This is an older video but I have the same questions pop up again and again so I'm addressing them here. First off, not all birds should be housed together. It is extremely irresponsible and dangerous to house parrotlets together as they are incredibly territorial. There are very few exceptions to this. We also don't know anything about Ella's past as we adopted her when she was already almost a year old, she had many behavioural issues including being territorial and aggressive that took us many years of working with her to curb. As for the microwave - first of all we rarely used it and it was always unplugged when not in use. Secondly we of course moved the cage away from the space when it was in use. This was a short term solution, we renovated our kitchen shortly after that and those videos show that she is no where near the microwave.
Why is it so common for people in the us to keep birds alone in Germany (where I live) it even is illegal to keep them alone every good breeder will only sell you two birds and it is possible to keep parrotlets in pairs they mostly do way bether in pairs they will only get territorial to other parrotlets if they arent used to living with a mate I keep a pair of parrotlets myself and they are inseparable they even freak out if they dont see each other and yes they are handtame
Ella is precious! I just adopted my baby, Ziggy, and he looks a lot like Ella. They have such big personalities for such little birds. Thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed watching your video.
There went my smile 😢 ... I'm guessing that Ella passed away; that hurts my heart. So sorry to hear of your loss. I had a parrot (Precious) ... and she is no longer with me. It has been close to ten years and my heart is still broken; I'll always love and miss her so much.
OMG!! I love the birdie buffet or course it's bigger than the bird is. You could feed a flock of parrolettes with all that food! Good for you! Very cute video! Thanks for sharing! Bill
Yup, our Retriever-Lab is so spoiled, we cater to him. He gets people food cause his own is boring alone. Lol. We never give him fatal foods such as chocolate, walnuts, grapes, or onions.
@trainme100 From what I understood there are two types of bands - those that are clamped around the foot of a bird that's been shipped here (so many birds in the 80s etc. that were smuggled from the Amazon have these kinds of clamps) and those from breeders that are slipped on before the birds foot forms. These kinds are a solid, safe plastic thats larger than the bird's foot. Ella's is pretty loose around her leg and she won't grow any larger. Our vet also hasn't indicated we should remove it.
@Mathilde Tripathy I actually just googled this as I didn't know the answer but apparently they have taste buds just very few of them - explains why they love hot peppers so much! I suppose for them it's more about the texture of what they're eating and perhaps with the raspberry as they're so flavorful Ella can taste it! Thanks for teaching me something new!
She is definitely a 'she'. She lays eggs occasionally. Female pacifics still have blue, she also has some small amounts of blue under her wings. The male pacifics actually have almost all vibrant blue under her wings. That's how you can easily tell the difference :)
Have you been limiting their pellets/seeds when feeding other foods? Ella gets a big dish of fresh food in the morning and her seed dish at night (unfortunately we have never been able to get her on to pellets). It took a few weeks before she tried anything as well, they can be very picky! Also make sure to cook up a few things that may entice them like hard boiled egg, whole wheat pasta and brown rice. :)
She's beautiful ❤ How did you introduce food to her/ find out what she likes? The only thing my parrotlet eats/likes other than seeds is "egg food". He runs away from any healthy food we give him :(
This is just my advice, but I've had both budgies and a parrotlet. Whenever they're scared of something it's good to leave it somewhere they can see it until they get used to it. I know you might not have meant actually runs away so you might try mixing stuff your boy likes with stuff he isn't so sure of, that way he will likely get some of the other stuff while he's eating. Making 'birdie bread' could be a good way to do it too~ There are lots of recipes or you could just try as I said before the mixing idea.
Oh, thank you for this video. Now I am even more sure that I want parrotlet. I will have to try really hard to find one, because they are very rare in my country. I am going to call my parrotlet Ella, because I your parrotlet is amazing, I love her :D
I still need to teach my baby parrotlet (14 wks old) to eat other foods. He's scared when I try to hand feed him. I might just put the food on the table/floor and see if he'll eat it.
Can I ask you for some advice and how to get 2 parrotlets to bond to me and each other? I know separate cages at night and play time together outside the cage
Im getting 2 parrotlets in near future. Im going to let them be lose in balkony on the days so they have lot of space and be in cage only in the nights. Im gonna fix balkony fence that you use for cats so they wont fall. But do they poop alot? Is it good idea to get bird diapers?
