Originally posted by ScantyNebula
Held them? If by hold you mean look at them, then sure! lol
Naw, they are afraid of my hands. Chip is pretty vocal .. he will mimic the sounds I make sometimes, like the sound you make to your cat with your lips. And you know the whistle that a guy does when he sees a pretty girl? He mimics that whistle too =) How cute

OMG and you know what they were doing tonight? Twice?? Oh yea. They were being very bad. I noticed some strange noises and when I looked over and saw them at the nasty, they noticed I had moved so they backed away. Evidently a new environment doesn't take a toll on that activity ... LOL .. sure they're not rabbits in disguise?
He he he!!! I guess they ARE comfortable in their new home then.

If they're mating, that's probably why they're so noisy. While my tiels are always quiet and peaceful, during the spring (which is the ONLY time they show any interest in each other), its hard to get them to shut their little beaks. I usually seperate them during the day when they're *in the mood*, because I don't want to breed them, and as long as they can't see/hear each other, they stay quiet. I usually take them out and play with them in different rooms until the *spring fever* ends. I know some birds mate all year round though, so I don't know what you can do if your birds are that way. If you seperate them, they'll probably still hear each other because you live in an apartment, and make even more noise by calling back and forth. It would probably upset them too, because they don't seem to feel secure around people at this point either.

Are you going to allow them to breed? If so, will you keep the babies, or give them away?

Chip sounds adorable! Popcorn does the wolf whistle too. I think that's something a lot of male cockatiels enjoy doing.