Introducing elder COCKATIELS Becky & Eetu (& BLOOPERS!)

[@AnitaLife27]

Mine was born in 2001. He's in the other room singing his heart out. No sign of slowing down. He's my best buddy!

[@mandylou2501]

My cockatiel is 22 years old and I've had him since I was a 12 yo girl. I love him dearly and am blessed to have had for so many years ❤️ no he adores my 11 yo son!

[@swag72312]

My cockatiel is 8 years old, and I have had him for a month or two. The first day we met, he jumped on my shoulder and demanded to be pet. The rescue lady said no one in the rescue orginisation has been able to pet him. I love him very much

[@BlackthornWitch]

Woah, that is so nice! I love it when sometimes the bird chooses its owner like that. There is a very special bond between you too, then.

[@madheshwaranmm43]

So beautiful

[@bluevelvettt]

They are ADORABLE

[@brandenseeley3803]

Sorry for the loss. Great birbs!

[@nebula5858]

Love cockatiels 🐥

[@BlackthornWitch]

They are the best!

[@GammachiReese]

Lol i love how you were just casually talking with a bird on ur face😂😂

[@weirdboyrox]

They know they are the star of the show!

[@neha-cn4wh]

Oh my gosh, this is Hilarious! I love how they just do whatever they want when they want 😂

[@BlackthornWitch]

Yeah.

[@jordynwebb2794]

U r beautiful....soo R ur birds.....I Love you sooo much...... 😄😀😉😍😜😘❤🐥🐤🐣🐦#BirdsAreBirdiful #🐥chicky rock🐥

[@BlackthornWitch]

Thank you sooo much! ;__;

[@lismorris5370]

My pet cockatiel is 19- old enough to drive or smoke! She's not really showing any signs of age, except for a slightly weak wing due to a cat attack a few years back (a cat let itself into our house and grabbed her!!). She's got beautiful colouring- she's a whitefaced pied pearl. Due to her unusual colouring, I thought she was male until she was three, when she laid an egg! I've had her since she was a tiny chick and she's my constant companion. I love her to bits

[@BlackthornWitch]

Awww. So nice to hear! And oh yeah, the coloration is very beautiful and the pied does often vanish the signs of the gender, especially combined with pearl. (I love whitefaces - they are always pretty, no matter what they are combined with.

[@IbakonFerba]

I love how you talk about your birds as people!

[@theguythatrandomhwaso1211]

And Becky like to stand in your head XD

[@7qizu576]

Your cocktails are soooo cute

[@BlackthornWitch]

Thank you! ^^

[@gordroberts53]

Hello. we had four cockatiels. Freddy was the first, a bird found in a bush outside the office where I worked. Our vet thought him to be well into adulthood, certainly more than 5 and perhaps as much 8 or 9. Freddy was with us for 16 years. We also adopted a bonded pair, Monty and Chrystal who were known to be 13 when they came to live with us. They had not been well cared for, suffering from poor diet and inadequate perches and toys. We thought to give them comfort for the last couple years of their lives. Chrystal suffered a stroke 13 years later and Monty followed her three months later, never having worked through his grieving. Our Sunny we rescued from the bottom of a so called breeder's display cage. She was only a few weeks old and suffered from many health issues during her 12 years with us. All of them were wonderful companions and are still missed many years later. Thank you for sharing your stories.

[@71kaye]

still have my other bird! when your video stopped playing he whistled for 10 minutes for yours to "come back" whilst sitting on my head like yours.

[@gillians9930]

I love birds! I had a cockatiel that I LOVED and she flew away:( now I have a green cheek conure and I love my echo:)

[@71kaye]

I have older cockatiels myself I lost one at 20 due to cancer, 2 years ago. My other bird is now 20. Mine does that stablizing thing where he "bites" to keep his head still while you preen/scratch him on the head. Once you get him going on a particular whistle he hangs onto it for about 10 min.

[@alejandra-jg7js]

You take such good care of your cockatiels !

[@BlackthornWitch]

Thank you.