Is that cauliflower cooked I have a 4 month old male and he only likes seEds sunflower and millet spray how old is Ella and how long have you had her. Mine is a new pet
It's very rare that she'll fly out of the kitchen because she doesn't like loosing sight of her cage so as long as we aren't cooking and we're home her cage door is open. :)
I watch our videos very interesting among others given today what other treats you give our parrotlet? my Blue Teal color w/ little darker wings of blue he love cockatea seeds especially the White shells. he does notpay action to clip of Remain lettuce. ordark grapes or green grapes no interest in banns or shaved carrots . Any Ideas how get him to try say half of list of fruits? And bed or week take foldout night time and in morning put in his cops apple slice up 4 small sections AMD grapes cut in half. Banns in another cup & so boiled egg whites and cooked yellow egg York. for 2 hers if neat cover up try a couple days latter ?? What's your advise.????
Oh no! Too dangerous! She would fly off and never come back I'm sure and I'd have no way to get her. I do occasionally bring her outside in her cage though so she can enjoy the fresh air, sunshine and noises (like bird's chirping).
I heard that rice expands in their stomachs and that’s why they no longer allow people to throw rice at weddings, because it actually is really bad for birds. Is that true?
I have a Kakariki parrot & his favourite fruits are raspberries & kiwis. For both of them, he is only interested in the little seed inside. So when you slice a kiwi it has all the black seeds around the middle. My guy picks them all out & leaves all the green fruit. With raspberries, there is a tiny seed inside each little round piece & he will take that little piece off & get the seed out from the middle. He then has all the red fruit stuck on his beak. So what's a bird to do? Why they shake their head so that all the bright red fruit goes flying. What a mess. I only give him those fruits when he is in his cage. That helps contain some of the mess. And I put some towels or paper down around the cage or it ends up all over my taupe carpet. He grinds the tiny seeds in his beak. I think with Ella you can hear the same grinding when she eats the raspberry seed. She is lovely. I enjoy watching my 2 birds & other's videos of birds eating & getting it all over their face. They look like they enjoyed themselves. Cheers.
Eversince since I got mine, or must I say he got me, I have been unable to eat crisps in particular coz he'll start biting me if I touched the packet, he likes it all for himself lol :p
We rarely used the microwave and it was always unplugged when not in use. Secondly we of course moved the cage away from the space when it was in use. This was a short term solution, we renovated our kitchen shortly after that.
Pacific parrotlet. The distinction between female and male is fairly easy. Males have a dark blue back, dark blue wings and a blue eye area. However, there are female pacific parrotlets whose eye rims are as blue as those of the males. My lovely daughter's is also very blue. When she was only 3 - 4 months old, her blueness occurred. It increased in the following months. I think it will increase a little more when she reaches full adulthood. Her has a few dark blue shiny feathers on its back, as in male pacific parrotlets. Her remaining back feathers are glossy/phosphorus green, as in all green female pacific parrotlets. These blueness are caused by the amount of testosterone hormone. Despite this, my dear daughter did not bite me even once. It is not uncommon for female pacific parrotlets to have blueness around the eyes. That's why when looking at the gender of an adult pacific parrotlet, the back and wing feathers are looked at. Not around the eyes.
This is an older video but I have the same questions pop up again and again so I'm addressing them here. First off, not all birds should be housed together. It is extremely irresponsible and dangerous to house parrotlets together as they are incredibly territorial. There are very few exceptions to this. We also don't know anything about Ella's past as we adopted her when she was already almost a year old, she had many behavioural issues including being territorial and aggressive that took us many years of working with her to curb. As for the microwave - first of all we rarely used it and it was always unplugged when not in use. Secondly we of course moved the cage away from the space when it was in use. This was a short term solution, we renovated our kitchen shortly after that and those videos show that she is no where near the microwave.
