So, where would I come across something like this? So, a sort of example of an equation that looks somewhat like this where I have this separation of time scales is if you consider let us say enzyme kinetics if I consider enzyme kinetics. So, let us say I consider this set of equations that I have an enzyme plus a substrate which reacts to give me a complex which I call this enzyme substrate complex and then from there I get this enzyme plus a product. So, what is essentially happening is that substrate is going to a product, but through the action of this enzyme which I recover back at the end the enzyme does not get depleted. And again if I think of putting some rates similar rates k plus and k minus and a rate R then this has the same sort of structure as this thing that we are talking about a going to b going to c. Where would I see this? So, for example, if I had let us say DNA. So, let us say I have DNA plus this RNA polymerase RNA polymerase that reacts to form this complex where this RNA polymerase binds on to this DNA DNA RNA polymerase complex.  So, this is like the transcription equation transcription reaction written in this sort of a language. And you can write indeed many sort of wherever you have an enzyme sort of a kinetics you can frame it in this sort of a language that you have some substrate whatever that substrate is in this case DNA and something that transiently binds in order to facilitate the reaction. For example, RNA polymerase and this and ultimately at the end of all of this you get some product out of it and then the enzyme sort of comes back. But once I write down an equation like this once I write down a schematic like this I can again write down the rate equations exactly like I did for A and B. So, let me I will not solve the whole thing, but let me at least write down the equations. So, if I write down the equation for the enzyme D enzyme DT right. So, that has decays with the rate k plus when an enzyme and a substrate comes together it is formed back with a rate k minus from this enzyme substrate complex a second rate R might as well just write it as k minus k minus plus R from this enzyme substrate complex that takes into common basic reaction plus this reaction. For the substrate I would have again a k minus k plus enzyme and a substrate and that is it. Then for this enzyme substrate complex D enzyme substrate DT it is produced at a rate k plus from this enzyme on the substrate and it decays with the rate R over there and another k minus over here k minus plus R enzyme substrate. And finally, I have the product DPDT which is simply produce anything else I am missing the substrate has another term right.  So, that is my full set of equations. So, given a set given a chemical reaction you should be able to write down the corresponding rate equations. The solution of this is somewhat more complicated, but what I will do is that I will make an approximation just to give you an idea. So, let me say that I make this approximation that I say that this again this sort of a quasi equilibrium that this enzyme substrate complex that is found that reaches some sort of an equilibrium. So, this sort of a quasi steady state quasi steady state approximation that this enzyme substrate complex reaches some sort of a steady state. Then what that immediately means is that I have the ratios of this from this equation the ratio of this e into s by this enzyme substrate concentration that is equal to k minus plus R by k plus and this thing I call as k m. This thing is a name it is called as Michaelis Mentenkoch Michaelis constant.  So, then what I have over here is if I were interested in the rate at which product is forming is ultimately what I want to calculate how fast does this product form then I can just write this product equation dp dt dp dt the rate of formation of product was R times this enzyme substrate which in this quasi steady state approximation is e into s by k m is R by k m enzyme time. Let me write the maximum of this maximum rate of this equation as some V max. So, let me call V max is the maximum rate of this equation and we say that this is R times. So, I am looking at this dp dt it is goes as this R times the concentration of the this enzyme substrate complex. So, if I say that all of my enzyme whatever I had was bound to this bound to the substrate and available for this reaction then that would give me this maximum rate of this reaction. So, that is R times the concentration of this total enzyme that I have. So, this gives me the maximum rate of this reaction I will just write it in terms of this. So, I will write this dp dt. So, I will write this dp dt I just want to cast it in some familiar form.  So, e times s by k m this is V max into enzyme concentration substrate concentration by k m by the total enzyme concentration which is e plus e s e plus. So, this total enzyme concentration again I break it up into two parts one is the pre enzyme concentration and the other is the enzyme substrate complex the concentration of the enzyme which is bound in the substrate. So, this e total I break it up into two parts and this e s I again write using this equation e s is e s plus k m. So, this is again e times s by k m. So, effectively if I if I now cancel out this ease what I get is that this product the rate of formation of product that goes as the rate of formation of this product dp dt goes as the maximum possible rate into s by k m k m divided by 1 plus s by k m. This is a very famous equation this is called the Michaelis-Menten equation this is called the Michaelis-Menten equation or the Michaelis-Menten kinetics. And basically you can interpret this k m this Michaelis constant as the concentration of the substrate at which you get half maximal rate. So, if k m was equal to if s is equal to k m then you get a half over here 1 by 1 plus 1 which will give you a V max by 2. So, a way of interpreting