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I ordered a new cage for Nemo and his parakeet companion Winter, it arrived yesterday, they really seem to like it. Only possible issue is the bar spacing is a bit wider than I expected, but the parakeet can't seem to fit his head out so I hope it won't be a problem.


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Olive the house pigeon and Mozart the canary threw them a house warming party.

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Cricket is now readily coming to the front of his cage to eat millet. I had decided that when he would come up and eat from a single sprig held in my fingers, I would move on to trying to coax him near with the door open.

Tonight, he was willing to eat a small piece directly from my fingers with no hesitation, coming so close he touched my fingers with his beak. So, I think it's time to move on to working with him with the door open and no bars between us :)

Switching to pellets is going a little harder. I saw him pick up and nibble on a Roudybush mini pellet, but I've been trying him with Roudybush crumbles and Harrison's Super Fine and he's really not touching it. Perhaps he likes the Mini size better, so I'll put that in his dish instead. Too bad, since I was hoping he would like the Harrison's.
 
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Serin said:
I have a baby Quaker parrot with one wing who I found on the ground beneath a wild nesting colony in the city about 3 weeks ago, and a mess of budgies... Currently 11.

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Watch the Quaker around the budgies when he/she gets older. Our male Quaker ripped the foot off one of our budgies as they can be mean bastards around puberty time. He has bonded with my daughter the most and thinks she is is girlfriend.
 
 
Pyxis said:
Cricket is now readily coming to the front of his cage to eat millet. I had decided that when he would come up and eat from a single sprig held in my fingers, I would move on to trying to coax him near with the door open.

Tonight, he was willing to eat a small piece directly from my fingers with no hesitation, coming so close he touched my fingers with his beak. So, I think it's time to move on to working with him with the door open and no bars between us :)

Switching to pellets is going a little harder. I saw him pick up and nibble on a Roudybush mini pellet, but I've been trying him with Roudybush crumbles and Harrison's Super Fine and he's really not touching it. Perhaps he likes the Mini size better, so I'll put that in his dish instead. Too bad, since I was hoping he would like the Harrison's.
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Harrison's has a mix that you can use to make "bird bread". If your cockatiel loves to get toast as a treat, you could try it. Make it with some millet & some pellets mixed in the batter, cook it in cupcake paper. Give it as a treat, just a little at a time. (Freeze the cupcakes so you only use 1 a week). You eat a little of it, too, in front of him -- so he will think he is getting your food! They like taking the bread apart to get to the seeds, and get used to the taste of Harrison's, which is really pretty good. Dylan the Grey went from all Wally's seed to Harrison's pretty fast, about 2 months. (For an African Grey, any change is suspect)! She still gets 1 tsp of Safflower seeds in the morning for a treat. She was addicted to peanuts when we got her. Now, no peanuts. For a special training treat, 1/4 of a spray of millet.
 
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Watch the Quaker around the budgies when he/she gets older. Our male Quaker ripped the foot off one of our budgies as they can be mean bastards around puberty time. He has bonded with my daughter the most and thinks she is is girlfriend.
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He only lives with the one. I want his primary bond to be to another bird but can't get another Quaker.
 

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