Meet Ash the baby cockatiel!

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This past weekend we drove several hours to pick up our new addition, Ash, a female whiteface cinnamon pearl pied cockatiel from a breeder. She has been settling in now for a few days and is hand-tame, fully flighted and a sweet 3 month old baby born in May 2019. She is such a beauty and I can't wait to start bonding with her :)

She is fully flighted and so after day 2, I let her out of the cage with Ember on my shoulder. She took off flying around the living room, and being unfamiliar in the space (and not bonded to me) she did bump lightly into a few things then taking off again before I managed to gently scoop her up from the floor in tiredness and put her back in her cage. Ember came to me with clipped wings which definitely helped us bond (and he wasn't flying away from me constantly) so I'm thinking about it with her, mostly for her safety. I was so scared she would hit something too hard. So it was a little chaotic with her frantically flying but otherwise she is adjusting well and eating and drinking normally. Thankfully the breeder and I serve the same food s -- Zupreem fruit pellets and Higgins Safflower seed mix.

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Our setup -- Ash in the far left cage, Ember in middle, Boo & Rue share the right side. While quarantining is something I suggest it is just not possible in our house but I trust my breeder and she'll be going to the vet soon anyway for her first checkup. My dream in the future is to have Ember and Ash pair up and share the left side of the cage together, but even if they don't take to each other I'm okay with that too.

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Ember is a little jealous of how many pictures I've been taking of his new flock mate and not him, so he had to get in for a picture too :) he's totally smiling!

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And a Normal Grey Cockatiel named BB who came home with me on 5/20/2016.
Now that's a smile if ever I saw one! I love when Beebs gets super close to my face,he looks kind of distorted when he is so close. Cockatiels have the cutest of faces lol. Ash is adorable :) 'tiels and budgies have so many color mutations...it's so amazing!



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very beautiful little girl
 

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Elle est très adorable!
 

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Congratulations! Ash is gorgeous!
That picture of Ember is precious, that smile is so sweet.
 
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Just wanted to share a super cute video of Ash chirping to my other birds and playing in her cage. I am seeing more and more of her sweet personality every day.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwC7LC_76dQ&feature=youtu.be"]Ash the cockatiel[/ame]
 

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Congrats on getting Ash. All of your 'tiels are cute.
I have a white-faced cinnamon possibly split to pearl and a white-faced pearl pied.
 
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he's totally smiling!

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Your new baby is absolutely beautiful but I gotta say this picture stole the thread and I was having a good laugh for a while after seeing it.



Haha, Ember did totally steal the show to this thread!! He is my special bird buddy and my favorite out of all mine, probably because he lets me cuddle and pet him :)
 

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Ah she’s so adorable! Congrats on your new addition, I’m sure she’ll be really happy under your excellent care!
 

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