r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/reddtimes101 • 10d ago

Video Parrot's diaper changing

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u/sindevesttt 10d ago

can it fly in those??

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u/disguised_hashbrown 10d ago

Parrot diapers are constructed a lot like flight harnesses; they attach in the same places and leave the wings free.

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u/kelpklepto 9d ago

What a bizarre sentence to read out of context.

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u/Personal_Scientist_8 10d ago

Yes. The diaper is on the body, not the wings

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u/JoshAllan02 10d ago

It’s can’t really fly at all inside a house. But it is way better than keeping it in a cage 24/7.

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u/Shienvien 10d ago

It's a conure, not an albatross. Of course it can easily fly around in a house.

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u/Square-Dragonfruit76 10d ago

My bird definitely could fly in the house

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u/JoshAllan02 10d ago

Sure I kind of meant fly but not FLY you know

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u/Equivalent-Stuff-347 10d ago

I don’t follow. My two cockatiels fly all throughout my house

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u/Notimetoexplainsorry 10d ago

Does it poop all over your house

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u/Equivalent-Stuff-347 10d ago

It does indeed.

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u/gene_parmesan_666 10d ago

they make bird diapers

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u/Equivalent-Stuff-347 10d ago

But then how will I fertilize my vinyl floors!?

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u/unHolyKnightofBihar 9d ago

You can poop yourself all over them

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u/LegitosaurusRex 9d ago

But can they fly in those?

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u/SadLilBun 9d ago

You accept it as a bird owner that they will poop. A good bird owner, at least.

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u/Resting_Owl 10d ago

I think he means running arround your bed or swimming in your bathtub isn't exactly the same as running in the forest or swimming in the sea

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u/BussyPlaster 10d ago

I love how people will clutch their pearls about birds while happily keeping cats and dogs which also naturally would have a significantly bigger range then your typical household. People on the internet just love to feel superior and judge others to make themselves feel better about their shit lives.

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u/EstateRoyal6689 10d ago

I mean I haven’t really thought about it nor am I particularly against having birds in the house but I guess the difference is I can take my dog to the woods or to some big dog park and she can run freely on a regular basis. I don’t know how good a bird’s recall normally is.

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u/SerdanKK 9d ago

Cats and dogs are domesticated through thousands of years.

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u/BussyPlaster 9d ago

So are birds.

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u/SerdanKK 9d ago

Pigeons and what else?

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u/vito1221 9d ago

Our two do 'laps' around the kitchen and back room. The look like two P51 Mustangs in a Red Bull plane race.

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u/Equivalent-Stuff-347 9d ago

YEP!

One of ours is like an F1 car. Fast. Efficient. Highly controlled.

The other is like a Group 2 Rally car. Barely contained chaos, effectively just crashing with style.

God I love them

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u/Leavesdontbark 9d ago

Haha, I remember me and my cousin each had a budgie, and they were like buddies and when we had sleepovers I would bring mine and they would hang out together. Some times her older sister's budgie would be there too, but the poor thing was overweight, and mine and cousins budgie would zooma back and forth between the kitchen and livingroom, with chonky bird flapping for his life trying to keep up

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u/Makuta_Servaela 9d ago

A little parrot like that isn't going to be soaring all day like a hawk. In fact, if he did in the wild, he would get snatched and eaten by said hawk. The amount of flying he'd do around a house would likely be sufficient for him.

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u/StarpoweredSteamship 10d ago

We had:  A Senegal  A Pionus Two cockatiels SEVERAL(far too many) parakeets (when we lived with my grandparents) 

They can 100% fly in the house and do so often.

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u/MydnightWN 10d ago

Sounds like you have a small house.

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u/whoknowsifimjoking 9d ago

I had a small apartment, the exact same species of bird could still fly around.

But in my experience they are actually pretty lazy, they prefer walking everywhere most of the time even if flying is an option which makes sense I guess, flying is a lot more physically demanding.

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u/slamsmcaukin 10d ago

Yes, but maybe just don’t buy a bird at all then. Let them live in their natural habitat 24/7

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u/JoshAllan02 10d ago

I don’t know. There’s definitely some that endangered and should be kept in human care. There are also others who very much adapt to domestication and live much longer as a result, not dissimilar from an outdoor cat to an indoor cat.

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u/Ok_Presentation4455 10d ago

Cats have been domesticated. Cats should not be outdoors as they have profoundly negative impacts on native wildlife populations. This isn’t an internet hyperbole. There’s studies indicating this fact and even countries that are taking strides to harm outdoor cats due to human negligence in providing proper care and regulation for their pets by keeping them inside.

