Soon
after purchasing our first cockatiel
Spock.
I started looking for a companion for him. It didn't seem right to have
him being all alone when we where at work. In the summer I finally got
in contact with a family who had a 4 1/2 month old hand tamed baby,
named Momo. We didn't know whether it was a male or a female but the
family thought it to be a female. Momo came to live with us, and we
loved him from the first moment we saw him. We think its a male because
he sings a lot and do a lot of jumping on the floor, trying to impress
Spock...
Spock met Momo on the night we brought him home (June 16th) and
immediately flew over to his cage, going for the millet spray inside. He
got a bit nervous as Momo soon climbed out to greet his new friend. The
first night Momo slept in his bathtub with his tail in the water, and
Spock slept on top of the tub. The next night Momo moved in with Spock
in the big cage which we had built for them earlier. Momo is normal grey
just like Spock, but his colors are not as brilliant. He is a lighter
grey and still carries his yellow tail-feathers. He is really sweet and
can be quite vocal - often singing to us or Spock. Momo loves to keep
his beak busy! He spends hours biting on the branches and twigs in the
cage and their tree. He also bites a lot on our bookshelf... *sigh*
Luckily it's a cheap model made out of wood... He also plays a lot more
than Spock, swinging and climbing all over the living room. He is often
seen either in the cage or in the tree hanging like a bat upside down
with his wings extended. Momo was converted to pellets along with Spock.
He had tried pellets at his previous home, but liked seeds better. Now
he's eating his pellets without any fuss. He also loves rice, potato,
egg and millet sprays.
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