this Michaelis constant is that it is the concentration of the substrate at which you get half maximal rate of this product formation. So, if you look at so, if you now solve this equation and if you look at what it gives this is basically the rate of formation of this product as a function of yeah. So, this is the rate of formation of this this p as a function of time and this is the fraction converted. So, this is p by s. So, let me first look at this these are these various normalized concentrations. So, s divided by s naught e s divided by e naught e by e naught and e by s naught. So, these are all scaled by these concentrations of the initial times. So, this is what it looks like. If you look at this enzyme substrate complex which is where we made this quasi-steady state approximation it is sort of varies of course, but it varies at a slow rate compared to these others which is why we make this sort of a quasi-steady state approximation. So, this is valid not in in this sort of a regime this approximation that we have made and this dp dt grows something like this. So, at the max so, this is scaled by this v max and if I if I look at this so, this is this dp dt again as a function of this substrate. So, that is product as a function of time this is actually dp dt as a function of this substrate concentration. So, the maximum rate possible is v max which is what I have and at this half maximal rate. So, wherever it becomes half that gives me the appropriate value of Km. So, wherever it is 0.5 that gives me the appropriate value of Km. So, v max is whatever around 0.16 then around 0.08 over here is where my Km would be that line has not come. So, the corresponding value of Km for whatever this reaction is some I do not know 0.01 millimole of the sum. You could of course, solve this full set of equations explicitly which is how one gets these curves. I just wanted to cast this product formation equation the rate at which you get the product in this form because this is often a form this Michaelis Menten form is often something that you see referred to in various equations that this rate of product formation goes. So, this is again like this hill function like of a behavior it is s by 1 plus s with some pre factor which is the maximum rate of formation of the product. I think I will stop here for today. What I will do is that I will use this language of rate equations. So, this is sort of very generic you can use it in biological systems, but also in any sort of chemical reaction that you are interested in. But what I will do is that I will use explicitly this sort of a framework to look at cytoskeletal polymerization of microtubules and of actin starting from the next class.


Hi everyone, Joe for jaspyscasebreaks.com coming at you with 2020 Tops Luminaries Baseball. It's back. Love this stuff. Three box random hit or random box break number two from jaspyscasebreaks.com. Basically we just open up, we select three boxes, we open it up, we type in the hits, we randomize your names, we randomize the hits, put y'all together and you'll be good to go. There it is right there. My big thanks George, Nick and Jason for getting into it. No, I'm nicely isolated in this office here. Alright, let's use that die right there. We'll go one, two, three, four, five, six. Just off camera right here. It's two. One, two, three, four, five, six. Alright, so for the other ones, we'll go one, two, three, four, five, six on the dice roll. In fact, I'm just going to slide this just off camera because we're about to do that break next. Alright, so we're going to pop this open. I guess I could broadcast in a mask only if I wear a Bane mask, Mac McCarthy. That's what I'll do. And then I'll just do the entire evening of breaks in a Bane voice. That'd be pretty awesome. Two out of 15, we got Mark McGuire, nice. Cardinals, Home Run Kings. Number six in career Home Run total for the Cardinals. Nice. That would be the first one we type in. Here's the second one. Should we go this way maybe? I think it's vertical. It's a guy with a bat. It looks like an Orioles logo. Yeah, it is. Cal Ripken Jr., nice. 13 out of 15, Home Run Kings. Number one in Orioles career, Home Run total. Nice. We've got a patch there too. Alright, next one, maybe this way. The Oakland A's. We have right here the Man of Steel, Ricky Henderson, seven out of ten. Nice. Season high hits total in 1980, 179 hits. That's pretty good. Probably a hundred of those probably turned into stolen vases. Pretty awesome. Alright, let's type these in. Now there's more in the store, jaskyscasebreaks.com, check it out. How much was this, Mac McCarthy? This was $600, but you should see what price we have on the site. You should see what low, low price we have. I think it's like $900 a spot in some places, but you should check out what we have on jaskyscasebreaks.com.  Come on. Don't gouge people. Those are the other guys, but check out our prices. We're not going to charge $1,500 a spot for this. The last one was Ricky Henderson, and that one's out of ten. Nice. Alright, so there we go. Let's roll it. Let's randomize it. Six and a five, eleven times for each list. Good luck. One, two, three, four, five, six, and eleven the final time. Finally, George, Nick, Jason. Is that the original order? And then six and a five, eleven times for the hits. Good luck. One, two, and eleven the final time. Good luck. After eleven times, Cal, Ricky, and Mark. There you go, you guys. George, you got the Cal Ripken Jr. Patch Auto 13 out of 15. That's pretty cool. Over with the Man of Steel, Ricky Henderson, seven out of ten, and Jason, Mark McGuire, autographed two out of 15, Cardinals edition, not too shabby. Break number three coming up, ladies and gentlemen. I think spots still available in break number four. Check it out on jaspyscasebrakes.com. I'm Joe, and I'll break more of these luminaries with you next time, bye-bye.


