1. I feed my tiels pretty much anything. The exceptions are NO avocados, chocolate, alcohol, watch the sugar and salt intake, and take the pits out of fruits that have them. Calcium is very important especially for females. Fruits and veggies are also important. My tiels like veggies better then fruits. In the cage there should be pellets and some seed.
2. When I bought Evie the place I got her from offered to DNA test her for $35. She’s a female and they said the test is 99% accurate.
3. I have two males and two females. There is a HUGE difference in how vocal they are. Alex, one of my females, is so quiet. I barely ever hear a peep out of her. Evie, her cage mate, is a little louder. My boys are loud! Danny is a lot louder then Milton, but both can be controlled by covering the cage for a few minutes. Yelling or giving them attention when they are loud only encourages them to be louder. Covering the cage and not giving them attention is the best way, in my opinion, to correct a loud bird.
4. Only my girls are hand raised for sure. My boyfriend found Danny, so he was free and I adopted Milton for $40. Milton is defiantly not hand fed or tame, but Danny is. Both of my girls are hand fed and very tame. Alex was $90 about 8 years ago when I got her. I got Evie a few months ago and she was $85. I saw hand fed tiels at Petco for $120, so yes I think $90 is a good price.
5. Harley is very aggressive with birds and Sylvia can be sometimes. I’m in the process of letting Sylvia get to know my tiels, but Harley will never. I could never trust him with them. My RB Shih Tzu, Angie, was great with Alex. I would put Alex on the couch next to Angie and go in the shower. I trusted her 100%. All dogs are different; you will have to see how Muffin reacts. On the off chance that a tiel is flying around the living room and Harley is in the house, I just yell and he knows I mean business. Alex takes a calcium supplement and when I give it to her I leave the cage open. Evie likes to fly out sometimes and Harley has been ok with that. However, he’s still a JRT and like I said I couldn’t trust him with the tiels. Hope this helps!