Can't use any essential oils at all around ferrets. Dang it. I keep searching for wax safe to use around my ferrets lol but essential oils of any kind are TOXIC to ferrets. I know you have birds, but I have a ferret, I thought I hit the jackpot with this video lol until I seen essential oils 😭
You can use spices instead just mix like pumpkin spice, cinnamon, nutmeg. Or dried citrus peel, like lemon, lime, and orange. You can also use things like vanilla extract or mint. with coconut oil
I had a corn snake for 8 months and escaped two months ago (not the first time) definitely won’t be getting another one I wanna try a ball python but ppl say their not beginners and I don’t wanna bring a snake home just to rehome it
He's high red. Unfortunately , high red greencheeks suffer health issues more than normal ones. They're genetically 'bad', and they should never be used to breed, so some breeders kill them when they are hatched. :( So I'm glad you have him, and his breeder wasn't a monster! You are both very fortunate to have each other. As for your little one's liver troubles, They did know what caused it, and it was his deficiencies. It's usually always deficiencies that causes liver failure, and most of the time you find that it's either fatty liver disease from an all seed and nut diet, or lack of calcium, vitamin d, or vitamin a. This is why they are recommending mineral blocks, greens, and sunlight. The sunlight provides the vitamin d, which just like us, birds need to metabolize calcium. So even if you have a mineral block, and the birdo is eating it, if he doesn't have enough d, that extra calcium goes to waste. A lot of people don't realize that, and nobody ever tells us, so we think our birds are getting plenty only to be devestatingly surprised later when a problem arises. They suggested the leafy greens for vitamin a. I heard how your buddy doesn't like his new diet as well, and that's not unheard of at all lol. Try to offer them in other ways, such as whole leaves hanging in the cage, instead of chopped in his bowl. Do you make birdy bread? Chop them very finely and add them into the batter. Have a foraging toy he loves to play with? Fill it with greens (Birds are more willing to eat food they work for, to the point that they would RATHER work for it than get it from their bowls a lot of the time. This is how I got all of my budgies to eat pellets. They would eat anything from their foraging toys, or grass pads before anything in their bowls. So I stopped putting anything but pellets in those, and they just started eating them lol.) Mix it up! Try a wider variety of things. Yes, leafy greens are high in vitamin a, but beta carotene is metabolized into retinol too, so you can offer green, red, and orange veggies as well. Offer carrot, peas, squash, SWEET POTATO (birds LOOOOVE sweet potato), broccoli (very appealing as the tops are very much like sprouted seeds to them), peppers of all sorts (especially green and red peppers), pumpkin, as well as mango and papaya. And I know we're supposed to minimize fruit, but if our feathered kids won't eat their veggies, and it's killing them, it's better to have them eat fruit that will provide what they need than nothing at all! Especially if it's going to get them more enthused about eating more types of food! Another thing that got my very seed spoiled conure to even bother to try another type of food at all was Kaytee Bird Greens. It is actually all kinds of leafy, good in vitamin a stuff mixed into a dried salad for them (with small chunks of sweet potato thrown in but not enough to call it sufficient). And best of all, it's cheap! Something about having the leafy greens dried out made them more appealing to him, and praise the Phoenix, he started eating them! After a while, he was much more open to trying many other new foods I offered. Best of wishes for your baby, and you!
He's always been clipped since before I even got him. Every time I've tried to let him grow his wings out he would hurt himself so my vet and I agreed it'd be best to keep him clipped for the time being. I know it's a controversial subject among the bird keeping hobby and don't speak on the subject for that reason.
@@kelslittlezoo I'm sorry I'm just all up in all your comments, but!!!!! I had this issue too, and solved it...By teaching him to fly! They can't practice like other birds that have their wings, so when the feathers grow back, they have no idea what they are doing, and bam, he's hurt himself. So break that cycle: If you don't have him clicker and target trained, start there. It introduces them to the mechanics of training, establishes a communication with them, and helps with every single other training endeavor you will take on in the future. (search it: there are TONS of good information out there on clicker and target training.) Flying is just really long jumping, so even a clipped bird can start learning the basics. By just having him jump to your hand you can teach him to take off, and to land on the mark. Then you start having him glide over wider and wider gaps to your hand and it will not only help him establish the physics of being in the air, but helps him learn to judge distances, and exercises his keel muscles in preperation for having wings again. (When a bird is clipped, he doesn't use his wings as much, and his muscles atrophy. This is another reason they have a hard time controlling themselves in the air when suddenly flight happens again). After he is confident in gliding to you, start moving a little while he's coming to you, and force him to change directions mid flight. That teaches him to maneuver. Next time his feathers grow back, you may notice he's become an expert!
