Tiel Chat Cockatiel Message Board Chat

[ Tiel Chat Cockatiel Message Board Chat ]

Mr Tweets is adjusting

Posted by Seesthru, TC advisor on 6/21/2025, 3:25 pm

to life without his Riley pal. He hangs out with me. H still doens't like hands, but occassionally will allow me to pet him for a couple of seconds.

If you look at Tweets, you will notice, his yellow face isn't as yellow as most make tiels, but it's not as gray as females. So Mr Tweets is an enigma. I do believe he is male, maybe with weaker hormones? He's never laid an egg, of course.

Anyway, He's adjusting. Sometimes he even grinds his beak. He screeches at Solomon, then sings to him. He ignores Rainbow. He's leery of the budgies, and, of course, keeps his tail feathers away from Rico!

Re: Mr Tweets is adjusting

Posted by Seesthru, TC advisor on 6/21/2025, 3:29 pm, in reply to "Mr Tweets is adjusting"

Tweets seeign if I'm looking. He wants to gnaw on the edge of the computer, LOL!

Re: Mr Tweets is adjusting

Posted by Nancy on 6/21/2025, 6:35 pm, in reply to "Re: Mr Tweets is adjusting"

Glad he is starting to adjust. So cute waiting for the coast to be clear..lol

Re: Mr Tweets is adjusting

Posted by Lori on 6/21/2025, 6:37 pm, in reply to "Re: Mr Tweets is adjusting"

What a cutie! Could he be split to pied?

He could be

Posted by Seesthru, TC advisor on 6/21/2025, 8:51 pm, in reply to "Re: Mr Tweets is adjusting"

I don't know. I didn't know anything about him except that he plucked under his wings and on his shoulders, and his former person had to go to a nursing home. He had been in a stressful situation for a year after that, and then I got him.

Other than having face coloring that is between male and female, he seems male. He already had his name when I got him.

What was strange is that after his quarantine, when I let him meet the other birds, Riley went straight for him, and claimed him as his pal, or mate, or whatever. Riley and Rainbow had just ended their "marriage" after bickering a lot. Riley and Tweets were inseparable after that. But Tweets wasn't having anything romantic from Riley, LOL! Riley would try to mate, and Tweets would lose his temper! That's why I wondered if Tweets maybe had maybe a hormone deficiency or something.

He's always been a happy guy, and is getting a bit more cheerful again. I know he would like another pal, but he's stuck with me! He does groom my face sometimes. And occasionaly allows me to scritch his head with 1 finger. For a few seconds.

Re: He could be

Posted by Diane on 6/22/2025, 11:23 am, in reply to "He could be"

That's interesting. I originally purchased Mac for Willo. They both had a strong hate for each other instantly. I than purchased Dorian. Both loved Dorian instantly. Dorian loved Willo and Dorian adjusted to being friends with Max when WILLO DIED. Max and dorian never preened each other but they ate together they flew to the same spots together and they went to bed together. Birds do not automatically like each other. They're just like people they choose who their friends are.

Re: He could be

Posted by Seesthru, TC advisor on 6/22/2025, 12:04 pm, in reply to "Re: He could be"

Riley and Tweets instantly chose eachother. But that is the exception to the rule. Jessie pestered the daylights out of Samson for months before Samson would let Jessie perch next to him. They eventually became best friends. Rainbow and Solomon are cage mates because the flock is so much smaller.

I remember Noelle the lovebird couldn't stand Niholas the lovebird. They both ended up hanging out wiht budgies rather than eacother.

Re: He could be

Posted by Diane on 6/22/2025, 8:14 pm, in reply to "Re: He could be"

That's funny.

Re: He could be

Posted by Seesthru, TC advisor on 6/22/2025, 11:06 pm, in reply to "Re: He could be"

It is. At first it was kind of sad because Nicholas kept courting Noelle, and she would ignore him or fuss at him. He was a perfectly handsome green lovebird. She said no, though. He then made some budgie friends. She already had a budgie friend. They never hung out together. It was cute, seeing them be gentle with the budgies, and the budgies singing to them.

Re: Mr Tweets is adjusting

Posted by Seesthru, TC advisor on 6/21/2025, 8:52 pm, in reply to "Re: Mr Tweets is adjusting"

He gets mad that I won't allow him to chew on my computer, LOL!

Re: Mr Tweets is adjusting

Posted by Gina on 6/28/2025, 11:40 am, in reply to "Re: Mr Tweets is adjusting"

The NERVE!!!

Re: Mr Tweets is adjusting

Posted by Cindy AZ on 6/23/2025, 3:49 pm, in reply to "Mr Tweets is adjusting"

He's adorable. We've had some that had paler yellow faces, too. Probably just a natural variation, what with all the color mutations they probably carry genes for. Budgies can be little monsters, teasing and tail pulling, LOL. A bird has to watch his tail around them.

Re: Mr Tweets is adjusting

Posted by Cecilia on 6/23/2025, 7:14 pm, in reply to "Mr Tweets is adjusting"

Happy to hear he is adjusting. He is so cute!

Re: Mr Tweets is adjusting

Posted by Cathy on 6/26/2025, 10:51 am, in reply to "Re: Mr Tweets is adjusting"

Shiloh used to scold me when I wouldn't let her do something. I had this "uh uh uh" voice I used that meant no and she would mimic it when scolding me for not letting her do something. I love the "is the coast clear?" pic!

Cathy

« Back to index

[ Tiel Chat Cockatiel Message Board Chat ]