(Part 3) Top products from r/parrots

Welcome to the world of parrots. I'm sure we all wish we knew a bit more when we started out.

Phoenix Landing recommends a minimum cage size for budgies as 27"w x 24"d. Note that height isn't listed as width is the more important factor. You can find various budgie cage set-ups here. Unfortunately most cages marketed for budgies are too small for such active little birds. Upgrading your budgies' cage when you can would be a good idea.

A variety of perches with different diameters and textures are best to avoid bumblefoot. There's a great presentation from Phoenix Landing on Perches and Playstands that goes into the details and shows many options. The small bottlebrush perch from Amazon is popular with our birds since the bark can be chewed off. Perch placement is a lot of trial and error. See how the birds are moving about and make sure the perches are clear of droppings from above. Ditch the dowels when you can.

Swap out the litter on the bottom cage for black and white newspaper, plain brown paper, commercial cage liners or other safe paper. Plus it'll make it easier to monitor their droppings.

A seed only diet isn't great for birds, but you're on the right track with offering them safe new foods. Introducing a good quality pellet to their diet is a good idea. There are many different strategies for converting birds from seeds to pellets: UC Davis VMTH, Drs. Foster and Smith, Roudybush, Zupreem, Harrison's, etc. Do monitor your birds closely to make sure they are still eating and not losing weight.
Some ideas for fresh foods to add can be found here. Seeds can be soaked or sprouted for better nutrition when offering them to your birds. Commercial pet store seed diets aren't usually great candidates for soaking or sprouting though. Some of the better seed options include Sprout People and TOPS.

When it comes to toys, think enrich, but not overwhelm. Each bird will have their own preferences, but in general budgies tend to enjoy anything they can swing on, shred, or make noise with. Cork and balsa toys like the ones found here are good examples. MakeYourOwnBirdToys.com has helpful videos on their YouTube channel. The vendors listed in the sidebar have a nice selection of toys too. Setting up the environment for a happy bird and good behavior takes thought and effort. Avian Enrichment gives a nice overview on parrot care and Kris Porter's Parrot Enrichment for keeping the energy focused on appropriate behavior.

The Gabriel Foundation in Colorado offers an online Beyond Bird Basics class for $40 that's a great overview on parrots. Greyhaven offers a free welcome home e-book. The behavior advice leaves a bit to be desired, but it's overall a nice resource. It's best to get established with an avian vet while you have healthy birds. It'll give you a great chance to get a lot of your questions answered and learn where to take your birds if you an emergency situation after hours.

Two excellent resources for behavior are, Dr. Susan Friedman of Behavior Works and Barbara Heidenreich of Good Bird Inc..

Good luck and enjoy your budgies!

Errmygerd I seriously can't handle the tiny banana beaks. :D Kevin's was equally nubby and derpy back then and I miss it!

Anyway, congrats on the new addition! I love seeing people take the plunge into aracari/softbill ownership. Based on our experiences with Kevin these last three years I can offer some tips and tricks. None of these are not hard and fast rules, just things that we have settled on after lots of trial-and-error. :P

Mess.

1. Don't own carpet. Or cloth furniture, or fancy rugs. Trust me when I say blueberry poops do not come out of anything! We even have wood furniture and windowsills that are now permanently stained. D:
   
   
2. Honestly, I've toyed with the idea of sort sort of plexiglass panels since we got Kevin. In the end, we still use a sheet. After all this time I haven't found visibility to be an issue (in fact, you can see in this video how we leave sections pulled back at the top for Kevin's "lookout" positions). Maybe it's just because his cage is usually located in a corner anyway, or against the wall. However if you plan to put the cage in front of a window or something instead I could see a problem.
   
   The benefits of a sheet, for us at least, are its ease of cleaning (just throw it in the wash once a month) and how it keeps things in the cage or off the floor (you can wrap the bottom of the sheet up around the legs of the cage to create a "pouch" that catches falling poops, tossed food, and water that's being splashed around). Speaking of water, keeping acrylic nice and water spot free could be a challenge if your girl turns out to be anything like Kevin. He bathes daily and each time makes sure to completely drain his bowl.
   
