Hello, or should I say G'Day Mates!
I'm Sharon and married to Alfred. We're in the over 50s crowd age wise. We had a Cockatiel for more than 10 years. Not sure how long really, maybe closer to 15. We called him Tilly, but obviously down the track we were told she was actually a he. He talked some (Hello Birdy) and whistled quite a bit. He was never tamed even though I tried. But after reading quite a bit around the internet in the past few days I wasn't doing it properly. And Tilly actually bonded with the Peach Face in the cage next to him. Tilly few away early in the year.
We have no other pets. Just each other
We're hoping to get ourselves a nice cockatiel to become part of our family. I'm home most of the time as I'm a housewife. So it wouldn't be left on it's own all day very often.
The past week I've been thinking of trying again with a new bird. First I did think of getting a budgie, but after much thinking and reading I've decided I'll get a cockatiel again. It's hard to find someone who breeds them. There are always the Pet Stores in the City (none in my little town), but it would be nice to get one from a breeder who has possibly handled it.
We have the Show (kind of like a mini-fair) coming to town next Thursday afternoon till Saturday. The local Vet suggested I go to the area where the show birds are as there are often birds for sale by those who have come to show their prized birds. I also went into a store here called Rural Supplies, and the Lady there also told me to go to the Show as there will be birds for sale.
I've been trying to decide whether a boy or girl is better. Tilly was a boy and one of the grey kind with the big orange spots on the cheeks. I'd love one of the yellow or fair colored ones. I guess it would depend on what they had. They may not even have anything.
I'd love some input from those of you old hands at all of this taming and bonding as to whether a boy or girl would be better for us. I'll be the one doing all the training, but I bet it then wants to sassy up to Mr Husband and love on him.
We have Tilly's old cage..which is biggish. My husband made it. Tilly was in the laundry...all closed in and down 3 steps. But I read we should have the Cockatiel upstairs so it gets used to us. I've been doing my reading on how to go about taming. So I'm getting my info sorted.
Suggestions about getting one and all that would be very much appreciated.
I'm Sharon and married to Alfred. We're in the over 50s crowd age wise. We had a Cockatiel for more than 10 years. Not sure how long really, maybe closer to 15. We called him Tilly, but obviously down the track we were told she was actually a he. He talked some (Hello Birdy) and whistled quite a bit. He was never tamed even though I tried. But after reading quite a bit around the internet in the past few days I wasn't doing it properly. And Tilly actually bonded with the Peach Face in the cage next to him. Tilly few away early in the year.
We have no other pets. Just each other
We're hoping to get ourselves a nice cockatiel to become part of our family. I'm home most of the time as I'm a housewife. So it wouldn't be left on it's own all day very often.
The past week I've been thinking of trying again with a new bird. First I did think of getting a budgie, but after much thinking and reading I've decided I'll get a cockatiel again. It's hard to find someone who breeds them. There are always the Pet Stores in the City (none in my little town), but it would be nice to get one from a breeder who has possibly handled it.
We have the Show (kind of like a mini-fair) coming to town next Thursday afternoon till Saturday. The local Vet suggested I go to the area where the show birds are as there are often birds for sale by those who have come to show their prized birds. I also went into a store here called Rural Supplies, and the Lady there also told me to go to the Show as there will be birds for sale.
I've been trying to decide whether a boy or girl is better. Tilly was a boy and one of the grey kind with the big orange spots on the cheeks. I'd love one of the yellow or fair colored ones. I guess it would depend on what they had. They may not even have anything.
I'd love some input from those of you old hands at all of this taming and bonding as to whether a boy or girl would be better for us. I'll be the one doing all the training, but I bet it then wants to sassy up to Mr Husband and love on him.
We have Tilly's old cage..which is biggish. My husband made it. Tilly was in the laundry...all closed in and down 3 steps. But I read we should have the Cockatiel upstairs so it gets used to us. I've been doing my reading on how to go about taming. So I'm getting my info sorted.
Suggestions about getting one and all that would be very much appreciated.
