Post by thislldo on Oct 7, 2011 9:26:14 GMT -8
Hi. I'm Deborah and my cockatiel is Doodlebug.
I found Doodle flying loose in June and have not been able to find his owners. He is a cock, normal grey split to pied and pearl (DallyTsuka taught me about his splits-- Hi Dally! <waves>). I have no idea how old he is.
He has blossomed from a lost, apprehensive, grieving little foundling into an affectionate, brave and happy cockatiel. We still have issues to work on: he fears my hands except for step-ups; he won't eat any food that isn't dry and rock hard except for sprouts (and they still have to be pretty well-dried); he has not bathed in any way in the 4 months I've had him; and he gets terribly depressed when left alone-- to the extent that he eats very little and seldom plays unless I am with him. We are working together on these things and make a little more progress every day.
I have never had a tame cockatiel before. He certainly is by far the most cooperative bird I have ever met, much less owned.
Here is a pic of my handsome boy on our messy keyboard. Yes his play area is my desk. The little playgym is less than a foot away, but he chose his own special area between the keyboard and monitor and that's where his toys are. He's close enough to hop on me for a cuddle, and he can watch the monitor to see if anything interesting is happening there. This morning he tried to grab the kleenex when I cleaned up a dropping, so I gave him a piece of paper towel to play with.
I found Doodle flying loose in June and have not been able to find his owners. He is a cock, normal grey split to pied and pearl (DallyTsuka taught me about his splits-- Hi Dally! <waves>). I have no idea how old he is.
He has blossomed from a lost, apprehensive, grieving little foundling into an affectionate, brave and happy cockatiel. We still have issues to work on: he fears my hands except for step-ups; he won't eat any food that isn't dry and rock hard except for sprouts (and they still have to be pretty well-dried); he has not bathed in any way in the 4 months I've had him; and he gets terribly depressed when left alone-- to the extent that he eats very little and seldom plays unless I am with him. We are working together on these things and make a little more progress every day.
I have never had a tame cockatiel before. He certainly is by far the most cooperative bird I have ever met, much less owned.
Here is a pic of my handsome boy on our messy keyboard. Yes his play area is my desk. The little playgym is less than a foot away, but he chose his own special area between the keyboard and monitor and that's where his toys are. He's close enough to hop on me for a cuddle, and he can watch the monitor to see if anything interesting is happening there. This morning he tried to grab the kleenex when I cleaned up a dropping, so I gave him a piece of paper towel to play with.
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thats how you can tell a whiteface split. Tsuka has it too
