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NomadOfTheHills · Postby **NomadOfTheHills** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 1:40 pm

I have a secret. I only wore the yellow PPE when hand feeding birds once a week. I found that when I wore them every time I handfed, the birds become imprinted on the PPE. They also became imprinted on the green (now blue) uniforms, so I would take that off and just feed in random tshirts.

KyleWeiss · Postby **KyleWeiss** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:56 am

NomadOfTheHills wrote:I have a secret. I only wore the yellow PPE when hand feeding birds once a week. I found that when I wore them every time I handfed, the birds become imprinted on the PPE. They also became imprinted on the green (now blue) uniforms, so I would take that off and just feed in random tshirts.

Wow you FED your birds?

I mean... *cough*

We wore these strange paper bibs. Actually, I wore it. No one else could feed the birds properly besides myself and this sweet kid named Matt. I regimented the lesser jerks working there to stick with scooping hamster pee in the litter. And feeding the little jerks. I hate hamsters. Expensive snake food.

KW

NomadOfTheHills · Postby **NomadOfTheHills** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:17 pm

Everyone who has worked at a pet store hates hamsters.
The only ones I will tolerate are the Chinese.

Weaning the baby birds was my favorite part of the job. I love raising a baby bird so it is socialized and finds a good home. Its a great feeling when a mean, nasty bird comes in, and you worry that it will spend a miserable life in Petsmart, only to tame it and then it goes home with a loving family. I would not sell to people who refused to get rid of their teflon, or anyone who smoked.

Chase · Postby **Chase** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:30 pm

What moron would admit they smoke when you asked. Do they think you're just asking them if they smoke so you can bum a cigarette off them? :lol:

NomadOfTheHills · Postby **NomadOfTheHills** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:47 pm

Lots of people admitted it lol.

SailleSkinklover · Postby **SailleSkinklover** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:27 pm

For a moment Nomad, there I thought you were talking about feeding wild birds!
I had to wear a hand puppet that looked like the adult and sort of "hide" myself when I was feeding baby birds. Mostly with raptors though. They got forsters with adults whenever possible. It was fun! I love birds!

Chase · Postby **Chase** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:22 am

I'm not exactly a bird person, but what is so tough about feeding them?

NomadOfTheHills · Postby **NomadOfTheHills** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:23 am

We are talking about hand feeding, not leaving food in bowls lol :lol:

KyleWeiss · Postby **KyleWeiss** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:31 pm

Hamsters really weren't my favorite creatures for a while. I had a good one when I was a kid, but of course because it was nice, it was smited with an awful bout of cancer because of it's unnaturalness.

I grew up with birds. A lot of them. Feeding, raising and cleaning was never a big deal. The noise? I couldn't ever get over the noise.

Our PetSmart had a mini/severe macaw that I liked quite a bit. When the store was closed I'd break all the rules and let him follow me around while I fed the fish. His wings were clipped but he sure liked that, walking around. He was one of those "biters" that convinced me he needed help getting over it. I wish I knew what happened to him. I named him "Fingers." When people asked me why, I told them it was because he has had so many of them. Well, I only told that to the people I didn't like.

KW

NomadOfTheHills · Postby **NomadOfTheHills** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:36 pm

I used to do the same thing with our birds haha. After closing, depending on the manager closing, I would let my favorite conures follow me around, after I cleaned the floor of course. Socialization is key with birds.

KyleWeiss · Postby **KyleWeiss** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:39 pm

Plus, there's nothing funnier than a hookbill walking on the ground. It's like this... iceskating...duck...ninja... type walk... :noknow:

KW

NomadOfTheHills · Postby **NomadOfTheHills** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:58 pm

I like to make fun of them (the birds) to their face (beak) and call them stupid pigeons or that I am going to roast them because they look like chickens, then scoop them up and have a nice play session.

KyleWeiss · Postby **KyleWeiss** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:13 pm

NomadOfTheHills wrote:I like to make fun of them (the birds) to their face (beak) and call them stupid pigeons or that I am going to roast them because they look like chickens, then scoop them up and have a nice play session.

We would have worked well together.

KW

Fatal_S · Postby **Fatal_S** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:32 pm

KyleWeiss wrote:
NomadOfTheHills wrote:I like to make fun of them (the birds) to their face (beak) and call them stupid pigeons or that I am going to roast them because they look like chickens, then scoop them up and have a nice play session.

We would have worked well together.

KW

Oh god, the humanity! Think of the children! Won't somebody please think of the children!

NomadOfTheHills · Postby **NomadOfTheHills** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:58 am

My favorite bird was an umbrella cockatoo, Diamond, and at night I would have to put her to sleep by rocking her on her back in my arms like a baby. The whole time I would baby talk her mean things about barbeque sauce, etc.

I used to come in on my days off to put her to sleep beacuse she would scream if I wasn't there to say goodnight.

KyleWeiss · Postby **KyleWeiss** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:22 pm

NomadOfTheHills wrote:I used to come in on my days off to put her to sleep beacuse she would scream if I wasn't there to say goodnight.

I'm sure the future owners would love that. You'd end up having to make housecalls until they became the "mommies." :rofl:

Man am I glad I don't own birds... I look at them like children and dogs: I'm thankful they're not mine, and I can go home without them.

KW

NomadOfTheHills · Postby **NomadOfTheHills** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:42 pm

Haha. She wound up being sold to a retired woman, which is a good home for a cockatoo, they really need to be in a home with someone all day.

It took weeks to ween her off of the night time ritual.

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