wow thats a very nice cage do you have little bill and earl together because im thinking of getting a budgie and maybe putting it with my tiel.

 

Yes, I do have them in the same cage. We got Earl first then about 2 weeks later we got Little Bill.
Many people say they don't get on, but my Earl & Little Bill do. They prune each other, play together, they do have the " hey that is mine" thing sometimes, but not that often. So I would say, if you get a budgie, put it in with the tiel. But if they really don't get on (biting all the time, ect.), I would split them up.
But Earl & Little Bill get on fine

 

thanks i do have two cages to put them if i get a budgie before then its going through the persuading my parents stage.

 

persuading my parents stage.

That is always the tricky part. It took me 2 years to persuade my mum & dad, to allow me to get a cockatiel & a budgie And that is a long time to a 13yr old

 

It's best to give them their own cages if possible. Little Bill and Earl are an exception rather than the normal. Budgies tend to pester cockatiels, pulling their crests and tails. It's nice for the tiels to have their own space for a bit of peace.

I agree they should be house seperatly if possible but you do find the exception. Hugs and sonic would be one. Hugs love sonic and sonic loves hugs. Every now and then i will take the divider out and let them have the full cage for a day and night. Its nice to let then have full access to the full cage because of all the space.

 

My parents said I could only have a tiel if I house them together. I said no he needs his own space. They still let me get him Spike hates my budgie Icarus

 

Lol. I just saw this and was like WOW!
I'm at the persuading my parents stage too, but sometimes they just don't get it. They told me I could only get a tiel if I got rid of my little Tiki bird and Iveria here, and then I was like are you CRAZY?! I could never get rid of my little budgies ...(even if they do still hate me). So then they sort of agreed and said if I had the money to get a cage and the first round of litter and food I could get him! I am currently saving up and I'm at 140.00 right now and just need 30 more dollars!! I'm getting the tiel from a friend of my teachers who can't keep him anymore.. ! But i'm excited because he's only like 5 months old and he's trying to learn words and talk!! OH MY GOODNESS I CAN'T WAIT!!!


BTW sorry if this was really long

 

That's good to hear...only $30 more. What litter are you refering to?

 

Like the litter on the bottom of the cage , I'm using walnut litter right now it's like $7 a bag.

 

You don't need any litter for them at all. Most isn't healthy for them anyway. You can use plain w/b (non colored) newspaper or papertowels. I like using papertowels.

 

Well that would have saved me like 21 or so by now... darn..:wacko:
Thanks for the info!

 

No problem.

 

The litter stuff for the bottom of the cages is mostly another scam for pet shops to make money. Same goes for sandpaper sheets, sandpaper perch covers and vitamins for their water.

 

I hear ya, tielheart. I want to try and talk my parents into getting Sunny a cage mate, but my dad is always against getting new pets, even if he does always end up falling in love with them.

 

My Eric is against getting new pets too, but it helps that I pay for them, (almost always) and that none of the animals I have right now I actually purchased, except my hamster. I adopted one tiel for $20 (and donated my budgie stuff to them) and the other 3 were completely free.

 

the small one is my cockatiel and big one is my two parakeets. every one has such beautiful cages, i wish i could afford a bigger cage for october but unfortanitly i cant. and my mother (who dosent even live with me) would be highly upset

 

If October gets lots of time out playing then i don't think he would mind that cage too much.

 

october is in and out of the cage, i always have the door open i only close it when i go to bed. and im home all day

 

I'm sure he's very happy with his living arrangements then.

 

If he,s in and out of the cage all day the size wouldn't be that much of a problem.also I love October's super bright, cute little face.

 

Here are some pic's I took its not quite finished yet the first one is of it bare obviously..lol and the second i started adding things in, I am not quite finished I still have to add more and put the play gym on top as you can see in the second pic Georgie is standing guard making sure I am doing it right...hehe and no I am not leaving it in the kitchen I just had it there for better lighting to take the pic

 

It's identical to mine! Hehe, i see Ollie is patrolling the floor.

 

i see Ollie is patrolling the floor.

you noticed him down there eh...lol

 

Everyone has such nice cages!

 

That's a nice cage Laura..now how many empty cages does that leave?

 

Ok don't thing I am strange...lol I have three empty in the garage now :blush: I have two in the new one, the other two in the other one I bought a few months back and I bought sparkle a new cage last week and no i don't plan on getting anymore anytime soon...lol

 

Looks like a nice big cage

 

I sold one of my old ones too....a budgie one..I bought it brand new for $30 and sold it for $40 and an oil change..lol

 

now how on earth did you come off so far ahead on that one?!?! Well, I purchased a car once for $400 and sold it for $900. Always nice, huh?

 

Valentines day is coming soon

 

LOL...Your funny

 

Valentines day is coming soon

indeed it is. Valentines day also means hugs hatch day

 

This is my cockatiels home,its a bit bare I know but I'm taking up some of your ideas & me & my kids are going to try making some new toys for them.

 

wow. very nice cage. i like it