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OMG, I just realised, is this Marty the horny 'tiel?
Yes! “Masturbating Marty”, they call him. I decided to leave Reddit, though I left my profile intact because I think there’s important information there.
happy to see you too here :p I was missing all the posts after I left Reddit
Aww Marty! Did the behavioural study come through in the end? Really curious about that.
We never got around to it, no. We were preparing to do a trial of Fluoxetine (Prozac), but the compounding pharmacy said that they weren’t able to make a dose small enough to have room to titrate for his tiny little body. Our next plan was to try Clomipramine, but the whole wild fire thing happened. Marty lost his tail and has been absolutely exhausted while re-growing it. He hasn’t been exhibiting as much hormonal behaviour because he’s sleeping so often. Once he’s back to normal, we’ll consider trying Clomipramine.
Oh no I just read about the fire! I’m glad all of you are alright now. It must’ve been so traumatic for you and the poor birbies. :(
My African Grey was definitely traumatized. He (understandably) developed some separation anxiety. From his perspective, he was alone for 14 hours, in the dark (because the power was out), then there was a big scary noise in the middle of the night and strangers kidnapped him.
Marty’s emotionally unaffected. I took both birds out in their carriers to a pet-friendly shop the other day (trying to teach them that carriers don’t always mean they’re going somewhere bad) and Marty said “Hi Marty” to everything.
Awww Marty, he sounds like my own 'tiel: Very outgoing, will want to say hi or visit everyone they come into contact with.
I hope your African Grey will get better soon. I realise I never learned their name!
My African Grey’s name is Theodore; Theo for short. He’s a very “standard” parrot. Theo is curious and destructive, but afraid of new things and afraid of new people. I’m sure that he’ll get better with time. He just needs to see that we won’t abandon him again. I know that none of what happened was my fault, but I still feel guilty about it, especially when I get frustrated with him. I have to keep reminding myself that we’re both trying to recover.
I knew I recognized that name from Reddit! Marty the clinically horny tiel!
The one and only! I left Reddit because I don’t want to supply them with free content and engagement anymore. I dearly miss the parrot community there. I will continue to respond to any direct messages I get with bird questions on Reddit because it doesn’t contribute to Reddit’s product.
Glad to see we have a celebrity here. 😊
One of these days I’m going to start an OnlyFeathers for him. It’s about time he starts paying rent!
Marty is adorable
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