My cocktail laid a couple of eggs already and is laying on them. We do not want chicks Unfortunately we didn’t know but we put a small cardboard Box in there to make her comfortable . You want to remove the eggs Wondering how to stop the whole process of her laying eggs At this […]
Hi, How can I tell if my cockatiel is not well. It’s the first time I have one. Please advise. Thank you
Hi, so my birds were breeding and laid 4 eggs. I candled them and two of them are fertilized. They’ve laid eggs twice before but this is the first time it’s fertilized. The two fertilized ones were laid I think like 15-20 days ago? Today when I woke up (2 hours ago), I could hear […]
HOW TO STOP MY BIRD FROM HAVING EGGS.Since march up until now she had 19 eggs. What can I do.
My cockatiel is very skinny. He is 78 grams and 3 months old. I feed him vitamin seeds and how should I change his diet so that he gains a little weight?
So I have successfully bred my two Cockatiels, but the female doesn’t seem to sit on the 4 eggs she has laid. I don’t want to use an incubator for hatching them, and decided to use a damp towel/bowl and a heat pad. But I don’t know if that would completely work for hatching them.
My cockatiel has started laying eggs, and I have taken the approach to take away the egg when she has laid it so she won’t spend a good part of the day just sitting on the egg. She has so far laid 3 eggs, on an every other day basis. If I do this will […]
Is it okay to forcefeed a 2 week old cockatiel? I just got my bird yesterday and he doesn’t eat the formula I made until this mornibg, I asked the breeder and he said i should forcefeed. Is it okat tho?
Twice a week I have to leave home all day for work. Is it okay to leave my cockatiel alone all day without any human or bird interaction?
I have 1.5years male cockatiel it’s flight feather is fallen .it’s growing again falling.
Is it normal for a. Make cockatiel to be playing with the eggs his mate laid?
I have a male and female cockatiel. 3 eggs were laid almost 3 weeks ago. And one has hatched right now. The diet of the parent cockatiels are mainly millets and seeds. They don’t enjoy fruits or vegetables much. The male cockatiel is not friendly with us but took care of the eggs most than […]
My female cockatiel layed 3 eggs ,one hatched and other 2 dint and after the chick came out of the egg both of My birds are outside the breeding box why so
My male and female were breeding, he is biting the back of her neck and it was bleeding bad, she looks a bit beat up but she is still sitting on eggs. I had to take him out, she was trying to get away from him. Will she be able to still hatch and care […]
Hi my cockatail laid4 egg in firs cluth but 2 of them hatched and parent nibble them to dye, what should i do to save remaining 2 egg and how to know if they will hatch or not.
my tiel won’t stop flying to onto my head or on me she screams if i leave the room for even two seconds i can’t do anything without her flying to me is it best to get her a friend or is she just too attached to me
Thank you sooooo much, this site is really great!!!! This is the first time I get a really satisfying accurate knowledgeable information!! Thank you. So in following up on my previous question. So do I throw away the eggs 🙁 ? And how I rest them for 6 months? They are already mating again?!! Do […]
My female cockatiel is in the process of laying eggs she has laid her first but she sits in the nest as if she’s waiting. She is aggressive and makes the male leave. Before this they would always stay together preen and do all things pairs do this is there first clutch together what should […]
I have a male cockatiel, around 8 months old and he has already molted some of his wing and tail feathers but lately I’ve been seeing how he is losing lots of feathers from the chest area. Sometimes when he preens, I see him with fallen chest feather in his beak but I can’t figure […]
I have eno cocketiel pair for 2 years.now they both most of the time in box.but when they try to mat the female does not let the male to ride on it .if the make rides then she is not relaxed.she moves away.both play with each other all the day long.male cocketiel makes mating call […]
I have some cockatiels that I’ve had for a couple months now, but they do not like to bathe. If offered a bath of lukewarm to room temp water they mostly ignore it/ maybe drink out of it. They dislike being misted as well. What are some ways I can get my birdies introduced to […]
Hi, thank you for this very helpful page. This is my first time having cockatiel couple , I did the mistake of moving the eggs and they did abandon them. But she laid another 5 eggs. But I am so afraid to touch or move any. But the issue that they are incubating them for […]
I have two male cockatiels, one of them (Coco) has been going into nesting spots and singing/screaming loudly in an angry manner. He has been attacking anyone nearby, which wouldnt be a problem if he didnt keep nesting nearby us. He keeps on attacking his brother too. We dont know what to do. Will this […]
My female cockatiel has layed an egg without a mate. She has changed in behavior and is very protective over the egg. Won’t leave the cage and won’t allow me to put my hands in. Do I leave the egg? What should I do ?