Death of an old old man read by Julian Rindtut. Oh God How I am frightened Now that I'm alone, I don't have to hide it. I don't have to hide anything any longer. I Can let my face go because no one can see me Because there's 21,000 feet between me and them and because now that it's happening again I couldn't pretend any more even if I wanted to Now I don't have to press my teeth together And tighten the muscles of my jaw as I did during lunch when the corporal brought in the message When he handed it to tinker and tinker looked up at me and said charlie. It's your turn. You're up next As if I didn't know that As if I didn't know that I was next up as if I didn't know it last night when I went to bed And at midnight when I was still awake and all the way through the night At one in the morning and at two and three and four and five and six and at seven o'clock when I got up As if I didn't know it while I was dressing and while I was having breakfast And while I was reading the magazines in the mess playing shove hate me in the mess Reading the notices in the mess playing billiards in the mess I knew it then and I knew it when we went into lunch While we were eating that mutton for lunch And when the corporal came into the room with the message It wasn't anything at all It wasn't anything more than when it begins to rain because there is a black cloud in the sky When he handed the paper to tinker I knew what tinker was going to say before he had opened his mouth. I knew exactly what he was going to say So that wasn't anything either But when he folded the message up and put it in his pocket and said finish your pudding you've got plenty of time That was when it got worse Because I knew for certain then that it was going to happen again That within half an hour I would be strapping myself in and testing the engine and signaling to the airmen to pull away the chocks The others were all sitting around eating their pudding Mine was still on my plate in front of me and I couldn't take another mouthful But it was fine when I tightened my jaw muscles and said Thank god for that. I'm tired of sitting around here picking my nose It was certainly fine when I said that It must have sounded like any of the others just before they started off And when I got up to leave the table and said see you at tea time That must have sounded all right too But now I don't have to do any of that Thank christ. I don't have to do that now I can just loosen up and let myself go I can do or say anything I want so long as I fly this aeroplane properly Sample complete ready to continue


The Thoughty Autie podcast. Starting off, I mean, looking back on my early childhood, what signs of autism did you first sort of see in me and what encouraged you to go and get a diagnosis for me in the first place?  Well, you asked him to come on, Tommy, you couldn't get these guys. So, I thought, wow, I must be amazing. First time I'm absolutely smashing this. What I didn't realize was that was very early signs of Thomas not communicating to me his needs right from being tiny, right from being a newborn. However, as he got older, I think started to change a bit and we saw kind of no motivation to kind of move or kind of press things up. He would become very fixated with lights in particular and that's still the same today, isn't it? Yeah. It's like we have abundance of lights and sensory lights around the house, which is lovely actually. It's really nice and calming but something that really helps Tom a lot. I'm just going to have a drink guys. So, yeah, I think it's so like because I imagine that with most babies and kids, they would have that sort of ignition to let the parents know that they need something. I think, I've spoken to a lot of parents which are with autism and I think until you have your second child, you think it's the norm.   So, maybe when you have your second child or somebody actually unpicks it and points out the differences that you're doing that and maybe a bit unusual like your child's hair at night time when they're asleep. All right, yeah. I do remember that part of things. So, you ended up with a lovely little bowl cut quail offens, which you've improved on the hair styles now. Yeah, I do remember, I think I just, I found like hairdressers and dentists and like hospitals and stuff really hard. I think, like, I do actually remember the situation. I went to one Barbers and there was like loads of lights and loads of people around and there was like, I could hear all the hairdressers and I remember just being in a very sort of, like, I remember somewhat aspects to that experience. I can't remember which, when it was, but... It was about four. We're about four. But I found the hairdressers and going to it really, really hard, but also like the stuff around, like the clipping of scissors around my ears. I felt really, I was nervous about someone accidentally cutting me, but I was also, I just didn't really like the sound of it for some reason. So highly sensory though, isn't it? Yeah. It's caused a sensory outflow in itself. But I think once we kind of gone through finding somebody that would kind of follow you around and somebody that was very gentle and understood and had a low sensory environment and were able to get your hair cut, but I was sat outside the barbers the other day looking at Tom because I went to pick him up. I didn't stalk him out. I sat outside watching him just thinking, my goodness, you know, this is actually huge because all these years later, he's able to actually enjoy going to have his hair cut. Oh yeah, I like it. It's like a social... I would sit there looking in the mirror with everything that used to absolutely just make your life a mystery. I think the biggest reason why there was such a