tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53498482011-08-08T15:41:02.204-04:00Cockatiel Guides, Q&A for Novices and Breeders and Daily life with my TielsDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04657584582034899962noreply@blogger.comBlogger541100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349848.post-17666920296185859302008-04-02T08:30:00.000-04:002008-04-02T08:31:56.908-04:00

Yesterday, we lost "Lugano", the son of our beloved hen "Pierre".

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Our "new" edition, now a after a year and a half flew the coop on Monday January 7th. I left for work with them in their cage and on a screened in porch. Someone that shouldn't have opened the cage did so. That same person later opened the door to the screened porch. Orly is the only one missing, so for that I'm grateful, but she was the sweetest of all of them.We've put up posters and

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This is a great shot of the latest additon to our family of birds. She is about 7-8 months old.We aquired her about 3 months ago, and have assumed she is a female based upon the lack of vocalization and other mannerisms. 

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Our beloved father 'tiel, Victoria, died today. His death was sudden, and unexpected, and we hope pain free. He was a joy to behold, curious and shy at the same time. He was loved by all who came to know him. He and his mate (Pierre) had two cluches of babies. The first clutch saw 7 'tiels make their way into the world. The second clutch saw 4 more join their brothers and sisters. We will always

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Well, I finally did it. Monday I had a dentist appointment, that was just a bit to late in the morning to go to work, but not early enough to leave at a normal time. I had breakfast with the birds, spending about 30 minutes with them in our screened in patio. I got busy with a couple of things and the next thing I know it's time to leave. I ran outside and put the birds away, closing the cages.

Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04657584582034899962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349848.post-1105286487446757412005-01-09T11:01:00.000-05:002005-01-09T11:07:48.026-05:00

Here is Zurich, the "baby" of the bunch. I believe that this is a "she" because of both her temprament as well as the lack of vocalization. The other male birds are singing and vocalizing now. She always wants to be around her mother. This is one of few times I've been able to keep her still to snap a photo.

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Here is a great photo of one of the Babies. Go back and lookup what they looked like when they were born (less than a year ago). The egg that they came from was barely the size of his head now. If you notice the wings, you'll see that he's in for a clipping. Those feathers sticking out of the right wing there are just too long, enabling him to fly about. I just got finished cutting one of the

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Well, this year was a quiet one with nary a feather ruffled. Our neighbors decided not to set off fireworks like last year. Last year the birds were given such a fright that at least 3 of them lost feathers. Cockatiels do not see well at night, they usually perch and wait for daylight once the sun starts to go down. Obviously, noises like fireworks and firecrackers scare them, and this is

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I spent last week on vacation, and spent some time with the birds, enjoying their company. It was a fairly quiet week and it passed quickly. Friday was the first day that I cut the babies wings. I didn't trim them but about 1/2 of what I normally trim them. I'm trying to keep them from flying to the top of the screen enclosure and a couple of high perch points. Most of them seemed to take

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The birds and the babies got to get out of their cage for much of the day on Saturday, and all of the morning on Sunday so they enjoyed it. They flew around, learning to land and fly (I think they got that down). They ate, they played on the floor with Mom and Dad for a little while. They would not play on the playground that I had for them on the floor. I'll have to figure out how to get

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One of the babies showing us what babies do. He actually was eating from the purple cup, but decided that the plate of food was the proper angle to do so. 

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It's fun watching the babies learn. Learn to walk. Learn to eat. Learn to fly. Learn to climb. Learn to be outside their cage. The nest box is no longer, its time to start growing up.

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This morning I saw the last baby poking his head out the nest box hole, and my wife called me later to say that he had in fact gotten out of the nest box and was at the bottom of the cage. More than likely I'll see him with the others near the top of the cage when I get home. Now I can remove the nest box, and clean the cage up a little bit (possibly add a new toy or two also).

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Yesterday, the third baby came out of the nest box. When I got home I found him at the top of the cage perched along with the others, pleased as punch to be there. Well, when I let them all out on top of the cage I was able to pick all three babies up with my finger right from their perch and take them to the top of the cage. That is something that I've never been able to do with all of my

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After a while, I put the babies up on top of the cage with their parents and layed out a smorgasboard for them to eat from. Seeds, pellets, millet, and bread. The babies slowly started to figure out what to do. This morning for the first time I saw one of them eating millet. Mom (on the far left) and Dad are still feeding them at least 60-70% of the time. 

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Victoria (pop), sitting on the chair, kept a close eye on the babies making sure that they didn't get into any trouble. He had them follow him around for a bit, taking them to this nice shaded corner. Whenever they would get startled, or fly around he would go as rapidly as possible, half flying and half walking (his wings are clipped), to wherever they are to both reassure them that it's ok,

Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04657584582034899962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349848.post-1087744549527024232004-06-19T20:02:00.000-04:002004-06-20T11:18:13.656-04:00

Here are the first two babies that came out of the nesting box. After flying around (not very well :) they finally settled down for much of the day.  