I want to tame a baby cockatiel , he is 6 weeks old now, earlier he was liking to come to me and spend time with me, when i was feeding hi m also , but since i started keeping him with his parents , he is showing less interest in coming out and listening […]
My cockatiel is 2 months old, he still hasn’t weaned yet, we try feeding him less but he still begs for the feeding formula. He is fluffed up most of the time after I give him the feed. He eats the feeding formula well though. We have another 3 month old weaned cockatiel who eats […]
Hi lafeber team, Real quick question that i can’t seem to find any reliable sources that answer: Can cockatiels get PBFD (Beak and feather disease)? I’ve heard they can’t get it but i have also heard the opposite, i trust this site and the team here. Can you please shed some much needed light on […]
Hi, so my cocktails just had 2 babies two weeks ago. I have grown cocktails I had them all in one very big cage my husband built outside for them, but as soon as we saw the 2 couple were mating we brought them inside the house in a separate cage so they can have […]
I have 2 cockateil birds and recently had 2 baby’s and I wanted to know why one baby is getting fed more then the other? The one not getting fed is starting to look week and won’t grow for the time been I’m looking for a way to feed it.
Cocktail Mating after 15 days.. Still it not lay egg.. What is the reason…?
I have a bonded pair of cockatiel’s and she lay’s eggs and they have never been fertile ever so I removed there eggs yesterday and removed there nesting boxes and now they are just going at it I don’t want them to lay anymore what I do?
I am having two cockatiels but I dont know whether they are female or male. One day I saw their mating. So i bought breeding box and i fixed that. On 23rd february i found one egg inside box. Then i on 25th february i found 2 eggs. I dont know which of my cockatiel […]
First let me say that my 23-year-old cockatiel has improved greatly since switching to Lefeber food. He recently developed separation anxiety which he never had before. When I have to go away for a few days and leave him alone, he will not eat or drink and there is little to no droppings. I am […]
My bonded cockatiels used to get along decently together but now the female keeps attacking the male. I saw a similar post asking why the male was attacking the female, and it seemed like the answer was that they weren’t a compatible pair, but I want to make sure this is the same case since […]
Hi my cockatiels have 3 babies one is a week old the other is 5 days old and one just hatched today. I noticed parents aren’t really paying attention to it, they don’t seem to be feeding it like the other two. It’s hard to see but I don’t think they are feeding it. What […]
My white female cockatiel is 10 months old. I have bought her a partner. He is grey. He shows affection to her. But she is not responding. She is very close to me. What should I do?
I started feeding him pellets just 2 or 3 days ago and now he’s rejecting formula but not pellets, should I keep pellets in its cage for all day starting now? Should I take him to an avian vet?
My cockatiel is 4-5 weeks old and I have started to wean him and its going well, so well that I’ll say that he’s gonna start eating independently after 4 or 5 days and my bond with him also deepened and not worsen like most people said it would. But I’m confused that if I […]
My cockatiel laid. 11 eggs about eight months back, they all seemed to be infertile eggs so we cleaned the Nest. And shifted the place. Now it has laid 2 eggs and is incubating it, will this be ok will it hatch?
