*Harley, Gannit & Finley's Thread*

[Charley101]

Harley, Lutino, Female

Harley is approx 3/4 years old. I was given her by a lady who could no longer look after her. She only has one leg but it doesn't stop her at all. I her her my 'hop along'

She is very attached to me. She squawks everytime I go out of a room and flies to the door trying to follow me. We let them fly around the living room for a few hours a day and i'm the only person she will let catch her. Mum runs around like a loony trying to get her. All have to do is walk over to her, put my finger out and she hops on.







Gannit, Normal grey, Female

Gannit is also nearly 4 years old. I had to hand rear her after she was booted out of the nest by her mum. She loves preening your hair, eyelashes and eyebrows and whistles every time she can hear you near the cage.

As a baby


Now






Finley, Normal grey, Male

Finley is another cockatiel we have hand reared due to being rejected by his mum. He is a nearly a year old and is completely in love with Gannit (although she's having none of it) He is definitely the most characterful of the three and loves sitting on his perch, serenading Gan with his tunes.

[Charley101]

And the cage they share. The layout has changed around a bit since then and they have been moved into the dining room. It can't be too full with perches/toys as Harley sometimes finds it difficult getting around



They get about let out into the living room at around 8 every morning and get put away when mum goes to work at 12. They then get let out again when Dad gets home at 5 for another couple of hours

[mangoandmimi]

Aw look at them.. such beautiful birds

[Hammymad]

They are so beautiful ESP the pic of Gannit as a baby awwww xx

[Silver]

They are beautiful Birds

Silver xxx

[Womblehands]

oh my what lovely looking birdies... awww

[KitchenZoo]

Your cockatils are beautiful, it must be quite noisy when they sing!. Very friendly though.

[Charley101]

Only Finley sings as he's male Gan And Harley do make they odd squawk but nothing like Fin. He happily sings to him self for ages

[Kissa]

They are pretty

(Out of curiosity, how do you stop them reproducing? )

[Charley101]

I don't think Finley is really mature enough yet as he has only just recently grown his adult feathers (the yellow on his face). He used to look like Gannit so we wasn't 100% sure of his sex. Gannit has never shown any interest and Finley shows no interest in Harley.

Gannit laid eggs last year but they weren't fertile (it was just her and a budgie in the cage). Sounds a bit horrible, but any eggs that are laid/we be laid are frozen and destroyed. We have to place dummy eggs in the cage if we have to remove any as birds will keep popping them out if they notice they have gone!