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| Subject: | Re: Cockatiel Lifespan |
| From: | Mike Owen <> |
| Date: | Fri, 31 Aug 2001 22:40:58 +1000 |
wrote: > > > I rescued an abused cockatiel ten years ago. He was about three at the > > time. Can you give me an expected lifespan for a captive bird? The oldest pet cockatiel I have heard of is 33 years and going strong, and living in Brisbane. However the average lifespan for a pet cockatiel is more like 15 years and very few make it over 20 years. cheers, Mike Owen Sunshine Coast Australian Representative World Parrot Trust Birding-Aus is on the Web at www.shc.melb.catholic.edu.au/home/birding/index.html To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe birding-aus" (no quotes, no Subject line) to |
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