well i got my cockitiel for free becasue the past owners didnt like him so ya.. he was nice intill he got attacked by our malamute.. then he turned mean he bites and hisses now at everyone who comes near is cage... he loves Spank *our budgy* they always are together... Spanky is male and soo is Ceeko our Cockitiel.. The reson we got a budgy is because Ceekos last mate died *she was a yello female named homer she was soo sweet* Cheeko freaked when Homer died he started plucking all his feathers out and squaking 24/7 so we disided to get a friend for him... ever other cocitiel we seen was to expensive so we got a budgy and now cheeko is happy and fine its all good