   Though if you are really super turned off by the idea another option is hanging something like a curtain behind the cage against the wall. Or even lining your walls with the acrylic/plexiglass. Finally, if you do decide to cover the actual cage with acrylic panels be cognizant of good air flow.
   
   Food.
   
   
3. I don't use a fruit chopper so can't recommend one. But I also don't think I ever will simply because I've found that all of Kevin's fruit should not be cut the same. I don't know if he's just naturally picky or spoiled, but just like a parrot he will make it very apparent when something is not "acceptable". Super soft fruits like kiwi, banana, or papaya are chopped into 3/4'' sq pieces to help maintain their integrity. Medium-soft foods like fruit gel, steamed squash, grapes, cherries, or cucumber are chopped into 1/4 - 1/2'' cubes. Hard foods like apple are cut into tiny 1/8'' pieces (about the same size as a dry pellet). It is worth experimenting with your own bird to see what they prefer. I know I only started customizing fruit sizes when I noticed Kevin awkwardly trying to beak and choke down big chunks of apple. Nowadays, if something is too unwieldy he will just toss it out of his bowl. Especially since I hate wasting such expensive food, I just suck it up and do what the birdie overlord demands. :)
   
   
4. Supplements. I'm usually not a huge fan of a gazillion different supplements because I find it easier and less stressful to just ensure our birds are eating a good, well-rounded pelleted diet. But with Kevin, I make an exception. My main supplement is decaf black tea, which Kevin receives instead of water 3x/week and as a substitute for water in his fruit gel/pellets. Black tea is chock full of tannins that actually chelate iron and help prevent its absorption. So the tea is an additional effort to stave off iron-storage disease.
   
   I also feed him fresh greens once or twice a week and a little dab of palm/coconut oil mixed into his food every day. The greens are necessary because he seems to crave something fibrous without them and the oil I keep doing because his plumage has only gotten better and better over the years and I can't imagine it hurts.
   
   General Advice?
   
   
5. The X-Large prevue hendryx flight cage is what we use for Kevin. It's what I would consider the minimum size for a single green aracari (with at least a few hours of outside time per day), lightweight, mobile, and very affordable. Easy to roll out onto the driveway for a good hosing down, and has stood up to weekly scrubbings very well. When we got it originally I was looking for something easy to move around and within budget, since you know how expensive just the bird can be! But if I were to do it all over again and really go all out I would probably splurge on an A&E or HQ double flight cage. Of course, my true love is a walk-in indoor aviary (something like this) because as you will soon realize these guys can and will use every inch of space you give them.
   
   
6. Kevin's adores toys that jingle, jangle, and rattle. Anything hard plastic or metal. His all time favorite is the "Mug Tug" from ABirdToy. You can see him in action here. :P Other good toys are ones that allow your aracari to forage. Kevin gets a fruit skewer with papaya pretty regularly. We also have some PVC tubs and wooden boards drilled with holes that we can stuff shredded paper and blueberries into.
   
   Whew, now that's a wall of text. Anyway, enjoy your new baby! Cherish the nub-beak and big ol' black baby eyes while you can :)

You know your mother. Do you think that she'll read a full book on parrot ownership of you give her one?

A few words of caution about literature that you find. Look at the date that information was printed or shared online. Knowledge of how parrots live, their diets, their social lives, and things that are toxic to them has all improved over the past decade or so. Just make sure that articles you or your mother are looking at online aren't quoting something from 1972 or something like that.

This [author](The Parrot Problem Solver by Barbara Heidenreich http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004H4X7ZU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_udp_api_mx.CxbSSTKDBZ) is pretty good.

I want to specifically call this out because it's easily going to solve the "she shouldn't have a parrot" situation if she's not aware of it. Get rid of all Teflon pans and aerosol air fresheners, etc. as they're toxic to parrots. Teflon releases a gas when it's heated that has been proven to kill parrots very suddenly. This is an example of something that was proven in 2002 and was beloved to be conjecture until that point.

