Semicolons

To potential owners, any pet with the label “exotic” signals poor health and enormous veterinarian bills. However, a cockatiel is a good choice as the family pet. Cockatiels, while exotic looking, are rather hearty and can live fifteen years or more. Most cockatiels are gray with white patches on their wings; they also have colorful crests that point straight toward the sky. A Pearl Lutino is a more exotic looking cockatiel. Its feathers are mostly yellow and white, with gray stripes running down long, elegant tail feathers; big, perfectly round tufts that look like fuzzy peaches grow over the cockatiel’s ears. Cockatiels are fairly small, usually measuring only twelve to fourteen inches and weighing only two to four ounces.