[ilocockatiel]

hello everyone! i’m a new bird owner and i just got my white-faced pied tiel names ilo about 3 days ago. i joined this forum because as many new bird owners may be, i’m TERRIFIED to be a bird parent 😅. i mean i came into bird owning prepared; binged all cockatiel related youtube videos till my hands fell off. but there are a lot of things that those videos don’t show you! which is why i’m here, hopefully to get a even deeper understanding of the tiel world around me.
my baby ilo is three months old i believe. i bought him from a feed store where they hand raised him so he’s pretty much all used to humans which is lovely. he is a little too young for us to understand his gender, but i am hoping it’s a boy lol!! but if it turns out to be a girl that’s ok too he loves to sit on my shoulder and play with my hair and preen! he is still getting settled in so we make sure we give him his space alone too.
i am so happy to be apart of this community! and make new friends with the same interest as me.
- sincerely, ilo and his mommy

 

[Mangotiel2525]

Same here. I’m a two week old cockatiel owne. My bird is a pearly Pied Lutino named mango. I did everything you did and more, but I was still stunned at how hard it really is. mine is 3 months old too, and too young to test it’s gender
Mango is tamed and cuddly now. Happy birdday. And enjoy being a parront .
Sadly I can’t add a pic but I hope I can show you later.
- mango the cockatiel (and his best friend)

 

[Mangotiel2525]

 

[Mangotiel2525]

Here she/he is

 

[ilocockatiel]

how adorable!! so happy to see new bird owners struggling too. im definitely a worrisome mom lol !!

 

[Daytontiel]

Same here. I’m a two week old cockatiel owne. My bird is a pearly Pied Lutino named mango. I did everything you did and more, but I was still stunned at how hard it really is. mine is 3 months old too, and too young to test it’s gender
Mango is tamed and cuddly now. Happy birdday. And enjoy being a parront .
Sadly I can’t add a pic but I hope I can show you later.
- mango the cockatiel (and his best friend)

You have a beautiful bird. It is Pearl Pied not a lutino pied. Lutino bird has no dark feather due to lack of melanin.