[Bea]

Here's his Royal Feather Butt!! On his 27th day of life, looking more adorable than ever!

His latest party trick!

My feet are NOT too big for my body!! What are you talking about???

I don't think Cookie and Bailee are filling him up enough, so i'm gonna fill him up in a minute. Usually they stuff him full by this time (7 - 8pm) and that's it until morning. Now his night time full weight is dropping rather than rising, despite the fact that his empty weight is rising (though slowly the last couple of days). So i think he could use a little extra once or twice a day...

 

[ally with fids]

mine wernt much older when they started to fly so he might be getting ready for that adventure, they normally drop a little weight for that!

 

[Bea]

He's not heavy enough to be dropping weight for fledging yet. Empty he's only 70g which would be a very small cockatiel. Tiels don't usually start flying till they're 5-6 weeks old anyway, so he's still a week or two off that.

I just *tried* to offer him some hand rearing mix and he politely told me that i have awful taste in food. I'm thinking maybe his crop has shrunk and he's as full as he can be right now. He's got about 10g of food in there, rather than the 15g he's managed for the last week or so...

 

[birdieness]

Amazing enough, it's true our started to fly at that age. Scared of crapless. Breeder said they couldn't fly yet and they took off smacking into walls. Hopfully the little guy is ok and oh my, Look how much he;s changed. Wow, such a cute pied.

 

[Bea]

http://www.cockatiel.org/tips/weights.html

According to this site he's right on schedule and should be slowing down with the weight gain at this point, so maybe i'm just worrying too much!

I was thinking, Snickers reminds me of Jaime's Spike!

 

[xxxSpikexxx]

He does remind me of Spike aswell, Isn't your Snickers absolutely gorgeous

 

[Bea]

Do you think maybe there are "typical" pied patterns. Both Spike and Snickers have a grey face, yellow crest and back of head, yellow bib and yellow tummy. Does Spike have some yellow flights or tail feathers?

 

[Kfontan]

Are there any baby pictures of Spike to compare the two?

I love the TeddyBear picture. Does Snickers snuggle to the Teddy at all?

 

[huskymom]

would you just look at that pretty face....... awwww...... so cute and grown up...

I just had to LOL at Cookie hissing at him... LOL... silly mom... maybe she was grounding him for being out all night... LOL.....

and Bailee.... what can I say.... I WANT HIM!!!.... (I´ll settle for one just like him)

 

[allen]

i still say he is just gorgious

 

[Bea]

I love the TeddyBear picture. Does Snickers snuggle to the Teddy at all?

He did yes, he used to sleep right between it's legs leaning against it's tummy. He wasn't like that in the photo cause he was too busy protesting at me.

and Bailee.... what can I say.... I WANT HIM!!!.... (I´ll settle for one just like him)

I think the secret is in whacking a tiel on the head. Perhaps if you politely ask one of your boys to fly into a window...hard....twice.... :rofl: That's what Bailee did when he was younger.


My big baby spent the night in the nest box alone for the first time. I decided he was feathery enough to keep himself warm, so i didn't put him in the brooder...i did leave it on though, hehe, in case i woke up feeling guilty.

 

[xxxSpikexxx]

Do you think maybe there are "typical" pied patterns. Both Spike and Snickers have a grey face, yellow crest and back of head, yellow bib and yellow tummy. Does Spike have some yellow flights or tail feathers?

Spike has 3 yellow feathers on each wing and about 4 yellow feathers on his tail. It will be neat to see how much alike Spike and Snickers pied patterns are

 

[Kirby]

BELINDA! I can't control myself when I see these pictures, he just makes me melt so much

You know what... He is looking like a pastelface or a yellowcheek, to me Even with the grey face, normal pieds (with orange cheeks) should have bright orange patches (only some will be shown with dirty faced pieds). You can barely tell Snickers has any, which leads me to believe he is not-normal in the cheek colour area I maybe wrong, but im pretty sure he is pastelface or yellowcheek. Google them and you will see the similarities very well... lol

Kirby

 

[Kirby]

Here are examples...

pastelface dirty faced light pied... like Snickers
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~geoffwatts/photogallery/Pastelface light pied.JPG

A normal pied (also pearl) with a dirty face (like Snickers). Note the bright ORANGE cheek spots... even though the grey is covering them...
http://www.pinfeathersaviary.com/usr/bird6.jpg

same idea as above
http://www.pinfeathersaviary.com/usr/bird3.jpg

Here is a pic of Memphis when he was a baby (pic is still on the breeders website)... Notice his bright orange spots even though his face is solid grey...
http://homesteadshatchery.homestead.com/cockatiel_grey_split_pied_3.jpg

Do you see what I mean? How pale Snickers cheek spots are, if he is a normal pied? I maybe wrong, and they may grow in much brighter than they currently look... I just see them as too light tobe a normal pied

Kirby

 

[Bea]

His cheek spot pins aren't open yet, which is why they don't look very orange, but i assure you they are.

 

[Plukie]

Oh Bea, he really is a beautiful little babe. He's getting to be a big boy now, perching on your finger. lol. That last photo is priceless, look at those feet! ha ha ha. I suppose he is going to have to slow down with the weight gain a bit, otherwise you'd end up with a tiel the size of an Ostrich!!!

 

[Bea]

The little fatty was 81g tonight with a reasonably full crop...which is the same as Bailee.

The family had a food party on my bed today. For some reason millet and cheerio dust all over my bed seemed like a good idea...dunno what i was thinking there.

Oi!! Why's he getting all the attention???

 

[Kfontan]

Cheerios?

You can feed them Cheerios?

My gosh, he is changing so fast with his feathers growing in!!

 

[huskymom]

I too thought as Kirby said... LOL.... let´s wait and see how they pop.....

I´m so jealous!!... he gets cuter by the second......

 

[Sophia]

It looks like there was a food fight never mind a party! Lol! :lol:

Snickers is looking so big now! And of course Bailee to!