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How to make my cockatiels breed

I just got my female cockatiel for my male and I want for them to bond and mate how to breed them they keep going inside the nest box but really doing nothing maybe
Any tips for making them breed and mate?

Hi,

You can’t make a pair bond and you can’t make them breed. Follow what I said – remove the nest box, separate them and put them in cages next to each other, and give them time to see if they decide they want to bond. Forcing them to be in the same cage can cause aggression and one might even kill the other. It takes a lot of patience to breed birds – nothing happens quickly. What they need most right now is time to get to know each other.

Thank you for asking Lafeber,

Brenda