AmyMyBlueFront
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- Apr 14, 2015
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- Parrots
- Amy a Blue Front 'Zon
Jonesy a Goffins 'Too who had to be rehomed :-(
And a Normal Grey Cockatiel named BB who came home with me on 5/20/2016.
...as all of you know, I'm "new" to Cockatiels, the Beebs being my only real close encounter with one.
I have read that tiels can talk,moderately,are excellent in whistling ( I can vouch for that!) and that the guys are better than the gals in both respects.
BB was just a young lad when he came home forever with me,and really didn't have a "voice" yet. He did do some chirps and a whistle here and there.
It took maybe two weeks for him to get comfy enough to start whistling pretty good ( an expert now..I just love his enthusiasm lol) and right after that,he picked up the "wolf whistle" which he only does now when Uncle DJ is over and BB is on his shoulder,whistling right in his ear
..it took less than a week to learn that,I would do it four or five times in a row,every twenty minutes or so,as he sat on my should. I could tell he wanted to learn it,just by the way he'd stop whatever he was doing,like boxing my ear lobe,and just listen to me.
Maybe a month later came his first words.."what are you doing?"
Then came Andy Griffith..he mutilates it pretty good lol,doing it HIS way...but I get the jist of it.
Then more words,he learned them even faster. And within three days he was doing the "tock tock" thing with the Addams Family.
Soooooo...exactly a month from today,he will be here a whole year already.My oh my,how time flies
( and BB!)
So here is a list of stuff he knows,either been taught by me,or just picked up coz he likes it.
Taught stuff...
Wolf whistle
Andy G/Addams Fam
What are you doing?
BB good boy??
Lit-tel boy,lit-tel boy
Stuff he learned on his own...
Hello
Hi BB
Beebers
NO AMY! ( I'm sure that one is from all the times I say it to Amy when she sneaks to his roof top!)
and he has combined "lit-tel boy lit-tel boy..BB good boy?"
I think that's pretty dang good for the 86 gram fluff boy
So...how about your tiels? And those of you who have gal tiels?
Sorry for braggin'...again Did I ever say I love that lit-tel boy??
Jim
I have read that tiels can talk,moderately,are excellent in whistling ( I can vouch for that!) and that the guys are better than the gals in both respects.
BB was just a young lad when he came home forever with me,and really didn't have a "voice" yet. He did do some chirps and a whistle here and there.
It took maybe two weeks for him to get comfy enough to start whistling pretty good ( an expert now..I just love his enthusiasm lol) and right after that,he picked up the "wolf whistle" which he only does now when Uncle DJ is over and BB is on his shoulder,whistling right in his ear
..it took less than a week to learn that,I would do it four or five times in a row,every twenty minutes or so,as he sat on my should. I could tell he wanted to learn it,just by the way he'd stop whatever he was doing,like boxing my ear lobe,and just listen to me.Maybe a month later came his first words.."what are you doing?"
Then came Andy Griffith..he mutilates it pretty good lol,doing it HIS way...but I get the jist of it.
Then more words,he learned them even faster. And within three days he was doing the "tock tock" thing with the Addams Family.
Soooooo...exactly a month from today,he will be here a whole year already.My oh my,how time flies
( and BB!)So here is a list of stuff he knows,either been taught by me,or just picked up coz he likes it.
Taught stuff...
Wolf whistle
Andy G/Addams Fam
What are you doing?
BB good boy??
Lit-tel boy,lit-tel boy
Stuff he learned on his own...
Hello
Hi BB
Beebers
NO AMY! ( I'm sure that one is from all the times I say it to Amy when she sneaks to his roof top!)
and he has combined "lit-tel boy lit-tel boy..BB good boy?"
I think that's pretty dang good for the 86 gram fluff boy
So...how about your tiels? And those of you who have gal tiels?
Sorry for braggin'...again
Did I ever say I love that lit-tel boy??Jim
Check out this vid of a tiel saying peekaboo.... you have to watch entire video because he doesn't start to do it until further into the video. It sounds like a dog's chew toy that squeaks! LOL
