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.
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