hello.
Hi everyone, I'm new to this community. But I'm glad there are a few million communities out there for cockatiels, but I especially liked this one because it introduced as "a community for people owned by cockatiels." and that's the truth. I figure they're worse than cats, we're their slaves.. And if your bird, like mine, has the run of the house all day, then ontop of slavery, their little world is also their commode.

Anyways, little bit about myself.. My family and I have had a cockatiel hen named Sam, roughly since August of 2000. I picked her out from all of the others, because I was too blind to see that all of those times she had let me pick her up at the store, all of those times she actually came over to me.. Was all a rotten dirty scheme to get out of "the big house" and into, literarly, the lap of luxury. She has a beautiful cage, gets treats at least once a day (and if she devours the evidence quickly, another unsuspecting person of our household will hand her another.) and she eats exact diet, but won't eat the green pieces, only the red and yellow ones (mostly the red.) She's a part of our family.. And has permanently bonded with my Mom. Mom sneezes, she tweets.. Mom leaves her sight, she screams. Mom's garage door opens (and she can tell the difference between the two.) she screams bloody murder.. Now when my Dad and I try to pick her up, she lunges, bites, claws and carries on.. Well, most of the time at least. But she's become a part of our family and when I move out in January, unfortunately (cry.. cry..) I can't take her with me, but I'll get my own, but instead of a PMS-y, mean-spirited ol' hag of a girl.. I'll get a boy. (and if you need photographic proof, look at the icon.)

Well there's her life's story for you. Nice meeting you all.