12string Posted February 19, 2020 Share #1 Posted February 19, 2020 Found one of the Cockatiels on the bottom of the cage last night. Not unexpected, she's been really sedate and not eating for a couple days. Now the other one just will not shut up. Happy sounds, however. I guess 25+ years of sharing a cage with a pushy partner will do that. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted February 19, 2020 Share #2 Posted February 19, 2020 Will you get another? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far Posted February 19, 2020 Share #3 Posted February 19, 2020 Just now, Airehead said: Will you get another? At his age? He prolly should stick with small rodents, 2-3 years max. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr Posted February 19, 2020 Share #4 Posted February 19, 2020 Just now, 2Far said: At his age? He prolly should stick with small rodents, 2-3 years max. Does @maddmaxx know about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted February 19, 2020 18 minutes ago, Airehead said: Will you get another? We've had some kind of birds since we moved in the house, but I think that era will soon be over. I'm guessing it was just age, so the happy singing bird may soon be changing his tune, too. I don't see starting over now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr Posted February 19, 2020 Share #6 Posted February 19, 2020 Sorry for your loss. We have always been a multi dog family. The last dog we added was Remi, the hound dog that my son fell in love with and vice versa. We had two smaller dogs, Rascal , the broke back dachshund and Romeo, the highly energized mutt. We rescued Romeo from the shelter after we lost our border collie who we got as a stray, so that Rascal would not be all alone. When we lost Rascal recently, I was afraid Romeo would be lost without his little running buddy. Amazingly, Remi, who has always been pretty reserved and stand offish, has come out of shell and the two are now very close. Remi goes out in the back yard and plays with Romeo, the chase each other, and wrestle and they will often curl up on the couch or in a bed together. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted February 20, 2020 Share #7 Posted February 20, 2020 I don't know much about house birds. A friend at work is 68 & has a cockatiel, he has talked about wondering who & when to turn the bird over to a new owner as he expects it to out live him. The short stories he has told me about the bird are pretty amazing. It has smarts, emotions, and a temper. And outlasted a couple of wives..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn Posted February 20, 2020 Share #8 Posted February 20, 2020 My brother had Cockatiels for many years. One time his wife decided to try out the self cleaning feature on their oven and both birds died. I guess they need clean air. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrapr Posted February 20, 2020 Share #9 Posted February 20, 2020 10 hours ago, 12string said: Found one of the Cockatiels on the bottom of the cage last night. Not unexpected, she's been really sedate and not eating for a couple days. Now the other one just will not shut up. Happy sounds, however. I guess 25+ years of sharing a cage with a pushy partner will do that. ummm...I hate to ask. But I will anyway. Do you live in a coal mine? 12string? 12string? is this thing on? ..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share #10 Posted February 20, 2020 16 hours ago, Scrapr said: Do you live in a coal mine? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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