My visit with Elvis

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A cockatiel, a bourke, and three budgies
I went to visit Elvis and the budgies today (every Thursday) but the budgies were out in the aviary (Opal finally got some flight feathers) so I spent most of my time with Elvis. I took some photos and a video before I finally killed my battery, and the budgies can be heard in the background of the video.
Elvis has been aggressive towards his fosterer, and he hissed at me while I was there. I told my friend to stop putting him in the aviary, he hates it and is probably one of the reasons (if not the reason) he is stressed and biting. He hissed, and threatened to bite me, but since I know cockatiel body language, I didn't get closer until he let me. He slowly came over to my hand, climbed up my arm, and immediately started singing in my ear. He asked for head scritches, and he hid under my ponytail, and played with my ponytail and earrings and necklace, and glasses, and preened my eyebrows, and tried to peck at my eyes.
When I put him on the floor, he runs after me. Elvis would rather walk around than fly, just the way he is. Elvis is clipped, but I've seen him fly while clipped, he is a master flyer with and without clipped wings (which is why he was aloud in the aviary).
Elvis is molting, he is in a strange environment, he is no longer houses with the budgies, and ha had been put into an aviary which he hated (He no long goes in the aviary as stated above) and all that lead to stress, which then lead to biting.

Here are the pictures of Elvis at his foster home.

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"No one is 'the boss' in true companionship"


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He is a real beauty.
There are so many different color mutations of Cockatiel it's difficult for me to pick a favorite. I think the whiteface is stunning because they are so different, really stand out.
Glad you were able to have some quality time with him one on one. I am sure he appreciates it.
 
He is a real beauty.
There are so many different color mutations of Cockatiel it's difficult for me to pick a favorite. I think the whiteface is stunning because they are so different, really stand out.
Glad you were able to have some quality time with him one on one. I am sure he appreciates it.




I wanted a pied, but when he started singing, I knew he was the one for me. And he is split pied, so I kinda got what I was looking for. I love cockatiels. I would love to have an Emerald cockatiel, but that mutation must be very rare.

Next time I visit, I'm going to spend some time with the budgies as well, I started hand taming Opal, but didn't get very far with her.


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I'm glad you had a good visit and I hope you were comforted to see that he still loves you :)


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Elvis is a beauty! :D

Oh yes, I know what you mean... emerald tiels are gorgeous. I noticed those are indeed very rare... at least around here.
 
Wow...it kind of looks like he is p.o. too...his face and eyes look it to me:o

Yup,a very handsome tiel there.
BB also prefers to walk/run anywhere. On occasion he will walk,then HOP and go flapflapflap to get to me..Silly boy :rolleyes:


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