My beloved cockatiel Perky passed away at 32 years old today...i am beyond heartbroken.. A treasure trove of memories and love are in my heart with this amazing animal...irreplaceable.😢💔♥️
This is five years later, but I just wante dto say thank you and your family for taking such good care of him. I'm sure the love you all gave him was a big part of the reason he could live such a long, happy life =)
Hate to bust your bubble, but my bird, Dixie, is around 40!!! He was found in a tree by my mother around 1978. She heard him singing the song “Dixie” while sitting up in a tree. My Mom put her finger out and Dixie flew down and landed on it. We’ve had him ever since. He now lives in my home in Saint Augustine, Florida. When he was found, he was fully grown. So we’ve really got no idea how much older he may be, but I was around 16 then, and now I’m 56. So Dixie has all your birds beat. He’s still very healthy.
uhチュンチュンマル Dixie finally passed away on May 10, 2019, at the rip old age of 40. I have no tips. He wasn’t very friendly to males, so he would bite my fingers when I went to feed him. He started going downhill about 3 months before he passed away. First he started loosing his balance and would fall off his perch. So I lowered his perch to the bottom of the cage. About 4 days before he died he must’ve had a stroke because he couldn’t even stand anymore. He’d just flop around on the bottom of his cage. I could hold him so he could eat and drink. I tried to have him put down, but I couldn’t find a veterinarian that would put birds to sleep. They all told me to just kill him myself. I couldn’t bring myself to do that. So I was relieved when I found that he had died in the middle of the night.
Jeffrey Bohe’mier - I’m so sorry for your loss. I cannot believe those vets told you to kill him yourself!! What a ridiculously heartless thing to suggest! I’m glad he went peacefully. You were so kind to him and took such good care of him💗
So happy to see this video! My cockatiel called Penny lived to 30 and a half. I think the key to her success was eating egg fried rice! Your cockatiel is lovely and best wishes from Liverpool, UK.
I am soooo happy to hear of this and the stories below. I too have cockatiels. I have 3, and 2 of them I bought from my friend who bred them, so I have their birth certificates, and 2 of my 3 are 25 years old and going strong, and my third one I found outside and he is going to be 18! I am soooo happy to see and hear of these stories...mine still fly free around the house. cray good...love these guys.
I don't know why i cried when i was watching this video! I have a cockatiel his name is Kiwi and i love him soooooooo much he is 1 year now. I take care of him as if a small human being baby, and i wish he never pass away :( Take care of your animals people! Show them some love because they have feelings too 💖
Sadly Stormy passed away last month he will be missed terribly I hope your Kiwi lives a long wonderful life. They are such precious little creatures, thanks for watching and sharing!!
I've got a 26+ year old pied cockatiel that I've had since I was just a little kid, and he's still going strong. The only signs of his age seem to be his occasional tripping over himself and a bald spot behind his crest. He still sings a lot, tweets very loudly when he hears me come in, and he even tries to do naughty things to my hand...
My Cockatiel lived to the rip old age of 40. Yes, that’s four zero, or forty. He far exceeded the record book. My Mom found him in a tree singing the tune “Dixie”, thus he was then named Dixie. That was back in 1978. I was still in high school. I never expected that he would be around after I retired from the Navy and still stick around well into my retirement. I inherited him, as he outlived my Mom. Sadly, Dixie finally passed away on May 10, 2019. Obviously he died from OLD AGE. I think he was giving me a birthday present of some sort. So I expect that your tweedy bird may well have a LONG, LONG LIFE ahead of him. Dixie wasn’t very friendly. He would hiss at any fingers that got anywhere near his cage. But he was an excellent watch bird. If anyone he didn’t recognize went into my backyard, he would start screaming up a major racket. Rest In Peace poor little Dixie. I for one, am GLAD that you’re no longer stuck living in a cage.
You can tell that bird is quite up there in years. I was worried when I first saw him. You can tell he is a happy little guy though. Probably has bad eyesight lol.