Ask questions here if you have them, or go to avian avenue and ask them there. Macaws are big parrots and aren't simple, but her new parrots age and personality will play a big role in how easy it is to deal with.

If there's are some things (outside of Teflon and poisons) that I'd highly suggest researching they would be:

1. socialization - the more people that can handle the parrot the better. This will make it less prone towards being territorial and just all around easier to live with.
   
   
2. diet - seed mixes are easy to come by and sold like they are a one stop shop for perfect nutrition. They're not. Pellets and veggies are ideal if she wants that macaw to live a long life (i.e. Into its 20's - it can live into 70's if it has a good life)
   
   
3. entertainment - toys and things that it can do inside of its cage. It's a smart animal and needs mental stimulation. Not giving it this can cause the bird to get depressed.
   
   This isn't research, but it's good to do..
   
4. cage cleaning - can't set it and forget it. Papers at the bottom of the cage should be changed every 2-3 days at a minimum. Parrots can get sick if everything isn't cleaned out frequently. I purchased a hand cleaner to clean off the cage bars every Saturday for our parrots. It sure isn't a glorious job, but it keeps them clean and healthy.
   
   There is so much more that I want to keep going down the list, but this is a good start.
   
   Good luck with this situation. Hopefully your mother is taking it more seriously than you imply... I can certainly see the appeal of a macaw, but that's a whole lot of bird.

So, this could be a good time to start potty training him if that interests you. I say that because you ideally want to mix up what happens when you return him to the cage. It sounds like he's learned that going back to the cage means he's probably going to be closed up in there and he doesn't like it so he bites when he realizes you guys are heading there. I suggest potty training (and I use the term very loosely) because I return my bird to the cage to let him poop pretty often and I pick him right back up after he does his business. So you get the double benefit. Getting him used to going to and from the cage often without being locked away and being rewarded for pooping in his cage and not on you or your things.

Ways you can mix things up. Walking my bird back the cage doesn't mean he's going to get locked up, it could mean a couple of things. One, we are going to work on him stepping up for me, in which case he'll get some treats (showing him the treat jar before we start does a lot to get him motivated to train), two that it's time to potty and I'll pick him right up again after he poops, or three it's time to hang out in the cage and entertain himself for a few hours. So I think what you are just going to have to do if the target training doesn't work to target him back into his cage is just work on rewarding him around the cage and hanging our near it when you aren't going to put him away for awhile. It's going to be annoying initially. I think you can make it work through because I was able to do the opposite with my bird when I needed to get him out.

Can he fly? That was another thing I did to get my bird to return to his cage. I'd tell him "Go to your cage" and give him a little boost towards his cage. He'd naturally launch from the momentum of my moving my arm gently towards the cage and fly back. Then I'd call him back to me and reward him, launch towards cage again. Benefits from this are, he returns to his cage, he sometime poops when he gets back, it gives him some exercise and we practice recall flight training.

Last thing I can suggest picking up is this. If he still is stubborn, you can set him on this perch away from the cage. Pick up the perch, and use it to transport him back to his cage. Make sure you reward him a bunch when you return to his cage and he goes back in.

Yes. They do. If you want some good resources that get sciency with it:


Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process: Dr. Irene Pepperberg's studies on language and cognitive theory with African Greys. Alex could do complex abstract conversions with things like number and counting, for instance he knew what "5" is as a symbol and could equate it to a representation for a number of objects like x, x, x, x, x means there are "five" "x"s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXoTaZotdHg


Conversations with Cosmo: At Home with an African Grey Parrot University of Georgia PHD who shares her life with her CAG, and has created a language for conversing with him she calls "Cosmish" which incluses tenses (future, past, future possible, etc.) and an number of other advanced linguistic constructs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyWYzuV6WYk


Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans: A fascinating and highly entertaining book about cognition in corvid populations. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE AUDIOBOOK if you've got a 6-hour road trip, it is GREAT.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0OAWFn02Lg


I've seen my birds pick up spontaneous conversational associations. The original Dr. Doolittle was fabled to "talk with animals" because he kept an African Grey and for grey owners, it's just accepted as "the norm" and taken for granted. It wasn't until I got Ollie, my "new" bird after losing "Smokey" the bird I'd had for most of my life that I saw the process develop again.


