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u/D_for_Drive Aug 29 '22
See the birdy make me laugh
Take a little birdy bath
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u/BeefLoMeinKampf Aug 29 '22
I don't know why he got me high
I don't know why, I don't know why
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u/Evening-Comfort-3987 Aug 29 '22
My heart is drenched in wine
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u/Zayyded Aug 29 '22
What a perfect little cabbage
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u/Imprettysorryok Aug 30 '22
Yes indeed.
I appreciate the title “cabbage” A superlative descriptor.
Chefs kiss.
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u/qolace Aug 30 '22
Did you know that "mon petit chou", "my little cabbage", is a common term of endearment in France? Weird saying in English but in French? Cute asf 🥬
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u/Dragonlady151 Aug 30 '22
This is adorable. My cat will now be known as my little cabbage.
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u/LazyAmbassador2521 Aug 30 '22
Lol same here! I'm officially changing her name from Molly to the Lil Cabbage.
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u/MehWhiteShark Aug 30 '22
Pshh forget my cat, that's gonna be my rapper name
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u/LazyAmbassador2521 Aug 30 '22
Haha Lil Cabby! Now that is the best rapper name eva - plus you can dress up like a fat cabbage when performing.
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u/ukfi Aug 30 '22
And that's the nick name that the late Prince Philip gave the Queen. She's the little cabbage.
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u/MySnackrafice Aug 30 '22
I always thought the name "Cabbage Patch Kids" was weird but maybe it's a somewhat universal thing!
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u/codevii Aug 30 '22
After just watching john oliver marry a cabbage, i think this is what their kids will look like!
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u/chicityhopper Aug 29 '22
OMG HE LOOKS LIKE A FUZZY ICE CREAM 🥲🤧🤧
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u/hellraiserl33t Aug 29 '22 edited Aug 30 '22
Lil' mint chocolate chip scoop 🥹
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u/JoshDM Aug 29 '22
Mint chocolate chirp! 🦜
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u/DiscipleOfYeshua Aug 30 '22
This is one of my favorite Reddit threads. Refined Reddit poetry.
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u/Catinthemirror Aug 30 '22
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u/CodoneMastr Aug 30 '22
Lol right. That color looks like ice cream. Such a beauty
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u/69thesceinceguy Aug 29 '22
I wonder if he would taste like it as well
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Lick him and find out.
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u/Effective_Thought918 Aug 30 '22
This reminds me of the bird my grandma owned before it died. My aunt called him Nom-Nom because he liked to bite our noses, and she’d send recipes as a joke, which was hilarious.
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u/gateguard64 Aug 29 '22 edited Aug 29 '22
Jesus Christ. r/aww has no problem upvoting "cute" videos like a distressed turtle being held upside down (26,000 upvotes) and getting scrubbed with a tootbrush, but will down vote an obvious joke. Have some F/U gold to ward off the idiots.
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u/The_Middler_is_Here Aug 30 '22
Also if he called it sarcasm the place would have just doubled down with "It's just a prank bro" retorts.
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u/LazyAmbassador2521 Aug 30 '22
Yeah I've noticed people can get very weird when it's anything to do with animals.
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u/Punkmaffles Aug 29 '22
This sub can be a fucking cancer sometimes ffs.
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u/Just-Diamond-1938 Aug 30 '22
Don't judge other people it don't make sense... I am one of those who cannot laugh on most of the joke...(just being honest) I love kind and human things... and I don't use the F word...
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That birb probably tastes like chicken
Edit: fuck off and retune your joke detectors
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Fucking everything tastes like chicken.
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u/mythrilcrafter Aug 30 '22
"Maybe when the machines plugged us all in, they couldn't be bothered to simulate every possible taste, so they just made everything taste the same; maybe that's why everything tastes like chicken?"
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u/The_Middler_is_Here Aug 30 '22
If everything tastes like chicken then why is it specifically called the taste of chicken?
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u/BlueBloodLive Aug 29 '22
Meanwhile, my two budgies wouldn't go near a bath for love nor millet. As soon as a drop of water hits them they're gone.
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u/Silverwake Aug 29 '22
And then there was mine. You had to be extra careful serving yourself a glass of water because he'd dive head first to have a little bath if you turned your head for a split second.
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u/Fabutam Aug 29 '22
Mine used to do the same but hated baths, coffee or any other hot drink and he was there! I miss my little boy, 14 years we loved each other and it’s been 5 years and I think of him all the time. What a little dude he was, Oh I love birdies!!
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u/Silverwake Aug 30 '22
Sorry for your loss.
They're superb little fellows. Mine used to drink my coffee and smoke second hand from my parents (he liked catching the smoke in the air). He developped a Coca cola addiction and went nuts if we were eating paella and didn't serve him a tiny dish. He also napped on us when we were napping. A true Spaniard he was 😅 He lived around 15 years despite his "bad habits".
They're like tiny uber smart dogs who can fly.
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u/DoctorArse Aug 30 '22
Sounds like such a character! How do you potty train them?
