Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!spdcc!ima!cfisun!susans From: susans@cfi.COM (susans) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: Cockatiels Message-ID: <316@cfiprod.UUCP> Date: 17 Oct 88 16:09:02 GMT References: <1521@valhalla.ee.rochester.edu> <1107@leah.Albany.Edu> Reply-To: susans@cfiprod.UUCP (Susan Scheide -CFI-) Organization: Consumer Financial Institute, Waltham, Mass. Lines: 30 In article ls1i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Leonard John Schultz) writes: > >>> Is the cockatiel a baby? The ones I've seen here, they get used to >>> people before they sell them. > > > He's a few months old (maybe a year). > >Then he can't be a hand-fed baby. You mention that he is nervous around >people. If someone took the time to feed the baby by hand, then he would >constantly be comfortable in the company of people. Not true, not true. My cockatiel was handfed, and HATES everyone but me. I was not the feeder, but I was his first owner after babyhood. He has attached himself to me as if I was his mother, and bites at anyone who approaches him, and has gone so far as to run across the room (his wings were clipped for his first year) and bite the ankle of a man I was kissing. There are good handfeeders, and bad. Since a seller gets more money for a handfed, it is logical to make the attempt to spoon feed if possible, but I imagine there are those who might be rough about it. I owned one for a week that was downright vicious. I just love seeing pet birds back in this group! Won't those snotty birdwatchers from Toronto be p.o.ed!! -- Susan Scheide Another friend of Bill's "I am responsible..."