cockatiel

Dolly is my 15 month old pearl cockatiel. Since April 24, she has had these symptoms: Polyuria / excess urine, regurgitation behavior at times / dry heaving / doesn’t actually throw up. She’s gained weight even though her diet is Harrison’s pellets and fresh boiled vegetables twice a day. Her...

Hello! I made an account here specifically for this issue. I bought Mochi the cockatiel from a breeder on kijiji.ca (I know I'm silly) and the breeder said he would not sell me a bird unless they were fully weened. Well that seemed to be a lie because she wasn't fully weened when she arrived on...

I brought them in their little backpack, and they seemed to be alright. They were shaking, a bit, however, and then they just climbed around in the backpack. I was concerned regardless, and hurried to leave because I was worried something happened to them. I heard many stories of people bringing...

I know this applies to all parrots- and birds in general, but I decided to ask here because I own tiels. I have searched online, and if I scroll on Reddit everyone keeps going in different directions when having this kind of discussion. Like one will say the Ninja air fryer is perfect to have...

So Kelma and Gummigoo are picky eaters. They enjoy seeds, and pellets, but wont eat veggies or fruits. Correct me if I'm wrong but the following foods I know not to ever give them: Garlic, onion, avocado, anything with salt, anything with sugar/excessive sugar (unless it is fruit it's fine but...

So I got these two cockatiels 6-7 days back. the male had done some really wet and heavy dumps on the first day and then soon over the days it got normal-ish. When i first got him he was puffed up in the sick sort of way all the time too but he got increasingly energetic and last afternoon he...

I recently got myself a Blue-headed pionus, somebody was rehoming him and I made the rash decision to get him. He just finished his one month quarantine so I’m moving him to my room where the rest of my birds are. I have a cockatiel living with two brotogeris jugularis parakeets and then a green...

Hi, need some help! I just got a nice big cage for my cockatiel Piccolo, but while putting it together, I realised the way they designed the sides to join together makes these really small bar spaces on all the corners, ranging around 3-5mm! Could Piccolo get his feet caught in these while...

I’ve had my new tiel for around 3 months now, for all the time I’ve had her she never enjoyed leaving her cage. She would never panic when I took her out and she’d usually just be chill but it’s hard to even get her out because she’s clipped and is kinda stubborn, needing a treat to step up and...

Alby and I before my black hoodie became speckled with bird dust and poops.

I recently got a baby tiel and she’s been wean screaming a lot, I would just like an estimate of when she will stop, she is already calming down so this is kind of just here to show pictures of her.

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Baby Bird. She loves using my keyboard as a food plate (and ripping the keys off)

I am currently owning a male peach-faced lovebird and we are really bonded and i decieded to get another parrot but i can't decide which one of the following species to choose: 1. Green Cheek Conure 2. Monk parrot 3. Indian Ringneck 4. Cockatiel I have done research on all of them but i want...

Hi guys Picasso has a good diet he eats, bean shoots, capsicum, carrots, corn, brocoli, corriander,green beans and dark leafy greens such as spinach and rocket. I also feed him Vetafarm nutriblend pellets. He has the Forege healthy seed mix ( no sun flower seeds) and crumbles also cuttlebone. He...

Whenever my cockatiel hisses at me or gets really aggressive, I notice a very thin, wind-like sound coming from his nostrils. It’s almost as if his nostrils act like a flute, creating the sound when air passes through. While I occasionally hear it during intense hissing, I’ve noticed it happens...

Hi! I have had my cockatiel for a little over a year and I got him when he was just a baby. We have bonded and about a few months ago he went into a stage which he was really moody and didn’t want to be held or touched and I knew that was normal but then he went back to always wanting to be with...

Hello everyone this is my first time posting in any sort of thread,just registered and signed up to ask for help as I can't sleep without worries(since this is my first time having cockatiels),English isn't my first English and I live in a third world country.I have three cockatiels named...

I bought a new bird from the store and it's been almost two days and I can't find it eating how long should I wait before i go to Veterinarian

Please help find my Bebe. Bebe is a cockatiel, 6yo. Yellow head with orange cheeks and gray body. She flew away on 11/9/24 around 11am in Danbury, CT. Ball pond Rd and clapboard ridge Rd, kingstreet area. If you are around the neighborhood please look out for her in your yard, windows, cars...