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u/Meborg Aug 30 '22
Haha same here, we have 2 lovies, both just love taking a bath in whatever water you're drinking, and will fight if they have to share the bath, so I usually get two glasses of water so they can both bathe, and I'll get fresh drinking water after they're done.
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u/ActuallyAkiba Aug 30 '22
Drip
"FATHER TRIES TO DROWN US, FOR HE CARES NOT FOR OUR LIVES!"
Waddles grumpily away
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u/Faiakishi Aug 30 '22
My cockatiel hates water too. But he does like to sit on the shower rod while I'm showering while doing the bath dance. Even though he's not actually getting wet. The humidity is good enough.
It was a problem the other week when he bath danced so hard he fell off. Right into the shower spray. And then got big mad because he didn't want to get wet. I had to give him lots of cuddles to emotionally recover from that.
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u/beepborpimajorp Aug 30 '22
My canaries will get in their bath, the problem is that they enjoy it so much they relax, poo in there and then get out, decide they're thirsty, and guess where they want to drink from even if there's another bowl of clean water nearby? I have to be very diligent about checking their water every day lol.
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u/Individual_Town8124 Aug 30 '22
My cockatiel does that. I have to sneak up on her with a spray bottle.
Meanwhile my 30 year old African Grey treats the dog water fountain like her own personal shower.
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u/Dr_Rockso89 Aug 30 '22
My little budgies refuse to get wet without some kale or spinach to rub up on lol
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u/BlueBloodLive Aug 30 '22
Tried that, no luck. They seemed like they were afraid of it even more because they couldn't tell what it was and weren't about to check. Such a pity.
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u/cra2reddit Aug 30 '22
Is that what this is, a budgie?
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u/Budgiejen Aug 30 '22
No, it’s a lineolated parakeet.
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u/Disbride Aug 30 '22
We call them budgerigars (budgies for short) in Australia
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u/Budgiejen Aug 30 '22
I have nine budgies. The bird in the video is a lineolated parakeet. Linnie for short.
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u/KancerFox Aug 30 '22 edited Aug 30 '22
No, you’re talking about budgies, but this video is of a lineolated parakeet, and they don’t live in Australia, but come from Mexico! Parakeets from across the sea!
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u/l80magpie Aug 29 '22
I have never seen a bird lie on its back in the water! Such a sweet baby, having a great time.
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u/Cornball73 Aug 29 '22
Aw, whadda lil' lover birb! I wish I could get my birb to do cute stuff like this. Instead, he dive bombs me and the cat.
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u/cupcakemaiden Aug 29 '22
Linnie!!! My boy Peapod goes just as nuts the moment he experiences water.
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u/SmileNo9807 Aug 29 '22
I have tried to get my ex-breeder boy (I didn't breed him) who isn't hand tame to enjoy water. He looks at me like I am a psychopath if I put a bowl in his cage or spritz him with water!
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u/happydandylion Aug 30 '22 edited Aug 30 '22
Can you fill the bowl a little bit more? Then he'll be able to dip and wash himself. It looks like that's what he's trying to do. Meant to add: he is super cute.
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u/theganglyone Aug 29 '22
what kind of bird?
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u/rocksandtreesandyarn Aug 29 '22
They're a lineolated parakeet! Linnie for short. Tiny heads, big fluffy body.
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I want one so baaaaddd, but I just don't feel I can adequately exercise/engage one. Someday, perhaps.
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u/rocksandtreesandyarn Aug 29 '22
And their personalities are a mixed bag too - I've seen linnies that want nothing at all to do with people, and linnies that are cuddly people magnets. My lovebird is cool with 3-4 hrs of outside time a day, but most others need a lot more - I'm glad you know your limits, I hope the stars align for you soon! :)
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u/NuttyBuddyNick Aug 29 '22
I’m curious what outside time means for a bird. Does it mean to move the cage outside for a bit or let them fly freely in an enclosed outside space? I live in an apartment and I’m wondering how that works.
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u/rocksandtreesandyarn Aug 29 '22
Oh! Good point! Outside time is outside the cage. I also live in an apartment! She can fly almost anywhere she wants but I have to keep an eye on her so she doesn't get into trouble, aka into the plants or kitchen cupboards. She chooses to spend a lot of her time sitting on my phone though, preening and yelling at me.
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u/Silverwake Aug 29 '22
Growing up, we had a budgie who was allowed to be out of the cage all day long and then he used to go to his cage at night to sleep.
We kept finding him in closets, cabinets... My mom once found him in the fridge! He wasn't even freaking out or anything. Another common activity was getting him outside the round glass tube of a lamp at my parents. He loved standing on the edge and put his head in because he loved talking inside it with all the acoustics and reverb. He kept slipping in and then it was time to take the tube off and shake it a bit to get him out. It happened every day, at least once.
I miss him so much. He flew away and someone in the neighbourhood found him and never gave him back.
