now I just need to find names for them?

Congrats on getting them, they are soooo cute

 

Good luck with the name picking. Some of mine don't have names, I could barely pick them for my kids

 

Just be careful with the sandpaper on the floor because they can hurt their feet on it.

They are definitely cute- how fun!

 

I agree about the sand paper. It's not good for them. Just something pet stores can make a little money from if they can sell it to everybody. I line the bottom of my cages with newspaper.

 

I have another tip for you. The way you have your two perches going, it looks like all your birds will be able to do is hop up and down from the one to the other. For maximum flying, you could shorten them so that they run from front to back of the cage. Put one on the left and one on the right, and then the babies can fly back and forth across the width of the cage.

 

I love picking names! When we got our first two, my daughter named the first one Patrick. So then we had to find another Irish name for the other. (Sean). Then when we got two more budgies, we looked up two more Irish names. And so on, and so on.

 

I don't always use Irish names anymore, but if I find myself stuck for ideas, I do go back to the Irish list.

 

Let us know what you come up with!

Hi all,

 

The sand paper is only in a small area of the cage, they have perches at either end and they seem to enjoy flying between them, where the picture was taken was in the climb and chew area! When I find my big camera i will take some photos to give you a better idea. they are still very quiet and they dont seem to be eating a lot, they are eating but not like my tiel did, but then they only have little tummies so I guess they are eating enough. They have seed in a bowl and millet, I will give them some broccoli this afternoon!

 

Thanks

Your new babiesare so sweet! I agree with Finnie, but it sounds like you know what you're doing My Allen really likes brocolli!

They look happy

Great that they are eating! I've never had a cockatiel, but it does make sense that a bigger bird would eat more.

Very nice, is the lower bud a y.f grey or is it mauve. As they still have their bars they should colour up more after first moult.