I'm finally able to pick up my hand-reared baby cockatiel!

[warrior queen]

He's 11 weeks old, and has been hand-raised so is totally tame.
I will be picking him up from the breeder tomorrow
We have named him 'Pepper'.
I don't have a pic yet, but this is what he'll look like....
http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=...+images&v=133247963#biv=i|5;d|6e--5a06arORgM:

 

[sethp]

Don't hate me but...cockatiel...pepper? Fire up the Barbie!

 

[parodyluvr75]

Bird love. Post pictures when you get him. Pepper is a cute name.

 

[warrior queen]

Don't hate me but...cockatiel...pepper? Fire up the Barbie!

I used to have a tame short-billed corella named Mr Snuffleupacus.
He was an absolute joy! Completely tame, and never lived in a cage.
Have also had a sulfur-crested and a couple of pink & grey galahs (the sulfer 'Spike' and the galahs were all rescues from abusive homes, and I retamed them and sent them off to good homes).

 

[warrior queen]

Bird love. Post pictures when you get him. Pepper is a cute name.

Oh, there will be pics!
Hopefully, I can train him as well as my last one (Cricket, who died suddenly of a brain tumour).
I have been waiting for the right breeder and for the right genes.

 

[parodyluvr75]

Oh, there will be pics!
Hopefully, I can train him as well as my last one (Cricket, who died suddenly of a brain tumour).
I have been waiting for the right breeder and for the right genes.

That sucks, was he a talker?

Good luck with him, can't wait to see the pictures.

 

[warrior queen]

That sucks, was he a talker?

Good luck with him, can't wait to see the pictures.

Yes, he was just starting to sing as well.
Expect the first lot of pics around this time tomorrow

 

[KRCummings]

That sucks, was he a talker?

Squaaak! "It's not a tumor."

 

[CHNOPS]

"Hand-reared."

Heh.

 

[KyleW]

Did the police tell the cockatiel to evacuate and it actually did? Or did it later claim that the police where at the end of it's lane? I'm confused

 

[warrior queen]

Did the police tell the cockatiel to evacuate and it actually did? Or did it later claim that the police where at the end of it's lane? I'm confused

Wtf is wrong with you?

 

[CHNOPS]

Wtf is wrong with you?

I don't think not knowing the difference between 'it's' and 'its' means something is necessarily wrong with him.

 

[warrior queen]

I don't think not knowing the difference between 'it's' and 'its' means something is necessarily wrong with him.

Well, if he can't tell it's an 'it's' when it is and it's an 'it' when it isn't, then there is.

 

[Lancecastor]

I don't have a pic yet, but this is what he'll look like....

Yeah, yeah.

 

[sweepthefloor]

I am not sure how I feel about caging birds.

 

[chillywilly2]

no cage eh...all I can picture is birdshit all over the fucking house

 

[Riles]

Birds freak me out. I could never have one as a pet inside my house.

Good luck with it though.

 

[Adre]

Eventually they fly into mirrors.

 

[XdOu™]

i use to own a few 2 yrs ago... they are good birds, funny as hell too once you teach them how to talk.

 

[warrior queen]

I am not sure how I feel about caging birds.

Do you own a dog? Restricted to a yard/house except for play and excercise?
Same thing.

 

[warrior queen]

no cage eh...all I can picture is birdshit all over the fucking house

Depends how your house is set up and if you have trained the bird well.
Mr Snuffy would almost always fly back to his perching area to poop. Cricket was getting there when he died suddenly.
Plus, babywipes clean it up quick smart

 

[BoyNextDoor]

Birds freak me out. I could never have one as a pet inside my house.

Good luck with it though.

They freak me out too.

My grandmother believed a bird getting into the house meant a death in the family.

 

[Colonel Hogan]

"Hand-reared."

Heh.

What? Of course it was. How else would one raise a bird?

 

[bg23]

I don't think not knowing the difference between 'it's' and 'its' means something is necessarily wrong with him.

no but not being able to tell the difference between were and where does.

SNAP

in other news, i thought for a moment this thread was about handling birds and i was like, what, you're not allowed to pick them up for a while? like it's a total hands off policy? but if it's hand-reared how the fuck do you do that

we have a cute little yellow bird in a cage but i don't know what kind of bird it is

 

[QueenLevitra]

Eventually they fly into mirrors.

Ha!

As a child, I had a pet parakeet named Pepper.

We had a large mirror near the front door.

Pepper never flew into it, instead he perched on top of it and shit behind it.

When Mumsie figured that out she freaked.