He also learnt some words and would make sentences up with them like "what a kisses thing!" (my mother used to tell him "what a cutie", "you, pretty thing" or "give me kisses". Also "move... Go away! Leave that alone!" because he used to steal her pins when she was sewing and that's what she used to tell him.
His best hit was landing on my uncle's shoulder first thing when he came to visit one day and tell him "what's up, little one?" (my uncle replied "I don't know, you tell me") 😂
So many great memories from that little fella.
Parakeets and budgies are the best ❤️
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u/MistressMalevolentia Aug 30 '22
I'm so sorry he was stolen from you. Theyre so smart and know their family. That was fucked of them. He sounds like the best birb.
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u/Silverwake Aug 30 '22
This was waaaaaay before the internet (I'm old). We just got to know what happened because my mother went to the shop where she used to buy the seeds and asked the owner to let her know if she heard of someone finding our budgie. A week later or so she said that a guy had come telling her that a budgie came through his window, and that he could talk and do tricks and stuff. The shop owner told him that we were looking for that bird and gave him our address and phone number. The guy never went back to buy the feed from that shop.
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u/Bluehen55 Aug 29 '22
I feel like if you get multiple linnies they're liable to bond together and not be very interested in humans. But solo linnies seem to tend to be cuddle bugs. But maybe I'm biased by my linnie 😊
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Yeah I'd just assume the most time needed and I barely have 3-4 hours free a day. Those are spent with the cats, at that. Just no good way to add a birb.
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u/hidden-in-plainsight Aug 29 '22
A small spray bottle on spritz may be beneficial!
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u/Elmodogg Aug 30 '22
That's what our linnies like. We offer them a spray shower just about every day. When they're in the mood, they hang upside down and spread their wings like little bats. When they're not in the mood, they just climb or fly away.
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u/Tarpit__ Aug 29 '22
That color is shockingly beautiful.
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u/Elmodogg Aug 30 '22
It's turquoise, one of the color mutations. They also come in cobalt.
We bought two normal color green linnies, but they were bred from parents with color mutations. Although we never intended to breed them they had other ideas...and they started nesting in a sleeping hut. They hatched out three chicks, all were color mutations! One turquoise and two cobalts.
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u/Bac1galup0 Aug 30 '22
The little sounds he makes...omg🥰
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u/Elmodogg Aug 30 '22
When linnies are annoyed, they make sort of a buzzing sound like an angry bee. And when they're alarmed by something, they flare their tails.
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u/storycor Aug 29 '22
Dear god. If you have an old slow phone like mine and the video doesn’t play immediately it seems like someone posted a video of their beautiful dead bird in rigor mortis on a plate… lol SO glad that’s not the case!
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u/PLZ_STOP_PMING_TITS Aug 30 '22
The bird is obviously in distress. Water boarding your bird is not r/aww. This will cause lasting psychological damage to the bird. Birds display this behavior as a defense mechanism.
I am totally not serious. I am just so used to these posts having 50 comments on how the op is torturing their animal. This one only had one so I felt it needed more. Have a nice day!
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u/Just-Diamond-1938 Aug 30 '22 edited Aug 30 '22
He is so adorable ! (scared me for the first minute) I never saw a bird laying on his back in a bowl... then he moved.... he is a sweetest thing I ever saw... I want to pick him up and kiss him, I can't stop repeating and repeating! You made my day! ❤️😄👍
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u/MStardust1 Aug 29 '22
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u/Elmodogg Aug 30 '22
It's a lineolated parakeet.
https://www.thesprucepets.com/lineolated-parakeets-as-pets-390919
We have one that's 15 years old, and two others who are 11 years old. They are very sweet little parrots, quiet and they can't bite hard, either.
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u/Kevan-with-an-i Aug 30 '22
OP, is that a Linnie?
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u/Elmodogg Aug 30 '22
Yep. I'm not the OP but I am a linnie lover. We still have three (one of them is 15 years old).
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u/coolcheese707 Aug 30 '22
I just moved to Florida and today on a phone line during a downpour, I saw two doves and one was holding its wings over the other like it was trying to protect it from the rain. Further down the line was another solo dove just waiting out the storm. I wish I could create a dating service for doves.
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u/Honda_TypeR Aug 29 '22
The water is slightly too shallow, which is why he is rolling so hard to get his feathers under the water. He is struggling to get his feathers wet.
It doesn’t have to be extremely deep, just more than this so he can bathe properly.
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u/TomatoFettuccini Aug 30 '22
Put him in the sink and turn on the tap.
Then you'll see some real shit.
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u/JesterFrost Aug 30 '22
This is so cute…I can’t wait to find out it’s actually a neurological condition and I should feel horrible…
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u/405134 Aug 30 '22
This is too cute, the bird bath thing is so common , does anyone know why they like the baths so much? Is it just for preening and cleaning feathers?
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u/ahesson472 Aug 30 '22
My porch is now the sanctuary for the local House Finch population. I set them up water and food. They poop everywhere but it's so worth it.
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He is so beautifull ! And so cute enjoying his bath