Slog - Comments on Dirdy, Dirdy Birdy: A Study in Avian Self-Love! http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/dirdy_dirdy_birdy_a_study_in_avian_selfl Below you will meet my niece’s pet lovebird, Kiwi. Kiwi is a very lonely lovebird indeed (don't lovebirds mandatorily come in sets of two?), but Kiwi is also remarkably resourceful. Behold… Provocative. And yes, that’s a toy plastic ball the poor horny little thing is jigging her dirty little birdy parts all over, but who are we to cast stones ? We don’t live all alone in an aquarium. I beg you not to judge her too harshly. Besides, bird masturbation I can handle---it’s that wretched country music I take issue with. Who’s with me? (Thanks to intrepid Matty for... Copyright 2008 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:55:41 -0800 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:15:15 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Tlazolteotl Hey, my parrotlet masturbates all the time. He has a special toy for this too. Strangely enough, none of my other birds do this, though one of them does try to solicit sex from my housemate...she lurrrvs him!

Just as guess, but Kiwi here is probably a boy lovebird, and not a girl; usually the boys are grindy like Kiwi and my little parrotlet, while the girls try to solicit attention by crouching down with their wings held slightly away from their sides, while making begging sounds.

[too much information, from a bird 'lover']

]]> Tlazolteotl http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/dirdy_dirdy_birdy_a_study_in_avian_selfl#c760815 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/dirdy_dirdy_birdy_a_study_in_avian_selfl#c760815 Life Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:26:40 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe I'm always with you, Adrian!

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/dirdy_dirdy_birdy_a_study_in_avian_selfl#c760817 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/dirdy_dirdy_birdy_a_study_in_avian_selfl#c760817 Life Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:26:50 -0800 Comment by maxsolomon heartbreaking.

lovebirds should come in 2s.

]]> maxsolomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/dirdy_dirdy_birdy_a_study_in_avian_selfl#c760839 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/dirdy_dirdy_birdy_a_study_in_avian_selfl#c760839 Life Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:02:28 -0800 Comment by Brad This reminds me of a story I heard/read years ago (maybe Savage Love?) about a grandmotherly lady who masturbated her pet bird. They apparently had quite a close relationship ;-)

]]> Brad http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/dirdy_dirdy_birdy_a_study_in_avian_selfl#c760843 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/dirdy_dirdy_birdy_a_study_in_avian_selfl#c760843 Life Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:15:15 -0800