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Post by badboyau69 on Jul 30, 2005 23:59:03 GMT 10
Hi i will be getting an adult weero and i would like to try and tame it i know it will be hard as it is fully grown but would anyone have any helpful hints/suggestion on how to tame it.
Cheers
Russell
P.S. I am new to the bird world.
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Post by lovemytiels on Jul 31, 2005 7:21:34 GMT 10
Hi Russell, being a adult weero if it has not been handled before will prove quite a task. The biggest thing is that you will need to earn it's trust. When you get it let it settle into it's cage first for a couple of days till it gets use to you. Talk to it quietly all the time. It will probably be quite scared of you. Next step, gently put your hand in the cage but don't attempt to get it out, let it get use to your hand. Do this is short bursts a couple of times a day. If the tiel starts freaking out, remove your hand. If it tries to bite, I usually offer a rolled down sleeve less to bite. When it is comfortable with your hand in the cage, slowly try to coax it on to your hand but not getting it out. Just keep putting it on your hand back & forth onto the perch until it gets use to you doing this. I always talk gently to the bird while doing this, it seems to reassure them that you can be trusted. The next step is then to get the bird out of it's cage but make sure you have it in a safe room & that all glass windows are covered as they tend to fly into them. Just try to keep the bird on your hand still talking quietly to it & try not to move. Keep repeating all the above to the bird is comfortable with you & only do it for short periods otherwise the bird can become quiete stressed out & that will make things harder. Hopefully you will be able to put it on your shoulder. The only other suggestion I have is to clip it's wings to make it easier for you but to clip an adult tiel wings can make them more fearful of you. I am sure there will be some other great advise, these are just a few of my suggestions, but I really think you will have a hard time of it, seeing as it is an adult tiel. I wish you all the best, but if this is your first time with a bird, I really would stongly suggest that you get a h/reared tiel instead. Tiels are great birds & make the most wonderful companion bird, but a h/reared one is still the besat way to go as they already have human interaction. Cheers Anna
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Post by hillcresttiels on Jul 31, 2005 9:37:31 GMT 10
Hi Guys and welcome aboard Russell firstly i like to add that weeros is such a an ordinary term for the lovely Cockatiel lol! and secondly I must agree with Anna who has knocked it on the head.If the adult bird is hand reared then you will have a chance at bonding with him/her but if an aviary bred bird then the chances of bonding are very limited you will get far more enjoyment with a handreared bird that is juvenile if possible good luck  frank |
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Post by badboyau69 on Jul 31, 2005 21:55:36 GMT 10
Thanks for the helpful hints but the reason i am getting an adult one is because it is from my dads friend who wants to get ris of all but 2 as he is getting older and cant look after as many as he would like to. I know it is going to be really hard but i am willing to give it a go and if im unsuccessful well at least i tried. Also what food do you suggest i feed it.
Cheers
Russell
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Post by Smiley on Jul 31, 2005 22:45:45 GMT 10
Small parrot or known as peach face mix. Corn,sprouted seeds, celery,siverbeet,apple,and any native foods that you now off.Like thisle,farmers friends,There are heaps you can feed them..but if they are not use to it..Well you just have to wait till they try these new things..Which and take a few trys...
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Post by lovemytiels on Aug 1, 2005 6:20:59 GMT 10
Hi Russell, well all you can do is try & patience is the key word. You never know what will happen, but keep us posted on how you go with training this tiel. Cheers Anna
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Post by vankarhi on Jan 1, 2006 21:00:13 GMT 10
Well you learn something everyday. I have never in all the 30 something years I have owned parrots including cockatiels/quarrianes heard them called "weeros".............where did that name come from??? I remember the first 'tiel my parents got, I was about 14 years old. He was a normal grey male, adult. He was as savage and bad tempered as they come and so my father called him George (after my poppa George who was renouned for his bad temper.)  He never did tame down. Since then I only ever got hand raised 'tiels and they made the best pets. I am very glad you are prepared to try to give this bird a great life. Keep us updated. Photo's would be nice too. |
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Post by wez on Nov 15, 2008 22:17:10 GMT 10
hey
weeros is the western australian name for teils!!! well as far as i know, im not sure why but WA is the only place that i know that calls them that! i have 2 weeros a male pearl and a female cinnamon. i brought them at six weeks old and they are now 10 months old, and are just in the middle of laying there first clutch of eggs! i can wait . . . ay info on raising them would be great!!!
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Post by robert on Nov 15, 2008 22:23:49 GMT 10
Thanks Wez for this. I will send you some material. You also might like to look into the Cockatiel section .from Robert and Precious
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He never did tame down. Since then I only ever got hand raised 'tiels and they made the best pets. I am very glad you are prepared to try to give this bird a great life. Keep us updated. Photo's would be nice too.
