Keeping BIRDS

[skipper734]

Don't need to have your own, there'll be thousands of Himalayan Green Parakeets down the M3 corridor soon. Making a beeline for Grange Park. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_parakeets

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I am a member of the Clay Pigeon Preservation Society as my scorecards will usually confirm.

I didn't mean YOU

 

[Hiney]

Had my cockatiel for 6 or 7 years now, he's no trouble.

DO NOT buy one from a pet shop though, they will not be tame. As Tyrone says, get one when its young and handle it a lot. We picked one from a breeder when he was a chick and left it a few weeks before going back and picking him up. He was still on liquid food when we brought him home, like a mushy seed mix which I fed him through a syringe - thats how they gain trust of humans and are not inhibited by hands or being handled. Put your hand in front of him and he'll hop on every time.

Very easy to look after. Bit of seed, water, a slice of apple, some millet spray, clean the cage out every 7-10 days, thats all there is to it. He comes out for a fly and a poke around, goes on the scrounge for crisps and treats. Then I pick him up and put him back in his cage. Doddle.

 

[jevs]

Have a look here Hiney

http://www.birdtrader.co.uk/cockati...0-8-weeks-yellow-white-seaford/Parrots/383029

 

[Wellesley]

Keep it locked in its cage in a dark room at all times. Feed it once a week only, they seem to be less excitable like that. DO NOT TALK TO IT EVER!! Because once they start talking you can never shut them up. If after following this advice your mother-in-law seems to be behaving herself, buy her the cockatiel.

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

I have got a Norwegian Blue. But I cant get it to talk, I think its pining.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I have got a Norwegian Blue. But I cant get it to talk, I think its pining.

I have to say, if someone said to me they were partial to a little Norwegian Blue, I'd have assumed it was some sort of niche porn.

 

[AmexRuislip]

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[Raleigh Chopper]

I have to say, if someone said to me they were partial to a little Norwegian Blue, I'd have assumed it was some sort of niche porn.

Or a Scandinavian police officer.

 

[half time scores]

I have to say, if someone said to me they were partial to a little Norwegian Blue, I'd have assumed it was some sort of niche porn.

Or cheese ?

Thinking about it, I see your point.

 

[Nitram]

I have got a Norwegian Blue. But I cant get it to talk, I think its pining.

For the fjords? Excellent.

 

[champion7]

At one time I had an outdoor aviary with 18 cockatiels in it,they were all hand reared from chicks.had to get rid of them (to a breeder with outside avaries) when my wife was pregnant,a beautiful pet if handled early.

 

[termy46]

Had my cockatiel for 6 or 7 years now, he's no trouble.

DO NOT buy one from a pet shop though, they will not be tame. As Tyrone says, get one when its young and handle it a lot. We picked one from a breeder when he was a chick and left it a few weeks before going back and picking him up. He was still on liquid food when we brought him home, like a mushy seed mix which I fed him through a syringe - thats how they gain trust of humans and are not inhibited by hands or being handled. Put your hand in front of him and he'll hop on every time.

Very easy to look after. Bit of seed, water, a slice of apple, some millet spray, clean the cage out every 7-10 days, thats all there is to it. He comes out for a fly and a poke around, goes on the scrounge for crisps and treats. Then I pick him up and put him back in his cage. Doddle.

Absolutely this. I had mine for 17 years. He did bloody well. Fed him from a chick as my parents had an aviary and i had the pick of the bunch. Taught him to talk and dance. So tame. Liked everybody. He liked his head being scratched so much it sent him to sleep. They live their cheek patches being gently rubbed too. Would love one again, but don't have the time.

 

[perseus]

Not the human variety, in the basement, but actual birds, in a cage.

Specifically Cockatiels

It's a long story but my Mother-in-Law lives with us and she has got it into her head that she wants a Cockatiel. No prizes for guessing who will be lumbered with caring for this beast, so what do we need to wary of?

Anyone had one?

Try the Mice angle, attracted to the left over food.

 

[The Spanish]

Depends on the bird. A Budgie can sit in front of a mirror all day happily chirping at its own reflection.

thats because he has gone mental

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

thats because he has gone mental

Nah it's because budgies are very gregarious creatures and when it thinks it sees another bird it will chatter away to it.

 

[Bry Nylon]

A Budgie can sit in front of a mirror all day happily chirping at its own reflection.

thats because he has gone mental

 

[WATFORD zero]

Nah it's because Australians are very gregarious creatures and when it thinks it sees another it will chatter away to it.