Hello, I have 2 months old cockatiel and he has this weird beak. Will it grow out? Or what to do? I trim it a little bit yesterday and now it looks like this. What could be the problem?

Hello guys :) hope u have a good day, its nearly winter time and temperatures are dropping and im trying to find a solution for my cockatiels, cz temperatures are low in winter in my country (15c degrees daytime and night time like 8c sometimes 4c) i was using heater with 2000w of consumption...

Hi, it’s me again 🙈 I am hand feeding three cockatiels and one of them has always full crop. So I thought that it is sour crop or crop infection. So I started giving antibiotics. I am giving them 2 times a day. Now it’s almost a week and his crop is still full. I think hes digesting. But why...

Hello people! I have a question for you guys, recently a theater group i am not part of anymore is about to get a canarie bird just to use as a forniture on stage, a real bird as a prompt that is not even important to the show (it makes me so angry, i hate them with a burning passion), aside...

Hello all! Just recently adopted a cockatiel (about 3-4 months old). He's had his wings clipped before we got him but they're slowly starting to grow back so he can fly pretty far and likes to test his skills by flying to random areas whenever he wants to (but he sometimes fails to grasp onto...

Hello. I have a four year old (assumed) male cockatiel named Percy, who I got in May of 2020, while I was working from home. He is absolutely obsessed with me. In August of 2020, received a very serious injury to his beak (don't use carabiners on your toys everyone...) and I think that...

Hello! My cockatiel Tea just got home from the vet. She was egg bound and had the egg removed. I’m worried about her because her follow up papers say to look out for any straining, and she has been straining every 3-5 minutes since she’s been home, and occasionally making small chirps or squeaks...

Hello! I have a cockatiel named Tea that is showing signs of laying eggs. She turns 7 in about a month and she’s showing some behaviors that i’m worried about. First thing that concerns me is her poop, they’re a normal/slightly brighter green color but the actual poop is very small but...

Hello people, hope you have a good day, i just arrived home and i realized there is a lack spot on Pika’s feather! His behaviour looks okay he sings plays eats normal. Does anyone have any clue what could happened to him? I will post a photo below. Thanks

Hello everyone, this is my first time posting here. I was wondering if anyone would know what is my cockatiel doing onto my neck. It seems like he (not sure) likes to push his head and body and preen afterwards. He also does not make any noise most of the time but maybe subtle chirps from time...

My cockatiel has diarrhea. He is constantly plucking his feathers. Can anyone give advice? I live in Turkey and there are extremely few veterinarians who care for birds here. These veterinarians are also far away, unfortunately I don't have a car. That's why I can't take him to the vet.

Two days ago my bird broke her wing and chipped the tip of her beak off. I took her to the vet, the wing got wrapped and they prescribed her meloxicam for the pain and a cream to prevent infection in her broken beak. Physically, she should be fine. The issues are I can barely get her to eat and...

I was studying in the kitchen when my cockatiel must have thrown up on the other side of the kitchen island. My mom and I were talking and didn't see it happen. It took a second for me to realize the sticky mess, partly clear with a little bit of pinkish orangish stuff in it with what I realized...

Hello! I’m usually very careful I don’t cook with my tiels around, this time I got a call and got distracted and my girl Chakri had a left over of onion on top of her beak, I fricked out of course as I know it’s toxic, took the rest off her but I’m sure she had a munch, it’s been now more than...

This was kind of a breakthrough with Poppy, earlier this week I was able to scratch her head and this video was a few days after that!! She's less scared of hands now but I think part of that earlier came from the fact that I was putting my hands /in/ her cage. When shes out hands are OK.

Hi everyone, My pet cockatiel Dommi has gotten into the habit lately of chewing cables at my desk or even lately flying down onto the floor of my living room and chewing cables near my TV cabinet. I can solve some cables by tying them up high but some need to be on the desk such as my laptop...

Hey everyone ! First of all I don't really know if this message goes here and if it doesn't im so sorry :') Yesterday I got my first rescue bird, a pretty cockatiel named Bonnie ! I know he went through quite some stuff to say the least. The thing is he is VERY aggressive, which is normal. He...