birdluv 0 Posted August 6, 2007 Member ID: 2,137 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 144 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,842 Content Per Day: 0.24 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 31,670 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/03/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 30, 2018 Birthday: 06/04/1978 Share Posted August 6, 2007 that is so great that he is bonding well with your family . he is a very lucky budgie Link to comment
Riebie 0 Posted August 7, 2007 Member ID: 2,060 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 88 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 861 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 6,195 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 19/02/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 10, 2012 Birthday: 25/07/1978 Share Posted August 7, 2007 It is so great that Marty is such a great companion for your son! He looks like a real cheeky and inquisitive little budgie and a lot of fun! He is just very gorgeous!! Link to comment
BMS 0 Posted August 10, 2007 Member ID: 3,557 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 40 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 240 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/07/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 14, 2010 Birthday: 31/08/1964 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 Thanks for the feedback guys. Thomas my son is crazy about his little Marty . . actually we all are My son and I will be competing at the Australian National Taekwondo Championships soon and my son wanted to be able to keep an eye on his Marty while we are away, so I've been experimenting with a Webcam for him. Looks like we are going to set up a webcam on my laptop and log into it from Adelaide while at the hotel. If you want to check out Marty in real time, have a look At his WEBCAM HERE Best Regards Paul Link to comment
birdluv 0 Posted August 10, 2007 Member ID: 2,137 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 144 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,842 Content Per Day: 0.24 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 31,670 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/03/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 30, 2018 Birthday: 06/04/1978 Share Posted August 10, 2007 (edited) that is a cool idea to use a webcam. l checked it out and l saw Marty he is shuch a cute bird l might get a webcam to use it to see how my birds are when l go away too. Edited August 10, 2007 by birdluv Link to comment
BMS 0 Posted August 10, 2007 Member ID: 3,557 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 40 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 240 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/07/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 14, 2010 Birthday: 31/08/1964 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 Sorry if it the Webcam stops and starts, I've been playing with settings etc. The software I'm using is called WebcamXP and its a 21 day trial, So I'm trying to work out what it can do. I've stopped playing with it for now you can run more than one webcam too. So we might be able to watch him at different angles. This poor bird must think he's ended up in a crazy house! I'm going to leave it on for another 8 hours or so to see how stable it is. If all works out okay, I'll buy a copy Marty isn't too sure about this webcam thing at the cage opening :-) Link to comment
Zebra 0 Posted August 10, 2007 Member ID: 1,938 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 70 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,201 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 8,740 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 13/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 16, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2007 It's a great idea. My husband wanted to do it too if we go away, but I'm afraid I'd see something scary and I'd want to come back :sad: Link to comment
BMS 0 Posted August 11, 2007 Member ID: 3,557 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 40 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 240 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/07/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 14, 2010 Birthday: 31/08/1964 Author Share Posted August 11, 2007 Hi Guys, I found the BEST ANGLE to video Marty from. You get a much better view of him from this vantage point. I will let this webcast run for about 8 hours or so. Cheers Paul Link to comment
birdluv 0 Posted August 11, 2007 Member ID: 2,137 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 144 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,842 Content Per Day: 0.24 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 31,670 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/03/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 30, 2018 Birthday: 06/04/1978 Share Posted August 11, 2007 l saw him today again, that is a really good angle. he was sitting right in front of the camera. Link to comment
splat 0 Posted August 11, 2007 Member ID: 3,340 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 202 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,891 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 27,770 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/04/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 19, 2014 Birthday: 13/05/1958 Share Posted August 11, 2007 Very pleased that everything is goooood. Link to comment
BMS 0 Posted August 11, 2007 Member ID: 3,557 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 40 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 240 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/07/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 14, 2010 Birthday: 31/08/1964 Author Share Posted August 11, 2007 Thanks Guys, I was at my sisters house and we were also checking out little Marty. As soon as it got dark you couldn't see anything. I might set it up so it takes Gallery photos throughout the day, so if we don't make it back to our hotel room in time, we can still look back on his day Link to comment
BMS 0 Posted October 5, 2007 Member ID: 3,557 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 40 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 240 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/07/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 14, 2010 Birthday: 31/08/1964 Author Share Posted October 5, 2007 We got back from Adelaide and young marty is A-okay!!!! My son has been driving him nuts all this week because he wont leave the poor bird alone for a minute, but then again Marty does seem to be coming back for more. I will post some more pictures of him along with a Youtube video. He is almost 5 months old now Link to comment
*Nerwen* 0 Posted October 5, 2007 Member ID: 5,064 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 121 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 5,817 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 39,375 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 18, 2014 Birthday: 20/02/1982 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Good to hear that he is fine and still loves to play Link to comment
budgie_addict 0 Posted October 5, 2007 Member ID: 2,626 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 27 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 206 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1,460 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/08/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 2, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Marty sure is a gorgeous fellow! Have you tried him with any veges? Link to comment
