I might get a bird...........

**Jessika** · 05-15-2006, 04:04 PM

Definitely a male cockatiel

If you want a tame bird, go with a smaller personal bird breeder, or a mom and pop type store where the babies are hand fed and raised from an early age. Those are usually MUCH tamer than any bird you will buy at a commercial pet store.

**Husky_mom** · 05-15-2006, 04:23 PM

i think i´m going towards the tiel...........

i was between a red canary, a blue or white parakeet, or a yellow or white tiel, now i´ve went to see some tiels and i´m in love now i just need to decide which one, i went to this "breeder" (since we dont have like professional breeders here) but is a lady that breeds responsibly i´ve seen her birds, and she hand feeds them adn handles them so i just need to pick up one.............well it also depends if hubby likes them, well, not that much LOL anyway

i cant wait!!!

this lady has all yellow ones, a couple white ones, some typical gray yellow, one i now know are called pearl, adn a couple more all dark gray, really nice birds, i´ll see if she can give me a discount and get 2 LOL

**Jessika** · 05-15-2006, 04:30 PM

Well do you want the bird to bond with YOU? Because if you get two birds, they tend to bond with each other more than you. So if you want a bird that bonds with you, I would just get one, for now anyway.

**Husky_mom** · 05-15-2006, 04:37 PM

now that you mentioned.............you´re right i totally forgot about that.......thanks!! this would be easier one on one training

well now its just which one to pick...........hard one.......... keeping you posted

**Jessika** · 05-15-2006, 04:40 PM

The only cockatiels I've really been around have been the grey/yellow ones. Though GORGEOUS they may be, I haven't really seen a lot of the others (I have seen the white ones, GORGEOUS!!!) so definitely let us know, take pics if possible!!

Good luck!

**Zippy** · 05-15-2006, 06:02 PM

If you get a male peral tiel after his molt he will be a normal grey.Canery's i have never heard of one that would get on your hand.Budgies can learn to talk but in high pitched fasted voices

**Husky_mom** · 05-15-2006, 06:17 PM

when my bro was little i gave him a canary for his birthday (yeah sure just to have an excuse to get a bird LOL) and i got him to get on my fingers never out of the cage but still..........