Here is another picture of my two eating dinner. They are a bit scruffy right now since they are going through a molt. Even though Hodgins was acting a lot like a male I am thinking that he is acutely a female since he still has his pearling but a few more months and I should know for sure.
Thanks, I always have Zupreem pellets in a dish near the top of the cage. Their dinner consists of 3 tablespoons seed (I use a seed mix that does not have sunflower seeds in it but I add a few to their dinner) , 4 nutri-berries, home made birdie bread based on this recipe http://cutelittlebirdiesaviary.weebly.com/our-birdie-bread-recipe--red-pepper-and-cillantro.html , homemade egg food based on this recipe http://cutelittlebirdiesaviary.weebly.com/egg-food--our-aviary-recipe-step-by-step.html , soak and cook and for fruit and veggies I buy a a large variety since I also have pigeons, a rabbit and a lot of rats that all have veggies every day. This is a good list for safe veggies & fruits http://www.beaknwings.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=295&Itemid=435 & here is a site with ways of getting your bird to eat veggies http://jenb0128.hubpages.com/hub/Adding-Fruits-and-Vegetables-to-Your-Pet-Birds-Diet . It took almost a year for Angela to start eating veggies out of her bowl but she would eat a few bites if I pretended to eat them and then offered her some. I found that Angela likes her veggies cut into tiny bite sized chunks and Hodgins eats anything that he sees Angela eating. Parsley, cilantro, frozen corn and broccoli are big hits with most of the birds I have had and I found that sprinkling seed on the veggies helps a lot. I hope it is ok to post this forum but Talk Cockatiels http://talkcockatiels.com/forum.php is a great place to talk to other Cockatiel owners.
Good luck with your 'tiel! talkcockatiels.com is a great forum for all things Cockatiel. This site is also great but talkcockatiels.com is all about cockatiels! I have an account on there and use it quite frequently for any questions I might have.Wow, thanks for all that great info! It's taken almost a year just to get the bird to perch on my son's finger, and many people have advised luring the bird with a favorite treat. Unfortunately it makes him even more afraid, so guess we'll have to keep putting treats in his cage until he realizes it can't hurt him. Hope it doesn't take another year!
He loves attention, but wants to stay in or on his cage. He loves looking out the window to watch the chickens and is a great whistler.