BMS 0 Posted October 6, 2007 Member ID: 3,557 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 40 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 240 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/07/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 14, 2010 Birthday: 31/08/1964 Author Share Posted October 6, 2007 I tried apples and veggies a while ago and he wouldn't even touch them. I might try again. He doesn't like anything new in his cage. Speaking of which it leads me to the following: Bird City told us we needed to worm him every six months and said he would be due at the begining of this month. So we went to Bird City and purchased Vetafarm Wormout Gel. I followed the directions and added it to water and put it in his cage. The water is now an orange color and he didn't even want to go back into his cage. I put him in there and now he is staying well away from his water. Is this normal, and whats the possibility of him actually drinking some of it? See, I'm back in form with my silly questions again Cheers Paul Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted October 6, 2007 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted October 6, 2007 I tried apples and veggies a while ago and he wouldn't even touch them. I might try again. He doesn't like anything new in his cage. Speaking of which it leads me to the following: Bird City told us we needed to worm him every six months and said he would be due at the begining of this month. So we went to Bird City and purchased Vetafarm Wormout Gel. I followed the directions and added it to water and put it in his cage. The water is now an orange color and he didn't even want to go back into his cage. I put him in there and now he is staying well away from his water. Is this normal, and whats the possibility of him actually drinking some of it? See, I'm back in form with my silly questions again Cheers Paul Some of the worming solutions have a dropper and you can administer one drop to the beak. I think Elliotts in one of the brands. The one you have put in the water is usually meant to be for 3 days or so ( check the directions ) but not meant to be left until it goes horrible. You may have to refresh it. But how long has it been in there ? Link to comment
BMS 0 Posted October 6, 2007 Member ID: 3,557 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 40 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 240 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/07/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 14, 2010 Birthday: 31/08/1964 Author Share Posted October 6, 2007 Hi Kaz, Thanks for the info. I only just put it in the water a few hours ago. Its orange in color and the water has changed to the same color too. Marty knows there is something fishy going on and is keeping clear of it. I can't see him drinking it. We will keep an eye out to see if he does have a sip, but I'm betting he wont. The instructions say to leave it in the water for 48 hours and only have dry foods in the cage, so as to encourage him to has some water. The guy at Bird City also said to keep an eye on him because 1 in 10000 react badly to this stuff Man this is just like having a child again, so much stress!!! Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted October 6, 2007 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted October 6, 2007 Hi Kaz, Thanks for the info. I only just put it in the water a few hours ago. Its orange in color and the water has changed to the same color too. Marty knows there is something fishy going on and is keeping clear of it. I can't see him drinking it. We will keep an eye out to see if he does have a sip, but I'm betting he wont. The instructions say to leave it in the water for 48 hours and only have dry foods in the cage, so as to encourage him to has some water. The guy at Bird City also said to keep an eye on him because 1 in 10000 react badly to this stuff Man this is just like having a child again, so much stress!!! All sounds good. I have never had a budgies with a bad reaction. In the height of summer when they drink a bit more you might have a problem but I think it will be fine. If you lived closer I could show you how to dose directly into the crop by crop needle. Quick and easy and over and done with, but needs to be shown. Marty will drink some, but you may not see him do it Link to comment
BMS 0 Posted October 6, 2007 Member ID: 3,557 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 40 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 240 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/07/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 14, 2010 Birthday: 31/08/1964 Author Share Posted October 6, 2007 Thanks Kaz, The dose directly into the crop by crop needle, sounds fantastic and a lot less fussing around. Bummer that you are so far away, but hey you've been very helpful. This forum and its members are the BEST!! Best Regards Paul Link to comment
*Nerwen* 0 Posted October 6, 2007 Member ID: 5,064 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 121 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 5,817 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 39,375 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 18, 2014 Birthday: 20/02/1982 Share Posted October 6, 2007 The colouring of the water just sounds like the med reacting to the dish (leaching colour from the plastic) I've had meds do that before and also react to the sun by going darker. Try a metal dish or a white/clear dish if you can. Link to comment
BMS 0 Posted October 6, 2007 Member ID: 3,557 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 40 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 240 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/07/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 14, 2010 Birthday: 31/08/1964 Author Share Posted October 6, 2007 Marty had a drink of his Orange water this morning. I don't think he liked it, but he drank it which is what counts Looks like all is good in the Marty Household. Link to comment
*Nerwen* 0 Posted October 6, 2007 Member ID: 5,064 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 121 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 5,817 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 39,375 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 18, 2014 Birthday: 20/02/1982 Share Posted October 6, 2007 at least you know he is willing to drink it then. Link to comment
BMS 0 Posted October 6, 2007 Member ID: 3,557 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 40 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 240 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/07/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 14, 2010 Birthday: 31/08/1964 Author Share Posted October 6, 2007 Here is a picture of the young lad Link to comment
Feathers 0 Posted October 7, 2007 Member ID: 2,977 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 51 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,031 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 13,850 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/11/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 6, 2009 Birthday: 08/08/1965 Share Posted October 7, 2007 Hi Marty, I have never had any problems with the wormout gel before, it works really well and is always a yellow colour. Check in the next couple of days... you may be rewarded with some 'curly' droppings. Feathers. Link to comment
BMS 0 Posted October 7, 2007 Member ID: 3,557 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 40 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 240 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/07/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 14, 2010 Birthday: 31/08/1964 Author Share Posted October 7, 2007 So are the worms visible in the droppings? Link to comment
Feathers 0 Posted October 7, 2007 Member ID: 2,977 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 51 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,031 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 13,850 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/11/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 6, 2009 Birthday: 08/08/1965 Share Posted October 7, 2007 So are the worms visible in the droppings Very occassionally! Mostly no, but when quite often when worming birds I get 'curly' poops, which is a sign that they, unfortunately, did have worms and that the gel is working. You have seen Marty drinking the water, so you know that he is getting the required treatment. Feathers. Link to comment
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