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Yesterday one of the babies climbed out of the nest box into the cage. Today, he not only climbed out but started flying around our screened in patio. He's not been so adventurous since then, sticking to the cage or nest box. I was only one day off, and definitely within the week of when I expected them to start coming out of the nest box. I took one of the babies to the vet today (I had

Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04657584582034899962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349848.post-1087142384146814352004-06-13T11:59:00.000-04:002004-06-14T09:53:21.300-04:00

Here's Victoria coming out of the nest box after feeding the babies. Pierre is still inside feeding them. 

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Here's a great group photo. They all got fed yesterday (at least a teaspoon full, if not more). They are getting used to the handling a bit more, but I need to keep handling them every day now. A couple of them are "walking" around a bit, so I know the next thing I'll know is them climbing out of the nest box.  

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Feathers galore, and big boy have they grown! This is one of the middle babies, and he struck just a wonderful pose after his bath and feeding. 

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This week has been a nasty one for me. I had to work a bit late on Thursday, and Friday I didn't leave work until after 8pm (another system upgrade). My coleagues like to work in the evening so they don't have to work on the weekends. Nice, but it doesn't fit my schedule. I havn't had much time to do more than check on them, and clean the nest box every other day. They are getting so huge.

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I havn't had much time to see the babies and keep up with them. I had some work commitments on Sunday evening that went through until 3am (about 9 hrs total), and then was back to work Monday am so I didn't have time do much more than peek in on them each day. Tuesday I brought them out and fed them again, and they are getting so huge. It's very exciting to see them getting so big, but they do

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Victoria always has the munchies for potatoes. We try and limit his intake because they arn't that good for them. Yes, I know that the butter isn't great for them, but he just wouldn't take no for an answer. He's chewed off a corner of this potato and would go on to eat more.  

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Here's a group shot, taken on June 1st. Note the differences in size between the smallest and the largest. This is due to the fact that the smallest one is almost 6 days younger than the oldest one. Yes, they do grow that much in a week! 

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Here is a great shot of the smallest baby. Note the ear hole just below the eye. This is normally covered up with feathers so you never see it on adults. Some of the features of the babies show their growth spurts. Their feet seem to develop quite quickly sometimes out distancing the rest of their body. You can clearly see the wing, and also the crop and then the rest of the body as three

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Every day I can see them getting bigger. I've got a series of pictures to post to show you the size of them, and later on you'll see how much bigger they've gotten in just a couple of weeks. They tiny one of the bunch is still so small that I could put him on top of my cell phone and he wouldn't fall off. I've tried feeding them with a dropper that I have, but none of them seemed especially

Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04657584582034899962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349848.post-1086011389830528002004-05-31T09:49:00.000-04:002004-05-31T09:49:49.830-04:00

We have spent part of the last two days with the 'tiels outside on our (screened) patio where their home is. It's hot here in Miami (yesterday the high was 90 degrees). We gave both Victoria and Pierre (mom & dad) baths yesterday. We also gave Paris and Lucky a bath yesterday. Paris (after seeing Pierre take a bath) seemed more into taking a bath than Lucky. In the evening we decided while

Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04657584582034899962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349848.post-1085774708283931112004-05-28T16:05:00.000-04:002004-05-28T16:09:28.870-04:00

Victoria (dad) has been having fun lately in the evenings. He loves to come in when we get home and help out with dinner (so he can nibble on anything he wants :). Here he is trying to help writing some notes for us. If you look on his beak you can see the food where he's been feeding the babies. He's had a nice bath since this picture was taken.  

Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04657584582034899962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349848.post-1085774361833632142004-05-28T15:59:00.000-04:002004-05-28T16:02:45.346-04:00

Here you can see the new hatchlings. The two on the left side are the oldest, and if you look carefully you can se the head of the newest hatchling at the very bottom center of the pile. His head is as big as the eye of the largest hatchling, but he will grow up just as fast as the others soon. 

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The other two eggs have hatched. I've cleaned out the nest box and gone back to my old standby of using Peat Moss for a nesting material. It seems to be good in a number of things, including retaining moisture, easy collection and removal (cleaning the nest box), as well as nice soft comfortable material for the babies.

Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04657584582034899962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349848.post-1085773439196840492004-05-28T13:00:00.000-04:002004-05-28T15:51:34.990-04:00

Three of the babies have hatched. You can see the discarded shells on the right side where the parents moved them to after the babies hatched. You'll notice that the babies are all huddled together (mostly for warmth as they hatch without feathers). 

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I've been so busy this week that I'm having to catch up on these posts, but everyone is doing great. Victoria and Pierre are eating like they havn't eaten in days (of course now they are eating for 3!). Paris and Lucky are feeling more chipper and got to get out of their cage the other day and play with us.

