I've adopted a young boy!

[miguynmkoi]

Ladies and gents, may I introduce you to....Mango! 

[Freddie Peepers]

Cute...Good luck with him..I have always wanted one but with 2 cats I'm afraid to get one

[mascot]

Is this the one that was walking around on the patio...?

cute birdy....

[miguynmkoi]

My DD and I walked into a pet store Monday just to check out the bird food.  We haven't been in this store in forever.  We saw a sign over a cage with this beautiful lutino cockatiel sitting inside that said Adoption available for free.  DD and I stood there awwwing the cutie and wondering if the sign meant this bird or what.

Yepp.  This very young boy bird was given up by it's owners.  The store employees did not have any other info than that.  I guess the previous owners did not deserve this baby for not giving any info about anything.   Ditto for the store.

The baby was not happy in the store cage and the employee kept saying it was not tame and bites.  He put the bird in a cardboard box for small animals.  When we brought him home he turned out to be a very nice bird.  Yes he was scared at first but he warmed up to us.  Also he loves our 13 year old Kiwi (female).  He follows her and mocks her movements.  He cries like a baby when he wants to hang with Kiwi or us.  He loves getting rubbed around his head and neck.  We've named him Mango (for the color).

Did we luck out or what!

[miguynmkoi]

Michael you met Kiwi our 13 year old rescue (we paid to not have her euthanized since she was a runt).  She's not had to share her cage or schtuff with another bird for the past 3 years when our first female lutino, Daz-E, past away at the age of 14 years.  She is very happy with Mango to a certain point....trust issues. 

[Esther]

Mango is a very fortunate bird and so is Kiwi. They are fortunate to have you guys as house mates and fortunate to have each other too. They just have to get to know each other.  I also would love one but, UM, just couldn't trust the cat. She brings in the remains of sparrows from time to time.

Years ago, my son had a cockatoo. That bird learned more words from me than he did from my son. I think he liked my high voice. He also learned things like the doorbell, the floor squeak above his cage, and the phone ringing. But when my son got married, the poor bird was being ignored and began to pull his feathers. I should have offered to take him back but I didn't. Eventually they gave him to my daughter in law's sister and I don't know what happened after that.

Does a cockatiel talk as much as a cockatoo?

[miguynmkoi]

Thank you Freddie.  We've had birds for many years and the thing we worry about the most when we take them outside in the backyard are cats and hawks.  We've solved the cat problem I think but the big birds that are swooping in with all the nests and young birds in the trees around are a bit scary for Kiwi and us.

Thanks Esther!  We think we are lucky too.  We hope Mango will learn to talk.  Kiwi doesn't  but she understands certain words we use for food, get in, come on and many others.  Hopefully she doesn't teach Mango her bad traits.  We have them in their own cages for now to make sure they don't get each other sick (and learn bad habits). 

[Kittyzee]

What sweet birds!     And how lucky for them that you have love and compassion enough to adopt them!  I'd love to have some also, but of course the "cat" thing at my house totally prevents it...

[maryvonne]

Nice looking bird!

[PondmaninAL]

I would like an aviary some day but my problem isn't cats or birds of prey. It's a wife that don't like putting birds in cages.

[miguynmkoi]

Scott, my birds only go in the cage for their safety.  Otherwise they roam inside and out (with us).  Not thrilled with the poopies indoors but at least the birds are happy.  Kiwi loves sitting on her cage during the day and goes inside it at night - on her own.  When we go to the yard she wants to follow us.  We've clipped her wings so she can only glide a short distance.  She has favorite areas in the yard she likes to sit either on her basket or perched higher on chairs etc.

Kiwi thinks she is like us.  She has most of her dinners with us, ie, she eats what we eat but in smaller quantities    Hopefully Mango can follow in her steps too.  So far he mimics her moves.  She is not amused. 

[Pa Nancy]

What a cutie. I have one just like him. His name is Daisy. Yeah Daisy is a he.   Was named before we found out he was a boy.  He talks up a storm, and he also whistles tunes. Andy Griffith song is his best. He copied everything the other talker says and a few more.  He is very clumsy though and is always breaking feathers. I was told the Lutinos get hurt the easiest.  He doesn't fly well  even though he has full flight feathers. He just drops like a rock. I wished he realized that. Some day he's gonna plop too hard.  :'( He has the prettiest Mohawk when it's fully grown in.

I also have 4 others. One male that talks, and 3 females.

[Bullfrog]

Nice teil, we had several but the last one Phoenix flew out of the door one day when my wife opened it for a moment and it broke her heart. She raised large exotic birds for years and hand fed the babies.

[KatFish]

Cuties.  I have a standard gray male named Tweek.  He 'talks' a lot and whistles up a storm.   

[Esther]

Is it just the males that talk? Seems I have heard that. Doesn't make sense does it?

[KatFish]

I've heard that too.  Maybe they need something to impress the ladies.  Mine does like to wolf-whistle and say pretty birdy    One day I had him on the front porch with me and a teenaged girl goes walking by.  Just then Tweek let out one of his long wolf whistles and that girl looked at me like I was some crazy lady.     Naughty birdy getting me in trouble 

[Pa Nancy]

Yes it is mostly the males that talk. I've heard females may say a word or two, but the boys are the big talkers. Go figure? 

Both the boys are always trying to get the girls attention. They will wolf whistle and say " I love you gimme kiss" then make kissy noises. It's hilarious. The girls ignore them.  The one bird will call " Ginger " (the dog) and he loves to ride on her back, and she likes doing it. There's a biscuit in it for her. 

It's amazing sometimes their timing. A few times it's happened where I would walk thru the house not fully dressed and one of them would wolf whistle. Now he NEEDS his eyes examined. 

I also have 2 normal grays, a pied cinnamon, and I forget the other one.

[lorraine1960]

BEAUTIFUL,AND HE LOOKS VERY HAPPY MOM!!! lorraine

[miguynmkoi]

Your Daisy is beautiful Nancy!  So is the gray in the background.  My Daz-E was 14 when she just, literally, keeled over.  I think she may have laid too many eggs in the past few years of her life. 

I've hand fed 3 female cockatiels ever and none of them spoke a word but they understood our commands pretty well.  We just hope Mango will talk.  He still has the baby cry noise.  Never thought I would get another bird but couldn't pass up the chance of taking this beauty home.

Thanks Lorraine!  Mango has 2 mommies, DD and me.