I hardly know how old my cockatiel is because my dad was given her about a year before I was born and I'm 20 now. He told me she was fully grown and trained when she joined the family. For some odd reason she never had a name so I recently named her Nym (after her species) when I took her under my care. So she is at least 20, probably older, but still spry as ever.
He's adorable. It's amazing he is that old. I too adopted my mom's beloved cockatiel, Sweety, when she passed. My brother gave her the bird when the other one died at the age of 15. Sweety was a young bird when purchased. I don't know his exact age but I was pregnant with my daughter at the time. She is now 19. So he should be about 20 to 21 years now.
Mine is 18, and hes wife 17 :) He is an extremely good flyer. She not so much, but she can fly allright. We do not let them have chicks / nesting /having a nesting box anymore, as to not wear them in their age. They are allowed to fly freely and shit everywhere, hence their long life. They eat a bit of ham now and then, a litttle bit of bread, plus their special bird-food for them, and the best water in the world, from the lake Vättern :) Mine likes to sit on the head. He can also sit on the hand, sometimes. He was more hand-tame, before he got hes wife many years ago. Then one could prune him on hes head. Now hes wife do that, so humans can not touch hes head anymore.
my Cockatiel is called Max he is I think around 28 years old he was given to us by a work mate of my then husband. After a while I said I don't think it is a Maxine I think it is a Max. He fathered every baby in the big aviary. He is still going strong even after a few set backs with the weather here . He has still come through a real trouper
Sheila white, Wow 😍 that's a pretty good age 💖 How is he doing now ? May I know his secret diet & lifestyle please ? I really look forward to your valuable reply ☺
Had same colord parrot, I loved him to death. He must of been 32 or older. Can not be sure becouse I was a kid mybe 9 or 10 years old when I cought him at my friends balcony on 12th floor. So have no idea how long he lived at previus owner. Bird died in 2017 I think it was like 5 days before xmas. I cryed like a baby, It felt like I lost my brother he was with me forever. He was blind for last 3 years of his life and had enlarged kidneys. It was hard watching him strugle last 2 days when he kept falling of to the floor of the cage. I know he was in bad pain but he didnt want to show it. I think he died peacfully I ve put him down on the botom of bird cage on some soft toilet paper and had to go to work. I knew it was over me and my brother buried him that day. I hope there is heaven so I can met my brother again.
So sorry you lost your Bro. we know exactly how you feel we have recently gone through the same experience. he lost his eyesight and then his life shortly after we miss him terribly. he made it to 34 we hope can see him again too someday thank you for sharing. They are amazing little creatures!! ❤
thx,shes one feistz girl^^ but i wont look at her ring to determine the exact age cause im afraid she gets too worked up. hope urs hangs around for some years. they are oldschool and not those gigantic new breeds. they still got good genes :)
ol, I try not to get this guy too worked up either at his age LOL he's a handsome little bird wherever he got his genes from LOL. I figured there was some older birds out there I just thought it was interesting he was older than the Guinness Book of World Records Bird Thanks for sharing! 😉
yeah i highly doubt it that mines the oldest one as well^^ my guess is that alot of people dont really care HOW old their bird is, or they just dont want to get them worked up as you said it ;) As long as they are alive and kicking its okay. And mines alive like hell.. a bit of blind but still pretty feisty.. doesnt like to be touched one.bit, with two exceptions and they are my parents, especially my father. everyone else gets bitten ^^
He's eating predominantly a cockatiel love bird mix of seed, Cheerios and toast until lately because they recently have been full of glyphosate and it was making him sick so we took him off of the toast and Cheerios. He gets organic bread toast now! although he did eat Cheerios and regular white bread toast most of his life along with the seed. He'll occasionally get some pieces of plain popcorn to he likes that!
HE is amazing, beautiful cockatiel. You are taking a good care of him. It surprises mi a little that the glutein in the bread does not hurt him. Is his left eye ok? How long is he now? Does he have a female?
