My Little Disco Birdie
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I bought a baby cockatiel for my daughter a few weeks ago but I spend more time with the bird so it feels like my bird. I'm glad I only let her get a bird! I've been reading about the care of these birds and what they like, etc.
The cockatiel is in the parrot family, it is a miniature bird and only gets about 12 inches long when it is an adult. They live for 15 to 20 years and they can get really bossy or very bratty when they mature so you have to establish dominance over them when they are babies.
Cockatiels like bright colors and ours has a beaded toy with bells for it to play with. Tonight I had the bird on my shoulder while I was getting my daughter's bath ready and I decided to do some cleaning instead of just watching TV. I didn't want the bird on my shoulder while I was moving around and I was looking for something to let him stand on so he could see himself in the mirror and be occupied. My daughter went and got this light she has that kinda resembles a traffic light. It is a black rectangle with a yellow, green, and red round light. Each light turns on for a few seconds and then turns off and then it switches to the next light. The bird pecked at the lights and walked around them and looked at them the entire time! He didn't even take time to look in the mirror. My daughter and I joked that the bird was having his disco light therapy. It worked really well!
And to think I almost threw out that light a year ago because the kids got tired of it!
Later - Lisa
I bought a baby cockatiel for my daughter a few weeks ago but I spend more time with the bird so it feels like my bird. I'm glad I only let her get a bird! I've been reading about the care of these birds and what they like, etc.
The cockatiel is in the parrot family, it is a miniature bird and only gets about 12 inches long when it is an adult. They live for 15 to 20 years and they can get really bossy or very bratty when they mature so you have to establish dominance over them when they are babies.
Cockatiels like bright colors and ours has a beaded toy with bells for it to play with. Tonight I had the bird on my shoulder while I was getting my daughter's bath ready and I decided to do some cleaning instead of just watching TV. I didn't want the bird on my shoulder while I was moving around and I was looking for something to let him stand on so he could see himself in the mirror and be occupied. My daughter went and got this light she has that kinda resembles a traffic light. It is a black rectangle with a yellow, green, and red round light. Each light turns on for a few seconds and then turns off and then it switches to the next light. The bird pecked at the lights and walked around them and looked at them the entire time! He didn't even take time to look in the mirror. My daughter and I joked that the bird was having his disco light therapy. It worked really well!
And to think I almost threw out that light a year ago because the kids got tired of it!
Later - Lisa
posted by Lisa at 10:28 PM
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