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| Owly |
My cockatiel is much louder than my little greencheek conure hen; my male
greencheek is somewhat more vocal and talks but when he sounds off, and when
my cockatiel sounds off, the greencheek is raspier and hoarser sounding
while the cockatiel is very shrill.
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"Crystina J" <TheJusticeFamily@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> Hi! I was not referring to your post.. there was only a certian post
> that had me a bit annoyed. Everyone else was very helpful! How loud are
> the cockatiels & parakets.. I had seen a conure & thought that they
> were very pretty... till I read they were extremly loud. I do want a
> vocal bird that can sing or talk.. but not one that will have the
> neighbors hollaring!
> Thanks
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| John Hines |
TheJusticeFamily@webtv.net (Crystina J) wrote:
>Hi! I was not referring to your post.. there was only a certian post
>that had me a bit annoyed. Everyone else was very helpful! How loud are
>the cockatiels & parakets.. I had seen a conure & thought that they
>were very pretty... till I read they were extremly loud. I do want a
>vocal bird that can sing or talk.. but not one that will have the
>neighbors hollaring!
A female tiel in my experience is quieter than the male. The male sings
for a bit at night-time, maybe 15-20 minutes or so, not too bad, before
going to bed. I call it "the story of the day" since it seems like he is
telling the world what his day was like.
I suggest a hen tiel, since with like the pearl mutation, one can tell
the sex when first fledged out. That and they are pretty, and in my
case, more common than "normals".
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| Mean Guy |
Nice HTML
I now recomend a DODO Bird
or a Keet I guess did I mention that your sweet looking little email will get you yelled at.
"Crystina J" <TheJusticeFamily@webtv.net> wrote in message news:2680-40129947-183@storefull-3353.bay.webtv.net...
Hi! I was not referring to your post.. there was only a certian post
that had me a bit annoyed. Everyone else was very helpful! How loud are
the cockatiels & parakets.. I had seen a conure & thought that they
were very pretty... till I read they were extremly loud. I do want a
vocal bird that can sing or talk.. but not one that will have the
neighbors hollaring!
Thanks
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Christmas 2003
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| jmcquown |
Crystina J wrote:
>> Hi! I was not referring to your post.. there was only a certian post
>> that had me a bit annoyed. Everyone else was very helpful! How loud
>> are the cockatiels & parakets.. I had seen a conure & thought that
>> they were very pretty... till I read they were extremly loud. I do
>> want a vocal bird that can sing or talk.. but not one that will have
>> the neighbors hollaring!
>> Thanks
>>
<S> Parakeets can be a tad noisy but won't have the neighbors complaining.
And the great thing is, they shut up the minute you cover the cage :)
Good luck with your choice. Birds are wonderful pets and your daughter will
learn responsibility. Well, I did :)
Jill
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| oldmolly |
Owly wrote:
> My cockatiel is much louder than my little greencheek conure hen; my male
> greencheek is somewhat more vocal and talks but when he sounds off, and when
> my cockatiel sounds off, the greencheek is raspier and hoarser sounding
> while the cockatiel is very shrill.
>
I have the most sweetest GCC She adores me and will come to the bars and
say "kissy kissy" and "'ello likkle parrot" however its clutch sibling
although it will talk is not half as affectionate towards me and will
nip hard if it gets the chance. Odd how the same species even same
clutch, can be so different eh :0)
I still think a cockatiel or budgie is a good first parrot. If not,
howzabout a pionus? I understand they are cuddly and they are certainly
quiet, and more 'parrot' looking than parakeets perhaps.
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| Louis |
"jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> writes:
> Crystina J wrote:
>>> Hi! I was not referring to your post.. there was only a certian post
>>> that had me a bit annoyed. Everyone else was very helpful! How loud
>>> are the cockatiels & parakets.. I had seen a conure & thought that
>>> they were very pretty... till I read they were extremly loud. I do
>>> want a vocal bird that can sing or talk.. but not one that will have
>>> the neighbors hollaring!
>>> Thanks
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> <S> Parakeets can be a tad noisy but won't have the neighbors complaining.
> And the great thing is, they shut up the minute you cover the cage :)
I'm a new bird owner and have to give credit to the parakeets, since
they're the ones who inspired me into obtaining a couple of other
birds. I feel budgies were a great "first bird" for my own situation
since they allowed me a chance to get used to the way birds converse
with each other and their constant "sound" factor during the day.
They also gave me a chance to experience what being nipped by a bird
feels like since they were given to me by their second owner without
warning. I didn't enjoy them at first since they were always fighting
and making angry noises, but that problem was fixed once I purchased
them a larger cage and bought two more budgies to fill out the cage.
I've been starting to refer to them as my chatty yentas, even though
two of them are male :)) (used to be four of em) :((.
They were the best when their wings were unclipped, since they're
quite the acrobatic flying characters, but I ended up having to clip
their wings since they can squeeze through the vertical bars and one
of them ended up flying out (hence, 3) after the GF left the front
door open while I was changing the oil in her car, so I had to make a
trade off of either having their wings unclipped and being stuffed
into a smaller cage, or having their wings clipped and being in their
monster cage.
You can buy budgies for like $9.99 @ Pet-Co with a FREE Pet-Co PALS
card, or you can buy them from a bird mart for $5 (which is where I
obtained my other two budgies). So the initial investment isn't quite
high and the experience is enough to give you a taste as to whether or
not you want to have more birds in the future.
I have to say I didn't enjoy their company when they were in a smaller
cage and without toys or space, so make sure you keep them happy,
otherwise, they're not too much fun to have...
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| High Flight |
Louis <usenet26@ossh.com> says...
Re: budgies
> I ended up having to clip their wings since they can squeeze through the
> vertical bars
What's the spacing? Typical cages are 3/8".
Jack
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| Louis |
High Flight <jac@apk.net> writes:
> Louis <usenet26@ossh.com> says...
> Re: budgies
>> I ended up having to clip their wings since they can squeeze through the
>> vertical bars
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> What's the spacing? Typical cages are 3/8".
They're 1-1/16" (2.8cm) apart. Here is the picture of their new
(right) cage vs. the one they were in before their upgrade (left):
* http://www.ossh.com/images/birds/20...candell0005.JPG
And here is a wet noodle of a birdy:
* http://www.ossh.com/images/birds/20...candell0001.JPG
Heh, cute! :p
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