Petri the Cockatiel

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Originally Posted by Elspode

Frank is our 'tiel. He's real weird. He wants lots of attention, but he'll bite your arm off if you try to put him on your finger when he's in his cage. He will sit on a finger out of the cage, *if* you can get close enough to him to get him to step up. Not real friendly in the conventional sense, but really, really likes attention, being talked to and such. He gets real upset if he hears you come in the front door and you don't come to see him.

Els, situating Frank's cage across from the oscars. They're obviously conversational bores; "Is it dinner time yet? I'm hungry. Have we got anything to eat? I'm starving. Where's the pizza guy?" etc etc. Frank needs more stimulation than that, y'know.