[@cherriepup6527]

Your cockatiels are sooo cute!😍😍

[@yummyapplestroodle]

Mine is 25 :) older than me

[@BlackthornWitch]

Wow, very nice! Is he still active? :)

[@yummyapplestroodle]

yes! He plays a lot and is just like younger ones. You wouldn't know if I didn't tell he's that old :D He doesn't look any different or older in any way

[@-spacedout--spacebound-7438]

I love your accent like ermehgrdd. Oh your birds are cute as well😍

[@LanaFitz]

Your soo cool! :D And your cockatiels are too if course ;)

[@daveevansa]

awesome video, birds are love : )

[@maryanne62]

thank you so much for sharing your cockatiels with us I enjoy listening to you and about your babies I just lost my cockatiel Magnum he would sing full songs and talk a lot he just up and got sick I don't know why but I'm still devastated over him but I enjoy you're sharing your babies with us thank you again I'm looking forward to seeing more in hearing more from you and your babies thank you

[@BlackthornWitch]

I'm so sorry to hear that, my condolences... :( If you watched the video further, there was also a mention about Seri, my cockatiel that I just lost a couple weeks ago. She was Becky's mate and beloved one. I feel you... It hurts so much to lose a friend. It's good that you can talk about it, though. Thank you for the comment. I will make more videos. Soon going to Germany to visit, so there will be a little break. But I will make more when I come back.

[@xoxjade_wolfxox129]

they are so cute

[@swag72312]

They love to yell haha And Becky hit Etu with his wing haha

[@BlackthornWitch]

Yeah, haha, they can be very noisy. :D

[@cephalopodenergy2790]

Twenty tiels... I aspire to have just as many as you do someday. Also, give Derpla some scritches from California!

[@kodyian1105]

One of my cockatiels is 17 years old and my youngest just hatched about a week ago!😊

[@BlackthornWitch]

Oooh!!! Congratulations! How many cockatiels do you have? :3 Do you breed regularly?

[@Hotrob_J]

RIP Toast-chan

[@gavin3488]

lol

[@handfulmousefly]

"We need to let the man sing. It is his task." 😂😂😂

[@micheljasmund8597]

I have an one year old Quaker parrot called Lilly I love her very much

[@IbakonFerba]

Well, I don't have cockatiels, but my family has three gray parrots ^^ They are all quite young though, the male is 16 years old, the female like 8 or so and they had chicks like 2 years ago and we kept one so they don't lay eggs immediately again

[@MiaSunshine-um6ul]

RIP SERI THE BEAUTIFUL BIRD!

[@karlhayman6785]

My 18 year old African grey Roxy liked the video.

[@BlackthornWitch]

Greetings to Roxy! My first parrot ever was an african grey who joined our family. :)

[@OMGshinyobject]

My cockatiel is 19 this year he's my sweet cuddly baby

[@BloodRoseKitten]

I'm going to refrain from making "Becky smashing toast." jokes, but I have to admit that's a really funny habit. Mine used to have a fetish with rope toys and a miniature plastic disco ball.

[@kathlinke1130]

I totally get the spirit of the bird poo ha ha ha 😂

[@BlackthornWitch]

Hahaha! Yeah! You can definitely sense when it's approaching! :D

[@momonni7468]

So queet 😍 🐦

[@GiannhsPrivate]

Awwww how lovely cocatiels!(i habe one)

[@IbakonFerba]

John Greek52 private channel Hopefully more than one though, they really don't like being alone...

[@kiaraluff7781]

I love birds. My grandfather raised birds and I have now raised my own bird😄a black lovebird named shadow

[@NicoLReino]

Those are gorgeous birds you have there! Really cute and they sing so well

[@Plectrudefy]

I have 2 cockatiels (a pair). They're my first bird. I rehomed them from a family that knew their approximative age only. They should be around 4 and 5 now, but the people might as well lied to me, idk how to age them. I plan to have them for a loong time, and hopefully have their kids at some point.

[@curseofthespidr]

I just got my cockatiel on Sunday :3

[@Adriana-pn3gn]

can you do a video about your Quaker parrot? luv your cockatiels btw!

[@BlackthornWitch]

Sure thing, I can introduce her. :)

[@aliennblog7680]

Super cute :D

[@kdaa2011]

Awww! They are so adorable! Have any tips on convincing my parents to get me one?

[@IbakonFerba]

If you want to have Cockatiels or any parrots at all you need to get more than one, they need non human company as they live in swarms in nature. Having them live alone can lead to severe deviant behaviors! Also you should keep in mind that most of the cages you can buy in stores are way to small, and even if you have a big cage you should let the birds out of the cage every now and then so they can fly around. Sadly there are many people who don't care about those things...

