Introducing...

[sirrahved]

I couldn't be happier with our tiel. I would recommend one for everyone!

As for the food names for tiels, I can only comment on us. It's our theme! We now have Porkchop, Applesauce, Muffin, Marshmallow, and Tandoori. (The fish don't have names!)

[Dogz]

Congratulations on the new addition!!

Tandoori is such an adorable name. I love it!

More pictures, please!

[sirrahbed]

Devon! Tandoori is absolutely gorgeous!! Are Tiels large birds? I can't really get an idea of the size. What do you mean by getting a good grooming. (remember I am bird stupid ) I love the name and those pretty rosy cheeks on the Tiels. I bet she looks so pretty in that white cage. Sounds like you are having a great time and enjoying your newest critter. I hope to see more pictures - maybe with you in them so I can tell the size better?? Congratulations!!!! She is a beauty

[Karen]

Tandoori is a very pretty girl, lovely soft colors, and a smart girl for having chosen a Pet Talk home to belong to! Congratulations all around!

[sirrahved]

Mom,

Tandoori is being a stinker, so I haven't gotten good size comparison photos. If I perch her on my thumb she stands about as high as my fingers do. Then she has a tail about as long as her body. She's bigger than a parakeet by quite a bit.

By grooming... I mean just that! She got into my hair and ruffled it and "cleaned" it. Just like some cats do. Or if you've seen a bird cleaning themselves.

She's not happy that I put her back in her cage, but she was walking around to my back no matter how many times I moved her! She can be very stubborn. She likes chewing my ring, and will seek it out if I hide my hand. Sometimes I take it off so I can get her to focus on other things.

[flamepony12]

CONGRATULATIONS!!! You are so lucky! i want a tiel SOOO bad!!
now i'll make your sig with those pix!

[CathyBogart]

What a BEAUTIFUL birdie!! Tandoori, you have certainly landed in the right home! I look forward to many happy updates and beautiful pictures.

[K9soul]

Tandoori is beautiful! Congratulations! Feel free to share more pictures anytime

[flamepony12]

:breathes hard: :sighs: :faints:
Tandoori is B-E-A-U-TIFUL!!

[flamepony12]

once again, :WOW:!!! i am so excited to get one!

[DJFyrewolf36]

Originally posted by sirrahbed
Devon! Tandoori is absolutely gorgeous!! Are Tiels large birds? I can't really get an idea of the size. What do you mean by getting a good grooming. (remember I am bird stupid ) I love the name and those pretty rosy cheeks on the Tiels. I bet she looks so pretty in that white cage. Sounds like you are having a great time and enjoying your newest critter. I hope to see more pictures - maybe with you in them so I can tell the size better?? Congratulations!!!! She is a beauty

Mom posted a picture of Fuzzy Grapenut earlier in the thread, and let me tell you that little goofball of feathers taught me a lot about tiels! Cockatiels are pretty small birds. (But have huge huge attitudes lol). Moms tiels like to groom each other especially after a good water misting. Moms Teils LOVE being misted with water, does Tandoori or have you even tried that yet? At first, moms gang was really POed at the prospect of getting a bath but on that first REAL hot day of the summer they learned to really love it!

[BitsyNaceyDog]

She's awesome!!! What do Muffin and Marshmallow think of her?

Indeed, Tandoori is a girl. Male grey cockatiels have almost a completely yellow face. Female greys are almost all grey in the face. Another confirmation is if she has spots on the underside of her flight feathers.

[sirrahved]

I've read, though, that boys can look like girls until their first molt at 6-9 months of age. This is what they told me at the pet shop, too. She's three months old right now, and was only weaned a week ago. Is this not true?

[sirrahved]

Determining the sex of the young cockatiel is not always easy; it often consists of an educated guess. The males and females of the normal greys and cinnamons are identical when young. They show little or no yellow on the face and both have large spots under the wings on the long flight feathers. As the males approach maturity and molt into adult plumage, usually at six months to a year, they lose their under wing spots and the facial area becomes mostly yellow. The orange cheek patch stands out clearly against the light colored head. The females continue to look like the young birds after molting. They retain their under wing spots and have very little yellow in the facial areas. They have the orange cheek patch but against the darkness of the surrounding plumage it is less obvious.

[popcornbird]

Originally posted by sirrahved
I've read, though, that boys can look like girls until their first molt at 6-9 months of age. This is what they told me at the pet shop, too. She's three months old right now, and was only weaned a week ago. Is this not true?

It is true. ILoveMyAbbyGirl's Charlie TOTALLY looked like a female when she got him, but now he's brightened up, and almost positively, a boy. They all look like females as babies. Unless you get them DNA sexed, its hard to know for sure until after their first molt.