Hi, does anyone here have a living cockatiel over the age of 30? My husband's bird is 30 and has had two cancer surgeries in the last 18 mos or so. Seems like 30 isn't so old for some of these birds!
Sharath Yadav Dixie FINALLY passed away on May 10, 2019, at the rip old age of 40. He may have even been 41, but if he was, it certainly wouldn’t have been by much. He actually (FINALLY) died on my birthday. May have been a birthday present to me(?). I inherited him from my Mom, who found him as a full grown bird singing in a tree back in 1978-79. I have absolutely no idea how he managed to live for so long. He didn’t eat anything special. He was given mullet sprigs and 3-D Premium Cockatiel seed mixture. But over the years he’s had other brands as well. My mom once tried to put a female in his cage with him, but he went and attacked that poor bird, so she quickly removed it. He was rather mean in is old age.
@@mudman6156 Oh !! am really sorry for your loss. It's really hard to lose our loved pets, moreover once it became a part of family. 40 - 41 years old is pretty good age, somehow you people cared him very well ☺ I guess he was a gray mutation ( wild type) ? How was his lifestyle & exercise level everyday ? Sorry to disturb you, learning from experienced person is the best for me & moreover we hardly get see cockatiel's which lived over 30+ so yours was 40+ that's why it is very interesting 💖
We fed him cockatiel lovebird mix toast and Cheerios for most of his life however we stopped feeding him toast and Cheerios a few years back because the glyphosate are too high sadly though he passed away March 27th he made it to be 34 years old may he rest in peace
@@babblingwizdom did he ever eat veggies? Im trying to figure out the secret if they really need veggies to live 20+ years. Thanks… i wonder if they will live long with just seeds?
@@babblingwizdom hi I had a cockatiel too and I loved him. But just know you bird is dead and now rotting in hell. (I can say that because I had a cockatiel.) Just be grateful he can now be with your grandmother
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He looks very young.😊
Bless his Beautiful Soul ❤❤❤
My beloved cockatiel Perky passed away at 32 years old today...i am beyond heartbroken.. A treasure trove of memories and love are in my heart with this amazing animal...irreplaceable.😢💔♥️
So sorry to hear of your loss you have my condolences they are truly amazing little creatures ❤
@@babblingwizdom ..thank you for your kind heart and words
He looks good for a bird his age. I have one with the same coloring that is 15 years old.
That's awesome they are great pets and are extremely smart little birds!!
This is five years later, but I just wante dto say thank you and your family for taking such good care of him. I'm sure the love you all gave him was a big part of the reason he could live such a long, happy life =)
Hate to bust your bubble, but my bird, Dixie, is around 40!!! He was found in a tree by my mother around 1978. She heard him singing the song “Dixie” while sitting up in a tree. My Mom put her finger out and Dixie flew down and landed on it. We’ve had him ever since. He now lives in my home in Saint Augustine, Florida. When he was found, he was fully grown. So we’ve really got no idea how much older he may be, but I was around 16 then, and now I’m 56. So Dixie has all your birds beat. He’s still very healthy.
That's awesome,thanks for sharing!!!
uhチュンチュンマル Dixie finally passed away on May 10, 2019, at the rip old age of 40. I have no tips. He wasn’t very friendly to males, so he would bite my fingers when I went to feed him. He started going downhill about 3 months before he passed away. First he started loosing his balance and would fall off his perch. So I lowered his perch to the bottom of the cage. About 4 days before he died he must’ve had a stroke because he couldn’t even stand anymore. He’d just flop around on the bottom of his cage. I could hold him so he could eat and drink. I tried to have him put down, but I couldn’t find a veterinarian that would put birds to sleep. They all told me to just kill him myself. I couldn’t bring myself to do that. So I was relieved when I found that he had died in the middle of the night.
Mariposa Nieve He was a pet.