[@kdaa2011]

AH! I worded that wrong! But yes! Ive been reasearching for years. I have a big cage in mind, and I'm planning on letting them out of course, but due to me having other dogs, were clipping their wings so it doesn't hurt itself. I have many toys that ive handpicked out and made sure weren't bad for them (including mirrors, bells, ect) Ive got a lot of foraging toys aswell... I'm sure your advice will help a lot of soon to be bird owners!

[@IbakonFerba]

• PhantomKdaa • That sounds a lot better, mirrors aren't good though. They don't recognize themsevels in the mirror so they think it's another bird which can lead to stressfull situations!

[@kdaa2011]

Ibakon Ferba ah! I meant i didnt pick mirrors or bells!

[@IbakonFerba]

• PhantomKdaa • Oh, I read that wrong ^^'

[@pb4hand]

My bird is 22 and has collagen sheaths that she won't preen from her feathers. There are these weird white tendrils that look like malformed feathers like spaghetti strings that come off of her. I Preen her some but she doesn't like it have you ever seen this before?

[@shellierodarmel7282]

Oh my god my bird does this with hash brown patties!

[@sophiewilson5716]

I love cockatiels 🕊🕊🕊

[@BeJoyBoo]

Ooh can we get a house tour?

[@phoebe2852]

I have two cockatiels. I've had them for just under a year now and they're just over a year old. I love them to pieces, but it's a shame that they don't seem to love me back >

[@BlackthornWitch]

Aww. Maybe I can help you out with that. Can you tell me a bit of their backgrounds? Did they come from a breeder or pet store? How do they behave with you? Do they escape and hiss or just simply ignore? Tell me a bit more and I can maybe see if there are some tips that I could give. :3 Taming them can sometimes be a bit tricky, if there are bad experiences in their history, but slowly you can build the trust and bond with them. ^^

[@phoebe2852]

Oh, thank you so much! :) They were bought from a pet store just over a year ago and were my grandmother's for a while until their presence within her home began to have bad effects on her health. When I got them they were scared since my grandmother wasn't all that able to interact with them. One of them is quite friendly, she'll let me touch and stroke her, although neither myself or my parents have the courage to let them out o the cage as of yet. The other one is a little more aggressive. The most I've ever been able to do with him is tough his beak for maybe a second before he backs away. Neither of them are too fond of my hands being near them and it breaks my heart to scare them. I'm with them every night since I'm currently at college (thought I'm on my break for a few more weeks until the second year starts) and they seem to be more happy to be around me when they're sleepy - basically the only time that I'm able to even go near the more aggressive one. I've tried my best to be around them as much as I can, but sometimes I need a break since they tweet (or as I call it 'scream' so loud) the most I've been able to do is teach one of them 'all around the mulberry bush' (which is a treat to wake up to ^-^)

[@phoebe2852]

Also recently, just now in fact, the more aggressive one came closer to me than he's ever been in his life. I moved my hand a little closer to him and he seemed fine with that but just a moment after he spat at me. He's never done it before so I think it's a situation-based incident, although I'm not too sure. Was I doing something wrong? Or was he telling me to back off?

[@yummyapplestroodle]

it took me about 10 years to tame my petstore cockatiel that was in ownership of someone who never let him out of cage in 90's, and he was 6 when I got him :/ Now he is 25 and happy litlle papa that has many children that are now around 15 years old.

[@phoebe2852]

Aww, that's awesome ^-^

[@maxncheese5216]

Toast?? 🍞😂😂

[@nathanhayes6046]

Hello just saying I would love for your cockatiels to have baby's and also cockatiels are one of the cutest birds ever

[@BlackthornWitch]

Hi Nathan! Yeah! They are the best! When I breed the next time I will make videos about the babies.

[@maddisonmunday5688]

I prefer my Cockatiels pooping over the Alexandrine because the Tiels poop isn't sloppy so it's easy to clean up 😋

[@andobil]

Your so rad such a babe... I love you

[@mlyOKyeah]

OMG so cute!! :3 (I have 2 cockatiels

[@BlackthornWitch]

Aww! Cool!

[@eclipsewolf1250]

becky is a year older than me!

[@optibee1]

I recently bought one (Like 3 days ago) I speak with a lot, started hand feeding it some seeds and I'll try some veggies. I think I'm doing good so far, what's the next step to bond with my tiel?

[@IbakonFerba]

Master Skywalker You really should buy at least one more, they need non human company, in nature they live in swarms!

[@lars8128]

Good that he no longer wants to mate with toast, I hear inbread cockatiels have a lot of health problems.

