ILoveBirbs
11-21-2019, 02:49 PM
Hello, I'm sorry I haven't been on here in a long time... ^^;
My first bird, Boo, died back in April..and on September 23 my dad's friends who gave me Boo gave me two more birds. I think they're both Pearl Pied Cockatiels, and one is grey (I named Domino) and the other is yellow (I named Yahtzee).
These two are very different from Boo, who I think was a normal grey Cockatiel. (He may have had some Pearl Pied in him, but he didn't look like these two) I think he was around 2-4 months old when we got him, and we had him for around 6 months before he died.
Boo would learn songs very fast, like I could could whistle the tune for a few days and he would pick it up just like that. He learned how to give kisses. He would lean up to you and make a kissy noise and chirp something that sounded like "kisses!" which is what I would do when I kissed him.
I'm also very sure he loved me back, because he never wanted me to leave him alone. (Although he would fly off in the house every now and then) If I ever tried to leave my room, he would fly to me and land on my head or shoulder. He would duck his head for me to nuzzle him with my nose or chin (he didn't want me to use my hand/fingers)
He also loved meeting new people. He had no problem with other family members, even my little cousins. In fact, he would try to land on my youngest cousin's head like every time he saw her. And even when we got him off her, he would fly back to her.
These 2 birds...it's like they're scared of people. Idk if it was because they were never handled like Boo was with their previous owners, or if they just have that much of a personality difference?? Their previous owners said they were around 2-4 months old when we got them in
And they don't really sing. They chirp and I guess make up their own songs, but whenever I whistle a tune, they shake their head like it either hurts their ears or they don't like it. (I don't whistle the songs Boo had learned, I just can't make myself do that...)
I think Domino is TRYING to learn La Cucaracha, but it kind of sounds like he's tone deaf. I read that inbreeding could do that to Cockatiels?? I'm not sure how inbred they are, but I'm assuming they either have the same parents as Boo, or Boo's siblings are their parents.
They rarely fly to me or other family members. I'm sure they're comfortable around me because they step up on my fingers/hand, and they do sit with me from time to time when I put them on my shoulders, but it's not long before they fly off again.
When I leave the room, they whistle for me like "hey! Where are you?!"
They act like they want my attention sometimes, like fly around and chirp. But whenever I go to them, they just sit there or turn away. Sometimes they'll come to me and we can look out the window together.
They don't duck their heads for nuzzles either. It seems like they only let me do something like that when they're spooked, so they just sit there staring off into space and I try to nuzzle the top of their heads. They let me kiss them, and I do pretty much the same thing I did with Boo. The only difference is that I say "kissy!" instead of "kisses!"
Now one thing they do that Boo never did is they hop. They will hop and then do a noise that sounds like me saying "good job!" But that seems like the only trick they know/like to do. Domino also likes to strut around doing I think it's called "love wings"?
sorry for the huge wall of text, but I thought I should probably give a lot of info about them.
I know each bird is different in their own way, but how did we manage to get 2 birds who can't/won't sing and don't like people?? It may also be that Boo was a genius and more sociable than these two. I could be expecting too much of them... It just seems strange to me, and I was wondering if it's because they're a different species of Cockatiel.
Thank you for reading! ^^
My first bird, Boo, died back in April..and on September 23 my dad's friends who gave me Boo gave me two more birds. I think they're both Pearl Pied Cockatiels, and one is grey (I named Domino) and the other is yellow (I named Yahtzee).
These two are very different from Boo, who I think was a normal grey Cockatiel. (He may have had some Pearl Pied in him, but he didn't look like these two) I think he was around 2-4 months old when we got him, and we had him for around 6 months before he died.
Boo would learn songs very fast, like I could could whistle the tune for a few days and he would pick it up just like that. He learned how to give kisses. He would lean up to you and make a kissy noise and chirp something that sounded like "kisses!" which is what I would do when I kissed him.
I'm also very sure he loved me back, because he never wanted me to leave him alone. (Although he would fly off in the house every now and then) If I ever tried to leave my room, he would fly to me and land on my head or shoulder. He would duck his head for me to nuzzle him with my nose or chin (he didn't want me to use my hand/fingers)
He also loved meeting new people. He had no problem with other family members, even my little cousins. In fact, he would try to land on my youngest cousin's head like every time he saw her. And even when we got him off her, he would fly back to her.
These 2 birds...it's like they're scared of people. Idk if it was because they were never handled like Boo was with their previous owners, or if they just have that much of a personality difference?? Their previous owners said they were around 2-4 months old when we got them in
And they don't really sing. They chirp and I guess make up their own songs, but whenever I whistle a tune, they shake their head like it either hurts their ears or they don't like it. (I don't whistle the songs Boo had learned, I just can't make myself do that...)
I think Domino is TRYING to learn La Cucaracha, but it kind of sounds like he's tone deaf. I read that inbreeding could do that to Cockatiels?? I'm not sure how inbred they are, but I'm assuming they either have the same parents as Boo, or Boo's siblings are their parents.
They rarely fly to me or other family members. I'm sure they're comfortable around me because they step up on my fingers/hand, and they do sit with me from time to time when I put them on my shoulders, but it's not long before they fly off again.
When I leave the room, they whistle for me like "hey! Where are you?!"
They act like they want my attention sometimes, like fly around and chirp. But whenever I go to them, they just sit there or turn away. Sometimes they'll come to me and we can look out the window together.
They don't duck their heads for nuzzles either. It seems like they only let me do something like that when they're spooked, so they just sit there staring off into space and I try to nuzzle the top of their heads. They let me kiss them, and I do pretty much the same thing I did with Boo. The only difference is that I say "kissy!" instead of "kisses!"
Now one thing they do that Boo never did is they hop. They will hop and then do a noise that sounds like me saying "good job!" But that seems like the only trick they know/like to do. Domino also likes to strut around doing I think it's called "love wings"?
sorry for the huge wall of text, but I thought I should probably give a lot of info about them.
I know each bird is different in their own way, but how did we manage to get 2 birds who can't/won't sing and don't like people?? It may also be that Boo was a genius and more sociable than these two. I could be expecting too much of them... It just seems strange to me, and I was wondering if it's because they're a different species of Cockatiel.
Thank you for reading! ^^