New Tiel tomorrow...maybe two? Help!

[bs007]

Okay, as you all know, I'm going to look at a few tiels tomorrow with my kids. Well, you may not have known that I'm going tomorrow, but you know I'm getting a tiel.
Anyhoo...my fear is that I am going to fall in love with more than one! I know myself & I can almost guarantee that this is going to happen. There is plenty of room in the cage for two, but I also want them to stay tame & want to hang out with us. They are 3 months old, handfed & tame now.
If I end up getting two (and they are brothers & sisters & have been living together thus far) am I asking for problems? Will they not want to be with us even if we have them out of the cage for long hours at a time? Will they lose their tameness? (Yeah, I know it's not a word, but I like it!) Will they get older & decide they don't enjoy each others company enough to share a cage?
I know it would thrill my children to each have their own, but I don't want to risk losing any love they have to give or risk having my children be afraid of them if they are not nice anymore because there's two.

What are your thoughts?

[judy]

I have had two tiels before handraised, and tame, they were getting along great and would come out of their cages and loved the kids. They have gone to a new home now (bert and ernie). But I dont think there should be a problem with putting them in the one cage, just spend as much time with them as you can. If you see they are not taming after a while then maybe put them in there own cage and get them out together that way they still have their qualitly time with the family and with eachother when they are out.

This is what I would try personally, so maybe give it a go and see how it goes from there. I hope this has helped.

[Scully]

My experience with tiels is still pretty new, but i would say they are great for kids. My Kaeci is a gentle bird, and if you could get two young ones, go for it!

Are there any breeders in your aera, with young birds ready to be weaned?

[bridget]

I think getting two is a great idea. When no one is home to entertain them they will entertain eachother. If you buy two birds that are already hand tamed you shouldnt have a problem with their 'Tameness" (LOL). Your birds will need atleast an hour aday out of their cage any extra time would be great also LOL...

just wanted to add something in... your fear about them not being so tame when their around each other... i have had a tiel for over a year, she has lived by herself and off course shes tamed. i recently fell in love with a bird at work which we had problems with and couldnt rehome well i took her,... at work she would come out and she was a little B**ch...honestly... i then brought her home and introduced her to my bird missy. and 3 days later she was stepping up,... hasnt biten me since she has been with missy. missy personality has really come out. shes know alot more vocal... she plays with her toys alot. its just great. i was worried that missy was going to copy roxys behaviour. But if you were to put two lovely hand reared birds togther what could possibly happen?

As for them being brother and sister.... the only thing that can go wrong there is if they were to breed... if you dont supply a nest box they shouldnt think about breeding. if they were you would see behavious before they were to mate in which you would have to seperate them. and if you were to miss their behaviour and they were to lay eggs, well they dont believe you will have deformed babies until around the 3 clutch in most normal cases.... HOWEVER IM NOT TELLING ANYONE TO BREED BROTHER AND SISTER lol...

I think two birds is a great idea.
Anyways good luck with it and let us know how you go.