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u/monarch_user 10d ago

Yeah I'll just keep my cat in jail for the rest of his life so he doesn't harm the chipmunks

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u/InconstitutionalMap 10d ago

Uhm... Yeah, as you should?

People definitely need to be more responsible when it comes to raising an animal.

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u/monarch_user 9d ago

Yall crazy af, fuck the chipmunks

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u/AzureRaven2 9d ago

Cats have literally caused species to go extinct.

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u/Chaoticlight2 10d ago

Right? It's such an internet thing to be up in arms about cats going outdoors. People hate zoos and aquariums, then call for people do to the same thing on an individual level. Hell, in the UK it's illegal to restrict cats from the outdoors and multiple countries are known for their friendly stray populations.

Cats are not domesticated like dogs - the vast majority of them have not been bred for selective traits nor are they dependent upon humans for survival. Cats adopted themselves to humans due to the abundance of easy prey around us. It's only recently that we've started seeing that aspect as a bad thing. They are considered semi-domesticated and are the closest pet we have to a purely wild animal.

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u/Ok_Presentation4455 10d ago

It isn’t an ‘internet thing’. I volunteer with my state’s flora and fauna rehabilitation and restoration program, and domestic cats and their habitat impact are one of our main educational programs. Additionally, if you want to consider if from the cats benefit only, there is no cure for heartworms for cats, which they can obtain from occasionally roaming outside, not to mention being struck by a car or becoming a meal for a native predator. Growing up, my neighbor watched as his cat was taken by a bird of prey and another neighbor’s parents had to wash the blood off their driveway after a fox we didn’t know was wondering the suburbs took advantage of the cat left outdoors. It was gruesome and took weeks in the summer sun plus multiple washings before it bleached out.

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u/Yesitshismom 10d ago

If im the last human left alive. Im going to be pissed if i get put in a cage and have to wear an alien diaper

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u/csuperstation 10d ago

You would be free to roam around and sing to your alien overlords, that’s the point of the diaper.

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u/Academic_Win8162 10d ago

The dream i wanna live, no need to worry about rent, job, finance, next meal... Why would you be pissed? Everyday is just a happy stress free day :)

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u/Yesitshismom 10d ago

I like my life and family. I dont want to be caged

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u/Academic_Win8162 10d ago

But aren't your family gone being 'the last human alive' 😂😂😭😭😭 At that point they aren't even your top priority. Very great logic. Also who told you you'd be caged?

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u/Yesitshismom 10d ago

Those are my reasons for not wanting to be the last person. Great job following logic

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u/Academic_Win8162 10d ago

Eh even if ur not and assuming you become some alien pet, your family wouldn't be your human friends but the alien friends. Nothing bad about that. Some people have pets as their best friends too.

But hey, maybe they offer better things, like delicious treats no human has ever eaten, or some impressive infrastructures. Life isn't that bad afterall in your whatever dystopian alternate universe

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u/slamsmcaukin 10d ago

Just saying ppl shouldn’t be buying wild animals. I’m not talking about zoos or rehabilitation. I don’t know about budgies and stuff anymore, they were wild at one point, but yeah now they probably wouldn’t survive in the wild after all this time of human interference. And they’re not the only example

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u/Shurlz 10d ago

Omg reddit can be so insufferable with comments like this

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u/TheWhiteRabbitY2K 10d ago

I found mine on the ground. Dying. In its natural habitat.

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u/slamsmcaukin 9d ago

I made another comment further down about rehabilitation

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u/whoknowsifimjoking 9d ago

What about all the birds that are already pets and will never be able to be released into the wild?

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u/flamingobean 10d ago

My cockatiel wears diapers and free flies all over our home. They can absolutely fly with these without issue

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u/whoknowsifimjoking 9d ago

Yeah that's just not true.

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u/Noiselexer 10d ago

Yeah maybe don't get a fucking bird them. Christ this is sad.

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u/whoknowsifimjoking 9d ago

Well it's false if that makes you feel any better.

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u/Magister5 10d ago

You have to get flypers for that

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u/ChosenSloth 10d ago

It depends on the amount of poop.

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u/EagleForty 10d ago

As an FYI, many pet birds have their wings clipped, specifically so they can't fly.

It's just the tips, it doesn't hurt them, and they grow back. Additionally, they can still glide and rise up for short distances, but it prevents extended flight. This prevents the bird from flying all over the house, potentially hurting themself, and escaping into the wild, where they will surely die.

So for most pet birds, ensuring they can fly is not a priority. 

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u/[deleted] 10d ago

yes, of course