shift in that is because I went to a barber in Manchester and I intentionally, I went there. I wasn't expecting it to be too bad, but it was a bit like the the barbers, like a very aggressive of like the tugging and stuff. And I used to like go away with like watery eyes. And I even got like my eyebrows spreaded and stuff as well because I kind of, I used that place as like a way to like desensitize myself to it a little bit. That might not have been the best approach to it because it was very, very difficult, but I think now that I've found like a hairdresser's that's quite understanding about like my sensory needs, it's a lot easier for me and it doesn't worry me as much. I think it's just been exposed to it, isn't it? It's just... I think that's really key actually because quite often when I've spoken to you, it's not a criticism of any parent, but quite often a lot of parents kind of say, well, they can't do that because they have autism and I think from your early start, I used to sort of say, right, we're going to give this a go. I think maybe I was a bit kind of blasé about it. We said, right, we're going to give everything a go. Just say you've had experience of it and we'll move away from it if you're not happy. So we just gave everything a go and didn't put a ceiling on the things that you could do. So you kind of desensitized over time, but I think the biggest thing for me was there were a few very subtle things.  You would sit like this just for hours doing this.  So some children kind of take their time and build up skills, whereas Tom would not do it, then all of a sudden he would crawl and then he would walk and then all of a sudden he got up and walled. So then the one thing was he didn't have a speech to lay a bit. I think I've got a worse speech to lay than anybody. He wasn't laid at his speech at all. His speech was really well developed. His cognitive ability, his learning, was really, really good early early. Oh, he would sit and repetitively go, sit with your granddad actually, and just go through a pile of books when he was about two or three, and just go through all the books for hours. Really good focus, but then when he went to school, because it was a different environment, different expectations and pressures, he actually stopped reading and ended up going in a group to kind of help him to read. So it's a bit of a shock. Yeah, so I kind of had those. I can't understand it now, but I didn't understand it at the time. I've learned a lot more as I've gone along. That was a big shock to me because you were doing so well and enjoyed it, and you just started. You were supposed to go to school to develop those skills at you. You are, but because everything else was so overwhelming, that kind of stripped back and a lot of parents talk about children losing skills. And they do, but all the things kind of take precedence. They do lose the skills, but then they make the skills will pick a, that the skills do come back quite often in most cases. Hey, YouTube. Hope you have enjoyed this podcast clip so far. If you want to check out the full episode, you can find it here on my YouTube channel under the podcast section, or you can go to Spotify, Apple, Google to check it out on different podcasting streaming services. If you have enjoyed this video this far, please make sure to like, perhaps drop me a subscribe if you want to see some more content from me, and drop a comment down below, even if it's something simple like an emoji or a heart. It really does help satisfy those big YouTube algorithm gods in the sky. Anyway, I'll let you go back to it. Yeah. I'm just going to want to hear me, okay? I just, I just want to be okay. Okay. Okay. Now, there's something that you said about, like, so the speech delay, because the speech delay is something that I get asked about a lot by, as I said, people either in comments or sort of sending me messages or asking me on lives. When did I start speaking? When's like the milestone that most people? It was really late. So you started sort of seven, six, seven months. Wow. And you didn't say mama. I'm all done. And he said mama, which was the dog's name, which was made disappointing for me, but he did lots of bubbling. And that's kind of the difference between kind of typical autism, I suppose, and the Asperger's diagnosis as it was. Actually, there was no speech delay. So that was kind of all of the differences that I first picked up on with folks. I thought, oh, we can't be autistic because they also got speech delay. But it's the different variants within autism. And as we know, everybody is completely different in their presentation as we all are. Yeah. Yeah. What about like the social elements? Because that's, that's something that I think we haven't touched on. Like, how did I get on with other kids around that kind of early, early age? Okay. So one of the things you did, you were always a bit of a watcher. You would, you would kind of, a preschooler. I remember Mary St. to me always stands back and he watches and then he kind of copies and takes part. But you were always very wary. But what you did do, you were very gentle and lovely with all the children when you went to play group. But it was always learned responses and behaviors. So you would watch me with your brother and I was, if it was crying, I'd always go, oh, poor baby, poor baby. So whenever someone cried or anything else in settings, sort of outside the home, I would just go, oh, baby. I would kind of tap them, you kind of a really, it was a really learned response, but he dealt with it that way. So, it was like, early on, kind of four to five, you were really not sociable, but you would have friends, you would go to parties and... To be more of kind of the sidelines, kind of. Just observing and... On the sidelines observing. But it was just kind of... If somebody came to the house from a very early age, we had to say to Thomas, Thomas, stop. Say hi to Grandad or... Can you look? Say hi to whoever, because he would just look at the objects in the room and knock the people's. So we had to kind of do a lot of work on awareness, tell you what, really had a real attachment with being with me, and would really struggle if I would love the house. And I think that was just kind of... I guess it was unpredictable, because it was changed and so on.  