Originally posted by popcornbird
Hi! Welcome to PT! I'm sure you'll fit right in here! Your pets sound like sweeties. Actually, cockatiels don't have to be handfed to be tame. Even the wildest of cockatiels and be tamed and become the sweetest babies ever! You just need to spend time with them and work on taking. Once they get over the fear, they stop biting. I don't know if it would be easy to tame your tiel at this age, but you could always try. Have you tried taming him properly before?

I have two cockatiels, Popcorn and Muffin, and they are the light of my eyes. They weren't handfed, but they were babies when I got them, so it didn't take more than a few days to tame them. Now they are SO sweet and cuddly, and the perfect clowns. You can see them in my signature btw.

Hi to you,Popcorn & Muffin!
Thank you for your welcome and your advice!Your birdies are beautiful and its' great that they are so tame and loving.Love to hear more about them and you?Whats' your name?I'm Connie.Anyway,my Lucky is tame enough, but he just dislikes being handled must.When I found him in my garden he was very scared and it took a long time to get him to trust me.No one claimed him and he sure wasn't looked after very well.I have had him for 9 yrs. and he is a happy bird today.I should tell you about my 16 yr. old house-sparrow that I owned once,but maybe another time?
I must go now,I hope you'll drop me a line again and we can chat animals ect.?
I will try to figure out how to do the photos sometime soon!I am rather new to this computer stuff,self taught and still learning,but its' great!
Take care and give Popcorn and Muffin a little cuddle for me!
Connie,Sweetpea & Lucky