Lexy (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} flowerofwinter) wrote in ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} cockatiels,@ 2005-02-16 21:38:00 |
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Ruben- New Tiel
After 2 or so months of being tiel-less I have a new birdy.
His name is Ruben he is a cinammon pied and I love him. We got off to a bad start he was static in his cage and wouldn't eat or drink for the first 24 hours. We took him back to the pet store and had a yelling match with the manager to take him back because he was either sick/unhappy with us. Manager made us take him home and said if Ruben dies in 7 days we get our money back!!! WHAT!? So the bird has to die for them to do something about it. We went to another pet store and they said to make his environtment like the cage he was in at the pet store. So I removed ALL the toys and all the perches and have one dowel perch infront of his food and HE ATE. I am going to slowly introduce branch perches and rope perches and toys one by one but for now I am happy for him to be on a dowel perch in an empty cage if it means he will eat and drink.
Anyway Ruben is a normal tiel now he climbs, he eats, he squeals oh so loud, he dips his tail in the water and he attempts to fly (his wings are clipped). I love him dearly and so glad I got advice from the other pet stores, should of got a tiel from them in the first place.
No entry about a new tiel is complete without the photos.
After 2 or so months of being tiel-less I have a new birdy.
His name is Ruben he is a cinammon pied and I love him. We got off to a bad start he was static in his cage and wouldn't eat or drink for the first 24 hours. We took him back to the pet store and had a yelling match with the manager to take him back because he was either sick/unhappy with us. Manager made us take him home and said if Ruben dies in 7 days we get our money back!!! WHAT!? So the bird has to die for them to do something about it. We went to another pet store and they said to make his environtment like the cage he was in at the pet store. So I removed ALL the toys and all the perches and have one dowel perch infront of his food and HE ATE. I am going to slowly introduce branch perches and rope perches and toys one by one but for now I am happy for him to be on a dowel perch in an empty cage if it means he will eat and drink.
Anyway Ruben is a normal tiel now he climbs, he eats, he squeals oh so loud, he dips his tail in the water and he attempts to fly (his wings are clipped). I love him dearly and so glad I got advice from the other pet stores, should of got a tiel from them in the first place.
No entry about a new tiel is complete without the photos.
