As I was putting my cockatiels to bed the other night, I noticed that they had all puffed up their feathers and were snuggling up together. I thought this was an adorable image and didn’t really think much of it until later, when I realized I’d never seen that behavior before. I hadn’t had them … Read more
I was sitting in the living room whistling away quietly to myself the other day, when I was very surprised to hear my cockatiel apparently whistling back to me from all the way upstairs. I’d never had this before, and even though all the doors were open, I was really surprised that it was able … Read more
My son has recently been really keen to share all his food with our cockatiel. He’s mostly quite good and only wants to give our cockatiel fruits and vegetables, but the other day, he was walking round with a piece of cheese, and asked me if the cockatiel could have some. I was very unsure … Read more
I was snacking on some almonds the other day as I’ve been trying to eat a little bit healthier—nuts rather than chips to snack! In any case, as I was enjoying them, my cockatiel swooped over and grabbed one before I could stop him. It was gone before I could do anything, and he seemed … Read more
I was emptying the food recycling can the other day, and sitting right at the top of the bag was the two old corn cobs from our steak night the night before. As I was taking it outside, my cockatiel flew over and started pecking away at the old cobs—it made me feel bad that … Read more
I’ve been trying to eat less meat recently, and so I’ve been making a lot more veggie versions of some of my favorite dishes. While making chilli the other day, the vegetarian version called for celery, of all things. I was a bit dubious, but I decided to try it anyway. While I was cooking, … Read more