DerTier
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He has settled in great, I've had him for a few weeks now. We are buying our house so he still needs his first birdy vet trip but i was also waiting to get his harness for. (He isn't clipped).
He was on (all living things) cockatiel seed mix but I'm transitioning him into a basic chop. I make chop for a lizard i have so its mostly of a "things he doesn't like but needs to eat" chop for the bird so he gets used to eating greens and veg, he gets fruits later in the day bc i know he likes those lol
This week its just banana, strawberry, red bell pepper, and kale. He's finally stopped throwing the pepper on the ground and tantruming about it although he is being extra messy with it. He also appears to have eaten the kale this morning.
He has adjusted his bite pressure quite a bit and I'm no longer getting chunks taken out of my fingers! He will start pinching me if he feels i am not giving him treats to his satisfaction (unearned lol)
He loves to make the kissy sound a lot, so we pretty much spend all day making kissy noises at each other (I'm crazy I'm sure). He also likes to play "copycat " where i try to copy his sounds or him mine, but if i get really quiet, he does too in a birdie whisper! Its hilarious! A lot of the time if i make the kissy noises he does a really great laugh.
He's a bit hard to convince to come out of the cage, but once he does i can normally get him onto his "stick " and work from there.
He's such a smarty i can't wait to tighten up his rusty tricks and teach him new ones!
Hes pretty good at pottying on command, and knows if he wants out he has to poop....my man didn't realize this and thought he was scaring the literal poop out of the bird and felt awful. I was cracking up
I'm really glad i got this little fluffball. We are good buddies already and I'm sure we will only get along better over time.
He was on (all living things) cockatiel seed mix but I'm transitioning him into a basic chop. I make chop for a lizard i have so its mostly of a "things he doesn't like but needs to eat" chop for the bird so he gets used to eating greens and veg, he gets fruits later in the day bc i know he likes those lol
This week its just banana, strawberry, red bell pepper, and kale. He's finally stopped throwing the pepper on the ground and tantruming about it although he is being extra messy with it. He also appears to have eaten the kale this morning.
He has adjusted his bite pressure quite a bit and I'm no longer getting chunks taken out of my fingers! He will start pinching me if he feels i am not giving him treats to his satisfaction (unearned lol)
He loves to make the kissy sound a lot, so we pretty much spend all day making kissy noises at each other (I'm crazy I'm sure). He also likes to play "copycat " where i try to copy his sounds or him mine, but if i get really quiet, he does too in a birdie whisper! Its hilarious! A lot of the time if i make the kissy noises he does a really great laugh.
He's a bit hard to convince to come out of the cage, but once he does i can normally get him onto his "stick " and work from there.
He's such a smarty i can't wait to tighten up his rusty tricks and teach him new ones!
Hes pretty good at pottying on command, and knows if he wants out he has to poop....my man didn't realize this and thought he was scaring the literal poop out of the bird and felt awful. I was cracking up
I'm really glad i got this little fluffball. We are good buddies already and I'm sure we will only get along better over time.
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