Well, you did, because I was going to work, so it meant change or somebody else was coming around.  But Ronald Nana got the door closed on her, but she'd go to her house. Did she know much? Like, was she very like aware of that stuff, or was she just kind of... I think she struggled to understand it, because she would come in and say, I've got a surprise for you when you would go, oh, and you'd have a meltdown, because you didn't like surprises, you liked predictability. He liked to know exactly what you were doing, where you were going. But of course, people typically think she couldn't love surprises and you didn't. So that was a big difficulty really, but she got the kind of she loved you. So she got to know what you could cope with and what you could earn. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. So, yeah.


if you know how to live with your birds in that way you will know how to but we could film a whole entire movie with 10 parrots that have nothing to do with parrots just have the film crew in here and they won't make a noise the whole film set because I know what they're gonna do before they do it hello my fellow sniffers flighters and hatchlings my name is Marlene McCohen welcome to my channel this here is brando my mustache parakeet and I always have another bird in the room so what up but they can't see you did you hear him guys that was Marlene who's leaving stuff here this is Marlene says what's up changed up my camera a bit today we have a very fun video for you go potty and go potty sometimes after they get scared they go potty good bird by the way but who's potty trained no me or you me knowing that you're gonna go or you that you went you it's all about it's all about being in tune with them everything is about being in tune with them but that is not why you're here today today you are here because of the title five ways to keep your birds quiet I'm a master at this and I tried to put it into six ways but before we go on of course I want to give some shout outs to my flighters club that's those of you who support me on patreon thank you so much yeah that is them today's shout outs are you want to help me with them Rosalind Coybion Janet Weissman and Glenn Freeland don't forget to stay tuned to the end of this video to see if your video of you and your bird or your bird is going to be featured after I chose through the submissions of hashtag kick me Marlene I love showcasing your birds because I feel like they all deserve to be noticed so people could see how amazing birds are and if you did use a hashtag that is essentially a submission to me so that I can put it here on this channel remember that guys let's get right into it right away off the bat I want you guys to know that the best way to keep your birds quiet and this is not part of the list but the best way is to absolutely be in tune with your birds and give them what they want I don't mean spoil them because this is a fine line sometimes if you just keep giving in to your bird then they will scream so that they can always get that thing and you may not be able to give it to them so what I do is I'm kind of aware of when my bird is going to scream and I give them something different that they like before that happens so overall you really got to be in tune with your bird and there is a fine line between making them happy and encouraging bad behavior so when I say that you need to give them what they want I don't mean if the bird is screaming because it wants you to hold them to always keep holding them I really mean like for example I would know before my bird is going to scream that it's gonna be because he wants me to hold him and if I can't I would give him something else to do before the desire becomes too strong okay I hope that makes sense to you guys but let's get right into the ways that I use to keep my birds quiet and I'm kind of proud of this but most people come into my house and they're kind of shocked by how quiet my birds are it's pretty impressive the first and most important thing honestly guys is number one to keep your birds well fed okay you see this this is the little crop right here because Merlin is a plucker and by the way he has a rescue story you guys could go back and watch you could see that his crop right there is he just actually ate some pasta so you could see that it's got a little food in it but it's not super full if it was this bird would not have the energy that he does because they kind of need to sit and digest they really just chill out and it makes them just less vigilant you know how you are after you eat a full meal you're not exactly ready to run around it's kind of the same for birds and also if you have baby birds and you just fed them they'll be playing with them turning upside down too many cuddles just remember that a well fed bird like really you could see it on Jersey sometimes just that nice big crop it just makes for a really chill bird so be very conscious that you're feeding your bird healthy foods you can make some chop you can put it in the fridge you can pull it out at different times we're always like making great food here we're always making sure that the birds are well fed we include