I have canaries budgies and cockatiels in 3diferent aviaries for 18 months now .they seem to get along just right doing all the mating things but nothing happening
Hi , My Female cockatiel is 7 months old. I didnt keep breeding box or pot. Last week on morning when I went to change water I saw one egg which was broken. On next day I bought breeding box and I attached to cage. Its been one week since I kept the breeding box. […]
I have bought a pairs, the male was making mating sound at starting after few weeks when female also got interested, now the male is ignoring her and harming her by biting in head and not even allowing to come near to him, provided every necessary items. Kindly help me through this
I have both male/female cockatiels. The male trys so hard to mate but female ignores him, or hurries away from him, even gets physically mean to him. 3 days ago I find 1 egg in breeding box. Male is always setting on it only coming out seconds to eat. Neveŕrrr seen female in box. If […]
My cockatiel pair of 2 years old have 2 successful clutch. After that ,I changed their breeding cage and they stoped entering their nestbox and stop laying . Please help!
Our cocktail parents killed one of their hatchlings. So we took out the remainder two hatchlings and an egg. We hear the baby chirping from inside the egg. Should we help it hatch?
I have a baby cockatiel maby 3 to 4 weeks old I have it for 4 days now the first 3 days it was eating well by today just little by little and it looks fine to me it stil grooming it’s self and nibbel on my hand and fingers when I pet it I […]
My male cocktail is around 4-5 years and fully hand trained so we brought him a female cocktail who is probably around a year and a half and I think she wants to mate but the doesn’t. What should I do
I pulled eggs from cockatiels parents because they never take care of babies, so I decided to incubator them my problem is I don’t know what egg was laid first and they had sat on them for at least 5 Days so they are rolling now, but I hear a chirp, should I take it […]
Hello, my name is Rezi and I have a 2 year-old female cockatiel. She has laid an egg a year ago and I think she’s going for another one. So here are the symptoms: she is on the bottom of her cage and sometimes lifting her tail upwards. She’s still active and eat well, but […]
We recently brought a pair of cocktail which had already laid eggs in the shop after we brought it home we checked the eggs after 15days they had laid 4 eggs but all the 4 eggs where infertile what was the cause?? What should we do to prevent this
Hi! I have two cocktails and an IRN. All of them are under three, so I’ve been feeding Harrisons until switching to y’all a few months ago per vet recommendation. They LOVE the nutriberris. Since they’re used to eating out of the same bowl so I was wondering if I could put the Parrot and […]
i got a pair of cocktails both gray female and male the female is ready but the male keeps rejecting her and they can’t sit beside each other one second without picking at each other should i change the male to another one and try mu luck ? they are together for a week now […]
Feeding baby cockatiel I read your article on the person who was feeding a three month old cocktail, I have never had to feed baby cockatiels over eight weeks old, they walk away from it. But I have one who is 10 weeks old who wants it I give her 12 ml is the morning […]
Asked question about tail feather. Cockatiel has normal tail feathers except for 1 long feather. He is in a good size cage but his one tail feather does go up against and through rungs of cage.He very active. My fear is that he breaks it by accident. He has lost a few but they were […]
8yr old cockatiel with long tail feather One tail feather about 6inches long. He is a rescue. Will it fall out? What if it breaks? The tail seems to have grown out in just few weeks. Any recommendations? Only rescued the little guy about 6 months ago. don’t want to lose him
My bonded pair of cockatiels are just at 12-14 months old. Our girl started laying eggs a few days ago and we have 2, but she’s looking heavy like another is coming. I’m scared that they are young. She is protective of the nest and cares for the eggs. I was going to wait til […]
We acquired a 4 year old male cockatiel a couple of months ago. His previous owner passed away and we have no idea about his history, including if/how he was handled. He will communicate with us and groom my hair through his cage but hisses and gets upset if he sees my hand move toward […]
In the early morning I heard my bird hit his cage or something and I jumped up and found him head down in him water dish ,I don’t know if he fell off his perch or was drinking and choked?
Thank you so much for the information. Sorry I didn’t mention but my parrot is a cockatiel.
Hey there, my 2 year old cockatiel layed eggs for the first time on the 11th of Oct last year and after laying a full clutch I waited three weeks until she’d lost interest when I removed them but then she layed another clutch. She hadn’t layed anymore until Tuesday this week (25th Jan) she […]
