MangotheBirdy
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- Joined
- 8/30/17
- Messages
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- Carly
Hello,
I am a new cockatiel owner, and am absolutely head over heels for my little guy, Mango! I'm so excited about our blossoming friendship, but as I am new to it all, I have a few questions for the more seasoned cockatiel owners in Cockatiel Corner
1.) How often do you change seed and pellets?
2.) Does your cockatiel get the 14 hours of sleep that you read about? I find this interesting as we have his cage in the main area of the house so he is around his 'flock', but we only get around 7-8 hours of sleep ourselves. Meaning, we are up and about the main area where his cage is until we go to bed. And while we are awake, he's out of the cage. Should we be putting him to bed earlier?
3.) Do you give your cockatiels boiled or bottled water only? We live in Vancouver where we have very fresh tap water - wondering if in this case bottled water is neccessary?
4.) He steps up, except to get off my shoulder. What do you do in this situation?
Thanks for taking the time to answer!
Cheers,
Carly
I am a new cockatiel owner, and am absolutely head over heels for my little guy, Mango! I'm so excited about our blossoming friendship, but as I am new to it all, I have a few questions for the more seasoned cockatiel owners in Cockatiel Corner
1.) How often do you change seed and pellets?
2.) Does your cockatiel get the 14 hours of sleep that you read about? I find this interesting as we have his cage in the main area of the house so he is around his 'flock', but we only get around 7-8 hours of sleep ourselves. Meaning, we are up and about the main area where his cage is until we go to bed. And while we are awake, he's out of the cage. Should we be putting him to bed earlier?
3.) Do you give your cockatiels boiled or bottled water only? We live in Vancouver where we have very fresh tap water - wondering if in this case bottled water is neccessary?
4.) He steps up, except to get off my shoulder. What do you do in this situation?
Thanks for taking the time to answer!
Cheers,
Carly