Angela_2
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Hello everyone.
A dear friend of mine bought a cockatiel. She decided to take him/her because they were in really bad situation, bad feather and weak body. It seems sadly they previous owner didn't take care of them. The cage wasn't clean at all and the food wasn't good for a parrot. So , she decided to take care of him/her to make them home and give the best she could do for them.
So i'd like to have advices for her since it's her first parrot. I gave her mine based on my experience with Tweety. But i'm no expert nor familiar with cockatiels
We see that she/he doesn't eat veggies nor fruit, only seeds despite anything she tried. Also there's a bald spot under their beak (and there's no broken feathers in the cage button or anywhere, it doesn't seem to be plucking i think it's due the lack of poor diet and caring) and they make a noise that seems to be a young bird
The feathers look bad as well as the tail. they have their wings unclipped but never fly
They were very stressed in beginning but then they seem doing fine and whistling a lot nicely.
she's going to buy them pellet and other stuff and go to the vet once it's possible.
What can guys advise in this situation? anything the she can do to make them feel better and convince them to eat veggies
note: here's a link she sent me to post here of what they look like. She isn't sure yet about if she's a she or a he nor about their age
A dear friend of mine bought a cockatiel. She decided to take him/her because they were in really bad situation, bad feather and weak body. It seems sadly they previous owner didn't take care of them. The cage wasn't clean at all and the food wasn't good for a parrot. So , she decided to take care of him/her to make them home and give the best she could do for them.
So i'd like to have advices for her since it's her first parrot. I gave her mine based on my experience with Tweety. But i'm no expert nor familiar with cockatiels
We see that she/he doesn't eat veggies nor fruit, only seeds despite anything she tried. Also there's a bald spot under their beak (and there's no broken feathers in the cage button or anywhere, it doesn't seem to be plucking i think it's due the lack of poor diet and caring) and they make a noise that seems to be a young bird
The feathers look bad as well as the tail. they have their wings unclipped but never fly
They were very stressed in beginning but then they seem doing fine and whistling a lot nicely.
she's going to buy them pellet and other stuff and go to the vet once it's possible.
What can guys advise in this situation? anything the she can do to make them feel better and convince them to eat veggies
note: here's a link she sent me to post here of what they look like. She isn't sure yet about if she's a she or a he nor about their age
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