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It's been strange to go from 9 birds to only 4, especially when 2 of them are busy in the nest box feeding their young and taking care of them. All of the birds have noticed that something is "wrong" and are kind of quiet and a bit withdrawn. Although Victoria and Pierre are busy with feeding, they can get excited about seeing me, especially Victoria who seems to be very attached to me. Paris

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I've been giving the parents (Victoria and Pierre) more fresh food lately. They have really gone after the Rice, Millet, Peas and Bread. I've also been leaving them Corn, and Lettuce and from time to time some Spinach. Now that they are feeing the little ones more and more (they are getting bigger) they need more food.

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We found a new home for some of our birds. "George" bought 5 of our birds for his aviary. All of the birds that he has (more than just Cockatiels) were healthy and seemed to be happy. He put them into an area that he has for helping them to adjust to his environment and company so that made me feel more comfortable about selling them. I've always wanted to find someone that would take care

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I was just going over everything, and it seems that it's been 26 days between hatching and the egg's being layed. That's a few over the 21 days, but not out of the ordinary, in fact it's about the same as last time. I'll probably wait until Thursday evening to check in on them again and see how many more have hatched. Looking at the old pictures of the (now 1 year+ olds), I'll try hand

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Victoria (male) keeping a close eye on the hatchlings. 

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Monday night, I swore that I heard a hatchling, but when I called my wife to check I couldn't hear anything and neither could she. All the birds were riled up and excited. Last night we both heard the baby chirping so there's at least one that's hatched, probably Monday. I didn't get a chance to go in (it was around 9:45pm) and see if there's more than one that's hatched, but I'm sure there

Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04657584582034899962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349848.post-1084547908258421002004-05-14T11:18:00.000-04:002004-05-14T11:18:28.256-04:00

I checked the nest last night and found that Pierre had laid another egg. They are definitely keeping a close eye on them, as one of them is always around the nest box, or sitting on the eggs at all times. Pierre in the evenings goes out to a concrete type planter that we have in the screened in porch and seems to chew on it, and also eat some of the soil in that pot and one other pot. I

Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04657584582034899962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349848.post-1084321871231550002004-05-11T20:31:00.000-04:002004-05-11T20:31:11.230-04:00

I was able to check in on them Sunday evening and there were 5 eggs in the nest. I think that's all they will have, but I'll have to check again tomorrow. I'm putting some of the other babies up for "adoption" since there's new ones on the way. I put an ad in the local Flyer to see if I can find some of them new homes. If you are interested, drop me a line and I'll try and get in touch with

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I checked last night to see how many eggs they had layed so far, and there are three tiny eggs in the nest box. Hopefully, they will all hatch, but I'm afraid that the first one may not hatch (like last time). Pierre gave me a good nip this morning as I put food in their cage. They definitely don't like me getting close to the eggs!

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Well, this weekend Pierre (the female) spent most of her time in the nest box with the egg(s). I was busy most of the weekend and I just decided it was too much headache to check on the eggs especially since they seem to be doing a good job of defending them :). Victoria seems "left out" sometimes, so he came inside with me for two consecutive evenings (less than 2 hrs each). What's unusual

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Well, I've been busy, and I guess that Victoria and Pierre have been too. I went out of town for a business trip and when I came back Pierre was in the nest box. I didn't get a chance yet to check and see how many eggs that they have now. Both Victoria and Pierre are defending their nest box so I have to watch where I put my hands. Victoria has bitten me (not hard) twice in less than 24hrs

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Well, it's another year and it's that time of the year again. Parents Victoria and Pierre have laid another egg. It was laid sometime on Wednesday April 21st. We didn't have a nestbox and I got home so late the stores were closed so we improvised that evening with a small box, which they seemed to accept. The next evening (April 22) we put a regular 12"x12" nest box in the cage and the

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....the story continues when in late May we were checking the babies and found that one of the youngest had something wrong with his eye. After cleaning it out with water and stressing out over not seeing the problem earlier we took it to the vet. We found out (later) that he had an infection brought on by something that it ingested. We had to go to the vet twice over the next two weeks to

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We did several things during the time the birds were in the nest that were depending on your point of view, not correct. Here are several of them: Issue: Nest Box cleaning. Our vet pointed out that your not suppose to change the bedding material within the nest box. I've heard from several other people, including breeders, that this is ok so long as your tiels are tame and used to you

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Sometime in April of 2003 (around the first week I think... the 1-4th) we noticed a small egg in the bottom of the cage one evening. I think I remember seeing it that morning but I'm not sure. That's when we began talking about what to do, and given that we had no experience in this. It was when the second egg appeared and I had read something about this that we began to be concerned over

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We didn't start out buying cockatiels at a pet store. Someone else bought them and then realized that they didn't want them. They were sold to a close relative of ours who was staying at our home. After a few months, that person left also leaving the birds in our permanent care. Later on, they were given to us. We didn't have the full story about the birds, and thought that they were

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Welcome to the Cockatiels Lair. This site will be about our experiences with our Tiels.

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