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Birds Anyone?
I'm not a birdwatcher, but do enjoy watching and listening to birds. I've had Parakeets before, but they're too chirpy for me. Judy, I know you have or had Parakeets. I'm thinking about getting a couple of Cockatiels. Does anybody have information or experience for me?
A few years back, we bought 4 gray Doves for outside and kept them in a big (4' wide x 8' long x 8' tall) fully enclosed cage Hubby built. We think a snake got in and killed them all. We replaced those with 4 more and the same thing happened. We didn't replace those. I really enjoyed having them. Are Cockatiles are chirpy as Parakeets? Do they carry any diseases that would bother my g-kids or doggies?
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We had a cockatile, and she was a sweetie, except when she wanted attention or sometimes when certain sounds were on the TV. She would get very loud. Not just chirpy. She would sound like she was yelling at us. More like squalks. I tried covering her cage, and she would still make noise. I would put her cage outside sometimes on nice evenings and let her get some fresh air and give us a break. One night I forgot to bring her in, and we think a cat got to her and pulled off one of her wings. The vet tried to save her, but she died. We did not get another. She escaped once when we had her out flying around inside the house. She flew out an open door, but was found by some people at a nearby apartment complex who had birds.
Her beak was very strong. One time when I had her on my shoulder she was nibbling at my earring. I noticed later that she had crushed the gold balls on my earring. Maybe she thought they were shiny seeds or something. She put off a lot of feather dust, too and was a bit messy. If we'd had a screened in porch to put her cage in sometimes, I think it would have worked better for us. We had friends who raised cockatiles and love birds, and they had some on perches on their screened in porch. They seemed very happy there.
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Oh, also, we bought ours from a home breeder who hand fed them, so she was well socialized. Would not recommend buying from a pet store. Kinda like buying a puppy. Good luck!!
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Can't help you with the birds Sandy. I've been afraid of them since I was in the crib. I do have feeders up for Hummingbirds and I did have some up for the yellow/gold Finches. Long as they can't get too close to me...I do alright.
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What's the story?
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I'm sure Hubby will be against the idea and it's probably not a good idea with the kids and doggies around.
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When I was a toddler, I saw them cut the heads off chickens and they chased me. We only had a two bedroom home and Mom and Dad had one room, us 3 kids (younger brother hadn't been born yet) had the other. I slept in my crib and had a dream there were chickens all over it pecking at me. My mother remembers this night too. Everysince, I've been afraid of birds. I've tried to get over it, but it hasn't happened.
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