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This is amazing and Spencer is so handsome! Try a leaf of green lettuce or Kale. Don't use iceberg lettuce. Cockatiels love to eat leafy greens (even parsley if you have it). Make sure water is available, and flaky (not sweetened) cereals or Cheerios are a good filler for the time being. Sunflower seeds are fine for now too. That is just not something you would want to feed them exclusively as they are very fattening. But in a pinch, they work!
Keep us posted. I hope dear Spencer will be just fine.
Logan
PS. I think you call that a Pearled Cockatiel if I am not mistaken. I just looked in my book to make sure! :)
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tiels, are very friendly they can eat sunflower seeds, noodles ours love kraft dinner, crackers, veggies and fruit no citrus. They can talk if you teach them mine can. They can also be very loud at times, but are a great pet.
acceptable foods are:
broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, apple, pear, peach, pinapple, quava, mango, fresh corn and cottage cheese. The things you want to stay away from are: avocodo, chocolate, ice cream, cake, cookies and high fat seeds.
high fat seeds would be the ones ppl eat....
lifespan is 12-15 yrs but they have seen them hit 20
oh yeah never give raw potatoe either
if you have any more questions let us know
Hope spencer finds his home
p.s yah it is pearled I look it up as well
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Oh Johanna, he's so gorgeous! I secretly hope you can keep him. ;) But I'm sure his family misses him.
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Update: Just got a call and found the owner! She was so excited .. said he was lost for a week! I'm so glad she did find him .. but the little guy has spoiled me now, cause I want a cockatiel of my own!! :D She's coming by to pick him up today.
The way she knew it was hers without seeing him was because when you put your finger by his legs he puts his head down to get rubs ... thats the first thing she mentioned :) how sweet
Well thats that, a happy ending :) I would have loved to have kept him but things are better off this way, I can get one someday when I can *actually* afford a cage! hehe
:)
His name is Petie :)
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Aw, that's great news.
Hopefully you'll get a tiel in the near future ...;)