@@mudman6156 this is pretty sad R.I.P Dixie
Jeffrey Bohe’mier - I’m so sorry for your loss. I cannot believe those vets told you to kill him yourself!! What a ridiculously heartless thing to suggest! I’m glad he went peacefully. You were so kind to him and took such good care of him💗
So happy to see this video! My cockatiel called Penny lived to 30 and a half. I think the key to her success was eating egg fried rice! Your cockatiel is lovely and best wishes from Liverpool, UK.
Mine lived on pizza everyday for 23 years.
I am soooo happy to hear of this and the stories below. I too have cockatiels. I have 3, and 2 of them I bought from my friend who bred them, so I have their birth certificates, and 2 of my 3 are 25 years old and going strong, and my third one I found outside and he is going to be 18! I am soooo happy to see and hear of these stories...mine still fly free around the house. cray good...love these guys.
I don't know why i cried when i was watching this video! I have a cockatiel his name is Kiwi and i love him soooooooo much he is 1 year now. I take care of him as if a small human being baby, and i wish he never pass away :( Take care of your animals people! Show them some love because they have feelings too 💖
Sadly Stormy passed away last month he will be missed terribly I hope your Kiwi lives a long wonderful life. They are such precious little creatures, thanks for watching and sharing!!
@@babblingwizdom omg you made me cry 😭
@@ghida9536 so sorry!! ☹
You might not feel that way when he’s 40.
I've got a 26+ year old pied cockatiel that I've had since I was just a little kid, and he's still going strong. The only signs of his age seem to be his occasional tripping over himself and a bald spot behind his crest. He still sings a lot, tweets very loudly when he hears me come in, and he even tries to do naughty things to my hand...
My Cockatiel lived to the rip old age of 40. Yes, that’s four zero, or forty. He far exceeded the record book. My Mom found him in a tree singing the tune “Dixie”, thus he was then named Dixie. That was back in 1978. I was still in high school. I never expected that he would be around after I retired from the Navy and still stick around well into my retirement. I inherited him, as he outlived my Mom. Sadly, Dixie finally passed away on May 10, 2019. Obviously he died from OLD AGE. I think he was giving me a birthday present of some sort. So I expect that your tweedy bird may well have a LONG, LONG LIFE ahead of him. Dixie wasn’t very friendly. He would hiss at any fingers that got anywhere near his cage. But he was an excellent watch bird. If anyone he didn’t recognize went into my backyard, he would start screaming up a major racket. Rest In Peace poor little Dixie. I for one, am GLAD that you’re no longer stuck living in a cage.
You can tell that bird is quite up there in years. I was worried when I first saw him. You can tell he is a happy little guy though. Probably has bad eyesight lol.
I hardly know how old my cockatiel is because my dad was given her about a year before I was born and I'm 20 now. He told me she was fully grown and trained when she joined the family. For some odd reason she never had a name so I recently named her Nym (after her species) when I took her under my care. So she is at least 20, probably older, but still spry as ever.
He's adorable. It's amazing he is that old. I too adopted my mom's beloved cockatiel, Sweety, when she passed. My brother gave her the bird when the other one died at the age of 15. Sweety was a young bird when purchased. I don't know his exact age but I was pregnant with my daughter at the time. She is now 19. So he should be about 20 to 21 years now.
Stormy made it to 34 we lost him in March he will be missed I hope your bird has a long happy life!!
@@babblingwizdom so sad to hear of Stormy 😢 I hope my Sweety will be blessed with long life too. Thank you for sharing Stormy with the world ❤
Wow , that’s crazy. They usually don’t even last that long in the wild. That’s why I like to have them
My bird, 17, I expect him to go within the next 3 years, but it'll be so funny and amazing if he just surprised me and lived another 13 LOL
I hope he hangs in there for ya!!
It's been 3 years. Is your bird still around?
@@JanusHoW no! :-) left in 2021 april. lived to be 19
Mine is 18, and hes wife 17 :) He is an extremely good flyer. She not so much, but she can fly allright. We do not let them have chicks / nesting /having a nesting box anymore, as to not wear them in their age. They are allowed to fly freely and shit everywhere, hence their long life. They eat a bit of ham now and then, a litttle bit of bread, plus their special bird-food for them, and the best water in the world, from the lake Vättern :)
Mine likes to sit on the head. He can also sit on the hand, sometimes. He was more hand-tame, before he got hes wife many years ago. Then one could prune him on hes head. Now hes wife do that, so humans can not touch hes head anymore.