[@sebastianlove165]

I hear a Finnish accent xD. Cute birds

[@BeJoyBoo]

How do you deal with poop....I have a cockatiel and it feels like it poops every 5 minutes...I have to keep a tissue with me all the times!

[@BeJoyBoo]

The cockatiel is like a year and a half so it is still young!! (Her name is noodle ) and she isn't my first pareot (I had budgies...A lot of hand feeding different one...and I though I would upgrade)

[@homoceroscaeli]

You have 20 Thats alot of birds

[@audreyn1996]

how many cockatiels do you have?

[@cheapskatecraftingwithlehn8088]

my cocateil isvery attached to her cage she lets me pet her all over but will not let me pick her up any advice

[@epiccheesecat]

Is it wrong of me that I wanna know 'bout all 20 of your cockatiels?

[@KeybladeMaster702]

Hi hello I'm your new subscriber and I have a question I have 4 cockatiels and 1 is to scare to go near me and try to fly away from me how can I help him to like me more

[@BlackthornWitch]

KeybladeMaster702 Hi! Welcome to the channel. :) Do you know the bird's backgrounds? How old was it when it came to you? Did something maybe happen that scare it? What kind of things have you tried out already? I will make a video about something similar in a near future. :)

[@KeybladeMaster702]

Nymphica well I tried to let it come to me and I think it's a few months olds it's a lutino cockatiel and well when I first bought him/her, it was biting but now it don't anymore I just try it let it come to me but it don't help

[@amf8648]

Bisexual cockatiel !!!!!

[@BlackthornWitch]

Yes! :D I should maybe make another video about the topic. That seems to be very common actually!

[@cockatiels4life985]

Breadsexual

[@ollie1543]

AMF I

[@shellycluster6176]

Can you train my cockatiel he is very bad and he needs training

[@carmenmarcano9558]

I had two same birds 1 died but the one that didn't die is getting trained

[@maleens.9188]

my boyfriends parents cockatiel is 28 years, so you really might have several years with him :)

[@Skreczi]

When they fly away around 3:10 its becouse of their decision or some kind of Your gesture ?

[@BlackthornWitch]

Skreczi My quaker moved a bit and Eetu went to check out where she went and Becky checked out where did Eetu go. :) But I often do support their movement and reactions with my own body language. Eetu also knows how to fly to perch from command.

[@Skreczi]

Nymphica cool I was wondering abt it. I saw one of Your training video. There I got that idea. Cool video

[@homoceroscaeli]

Skreczi .

[@hildaaybar9042]

Beautiful birds , you are great with birds, you are so funny 😆 bisexual cockatiel🤣I had a cockatiel that lived almost 22 years with me I think he was 2 or 3 I don’t really know? It was given to me then I bought a female, but sadly she only lived 8 years then i got a bird from a my husband’s ex brother in law but he mistreated that poor bird so I asked him to let me have & he did ; but it only lived 2 years with us she was a sweet bird that didn’t enjoy her life; I don’t know 🤷‍♀️ why do people get pets to mistreated, I just have 2 new cockatiels that my friend gave me ; I hope they live a long time I love ❤️ my birds🐤🐦I been getting birds since I was a teenager ❤️

[@TheTomsdirtwerks]

My cockatiel Jimmy is 25

[@noahchapman4196]

Hui

[@BlackthornWitch]

Hi! So glad you were the first again! ^^ A loyal subscriber. :3 Makes me very happy and motivated to do more!

[@hey1293]

i heard that you can tell if a cockatiel is old or young by looking at their crest, and if the crest is big and kinda facing backards that means he is old, but mine has only 1 crst feather that is long enough to be facing backwards, and fun fact, he makes the exact noises that your elder cockatiels make, does that means he is old? or perhaps middle age?

[@lalitdahal269]

Hi i m lalit from nepal my home love bird 7 bird

[@Engelbird]

coke-a-tiel.

[@TheWheelofLife100]

Cockatiels seems out of place with that look,crows would kinda fit in,just my opinion.

[@BlackthornWitch]

TheWheelofLife100 Haha, for me that is only a compliment. ;) Would love to have a crow or raven, but they are very, very demanding and territorial.

[@angelsalazar3416]

My brid is boy

[@kindregardskatie]

Breadsexuality is a thing 😂

[@yanides1961]

Yay I'm bi sexual too :D I'm not lonely anynore xD