They are not tamed. I had the parents but gave them to my boyfriend who has more time for them. The father is a handsome, tame white faced pied and the mother was a white faced but with only a couple grey spots. They sucessfully raised 2 young (I couldn’t hand feed due to time constraints) but I didn’t have the time to “tame” them. I now realized it wasn’t a good idea for me to let them breed if I didn’t have the time to hand-feed them and make them into good pets.
The one is just like the dad and the other is a beautiful white faced pearl (great markings). I don’t their sex. I’ve seen test kits in the back of bird magazines, are they accurate and do they work? If one is a male and the other a female, could they breed or is not good to inbreed birds?
I don’t have time for these guys and I feel bad (although I do have them in a very large, clean cage with plenty of treats and toys and they are in a pitersque bay window) so I think I should sell them. Should I sell them as a pair? What would be a reasonable price for one or both of them? Petshops usually sell them for at least $100 (for the non-common varieties) up to $175 but then again, most of those are still babies and are somewhat tame.
Can mine still be tames at a year old? They hiss at me if I stick my hand in there? Also, they aren’t very vocal. Does this mean they are probably both females? Their dad talks and whistles tunes.
SORRY FOR SO MANY QUESTIONS!
Oh, here’s a link with what they look like:
http://www.backperch.com/images/tielBeauty.JPG (mine has much better, even markings though)
and the other looks a lot like the white faced pearl in the photo (scroll down a bit):
http://www.tieltreasures.com/gallery.htm
THANKS GUYS! And I learned my lesson now about breeding irresponsibly, I should have removed the eggs and not put a nest box in there.
Hmmm…. Alot of questions!! I work at a bird store, and we have plenty of cockatiels. For white faced cockatiels, we usually sell them for about $110. But, since theire not tame, I’d suggest about $100 each. You could put a discount if they buy them both. Also, it doesn’t matter if they are female, or male, ALL cockatiels will whistle, and chirp..etc. Yours just need some attention, and they’ll start vocalizing.
And yes, any bird can be tamed. Even better when their young, and 1 year is pretty young. Before you decide if your going to sell them, why don’t you try to tame them yourself? My first cockatiel, a white faced pied cockatiel which looks excatly like the first picture, used to hiss and whine when i first got him, only because he was scared. Eventually, he stepped up on a pencil, then my finger, and then my shoulder, all because i had patience and love to offer. It’s ironic that there is a Green Cheek Conure next to that first picture of a ‘tiel, because I also have a green cheek conure.
Anyway, you should try and tame them, because you never know whether they can be amazing, friendly, little birdies ( and often times, they ARE!! )
Good Luck!!!
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Not hand tamed or handfed I would say not more that $50 each and probably less than that. The birds you see in the petshops are generally hand tame and handfed which makes them worth more. Also petshops tend to charge significanly more than you would get the bird from a private breeder for.
No they should not be allowed to breed if they are brother and sister. Allowing that close a mating should only be done by experianced breeders who know the lines well and have a very specific goal in mind.
Yes they can be hand tamed with a bit of time and patients
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