No, I haven’t, but I’d like to try it. I also would like to try deep fried turkey.
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Get an empty spray bottle, fill it with water, and spray the cockatiel every so often. Cuts down on the dust.
That’s another thing about cockatiels, they can live at least 20 years.
Yeah, I do and it does help. I sometimes let him play in the sink, too.
If you live alone, or with a spouse, I’d recommend a conure. They are fun birds! But can be very territorial, and mine was awesome with me and my husband, but became irrationally jealous of my 8 y.o. son. As in, attack on sight. We eventually sadly rehomed him after 2 years of that and then a new baby in the house, to a bachelor friend, where he’s apparently thriving.
All that aside, conures are really fun, cheeky companions. We did not keep ours in a cage, but sorta trained him to potty in a few places that we kept paper or cleaned regularly. He did have an open cage (just because he “came” with it–he was a rescue from a deceased elderly lady) that we nested out with his help and kept his staple grain in there (but other food would be elsewhere). They are basically smarter budgies. He said a few words, but liked to sing along to me playing piano. What he really loved was our playing DJ Hero (a music video game) that was popular at the time, especially when the Cypress Hill set would come on. LOL. I’ll see if I can dig up the videos. He also liked to nuzzle down in my cleavage for an hour or so at bedtime, which was endearing but could be inconvenient. Anyway, I guess conures can bond with with one or two humans, but any more and they get weird.
Edit: Our conure was not loud at all. He vocalized when it was appropriate–as in, to be sociable. I’ve read that that’s pretty normal for conures. Caveat, I was home all the time and could hang out with him when he wanted, so YMMV.
This is an important point. The more intelligent the bird, the more time it will require from you in order for it to be happy. Our African Grey has five cages; sunroom, porch, mancave, work, and boat, as well as a small travel cage. He comes to work with me every day. People share their lunches with Rocco, going out of their way to bring what they know he likes.
Compared with our three dogs, the bird is way more demanding.
Same with Quakers (aka Monk parakeets). We still have our guy from Wilson Parrot Foundation but our cockatiels have since died of old age. Good thing about Quakers is they can eat cockatiel food. Ray the Quaker has a big water bowl in the back of his cage so he can bathe whenever he wants.
Ray does get loud at times but that’s pretty much limited to when he’s demanding something, like having his door opened.
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