them in every single thing that we eat and we cook with them in mind that is just like one hack that I swear to you guys if your birds are screaming it's not just gonna be like oh let me give them a nut or let me give them pellets you really have to give them good strong nourishing food like something just put them in like a like a food comb off you know what I mean and I don't really I'm exaggerating but basically that's kind of what it is they just really chill out so if your bird is extra loud he might be hungry I like to make sure that birds are well fed in a way that you know that they're eating until they're done I don't try to decide for them when they're done I want them to be eating as much as they feel they need it really makes for a nice quiet word especially if you live with them in the main room like I do because they're like family members to me then you want to be able to co-habit in a very peaceful way and also on that note of keeping them fed make sure you're not giving them the wrong foods if you're giving your bird anything with caffeine in it or sunflower seeds and they're eating a lot of those things or sugar that is gonna make your bird hyperactive and it's also gonna make your bird a little bit like stressed and cranky so that's another thing just to watch out for okay number two this is all about engagement but it's also about exhausting them in a way they're like toddlers so for example if I know I have a lot of work to do I start analyzing my routine and I start saying okay mornings breakfast I'm gonna spend it with the birds they get extra rambunctious they're excited to be out so at that time then I make sure that we've played together and they've eaten and then they're kind of ready to like rest while I can go do some work and that's where engagement comes in it becomes really important so I let them fly around they fly to the kitchen they fly playing with different things they fly in circles they fly to different areas they fly to me they fly to jord they play with different things they're busy eating we dance with them you know we make jersey dance we just kind of let them be birds in the house with a lot of supervision by the time this is done I'm honestly exhausted but we're clapping for the bird we're putting on Alexa we're having jersey dance each bird is really getting a lot of time to be themselves and to like exert all their energy and that coupled with the breakfast that they just got really kind of puts them in a chill mode and for my schedule that's when I go and I kind of work on things and I don't even need to lock them up they could just be on their stands and they're just kind of like tired they have toys there in case they want to do a little destroying up some toys and then we'll hit a certain time when they do get rambunctious again and then I stop what I'm doing and I do it all over again and you know I play with them and I exhaust them but you have to enjoy it like I enjoy playing with birds it's like my life like I love them I'm crazy about them sometimes when they go to bed I'm like oh my god thank god I'm exhausted from the day but like 10 minutes later I miss them you know sneak going out as you guys have probably seen on my Instagram it is a job I mean it's gonna be a lot easier if you only have one bird but it's not gonna be easy because if you've never had any birds that might be hard as well but it's something you have to be aware of just like toddlers like they have energy they like to fly in the wild they'd be outside all day foraging and busy doing things so keep that in mind which brings me to number three having an outdoor aviary is a really nice thing you know how it is when you go hang out by the pool or the sun all day you're kind of like tired or chill and you just get relaxed mode it's the same for birds I have my outdoor aviary none of them sleep out there they're only out there a few hours a day but they get some nice vitamin d from the sun if it's too hot they have the misters and they enjoy they just enjoy the vibe we have speaker system up there where we play nice music for them it's really helpful to have an outdoor aviary because you want birds to be able to get sunlight and experience the wind and the air and watch the other animals that can be entertaining for them in itself just like watching squirrels and other birds fly the birds really do like that they have to be a little bit vigilant but not so much because obviously they're protected in the aviary and of course you cover it with toys and lots of enriching things for them to do and when you do that it also tires them out and also might give you a little bit of a break to go in and get some work done so if you want to incorporate that into your routine but it does take a little more work for me because I obviously have to go and make sure that all their bowls are refreshed and clean and that's like a whole nother process that I have to do and then also bring them snacks out in between all of that cut up fruits vegetables all sorts of other things in between but it is a nice break from any noise and especially when the misters go on if it's a little hot we're here in Los Angeles that helps a lot too they just like chill it's like whoa we're in the rainforest honestly it's pretty good to have that guaranteed time and I know they like it like today Cody did not want to go outside and I did not make Cody go outside so I mean I leave a lot up to them I believe in letting birds make decisions not controlling you but making decisions that really just like affects their intelligence a lot fascinating that brings us to number four establishing a routine when you have a routine like that and by the way I don't believe 100% in the routine being so strict that like you can't have