Why is it so common for people in the us to keep birds alone in Germany (where I live) it even is illegal to keep them alone every good breeder will only sell you two birds and it is possible to keep parrotlets in pairs they mostly do way bether in pairs they will only get territorial to other parrotlets if they arent used to living with a mate I keep a pair of parrotlets myself and they are inseparable they even freak out if they dont see each other and yes they are handtame
@@tom4005 yay they should be ok with each other sins they live in big swarms in the nature ... exceptions are always there. Maybe it's one of them.
What’s wrong with being near a microwave?
I love her! I could watch her eat breakfast nonstop. Too adorable!
...this is one of the beloved birds i wish every one who like to share this life with birds.
She's absolutely adorable 😘
🐦 🐥 🐥 🐤 🐥 🐥 🐦
Awwe, she's so precious!
Nice mommy to cutie pie Ella, buying her healthy treats; she looks a lot like my little one too. Adorable!
Precious little thing.
Bird: it's about time
Human: go check the other side
Bird stop talking to me like a baby
1 min later
Bird:OHHHH RASBERRYS
Lol. So true.
AHAHAHAHA life with Ella!
WildTinyNinja so true lmao
Lol
She is the cutest thing,I've ever seen and I've seen a dog cuddle a kitten
She’s so beautiful. Thank you for sharing!
She’s so smart, she understood what you were telling her to do when you said go around the other side of the bowl.
Enjoying her food so much. She’s adorable.
Ella is precious! I just adopted my baby, Ziggy, and he looks a lot like Ella. They have such big personalities for such little birds. Thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed watching your video.
Your bird is so cute...(:
How sweet!!!!!
I smiled the whole time - watching your video. Makes my heart feel good to see loving, intelligent parrot "parents". 😊😍
Thank you so much!
There went my smile 😢 ...
I'm guessing that Ella passed away; that hurts my heart.
So sorry to hear of your loss.
I had a parrot (Precious) ... and she is no longer with me. It has been close to ten years and my heart is still broken; I'll always love and miss her so much.
Cuteness overload!
OMG!! I love the birdie buffet or course it's bigger than the bird is. You could feed a flock of parrolettes with all that food! Good for you! Very cute video! Thanks for sharing! Bill
parrotlets are the best!
mine loves raspberries too, and makes a giant bloody mess!!
I love Ella
SO CUTE
I love seeing someone spoil their parrots like I do...
+loveparrots sherry Love your words!
Thank you! :) I just believe all animals deserve to have the absolute best life possible!
Yup, our Retriever-Lab is so spoiled, we cater to him. He gets people food cause his own is boring alone. Lol. We never give him fatal foods such as chocolate, walnuts, grapes, or onions.
@@BudgetBunny yep
Both Ella and your voice are absolutely adorable! What a joy to watch, thanks for posting! :)
Awww! Such a cutie!
Thank you!
I had a bad day and your little birdy made me cry! She is so adorable and vulnerable, I hope she’s doing okay
@trainme100 From what I understood there are two types of bands - those that are clamped around the foot of a bird that's been shipped here (so many birds in the 80s etc. that were smuggled from the Amazon have these kinds of clamps) and those from breeders that are slipped on before the birds foot forms. These kinds are a solid, safe plastic thats larger than the bird's foot. Ella's is pretty loose around her leg and she won't grow any larger. Our vet also hasn't indicated we should remove it.
so cute i love how she looked when she first seen the berries priceless
So cute!!!
AWWWW she's soo cute!!! She's so messy which is so cute!
soooo cute!!!!
I love how they always look like they’re wearing eyeshadow lol!!!
She’s a “flinger-flanger” 😂. Where is all that food going 🥴. Cute little piggy 🥳.
So cute. What kind of parrotlet is Ella?
Pacific parrotlet, I think.
I just got a Spectacled Parrotlet yesterday. He is a baby...7-8 weeks old.
@@cherbear4564 He sounds adorable!
watching bird videos is so addicting :D
She was hyped lol
You have parrotlets !! I thought you only had bunnies! Wow, subscribed!
Oh she's adorable!! Love how their beaks get so messy - always makes me laugh - 'food beards'!!lol : )
@Mathilde Tripathy I actually just googled this as I didn't know the answer but apparently they have taste buds just very few of them - explains why they love hot peppers so much! I suppose for them it's more about the texture of what they're eating and perhaps with the raspberry as they're so flavorful Ella can taste it! Thanks for teaching me something new!
