COCKATIELS (other birdies)

RAYZORBLADE

OK folks, many of you on here have the usual: dogs and cats.

I know Country Girl, she's got an entire A to Z array of critters, with Henley the rooster being my favourite, even though the stew pot is lookin' good for him, but...well...compassion rules in his favour, and a broom.

Cockatiels.

Who has one, or two or birds as pets?

I'm curious.

Now that I've got my webcam working, I'm going to take a picture of my beloved NIM, the footless rescued cockatiel. She's 2 years old, and she's quite a character.

I also have a budgie (budgeriar/parakeet) named Baby. She's probably 4 or 5, and was rescued from the Toronto Humane Society.

Anyone else on here have birds as pets?

PS: I will post pics later on today, Wednesday.

MrMoe

you are up and posting very early there Razor blecko

RAYZORBLADE

I've been working nights for years. On my off nights, I'm still up late.

That's how it's been for nearly 15 years.

MrMoe

awww. Ya, look at me, I am posting myself... soooo

I used to have a duck and chickens a few years ago.

caspian

Mr Moe

I used to have a duck and chickens a few years ago.

They have ducks in the city.........wow....I thought that was just Joey and Chandler.

Cas (who has his own Hen.)

MrMoe

naw, i lived in a rural area in Florida at the time and had a nice sized fenced in yard

Perry

I brokered a Hyacinth Macaw to an Italian guy in NYC once. "Vegas" was a two year old and full of inquisitive mischeif. That is totally normal for an adolescent bird that is outgown by age 3 or so. Frank on the other hand was high strung and short on patience. Now mind you, this is an $8000.00 bird. They are the largest, most beautiful, and one of the most endangered birds on the planet. They can also live in excess of 100 years. So, I was quite surprised when Frank called me begging for me to take the bird back.

I agreed to take him back for some behavior modification. It seems that Vegas screamed and bit Frank. Well, there was nothing wrong with Vegas. He just needed a routine, attention, and discipline stuff like time outs.

After about a week, Vegas learned to channel his intelligence (which is on the order of a three year old child, dolphine, or primate) into more constructive things like planning complicated tricks to play on my dogs, and girlfriend. Once, I gave him a treat. He waited until I sat down to watch TV. Then, he whistled exactly like I do when I call the dogs. When the dogs came running all floppy-eared and happy, Vegas slung the treat out to them, watched them fight over it, and started a low wicked laugh that got increasing louder and more hysterical. He stopped immediately when I looked at him. It was as if he was commucating to me, "See what simpletons your other pets are".

I kept Vegas for 3 months (srtictly for behavior modification purposes of course) Frank and Vegas are really happy now. Frank even converted a spare room into a play area for Vegas and his other two macaws. The link below is a picture of my breeding pair of Hyacints"Bonnie and Clyde" . If you've never seen a Hyacinth, they are quite a sight to behold.

http://www.junglenest.com/Hyacinth-Macaw.html

http://www.junglenest.com/images/Parrot_Img/hyacinth.jpg

iiz2cool

I have a cockatiel I rescued from a kingdumb hall parking lot. Had him for 6 years now.

He does his loudest screetching when I'm hung over. I think it's deliberate.

Walter

Flowerpetal

I have two lovebirds which have frusted me to no end. They are noisy, knock their food dishes to the floor of the cage and give me a headache. If there is anyone who has lovebirds, what am I doing wrong? Am I not giving them the food they need or want?

I also have two cats who are siblings but are so different in looks and personality it's amazing. They are not loving toward each other as I have seen other families of cats behave. But I love them both and they love me!

Aztec

Ray, your birds are adorable! You have a huge heart for taking them in and taking such good care of them.

Perry, what gorgeous birds! OMG! The coloring is just beautiful!

I don't have any pets but I do have a few quick stories about birds that have touched my son's and my life. He and I are both nuts about animals. When we used go to the beach my son would chase the seagulls. One time a feather fell off of one and my son picked it up and ran after them yelling "Birdie, come back! You dropped this". Another time we went to a pet store and my son fell in love with a gorgeous Cockatiel named Goofy. No matter how much I tried to show him other pets he couldn't stay away from that bird. When we finally left he was sobbing because he wanted to take Goofy home. If I could've afforded it, we would have. My son and I go to the zoo alot! One of the best parts is watching the penguins. My son and I both love penguins more than any other animal. They've been my favorites since childhood and it cracked my up when my son fell in love with them too. They are so funny when they follow eachother around!

I love birds!

~Aztec

COCKATIELS (other birdies)

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