One striking example was "whoops". The second day Ollie was home, he broke a toe. He temporarily became clumsy as a result, so if I dropped or startled anything near him or he stumbled, I was very careful to say "Whoops, you're all right." Over time, it just became "Whoops". His toe healed and he regained his footing and I'd long since forgotten about it. At about 9 months old, he had his first molt of flight feathers. When I'd gotten him he had a HORRIBLE clipping, so his wings were useless. After his flight feathers came back in and he began fledging, I noticed him using "Whoops" whenever he had a shaky landing.


He was doing this on his own. Additionally, any time anything is dropped in his vicinity, he exclaims "whoops", if he's on me and I do something he's not expected "Whoops". The cat falls off the couch "Whoops". So I'm pretty certain, he knows that there are appropriate contexts for saying "Whoops" and he in those contexts he predictably says "whoops"...


This is one of probably dozens of examples, but, yes, based on both reading and practical experience with greys, I fully believe that they both TALK and cognitively use language.

Well i know they like bells but i guess I could show you what my guys have (I'm away so I'll provide links instead of pics) They like to climb all over this and mine go crazy over things like this you might want to get a ladder or too, they can climb on it, and it's pretty much were my older tiel likes to go sleep.

Edit: pretty much anything they can chew without getting hurt, also they'll be scared of it at first but they'll get used to it.

A few things

• No parrots only bond with 1 person at a time. They will have their favorite person, but with proper training they should tolerate all flock members.
  
  
• This will take a lot of time to get to a point where he behaves around you. We are talking months.
  
  
• You need to spend a lot of time around him. Sometimes talking to him and giving him treats, sometimes just being in the same room but doing your own thing.
  
  
• Start the habit of every time you enter the room, go over and give him a treat. This will build the association in his head that when he see's you he gets treats, so he will be happy to see you.
  
  
• Get this book. Its got good advice

Yeah sure! I got it from amazon for a good price. My cockatiel absolutely loves hers so I’m hoping Emil loves it too.

Prevue Hendryx F050 Pet Products Wrought Iron Flight Cage, X-Large, Hammertone Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002AQ228/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_NN5WCbYV5KCVH

Take him to the vet. Have him checked out to rule out any health causes. I second the advice to have your gf take a backseat in taking care of him. She and you will need to be on the same page about this 100%.

I also highly, highly recommend that you read and practice daily what you can learn from the following books:

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/clicker-training-for-birds-melinda-johnson/1006112405?ean=9781890948153&pcta=n&st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_Core+Shopping+Textbooks_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP17&k_clickid=3x17

http://www.amazon.com/Parrot-Problem-Solver-Barbara-Heidenreich-ebook/dp/B004H4X7ZU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453917288&sr=8-1&keywords=parrot+problem+solver

My bf spent a few months reading and practicing what he learned from these two books. He went from "barely tolerated while lunging at you to kill you" to "I LOVE YOU FATHER, WHERE ARE YOU GOING? I LOVE YOU" with our quaker within a year and half of consistent work. I think there's still hope for you and your parrotlet. Give these a go.

Here's some of the things others have not stated. Firstly getting a UV bulb like that one. Also you could get a perch with a tent , a bird hammock, or something similar, especially if your bird sleeps on a perch.My bird used to sleep on a specific perch that came with his cage. I bought him a tent perch and he's been sleeping there ever since. He seems happier with it.

If you live somewhere where it gets cold, you could get a bird heater and maybe a heated perch

If your bird is scared of almost everything like my bird. I've noticed putting my bird on the objects(new toys, perches, etc) makes him feel more secure about the object and it may be useful for you.