I love your bird. Is he still alive? Oh my God he is beautiful.
Sadly no 😞
Thats what i call a oldie, but goodie
my Cockatiel is called Max he is I think around 28 years old he was given to us by a work mate of my then husband. After a while I said I don't think it is a Maxine I think it is a Max. He fathered every baby in the big aviary. He is still going strong even after a few set backs with the weather here . He has still come through a real trouper
Sheila white, Wow 😍 that's a pretty good age 💖 How is he doing now ? May I know his secret diet & lifestyle please ? I really look forward to your valuable reply ☺
WOW that is amazing... Sweet bird...
he is a cool little bird! hope you are well brotha, peace to ya!
Had same colord parrot, I loved him to death. He must of been 32 or older. Can not be sure becouse I was a kid mybe 9 or 10 years old when I cought him at my friends balcony on 12th floor. So have no idea how long he lived at previus owner. Bird died in 2017 I think it was like 5 days before xmas. I cryed like a baby, It felt like I lost my brother he was with me forever. He was blind for last 3 years of his life and had enlarged kidneys. It was hard watching him strugle last 2 days when he kept falling of to the floor of the cage. I know he was in bad pain but he didnt want to show it. I think he died peacfully I ve put him down on the botom of bird cage on some soft toilet paper and had to go to work. I knew it was over me and my brother buried him that day. I hope there is heaven so I can met my brother again.
So sorry you lost your Bro. we know exactly how you feel we have recently gone through the same experience. he lost his eyesight and then his life shortly after we miss him terribly. he made it to 34 we hope can see him again too someday thank you for sharing. They are amazing little creatures!! ❤
sry, but hes not the oldest one, pretty old though :) Ours is 37 this year
That's awesome I hope he sticks around a lot longer For ya!!! ;)
thx,shes one feistz girl^^ but i wont look at her ring to determine the exact age cause im afraid she gets too worked up. hope urs hangs around for some years. they are oldschool and not those gigantic new breeds. they still got good genes :)
ol, I try not to get this guy too worked up either at his age LOL he's a handsome little bird wherever he got his genes from LOL. I figured there was some older birds out there I just thought it was interesting he was older than the Guinness Book of World Records Bird Thanks for sharing! 😉
yeah i highly doubt it that mines the oldest one as well^^ my guess is that alot of people dont really care HOW old their bird is, or they just dont want to get them worked up as you said it ;)
As long as they are alive and kicking its okay. And mines alive like hell.. a bit of blind but still pretty feisty.. doesnt like to be touched one.bit, with two exceptions and they are my parents, especially my father. everyone else gets bitten ^^
@@HupfDole87 Wow 😍 that's a pretty good age. How is she doing now ? Can I know her diet & lifestyle, please ? I look forward to your valuable reply ☺
HE'S SO FUNNY!
Wow... Wish he will be living many many years in a healthy condition. How are you feeding him?
He's eating predominantly a cockatiel love bird mix of seed, Cheerios and toast until lately because they recently have been full of glyphosate and it was making him sick so we took him off of the toast and Cheerios. He gets organic bread toast now! although he did eat Cheerios and regular white bread toast most of his life along with the seed. He'll occasionally get some pieces of plain popcorn to he likes that!
We hang a piece of toast in the cage throw a few pieces of Cheerios in a bowl at the bottom and Seed in a regular feeder.
HE is amazing, beautiful cockatiel. You are taking a good care of him. It surprises mi a little that the glutein in the bread does not hurt him. Is his left eye ok? How long is he now? Does he have a female?
This bird is older than me.
Is he still alive?
They live for a very long time with our diet, these little guys love human food.
that's the best crest I've ever seen and probably will see for a long time.