She is definitely a 'she'. She lays eggs occasionally. Female pacifics still have blue, she also has some small amounts of blue under her wings. The male pacifics actually have almost all vibrant blue under her wings. That's how you can easily tell the difference :)
She is soooo pretty! How are they with other birds?
awwwwww shes so cute
Small birb
Such a sweet little thing... Makes me miss my Parrotlet so much... :'(
Mine died last week 😢 it’s hard to find another one.
Beautiful Birdie
Omg Ella is so adorable
parrots are my favorite
Have you been limiting their pellets/seeds when feeding other foods? Ella gets a big dish of fresh food in the morning and her seed dish at night (unfortunately we have never been able to get her on to pellets). It took a few weeks before she tried anything as well, they can be very picky! Also make sure to cook up a few things that may entice them like hard boiled egg, whole wheat pasta and brown rice. :)
I love how u talk to her like a baby HAHAHA SAME
Adorable
Haha once she fell in to Hubby's cereal bowl and was covered in corn flakes still trying to eat!
🤣
Lol just wow
awww what a little messy birdy
how do u not have her like flying all around
So cute
my parrotlet, oskar's, absolute favorites are raspberries (and blackberries), too! i'll have to try red leaf lettuce--thanks!
She's sooo adorable....Has she ever flown outside?
She's beautiful ❤
How did you introduce food to her/ find out what she likes?
The only thing my parrotlet eats/likes other than seeds is "egg food". He runs away from any healthy food we give him :(
This is just my advice, but I've had both budgies and a parrotlet. Whenever they're scared of something it's good to leave it somewhere they can see it until they get used to it. I know you might not have meant actually runs away so you might try mixing stuff your boy likes with stuff he isn't so sure of, that way he will likely get some of the other stuff while he's eating. Making 'birdie bread' could be a good way to do it too~ There are lots of recipes or you could just try as I said before the mixing idea.
Onism I'll try it. Thanks :)
Oh, thank you for this video. Now I am even more sure that I want parrotlet. I will have to try really hard to find one, because they are very rare in my country. I am going to call my parrotlet Ella, because I your parrotlet is amazing, I love her :D
Did you have a pacific parrotlet? If so how is he/she now?
aw ella is so cute and messy he he lol i have always wanted a bird but it will never come true
OK, thanks for the reply. Always great to learn something. :)
Seeing Ella eat those raspberries reminds me of this animal documentary I watched about finches that suck blood from other birds! I'm weird I know. XD
Hahaha ewwww really? That's.....different lol!
When you said “I thought you guys would want to watch breakfast with Ella,” I was like “of fucking course I want to watch breakfast with Ella”
I still need to teach my baby parrotlet (14 wks old) to eat other foods. He's scared when I try to hand feed him. I might just put the food on the table/floor and see if he'll eat it.
Can I ask you for some advice and how to get 2 parrotlets to bond to me and each other? I know separate cages at night and play time together outside the cage
She is so cute 😄💚🦜
I'm going to be getting a parotlet soon :) Thanks for the video, so cute! What kind of seeds do you give them?
That bird eats better than I do
0:04 i have the same cage!!
😂😂😂cutie pie 😊
Im getting 2 parrotlets in near future. Im going to let them be lose in balkony on the days so they have lot of space and be in cage only in the nights. Im gonna fix balkony fence that you use for cats so they wont fall. But do they poop alot? Is it good idea to get bird diapers?
Is that cauliflower cooked I have a 4 month old male and he only likes seEds sunflower and millet spray how old is Ella and how long have you had her. Mine is a new pet
where did you find your window perch?
I'm getting one!
Hi New friend here join ur birds is beautiful stay connected
Does she finish the plate?
It's very rare that she'll fly out of the kitchen because she doesn't like loosing sight of her cage so as long as we aren't cooking and we're home her cage door is open. :)
How old is Ella? Where did you get her from? How old was she when you got her?
this is too cute
Thanks! She was a very cheeky lady!
Oh my goodness you look so much like me! :3
💚🦜
I noticed the blue markings on its head and it can can talk. Do you think its a boy?
