Beauty over personality? RE: choosing pets

[Maria Vaerewyck]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Dina Lerret" 
<bunniqula at ...> wrote:

> I dunno about listening to me. {g}
> 
> I ended up buying both today and paying for them on a credit card.
> Thankfully, it's a new credit card with one of those no interest
> introductory periods and I'm... bad thing to do but... relying on 
my
> Christmas bonus to then pay off the card.  I really should've 
picked
> up only one since both ended up costing over $250 (extra dishes, 
food,
> toys, etc had added to the costs) but I couldn't decide on one 
bird.
> A pet store employee was helpful in getting both birds out for me 
to
> inspect.
> 
> Wooboy, the not-as-pretty male (I'm guessing he may grow out of the
> 'dirty face' stage since he's young - his face has gray feathers
> mottled between yellow versus a more smooth yellow face), which 
he's
> now named Lucky, was an exercise for both me and the employee to 
catch
> when he escaped and then when I got home... oh man, I'm tired 
because
> I let him play on the floor and then I couldn't catch him as he 
zoomed
> under and around furniture. {g}  Such a high energy little fellow, 
and
> when he sat on my shoulder, he still didn't stop trying to find
> mischief by then pulling hair out of my hair claw.
> 
> The pretty female, which is now named Sammy, was definitely not as
> active and easier to catch.  She sat peacefully on my shoulder.
> Unfortunately, since Lucky is very forward, he kinda scares Sammy 
and
> I watched him trying to grab her crown feathers, so I had to split
> them into two separate cages, which are now next to each other, and
> only let them together when I'm watching.  Means I'll have to make
> *another* trip to the pet store to equip *two* cages versus both 
birds
> sharing the one large.  Fortunately, I had one more spare cage in
> storage or it would've been another $50-70 for a cage.
> 
> My first cockatiel, Pretty (no, I didn't name her {g} - my mom 
named
> her because I went with her, my brother, and my sister-in-law to 
the
> birdshow and I couldn't think of a name and was like 'okay'), also
> tried to pull Sammy's crown feathers and Pretty *definitely* 
doesn't
> like Lucky because Pretty is territorial and Lucky doesn't care... 
as
> evident by Lucky stepping on Pretty's tail feathers. {chuckle}
> 
> So, three cockatiels, three cages, unplanned extra costs, and
> worrying... but I am still glad I bought both because they bring 
in a
> different mixture.  As to how Sammy didn't end up with an adjective
> for a name, I wanted at least one cockatiel named after a 
Winchester
> brother from WB/CW's Supernatural.
> 
> Dina

maria8162001:

Boy oh boy, you really can't resist to have both bird,lol, but since 
you love to have them both, then maybe it's worth it.
How young is Lucky, is he younger than Sammy? Male birds or animals 
ay more energetic than the female and depends on their age too. You 
have to think Lucky as a boy toddler who have a lot of energy and 
wants to explore and try and dare everything and everybody. But 
since he's consuming more you energy when he's out of his cage, 
maybe you have to keep on talking to him first before you let him 
out again. Talk to him while he's inside his cage while giving him 
food that you can hold while he's pecking on it and talk to him as 
well while you are holding him. when you are holding him look at his 
eyes when you are talking to him. Talk to him the way you talk to a 
child telling him what he can do and cannot do to you or to your 
other pets as well as to your stuffs. Sooner or later he would 
behave, every animals does when you talk to them. Lucky reminds me 
of our male puppy, Spot,  when I was in high school, so playful and 
full of energy. He would pull and bite our other dogs and cat's 
tail, and our chickens and turkeys feathers while they are resting 
and won't stop till one of our pets would chased him but he loves 
tease our birds the best, maybe because they are mor smaller than 
him. When my late grandfather can't take his mischiefs no longer he 
put Spot in a cage and talked to him for 3 days telling him as well 
that if he doesn't behave, he will stay in that small cage forever. 
The 4th day he let Spot out of the cage but remind him of their 
talks telling him to behave properly this time or he'll be caged 
again,this time forever. Well, Spot was like another puppy when he 
came out of the cage, well behave and so sweet to all our animals, 
and as he grows he's always the first one to come to the rescue of 
anyone from our households and animals whom he thinks are in 
trouble, which is so sweet and cute to see. Well, whenever we had a 
new pet or animals then, my late grandfather and late oldmaid aunt 
always talked to the new animals, that is why I know talking also 
works for animals and plants. My late old maid aunt always talked to 
her plants and flowers. Well, I hope this will help you with Lucky. 
Just some thoughts I want to share with you.
 I know some people find it difficult to talk animals and plants, 
but since you have a few pets, maybe you won't. Cheers.