If you are planning on getting a harness, it's better to get it earlier than later and if your bird doesn't like wearing it, don't use it.

This is optional and maybe not useful (depending on how talkative your bird is). If your bird is talkative try to teach him the concept of "stop it". My bird doesn't like being touched on the chest. To teach him I gently rubbed him on the chest and would say "stop it" 3-5 times. I move my hand away and would say "okay, stop it". Now he will sometimes say stop it when I'm doing something he doesn't like instead of biting.

And it's better and safer to not let him go on the floor.

Some birds will eat meat, but it is not a natural part of their diet. giving your bird fresh fruits and vegetables and switch him to a pellet based diet would be best. Pellets should have all the nutrients your bird needs. You can order pellets from amazon if there are no pet stores nearby.

Try [these] (http://www.amazon.com/Harrisons-High-Potency-Fine-1lb/dp/B0007LI108/ref=sr_1_6?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1454019120&sr=1-6&keywords=harrisons+high+potency+coarse) or [these] (http://www.amazon.com/ZuPreem-Fruit-Blend-Fruitable-Cockatiel/dp/B00DRP472W/ref=sr_1_1?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1454019038&sr=1-1&keywords=zupreem&refinements=p_89%3AZuPreem+Fruit+Blend). You can also buy [avicalm] (http://www.amazon.com/Avitech-113514-Avicalm-Calming-Supplement/dp/B00I2LT1YK) on amazon.

Yes! I have a Sulfur Crested Cockatoo and she loves going travels with me. I like that backpack because it has mesh instead of plastic so it breathes better. I have the orange one.

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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0048WE58Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Check this out: Birds LOVE Small Bottlebrush Cage Perch Birds LOVE https://www.amazon.com/dp/982249792X/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awdo_t1_WbdXDbV2MX65Q

These are both fairly big, but from what you described I felt like these fit. Here's a much less expensive one I have for my two budgies https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001NPX5BC/ref=asc_df_B001NPX5BC4997843/?tag=hyprod-20&creative=394997&creativeASIN=B001NPX5BC&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167134466316&hvpos=1o3&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15514101476818063859&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9023746&hvtargid=pla-273564412720

They can fly around a little in here but I couple it with out of cage time for a good chunk of the day.

1. I have a shower perch that mine will use, alternatively I just put her in the sink.
   
   
2. She lives in this
   
   
3. I just repeat words/phrases a lot using interesting voices. Sometimes if I say something enough (telling my dog not to do something....) she'll pick it up anyway.
   
   
4. I need more info on your bird, is he afraid of your hand? But there are plenty of hand training things out on google.

I always use Poop Off.

Coconut oil is natural and even though it's an oil, it won't hold well sitting out over time like that. It will degrade like any natural substance and when that happens it will start to smell. Like rotted coconut. It seems fine sitting inert in a jar though.

Thanks for the help! Do you think this type of pellet will be good? http://amzn.com/B0007LI108

Argh, the lack of doors for food dishes make me nuts! I've been looking at new cages and those 32x21 flight cages (like this) look perfect except that! What's the deal with that? There are a bunch of brands with nearly identical cages and no setup for food bowls.

It's also worth noting that those models tend to have a small door on the side near the top that's designed for breeder boxes. They don't latch shut. Should be out of reach for kids till they're old enough to know better, but birds seem to figure out how to pop them open pretty quickly, so most people I've talked to have to find a way to latch them closed.

Highly recommend Pepperberg's book, Alex & Me. Great read of what they went through together.

I have this one for a sun conure. It's a great cage that I don't feel bad about leaving her in when I'm not home. Plenty of room for toys!

Also, it's Prime-eligible. Petsolutions has it for about ten bucks cheaper with free shipping (you can see that under the "other sellers" option), but I prefer the convenience of dealing with Amazon directly.

I bought this for my conure, he loves it/it's safe and you don't have to clean the bottom if they poop in it.

