I lost my cockatiel spike in kitchener ontario Canada about 7 months ago i have almost given up on him. he can talk and say things like "you a spiky?" , "spiky-spiky!" , "spikydoodle" , "you a spiky, hm hm hm?", he can also whistle he has a metal band on his foot that has hard to read numbers or letters or both. here is a pic with some info on my spike.