new baby cockatiel!

[TheBantyCoop]

Do you have an avian vet locally? I would recommend asking them your questions, I don't know what I would do without my vet!

Good luck with your baby!

Best of luck,
El

PS: Just you wait until your chick becomes a fledgling, that stage is adorable! They tend to be clutzy, silly birds. My girl used to fall off her cage perches all the time when she was younger, poor girl!

 

[Mezza72]

You should jump on the talkcockatiel forum too.

Welcome to the crazy world of parrots. We have 3 birdies - 1 x tiel (Skiddles), 1 x quaker (Louey) and 1 x Hahns Macaw (Oscar).

Your bubba is adorable!!!!

 

[ChrisandraO]

right now he looks slightly off just because he is growing in feathers haha. I used to have Love birds so I am not 100% new to this but when I bred them the adults showed them the ropes when it came to new foods and trying things(Like learning how to break out of their cages XD ) so trying to teach them from scratch makes me worry a bit.

 

[TheBantyCoop]

Yeah hand rearing a baby bird is very different from having the parents rear it. Good luck! I am sure you will do fine!

 

[ChrisandraO]

the baby is in the fledgling stage now haha. s/he has learned step up already (I just put my hand flat on the bottom of the cage and say 'step up' and regardless where s/he is it will come running over onto my hand.) and is trying out perching and adult calls/sounds (until it sees me of course then it goes right back to food calling XD )

 

[TheBantyCoop]

Oh, so cute! Do you have pictures or a video?

 

[ChrisandraO]

Here are some current pictures im fairly sure it is a female. I will be getting the baby dna sexed in the next few weeks though.

 

[TheBantyCoop]

Oh my goodness little baby!!!

I found this interesting video online about why we see things as cute

Just out of the blue, because I am absolutely melting right now!! She's beautiful, she's a pearl right?

-El

 

[ChrisandraO]

Yes the babys are super cute. She is a yellow faced (mid range pied) pearl.

 

[TheBantyCoop]

Beautiful! My first Tiel was a pearl, she sadly dies of a bacterial infection, poor girl

I was new to birds (she was my first) and I ignored/didn't notice the signs of illness until she was lying cold in the cage corner. I have learned a lot though and I saved my second bird from a similar illness by taking her to a vet immediately after purchase (the normal colored girl I have today).

I recommend annual vet visits! (my first girl was from a pet store (not chain, I would never) and my second was from a reputable breeder who was horrified to hear that my bird was sick! Tiels get sick and are darn good at hiding it too!!

I am not trying to cue the violins in this up-tune thread, but I just want to recommend vet visits! They are lifesavers quite literally!!

Best of luck,
El