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B000OB2I8M/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_l74Dzb4ASNJM6

I leave the boing on the top -- Mangogh has only recently started showing interest in what's on there. Now, he climbs up and down the pole, as well as the boing.

I got the boing from Amazon, though I'm not certain that's the exact one I've got. He also has one inside his cage.

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I personally like this carrier. Because it has bars on the side, I can attach food/water dishes (the ones it comes with aren't great) and perches. My vet loves it. It doesn't have a tray under it, so I put down a towel on the bottom in case water spills. It closes securely. I can wrap the lap part of the seat belt around it and it stays in place. I normally cover the half of the cage on the window side, not that it can see out, but to keep the light/heat off my bird. It can be difficult for my parrot to see out, though. I also have one of these which is great because it collapses. It's kind of big - I used to transport a pair of GCCs in it and it could serve as an overnight cage. It's kind of easy for the door to open, so I normally have a bit of velcro holding it shut at extra (it's never opened on me, I just worry about it when things are jostling around to/from car and buildings). This carrier does have a tray under it, so I line it with paper towels and if any water spills it isn't a big deal.

Having done lots of long drives with a couple different parrots, I think the most important thing is that the bird can see its person. I always have normal food, treats, and water in there for them.

Buy poop-off

Your furniture will thank you. Aside from that, you seem to be fine. Just cater to your birds emotions. it'll develop a schedule and behavior. Just be accommodating to that

I got it from Amazon for $25.

Edit: I agree with /u/gruvgreaves, you should be careful. I checked out the bar spacing and it's 3/4 of an inch. That's rated as not safe for my 'tiel either. I'm not worried for myself because my girl hasn't ever tried to get out of a cage. Source

something like this? http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Aviator-Parrot-Harness-Petite/dp/B000TEXPDG/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1414486274&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=aviator+harness+for+parrotlets

Prevue on amazon has some gooders.
I used this cage when I had my two linnies caged together but they started getting really moody about me third wheeling in on their parade so now they're each in one of these and its worked well-ish. Only downside to the two smaller cages is the doors slide upwards rather than swinging out so you'll need to pin them up with something if you want the door to stay open. Linnies are about the same size as lovies, I'm sure two could easily live in either

http://www.amazon.com/Birdscomfort-Double-Flight-Bird-64x21/dp/B005ZDR2GM/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top - Here's the exact double flight cage we have for our two GCC's. It's about $100 less than the one you linked. Our birds spend a lot of time on top of the cage, we have more toys up there now than when the picture was taken.
I'm the person with a review and customer image on the link. - http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/permalink/mo3GJR4G6QA08EG/B005ZDR2GM/ref=cm_ciu_images_pl_link

As for a carrier one of the ones we have is http://www.walmart.com/ip/Suncast-Deluxe-Personalized-Pet-Carrier-with-Snap-on-Food-and-Water-Tray-Multiple-Sizes-Available-Dogs/9606593 - the small one.

Buy this book Amazing book for first time Grey owner. It tells you almost everything you need to know.

Naya is mostly potty trained. I have a designated "poop perch" that I have trained her to use as a permanent and portable potty. When she needs to go, she gets antsy and flutters her wings in an effort to fly to the perch. I take her over to it, instruct her to "go potty" and she goes. I can take it wherever I go inside my place and she knows its her place to go.

Here is the American link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DJRFIIU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_ilnPAbBGECEBB

https://www.amazon.com/Company-31136-Treat-Pets-Yellow/dp/B00DJRFIIU

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000TEXPDG/ref=oh_details_o00_s01_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It's not rubber or silicone or whatever material the OP link is. It comes with an instructional video and is by and far the highest rated in terms of harnesses for fids.

And like with anything, you must take it slowly. Don't expect him to accept it right away, hell, there's a hole for his head! Any bird or person would freak out about shoving their head into a noose-thing from the get go. Here's a link on how to train your fid to accept the harness:
http://theparrotforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1329

No problem! If you werent before I would just look up African Grey specific information from now on. Here are a couple of books that really helped me out when trying to learn more about my African Grey.
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