I have one and he's 23
How is he?? I hope he is good
kurd zh yes he's doing well still hanging in there!! 😉👍
Hi, does anyone here have a living cockatiel over the age of 30? My husband's bird is 30 and has had two cancer surgeries in the last 18 mos or so. Seems like 30 isn't so old for some of these birds!
Karen Skurla ABSOLUTELY...40...
@@mudman6156 Hi! Can I know your cockatiel's diet please ? What made him live such long & healthy life ? I look forward to your valuable reply ☺
Sharath Yadav Dixie FINALLY passed away on May 10, 2019, at the rip old age of 40. He may have even been 41, but if he was, it certainly wouldn’t have been by much. He actually (FINALLY) died on my birthday. May have been a birthday present to me(?). I inherited him from my Mom, who found him as a full grown bird singing in a tree back in 1978-79. I have absolutely no idea how he managed to live for so long. He didn’t eat anything special. He was given mullet sprigs and 3-D Premium Cockatiel seed mixture. But over the years he’s had other brands as well. My mom once tried to put a female in his cage with him, but he went and attacked that poor bird, so she quickly removed it. He was rather mean in is old age.
@@mudman6156 Oh !! am really sorry for your loss. It's really hard to lose our loved pets, moreover once it became a part of family. 40 - 41 years old is pretty good age, somehow you people cared him very well ☺ I guess he was a gray mutation ( wild type) ? How was his lifestyle & exercise level everyday ? Sorry to disturb you, learning from experienced person is the best for me & moreover we hardly get see cockatiel's which lived over 30+ so yours was 40+ that's why it is very interesting 💖
Any other companion cockatiel/bird with him ???
No unfortunately he's been a bachelor pretty much his whole life.
Ok....its good to keep another bird may be cockatiel or a budgie for his company....I too have kept
SAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIK My one is 33
Nice hope he lives a long time unfortunately stormy passed away March 27th he made it to 34 years old
Nice I hope he lives a long time for you unfortunately stormy passed away March 27th he made it to be 34 years old
@@babblingwizdom oh im so sorry thats so sad i hope he's having fun in heaven
I got a 13 year old
Baby.
Why arent you giving him greens?they need leafy greens very much
If that tiel lived for 32 yrs with seeds and toast only. Then I cant say anything else. That was living proof
What do u feed him?
We fed him cockatiel lovebird mix toast and Cheerios for most of his life however we stopped feeding him toast and Cheerios a few years back because the glyphosate are too high sadly though he passed away March 27th he made it to be 34 years old may he rest in peace
@@babblingwizdom did he ever eat veggies? Im trying to figure out the secret if they really need veggies to live 20+ years. Thanks… i wonder if they will live long with just seeds?
How is he? Hope still okey 😇
Yep he's doing just fine 33 years old and still trucking or chirpin LOL
Thats amazing! I send him love 💕
he is blind? I hope he is doing great also in this high age.
Unfortunately, He is no more. He passed away last year as he replied on few comments below.
still alive?
Use arithmetic. No
is he active
Sadly he passed away made it 34 years.
@@babblingwizdom aww im sorry for your loss i send my condolences
Is he still alive
Sadly no we sure miss him he made it to 34
@@babblingwizdom 😭😭im sorry . Mine flew away last year . Don’t know what happened to her . She’s gone now 😭
I mean obviously
@@babblingwizdom hi I had a cockatiel too and I loved him. But just know you bird is dead and now rotting in hell. (I can say that because I had a cockatiel.) Just be grateful he can now be with your grandmother
They will make good company for my brother. When he was on earth he was a heroin addict so he has good stories.
Hi everybody !!!!!
Please tell my what you make them eat ????
Cockatiel /parakeet seed, white bread toast and cheerios cereal. he gets a bit of popped corn once in a while as well.
I ever made him eat a thing. If and when he ate, he did it from his own choosing.
Is he still alive ?
Is he still alive?
Sadly he passed away, almost made it to 35.