Hiya! Nice little channel :D Have you ever kept mantids? I've just a couple and my orchid mantis has brought me so much joy in the few days I've been with him. They're awesome!
@@kelslittlezoo That's so awesome :D They really are fascinating creatures. I'll look forward to you making a video about them one day! I've already ordered three more LOL maybe I'll make a channel just for my mantids if I end up with a whole room full kels style ^^ Your pets are awesome btw!! I would not be able to keep up! x
Thanks hun! 😊 🥰I definitely plan to stick around this time, I even pre-filmed several videos so I don't need to worry about filming during the week of and after my Dad's surgery, so I can care for him and also can keep a weekly video schedule
@@kelslittlezoo aw that’s awesome and sounds like you’ve planned things out well :D I initially started watching your channel for the birds but I’m planning on getting a skink in the new year so really enjoyed seeing all of your reptile / invertebrate enclosures etc and looking forward to your new videos :)
Unfortunately yes, I wasn't able to keep up with the number of birds I had at that time. And Rio is only in that cage temporarily cause his big standing cage broke (the leg broke off and cracked the frame) but I am ordering him a new bigger cage! I'll be a assembly video on it when it gets here!
this is a great show been vendoring it for about 6 months ! next time stop at the little crafts of horrors booth with hand made custom animal décor and say hi!
Hi 👋🏻 and thanks for sharing your isopods 😊 (I loooove isopods) about the wild local isopods, (if my eyes aren’t tricking me) might be Oniscus asellus ? They are my favorite from my garden. Try searching the internet for photos of Oniscus asellus and see if you think they look like the ones you have ❤️
@@kelslittlezoo LOL I mean same! Currently I just have like 5-6 plants all pothos except 2 but I love them! And crystals my collection isn’t as big as it used to be, but I love the ones I do have! Inscents and sage are an obsession to LOL
Love the set up!! her colors are very pretty and vibrant!! why wouldn't you like to breed and have babies? haha that's when they are adorable!! I cant wait to see your full reptile tour!!!!
The restaurant food looks so good!!! Id love to try that sometime!! im not sure how far that would be from me haha Your mom seems so sweet i love how excited she was! <3 i love that she got her own noodle!!! That's so exciting. my mom is terrified of them haha.
Im so glad your back!!! I missed your videos!!! <3 Just so you know you put corona was a ball python hehe :D I love your snakes they are so so pretty!!! I cant wait until my boys are that big!!! <3 cant wait to see the videos you do on your snakes, and then on the chinchilla <3
Aww thanks for sticking around! I'm very excited for all the videos I have planned in 2022! Its gonna be a fun time for sure! And HAHA I know, I've gotten so many jokes about that! I was gonna fix it but my phone messed up and I'd have to reedit and re-upload to fix it so I said eh people will figure it out 😂😂 he is now a rare green chameleon ball python 😂😂
Many were rehomed at end of last year due to my health - I was unable to give that number of parrots the one on one human interaction and out of cage freedom as I had previously. So I figured it'd be best to find them good homes where they would be able to have alot of human interaction and freedom. I made sure that the bonded pairs/groups all stayed together, and the ones who preferred to stay solo went to homes where they would be only birds and the center of attention. I'm going to make a video explaining everything soon.
@@kelslittlezoo you had a green parrot who always been on you, he was sooo sweet ! but mental health is important, im glad you gave them a good home. welcome back to youtube :)
That was Paulie the blue crown conure. There were several reasons for his rehome and it didnt come easy. But he actually went to a friend of mine, so I still get to see him. He is doing even better with her then he did with me.
I hope this isn't directed towards my birds because my birds only are in their cages at night for sleeping or if I leave the house... they otherwise are out and free in the house for most of the day.
Depends on the bird species, I guess. Cockatiels, cockatoos, gray's, ect are very dusty birds to begin with. I clean my cages daily to keep the dust down and have a air purifier. I've experienced no issues thankfully.
