We went yesterday and picked up the most precious Alex I am taking Trish's advice and renaming him as he came from a pretty bad home. He was in a tiny cockatiel cage when we went to pick him up and I think he spent a lot of time in there His big cage is pretty rusty and I need to replace it asap. He had 2 toys, one of which was a rusty bell We left his other toy which is dirty, but I didn't want to take everything he was familiar with and will get it cleaned tomorrow. Also added a couple of toys.He is starved for attention, and everytime he sees us yells "Hi!Hi! Pretty Pretty Bird!" He has the sweetest voice ever
He has been on a mostly sunflower seed diet along with pizza and hot dogs. For the first 11 years of his life he also was allowed to drink coffee all day He is 12 now.
He is already eating veggies like there is no tomorrow, and I am thrilled with that! His feathers are rough, so I wanted to mist him this morning with some of the aloe/water mixture, and he cried and tried to hide on the bottom of the cage when i started (of course I stopped immediately and felt horrible). I think water was used as a punishment. So his future baths will be in the sink
So without further ado, please meet Xander the wonder Alex!
His small cage he was in:
His big cage:
He has been on a mostly sunflower seed diet along with pizza and hot dogs. For the first 11 years of his life he also was allowed to drink coffee all day He is 12 now.
He is already eating veggies like there is no tomorrow, and I am thrilled with that! His feathers are rough, so I wanted to mist him this morning with some of the aloe/water mixture, and he cried and tried to hide on the bottom of the cage when i started (of course I stopped immediately and felt horrible). I think water was used as a punishment. So his future baths will be in the sink
So without further ado, please meet Xander the wonder Alex!
His small cage he was in:
His big cage: