cockatiels

Hi everyone. idek if this will be seen by a lot but im currently dog sitting and bird sitting and so my friend gave me a bag of her birds pellets in a plastic ziplock bag. I stupidly left the bag of pellets on the dinning table chair instead of the dinning table itself and somehow some way this...

i got my 2 cockatiels from a breeder when they were 2 years old, they have been with me for around a year. they were fed on a seed mix only diet, and the breeder told me to continue feeding them a seed diet. i did a lot of research and have come to find that seed-only diets are horrible. i just...

Hello I found this forum today and could REALLY use some help.. I have 2 male cockatiels, they're brothers and have been in my care for around 3 years now but suddenly I've been having some problems.. Seemingly out the blue they've begun fighting a lot more than usual! No blood has been drawn...

As of this morning, Cicero started making these weird ''snotty/clicking'' and ''hiccup'' sounds. I have no clue as to what they are or if she's in any danger. I'm worried that maybe she's sick or has something caught in her throat. However, her poop is normal and she doesn't really have the...

Hey everyone! I'm bringing home a cockatiel in the the next few months and the breeder is DNA-sexing the babies. How do cockatiels differ in personality and hormones in terms of gender? I know all birds have different personalities but I'd love to know what the common themes are when it comes...

What can I Hand-Feed my Baby Cockatiels? Hello guys, :rainbow1: Please I need to know what can I Hand-Feed my Baby Cockatiels, Can I prepare a formula at home (a natural one) using grains, beans ...etc instead of the hand-feeding Commercial Formulas like Nutribird A18-A19-A21, Exact, Kiki...

This dot on his cere actually looks something like a cut, the picture quality isn't good, sorry- and that white line around his cere and beak looks like skin? like you know if you have a cut on your finger and there's like white curled up/dead skin there? It's also ON his beak. That. He/she is...

Hi everyone! I just got a cockatiel around a week ago. When we got him/her (she/he is now 7 weeks old and fully weaned) she was on a seed-only diet. We are trying to convert him/her to a pellet diet (Tropican lifetime formula mixed with ZuPreem FruitBlend pellets) Do you have any tips? :grey...

Hey guys. I am new here. I have a pair of cockatiels that I house outdoors. I cover their cage at night, anyways, They had a clutch of eggs a few months ago. One baby hatched but they let it die like a day or two later. Then about a month later I believe they had a second clutch of eggs and...

Hi. Last year I was given a cockatiel by my grandparents, the bird was hand reared from birth and use to be a very friendly bird. The last owners of the bird, however, did not know how to properly take care of a friendly bird and would often grab it harshly to pick it up, which must have made...

Hi everyone, I am new here in this forum and also new in birds in general. A couple of months ago, a bird just flew inside my room. I don't have any knowledge about birds/parrots at that particular time but I decided to keep the bird while I am finding the owner. The parrot is a Meyer's Parrot...

Hi, I have a Male cockatiel called Coco, he's around 2 years old now. He's normally a lovely chap, always following me around, watching what I'm doing whatever room I'm in and the occasional scritches. He loves to play peekaboo and shout Pretty Pretty Coco at the top of his lungs. He's a little...

Resuced birds need home -- Dayton, Ohio I have 2 green cheek Coures and 2 Cockatiels in Dayton, Ohio. I rescued them from someone I know because they were not taking care of their properly. There were 3 Conures, One had a broken leg when I got him so I took him to the vet and after...

Hello all! My current situation is as follows: I currently have two cockatiels: An 8 montH old pearl female and a 3 month old male. I had originally bought the female (Lola) and bonded with her rather quickly. She has her mood swings and hisses at me sometimes, but at the end of the day, its...

Hello, around 2 weeks ago we purchased two cockatiels. Both are said to be around 1.5 years old. The previous owner detailed specifically that they need to be bought together since they been like that from the beginning she has had them. She also noted that they don't want to be touched yet they...

Hello everyone, ive really been getting into this site and seeing what people have been posting, even people blogging daily on there little chicks. So, Kiwi is now 10 weeks old! Already growing so fast! My little Ki-Ki is better daily with me, still not to keen coming up to me straight...

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Newbie here! :yellow1: I need some help with what I guess could be called "re-taming" my bird. For context and history, there's a few paragraphs here. Sorry for that! I've got a male cockatiel named George who is about 4 years old now. He came to us hand-raised from a breeder and was our first...

Hi, I am getting a cockatiel in a couple of months and was wondering what an appropriate size cage would be? My three budgies are in a 1m in height, 50cm in width and 75cm in length, would a tiel fit? Thanks Kate :greenyellow::blue2::yellow2:

After much research and LOTS of contemplating, I'm finally ready to get a cockatiel! I've gone to my local bird shop (Omar's Exotic Birds in Brea) and totally fell in love with them. Any tips? :grey: :white1:

Hi there, first time poster desperate for some advice. Like most people I didn't do enough research before getting my birds. Me and my boyfriend really wanted a cockatiel, since his grand mother had one that was very friendly, we spend months waiting for someone to sell them as we had no pet...

RE: Which Parrot is best for me? Hey guys, my question is simple, i have researched so much on these birds but still feel like i am missing something. Can someone please tell me a bit about African Greys and Cockatiels. Family members: CHILD,PARENTS,NEWBORN,COCKER SPANIEL DOG, RAGDOLL CAT...

Hi, We have small to medium-sized parrots such as cockatiels, lovebirds, conures, Quaker parakeets and an Indian Ringneck. Some of the cockatiels are quite sensitive to noise and other disturbances and have fairly frequent night frights. We live out in the country, and the existing well doesn't...

I'm confused right now. I bred a whiteface male and a female pearl and I ended up with a normal grey female cockatiel. I thought the baby would be a pearl, whiteface, or a whiteface pearl. Could someone please explain how this happened?:confused:

I have two young cockatiels that I have had for about two months now. They are very smart and lively! These are my very first birds so I am kinda lost with a bunch of things. I have been taking my birds out every day and doing little training sessions with them which are going fairly well...

Cockatiel's

loving pet owner looking for help Hello I am a new member to the group. I have had my first cockatiel for awhile, been told it was a boy, we then named him Buddy he talks & whisles. Then few months down the road I was considering on getting a girl for him. So I end up finding another on...

We've been having "weiro sessions" in the bathroom when I have a bath. I take Tony and Eddie (formerly Doris) in there with me and let them just "hang out" with me. They are not good at flying, Tony is better, but Eddie seems really hopeless at it, I wonder what they got to do before I adopted...

In another thread, I've discovered that Doris is probably a boy. Here are my birds, Tony is the one with the cheeks and Doris is the grey one. Are they boys? If Doris is a boy, I think I will rename him. Any suggestions?

Does anyone elses' tiels' hop? :3 Zero hops like crazy when he's overl excited and happy. I recently took him to school for shooting pictures for Art, and I took him to my boyfriend's to birdsit him till Monday (And I take his tiel, Pikachu xD) And he just started hopping many times on his...

Hello, I am getting a shed in the next couple of weeks and I am going to put cages in it for breeding my chickens. I am also going to make the last part an aviary for cockatiels and budgies. It will be about 8' by 3' inside and there would be an additional 10' by 3' outside. I am wondering what...

Hi! I need help, my cockatiels are not bonding. The male Paga is 2 years and the female is Lulu which is 14 months. We had Lulu before and decided to get her a friend. When we first got Paga we clipped his wings to make sure they were on the same level. The live together in the same cage and are...

Hello! We recently got our first little tiel after a lot of research and I'd love to know if everything here sounds normal! She has a little bit of an issue with screaming to get our attention. To fix this we've read that it's best to ignore screaming entirely and to go to the bird when she's...

Hi, im sammie or tessa, i have in my house 2 cockatiels:grey::grey: and a parakeet:greenyellow:. both cockatiels are housed in the living room,as it the keet, the cockatiels each have their own cage, a prevue flight cage,its 53 inches up and 31 inches long across by 20 inches wide, :D...