No she is most definnitely a girl. Males have solid blue under their wings and Ella has dark green. She occasionally also laid eggs.
What size is your vision cage?
Each time, I eat my raspberries. I do the same thing. XD
I watch our videos very interesting among others given today what other treats you give our parrotlet? my Blue Teal color w/ little darker wings of blue he love cockatea seeds especially the White shells. he does notpay action to clip of Remain lettuce. ordark grapes or green grapes no interest in banns or shaved carrots . Any Ideas how get him to try say half of list of fruits? And bed or week take foldout night time and in morning put in his cops apple slice up 4 small sections AMD grapes cut in half. Banns in another cup & so boiled egg whites and cooked yellow egg York. for 2 hers if neat cover up try a couple days latter ??
What's your advise.????
Does she eat all of it? :O I sometimes feel like it's a lot, and my birds waste a lot too.
Oh no! Too dangerous! She would fly off and never come back I'm sure and I'd have no way to get her. I do occasionally bring her outside in her cage though so she can enjoy the fresh air, sunshine and noises (like bird's chirping).
I have the same bird but her name is Ivy
I heard that rice expands in their stomachs and that’s why they no longer allow people to throw rice at weddings, because it actually is really bad for birds. Is that true?
my mom once said that birds cannot taste, is that true?
False. They are too picky in food. Only bitter food does not bitter them. Like pepper.
I have a Kakariki parrot & his favourite fruits are raspberries & kiwis. For both of them, he is only interested in the little seed inside. So when you slice a kiwi it has all the black seeds around the middle. My guy picks them all out & leaves all the green fruit. With raspberries, there is a tiny seed inside each little round piece & he will take that little piece off & get the seed out from the middle. He then has all the red fruit stuck on his beak. So what's a bird to do? Why they shake their head so that all the bright red fruit goes flying. What a mess. I only give him those fruits when he is in his cage. That helps contain some of the mess. And I put some towels or paper down around the cage or it ends up all over my taupe carpet. He grinds the tiny seeds in his beak. I think with Ella you can hear the same grinding when she eats the raspberry seed. She is lovely. I enjoy watching my 2 birds & other's videos of birds eating & getting it all over their face. They look like they enjoyed themselves.
Cheers.
Eversince since I got mine, or must I say he got me, I have been unable to eat crisps in particular coz he'll start biting me if I touched the packet, he likes it all for himself lol :p
Lol
LeonineFeline/InkWitch/ParadoxicalVoidArtist lmao shut up
Is this a microwave under its cage?? I think it's not good...
Sorry if I hurt your feeling. Your parrotlet is so sweet!
We rarely used the microwave and it was always unplugged when not in use. Secondly we of course moved the cage away from the space when it was in use. This was a short term solution, we renovated our kitchen shortly after that.
What kind of Parrot is that? What's the name exactly? Looks cute and fancy. And how can u tell if their male or female?
Pacific parrotlet. The distinction between female and male is fairly easy. Males have a dark blue back, dark blue wings and a blue eye area. However, there are female pacific parrotlets whose eye rims are as blue as those of the males. My lovely daughter's is also very blue. When she was only 3 - 4 months old, her blueness occurred. It increased in the following months. I think it will increase a little more when she reaches full adulthood. Her has a few dark blue shiny feathers on its back, as in male pacific parrotlets. Her remaining back feathers are glossy/phosphorus green, as in all green female pacific parrotlets. These blueness are caused by the amount of testosterone hormone. Despite this, my dear daughter did not bite me even once. It is not uncommon for female pacific parrotlets to have blueness around the eyes. That's why when looking at the gender of an adult pacific parrotlet, the back and wing feathers are looked at. Not around the eyes.
Yes she is quite messy! There are some larger birds that I would just love to have but I can't imagine the mess they would make! lol
She can be my umbrella Ella Ella.
♥️🥰
Oh my goodness.
Hahaha thanks! We call it the Ella Shuffle ;)
The bird is eating better than me...
She's a Pacific Parrotlet. :)
The more he ate, the bigger he got hahahaha
I have 3 parrotlets I have 1 green 1 yellow and 1 white the white one is Alice the yellow one is winter and the green one is tweety
I didn't know parrots ate brown rice.