Care & Feeding of Cockatiels

Posted by raz on Jul 2nd, 2008
2008
Jul 2

Well, we know one thing — they like sprouts! Here’s the little guy is eating sprouted tiel seed and the small sprouts from our big guys’ mix.

Carly’s Blueberry Mango Parrot Pie is also a favorite. Recipe here. (Many variations — add zucchini, cooked yams, carrots, pumpkin — all yummy.)

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More Rocco photos….

Training a Tiny Untame Tiel

Posted by raz on Jun 13th, 2008
2008
Jun 13

I’ve just started training a fully flighted, untame cockatiel that a neighbor found last week. I’m using methods I learned from the Bird-click group and Barbara Heidenriech’s workshop. Here’s a description of the first steps I’ve done. He did not like hands at all, and did not want to sit next to people. Each of these steps was done using very small increments, clicking and treating, and only moving on when he was very at ease with the previous step.

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