a different day where I'm on a movie set and that's not gonna happen for them like I do believe in shaking things up and then getting used to it because like you don't want them to succumb to like plucking or something if things change as routine as we are we're so not routine but establishing a little bit of routine in the house is very good for them to understand oh this is my nap time this is my play time this is my eating time and if you have a lot of control over that as a whole and being in tune with them helps you know helps guide you then you'll be able to fit in the things that you need to do around entertaining them hanging out with them because again obviously the first word in engage not cage is engaging with your birds so that engagement is very important but also I believe in being able to cohabit with your birds in a way that if you aren't personally engaging they don't have to be locked up toys foraging playstands if you know how to live with your birds in that way you will know how to oh we could film a whole entire movie with 10 parrots that have nothing to do with parrots just have a film crew in here and they won't make a noise the whole film set because I know what they're going to do before they do it I can hear one scream of jersey like a little sound and I'm like oh that's gonna set off this kind of scream like I just know and if you're in tune like that then you can stop things before they happen birds are beings as well they get tired they get exhausted they get hungry and believe me it really does showcase itself similar to like toddler tantrums you know scheduling and fitting stuff in is very similar to how like one of those busy can do all moms does things you know I see it so yeah I believe you have to have the power and knowledge to have your birds outside of the cage even when you're not engaging with them because what I'm learning is that's really a skill for people and it should be a skill that you want to work on if you have birds it really is about them being able to live with you in a way that you can have them out more than when you're playing with them which brings me to number five have a lot of toys and foraging things for your birds to play with that is everything from toys to food to foraging materials a lot of people are extremely scared about creating nesting situations for your bird if your bird has issues with those kind of things then that's a different story but if you have a healthy bird and you see that they're playing with certain things in a certain way and it's keeping them extremely busy that will one keep them very very quiet and also keep them very very busy it's foraging it's what birds do all day in the wild we want to take away so much from them we want to take away their wings we want to say you can't fly but not only can you not fly but you can't nest so let's take away that because we're human beings and we don't know how to handle in case you were to have egg binding because we took away your flight on on the flip side so like I just believe in trying to work around the bird's natural behaviors I mean if your bird has a problem with certain things then of course you know make sure that your bird is under vet care but if your bird is a very nice healthy bird then yeah find things for your birds to do that they can engage in if you find that your bird is destructive let's say your bird is destructive and destroying something find something similar to that to entertain your bird with so it's like my bird doesn't play with toys but he destroys my books okay so maybe get out the old telephone book and put it on top of the cage these are just kind of little ideas so I always look at what it is that they're destroying and I try to find something similar to it to entertain them that's why I keep a variety of toys around a lot of people say my bird doesn't play with toys and that may be true but Leo did not play with toys and now he's starting to play with toys all because I gave him like the cardboard from the cat scratching toys it did not have the catnip but you know what I mean that got Leo engaged and I was like oh wow cardboard really just works with so many birds it's a really great place to start real cheap you just hand them a box again if you're worried about nesting then don't make it in the shape of a box that kind of thing was really engaging for him that really kept him quiet speaking of another hack okay let's make this number six I know it says five ways but number six if you are able to handle your bird in a box and they're not getting too aggressive I make kind of like tents in the kitchen for Cody and I'm just like here hang out in your tent and then Cody disappears with toys in the tent for literally like four hours and just keeps herself engaged and quiet she never gets aggressive towards me same with Merlin Merlin guards things they kind of fight over the same spot but I created those things because I saw it's what they're reaching for and so I wanted to give them what I feel like they're naturally looking for and that will help you a lot with them being quiet so yes this is now six ways to keep your birds quiet I hope those ways help there's so many other ways to keep your birds quiet I by no means mean it in a negative way like birds are loud I just feel like the more ways you can live in harmony with your parents the better it's going to be for both you and your birds and I know this can be a complaint and a extreme stressor for a lot of people and I also know that my birds are extremely quiet so I'm just starting to analyze what to do to keep them quiet I want you to let me know in the comments other ways you've used to keep your birds a little bit quieter it's 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