides behind the couch and cries LOL. Though.. Imust admit shes a meanie LOL she is well behaved with me cause i don't tolerate crazy demonic toddler behavior but when mom and grandma is around.. wow shes a different girl. im rambling on here LOL but its funny.

[fhgwgads]

chirpy Lacey is lucky to have such good parents.. and it obviously shows!!! I cannot stand when children are so unruly like that!!

By the way I made something special for youuuuu!!! LOL!!!!!

I also found this funny:

[thumbnail]http://ledmuseum.candlepower.us/41/polly4.jpg[/thumbnail]

Apparently it's from this persons review of the thing.. (though caution to those of you who need be warned of vulgar language!)

[chirpy]

fhgwgads

OH MYYYY!! almost fell off the chair laughing!!! HAHAHAHHAHA!!!! i am going to read that review RIGHT NOW! im not wasting another second of my life without reading it

school started for jason i should be doing some HW to help him out

but no, i have to read this.

[Nerien]

I love this line of the review (link above):

"If the cat gets hold of the Perfect Polly™ and manages to bite its head off, the sodding phoney-bologna fake plastic stupid headless dead bird will still chirp, because its transducer (loudspeaker) is located on the bird's underside just in front of its legs."

Some things just won't die, I guess.

[chirpy]

Nerien I laughed at that too LOL.

The way it moves is so sharp! Its no cute at all LOL! Its violently shaking its head and the tail moves like a beavers!

[fhgwgads]

chirpy LOL I just realized that in the picture I made... Polly is so big he can't even fit out the hole of the dumb bird house!!!!

@Nerien that line cracked me up too!! I am glad you guys got a kick out of it though!

[chirpy]

fhgwgads but that's what makes it funnier LOL!!!!


Wait!!! LOL
During Christmas I went to the dollar store and there was a red Robbin that you can clip on the tree and it makes a chirping noise! I got one.. Thinkin my daughter would love it and hey ts a dollar.
OMG that stupid thing or I have spirits walking in front of its sensor and it goes off at random and doesn't shut up!!! Its so annoying!! LOL so maybe Polly isn't a good idea for me to buy. Let me find the bird lol. I tossed it to break it but lol it's not breaking like every dollar store toy breaks hahahhahaa whyyyyy-yah! I stuffed it I between the couch cushions so it dies but I still hear "chir-Che-chur. Chechurchirrrrrp!!!"

[Nerien]

Chirpy, if you want to smother something to death with couch cushions, you have to sit on top of it so they smush down on its face real hard. Just stuffing it in there won't do, silly.

[fhgwgads]

chirpy LOL!!!!!

Chirpy, if you want to smother something to death with couch cushions, you have to sit on top of it so they smush down on its face real hard. Just stuffing it in there won't do, silly.

LOL omg I can't stop laughing!!!!!!

[Colt]

Ginene - You can purchase pepper powder and mix it into your bird seed. While birds don't have the same "heat" sensitive taste buds that we do, our fellow mammals the squirrels do. A couple of bites of that and they won't be coming back. Just be sure to not get the powder in your eyes and be sure to wash your hands. Speaking from personal experience here...don't mix it outside on a windy day...

[Zebrafincher]

Hi all,

I know people on this forum are all caring of birds, but my concern is that there are a lot of people who are ignorant of how delicate birds are. There are also a lot of kids who don't know about birds, and how to handle them (or not!). I had to especially tell my nephews NOT to try and grab my birds by their hands - but they tried to several times! Now they understand about canaries and finches and leave them alone.

Sorry about the rant.


Zebrafincher
Proud owner of:
“Kevin the King”, groutchy, cranky canary – 12 years
Beaky the Zebbie – 9 months old – a real, real cutie!!!
Merlin “Merl” the Starfinch – 2 years – and “bossy as anything for such a small fry!”

[fhgwgads]

Zebrafincher most people I know that have seen my birds have not tried to touch them but just admired them and socialized with them through the cage. And for the most part many of them would be afraid of trying to handle them because of how tiny they are. Even my boyfriend.. when Terminator escaped called me up to come back home and he let her be and turned off the lights and closed anything and everything. I am the one that catches them gently if need be.. as he is too afraid to hurt them. And even I end up with shaking hands because I am afraid of hurting them.

As for most others I have spoken to on this forum.. everyone seems to have the same approach or tips for catching. Thankfully for the most part when moving my birds I open the cage doors and let them move themselves.. but if I have to I have used a thin, soft towel to drop over them or carefully get them into a position where I can pick them up. Only one did I have to use a spray bottle with water, and only one other time I had to catch in the dark. I think the most important thing is to be careful not to swat at them, or corner them too abruptly and to not grab and secure them unless they are in a safe position in your hand.

[Zebrafincher]

Hey fhgwgads,

I agree with you! If I spook my birds or accidentally scare them, I have to leave the cages open and they will go back in when they feel good and ready.

How are Kuri and Charlie? Are you going to let them breed?

And is his presence driving your other females crazy? LOL

N/B I've used the water spray on my canary when he gets a bit too amorous, to stop him trying proposition my other finches too often. Will try it next time Beaky decides not to go in his cage (frequently! I sometimes wonder WHO owns who! I am just here to serve my birds....! ) LOL


Zebrafincher
Proud owner of:
“Kevin the King”, groutchy, cranky canary – 12 years
Beaky the Zebbie – 9 months old – a real, real cutie!!!
Merlin “Merl” the Starfinch – 2 years – and “bossy as anything for such a small fry!”

[chirpy]

Ugh!!! My nephews now 5 and my niece 3 this summer.. They bang and all sorts of crazy to the bird cage. One I can't tell them too firmly cause they will cry all day about how mean I am.. And the little one holds her breath until she's blue when she's pissed at you and crying - when baby sitting. If this is the outcome of a babied child thank god I never baby things! I love my nephews and nieces but sometimes they drive me crazy! Leave my pets alone. The cat will run away and hide after they play too rough (she likes kids) they bang my snake enclosure - leave him alone! Run things on the cage like you do sticks to a fence and they think its funny they are flying around - scared! Rahhhhhhh!!! I guess its not their fault as they don't have snake and birds but lol it's still doesn't make it ok!

[Nerien]

It is their fault--a 5 year old is plenty old enough to know better. A 3 year old is old enough to behave as told. If she holds her breathe until she turns blue, when she passes out she will breathe again and come to. In your house, they need to respect your rules. Period. Let them cry all day--"No, I am not mean, I am the adult and these are my rules. What you are doing to my animals is mean, and I will not allow you to be mean to them. You can cry all day about it if you want, the rules will not change. So it's your choice, cry all day and be unhappy, or choose to do something else that is allowed and will make you happier. Your choice." And then, horrid as they get about it, stick to your guns, it WILL work when they see that you are not giving in.

I cured my kids of whining in ONE DAY. They started whining, (which they learned from Dad, dang him), and in a stroke of pure genius, I told them, "If you whine, the answer is No. Even if I was going to say yes, if you whine, the answer is No. Period." Within days, if one even started to sound a touch whiny, the other would, in a panic, say "don't whine, don't whine, or she will say no!"

So instead, they'd plan out their reasoning and arguments ahead of time, then come out together, side by side, and hit me with their proposal and all the pros and cons and how the pros outweighed the cons, so I should agree. It was so hard not to laugh at them when I saw 'the approach' coming.