Here are a few of my Moose :thumbsup: He's a sweetie I've had him... 6 months or so now? He's 9 years, coming on 10, and I actually bred him all that time ago - it's quite a long story!
When I was a kid, I had a pair of cockatiels that my mom decided to let breed so we could learn about them and enjoy them. Moose was in that first clutch and, while we let the parent's feed with the occasional supplement from us, we started handling them when they were fully pinned and moving about, holding them more and more as they got older! We ended up placing all the babies with friends of the family, and we thought that was that. 6 months or so ago our 'friend' showed up where I worked and was asking people there if they would just 'take the darn bird, we just don't want it anymore'! :frown: I heard them and came running over and snatched Moose right away! He had been living on their back patio for the last... 4-6 years, with nothing but crummy seed and bird gravel to eat and one nasty rope toy. They had PINE SHAVING in the bottom of the cage and it hadn't been cleaned in MONTHS.
I cleaned everything up, got him new perches, toys, a cuttle bone, etc and let him be to himself for the first week or so. After that, he started coming right out of the cage for me wanting head-scratches and to sit on my shoulder chewing my hair! He's a cranky little bugger, but super sweet considering. I love him to death!
A cockatiel is a GREAT choice as a pet! They're a nice size upgrade from a budgie and they're just so mellow and sweet :lovehearts: We had almost 20 at one point! I can't really say enough good things about them :lol:
When I was a kid, I had a pair of cockatiels that my mom decided to let breed so we could learn about them and enjoy them. Moose was in that first clutch and, while we let the parent's feed with the occasional supplement from us, we started handling them when they were fully pinned and moving about, holding them more and more as they got older! We ended up placing all the babies with friends of the family, and we thought that was that. 6 months or so ago our 'friend' showed up where I worked and was asking people there if they would just 'take the darn bird, we just don't want it anymore'! :frown: I heard them and came running over and snatched Moose right away! He had been living on their back patio for the last... 4-6 years, with nothing but crummy seed and bird gravel to eat and one nasty rope toy. They had PINE SHAVING in the bottom of the cage and it hadn't been cleaned in MONTHS.
I cleaned everything up, got him new perches, toys, a cuttle bone, etc and let him be to himself for the first week or so. After that, he started coming right out of the cage for me wanting head-scratches and to sit on my shoulder chewing my hair! He's a cranky little bugger, but super sweet considering. I love him to death!
A cockatiel is a GREAT choice as a pet! They're a nice size upgrade from a budgie and they're just so mellow and sweet :lovehearts: We had almost 20 at one point! I can't really say enough good things about them :lol:
