Nutriberries
I have recently bought the ‘Parrot’ nutriberries(El Paso, Garden veggie, sunny orchard and tropical fruit varieties) in error for my 3 year old cockatiel. Are these still suitable for him? Do I need to adjust the quantities?
Egg hatched now what?
The first egg hatched! I don’t know if I show feed it yet! I bought the formula Exact Hand Feeding Formula (with OMEGA-3) and I don’t know how to use it. It says to use 92% water and 8 % for the first few days. How should I mix it in?
Can I feed my cockatiel and budgie the same pellets?
I just recently got a baby cockatiel. I have plenty of budgie pellets (since there’s 2 of them and they don’t eat as much) and for ease (since my cockatiel is already accepting the food), I’d like to feed both birds the budgie pellets. Is that ok? Are the cockatiel pellets formulated with different nutrition? […]
Laying eggs outside the nesting box
My 2 year old cockatiel lays eggs outside the nesting box. The male will go into the box but not the female. She sits intermittently, leaving the eggs uncovered at night. Is this normal behavior? Is she too young to know to continually sit on the eggs? She seems to prefer to lay the eggs […]
Help
My cockatiel always let me hold him and loves to interact with us. Now that we let his wings grow, he flies everywhere and wont let us hold him. As soon as we let him out of cage he flies away and takes forever to get him back in.
Cockatiel feathers
My 7 mth old cockatiel has been losing feathers. Is this. Normal at this age?
male aggression and killing chicks
i have two cockatiel male is brought from a breeder. 1 year later now in age of 15 months male and 17 months female. i dont why the male get so aggresive i give a nest though they are nest some how i find the nest they like but after laying eggs male got aggresive […]
Not breeding again.
I would like to have the two unrelated pairs together but no breeding box. Can I take a chance with that?
Two pairs together in one cage.
Hi Brenda. Thank you so much for your response regarding moving to a new cage. I have a new larger cage and would like to keep two pairs of cockatiels together. They would both be introduced to the new cage at the same time.
New cage.
Can I move my male and female cockatiels into a new larger cage along with their 7 week old chicks?
Cocatail breeding
Hi, I have 1 white face cockatail and 1 grey cockatail. I saw them mated I installed a box in the cage. They entered to the box they spend most of their time in the nest but one day the male escaped so, can the female lay eggs and incubate by itself or should I […]
I’m not sure what’s going on with my cockatiel and his feathers
So my cockatiel has been losing feathers since the Fourth of July. Since then, everyday I find a lot of feathers accumulating at the bottom. I started giving him The Missing Link Avian Formula two days ago and I’ve been bringing him outside for morning sun. I also try to mist him twice a day […]
Should I feed baby cockatiel if it doesn’t beg for food?
I have a 5-6 week cockatiel which I handfeed formula on a regular basis. A few days ago I noticed that he didn’t look well and the vet told us that he most probably aspired food and has a lung infection. He is now on antibiotics but I’m trying to figure out what I did […]
Unrelated trio all caring for eggs
hi, I have a large outdoor aviary which housed my hand reared male and a female, mating was witnessed. I introduced a pair of white faced males who’d lived next door, the female paired up with one, leaving hand reared male and laid a clutch in their nest box. Since laying the first egg, both […]
My Cockatiel Hates Me
I recently adopted a previously neglected Cockatiel. However, we adopted him from his rescue family who sought to travel more often and simply couldn’t take care of him anymore (they were a very old couple). His first abusive family kept him covered all the time, and his only friend was a mirror that they kept […]
Is it possible to bond with a cockatiel that was already bonded with another person
I recently bought a cockatiel from a lady that could keep it anymore do to apartment rules. The cockatiel is only six months old but I’m worried that we won’t be able to have a close bond because of this.
y cockatiel
Hello I live in Surrey BC Canada and we have a male Cockatiel named Hansey. I have two questions about our bird that intrigues me. 1)We only have one male Cockatiel and he often doesn’t like going to bed in his cage at bedtime. Is it safe to leave him out of the cage at […]
Indoor&outdoor
Thanks again for the fast reply dear Brenda, since two days they are already outside the nestbox and I even took them to the living room, luckily the parents didn’t abandon them, especially the daddy take a good care of them and let me touch and try to feed them. The thing I am worried […]
Free flight&hand feed
Hello Dear Brenda, Your information and advice have been always very precise and helpful. Thumbs up! Now I want the parents have a free flight, i got an Idea and I don’t know if it is stupid or not, if i take the two 2 weeks old babies with the parents on my Garden Porch? […]
eggs
Our cockatiel has been carrying an egg for months and wont drop. What do we do??
Parent Behaviors
Hello! My pair have laid one egg. They are spending most of the time in the nest box together. When should I expect another egg? How can you tell if a egg is unfertilized? The egg my cockatiel has laid looks smaller than it should be. If one egg is unfertilized are all the other […]
Bird food for different species of parrots
Hello Brenda, I am the mother and owner of thirteen beautiful birds. I don’t know if my email was received. I had written a couple of days ago. In regards to what to feed my precious babies. Especially in regards to Dr. Lafeber’s Nutriberries , Avicakes and Pelletberries. I for the life of me; do […]
How to know cockatiels is Male or Female
How to know cockatiels is Male or Female
Cocktail bird is not breeding
I have 2 males cocktail and one female …the female doesn’t get familiar with any of them …she is always standing alone. I isolated one male and left the couple with the nest but the female is still standing alone and not communicate with the male…what shall i do ??
3 month old Cockatiel loosing feathers
I have a 3 month old cockatiel and got him hand fed. Lately he has been loosing a lot of feathers. my brother recently got a cat, could it be stress from the cat playing near the bird?
Make and Female Cockatiel Nesting
So I have two females and one male. I have had the male cockatiel and one of the females (lutino) for 4-5 years . The other female is younger and has been with me for 3 years. I have recently have gotten a nesting box and attached it to their cage. The male has been […]
Is mold resistant paint safe for birds?
Hi, I just moved into a condo and my room is in the finished basement walkout. Sadly we discovered mold in my bedroom walk-in closet. On top of that, there was a pipe slowly leaking behind the drywall in the downstairs family room and into the carpet for maybe months. I plan to remove all […]
Unhatched egg
Hello Dears, My cockatiels now have 2 baby chicks and one unhatched egg, it was due 17.07.2020 to be hatched. Now what should I do to that egg? Just take it away from them or let them have it until another week or so? Thanks
Cockatiel feeling lonely
Hi, I had two cockatiels. Male and female. My female bird died this past weekend. I can tell my male cockatiel is missing her by the way he is behaving. He does not want me to leave him alone. I’m about to start working again and i live by myself. Should i get him another […]
Cockatiel nestbox
hey there, i have a pair of eno cockatiel . i saw them mating many times but both of them dont enter the nest box that ive hanged at the side of the cage . the female sometimes inspects it from the opening of the box but doesn’t go inside it. what could be the […]
Cockatiel breeding
Hello Dear Brenda, Finally my cockatiel pair got their first egg hatched and have a cute chick! I guess there are another 1-2 unhatched eggs… How often/much should I feed my cockatiels now? Should be more or less than ordinary feeding behavior? Is it ok if I hand feed one of the chicks if they […]
Recently Acquired Old Cockatiel with Horrible Separation Anxiety
Hello, I have recently adopted an old cockatiel around 15 years old from a family friend. He was never tamed and always bit people, they had him in a small cage but other than that was well-taken care for and loved. When they could no longer buy his food because of COVID they asked me […]
Make is attacking female, but won’t stop screaming
I have two tame cockatiels and they’ve laid a lot of eggs and they have hatched many times but every time the male always ends up attacking the female and chasing her out of the nest box. I have separated them and I put the male cockatiel in another cage with the rest of my […]
My bird got obsessed with mirrors
Hello. So i have a cockatiel and an indian ringneck. My cockatiel doesnt bond with him and he is very shy . Its been 2 years since im having him and my indian ringneck for 10 months. They are always together on the same perch high up near the ceiling so that they can be […]
Is my cockatiel molting or is there something wrong?
Hi! I’ve had my pet cockatiel for a few years now. His name is Koko and recently he has been losing a LOT of feathers. We put him outside during the Fourth of July to get some sun and after a little we went inside to go eat for a few minutes with Koko still […]
The cockatiel chick not eating anything
I’ve 19 days old chick, the parents were too possessive or aggressive while raising the chick as it is the only surviving chick of their first clutch. They use to nibble it’s skin for its feather with which it was born so much so that it started bleeding. As already discussed with you, they are […]
Matting
Is there any chance of matting of two male cockatiels
Cockatiel Parents nibbling the chick and blood come out of the skin of the chick
Cockatiel Parents are nibbling the chick may be out of love but sometimes it is so harsh that it starts bleeding and chick cries in pain. I’m worried if it is normal or its time to keep the chick aways from its parents. The parent isn’t kicking it out of nest but just scratches the […]
My female cockatiel Laid an egg
Hi my question today is my female cockatiel laid an egg it is her first time ever laying them I bought them as babies and we didn’t know if they were male or female we’ve had him for about three years now and I’m wondering on how many eggs she can hatch so far she’s […]
My cockatiel only stands on the food perch
Hey so I recently bought a cockatiel and he is always standing on the perch of the food bowl and refusing to use other perchs in the cage and I can’t see him drinking water at all I just got him is that normal
Taming a cockatiel
I had bought a pair of cockatiel yesterday…And they are 2 months old…That are not yet tamed…Is that easy to tame now?and if not wat will happen if they are not tamed?
Cockatiel Dilemma
I got a male cockatiel to be the boyfriend of my female. He is in a small cage and I want him in her larger cage. I put the two cages together and the female walks up to his cage and goes inside. But the male won’t come out of his cage. He’s younger. About […]
Age
How can we identify the ages of cockatiel other than DNA?
Growth of cockatiel Chick is very slow
i have Cockatiel Chick 10 days old, parents of the chick are taking good care of it. it is the only alive chick of the clutch of 6 eggs. it was the first clutch of the pair. my concern is that the chick is 10 days old, still its eyes are not completely open, no […]
Over feeding chicks
I’ve cockatiel pair and it’s their first time to hv chicks, the hen laid 6 eggs out of which only one chick survived, the parents are taking good care of chick but sometimes it seems like they are overfeeding it. The chick is 8 days old.
What kind of diet should I offer my breeding Cockatiels?
Hello Dear Lafebar Team, My cockatiels are already in a breeding phase, the Hen laid 2 eggs so far, All they eat is either Millet or seeds, and green leaves of carrots. I am afraid if they have their eggs hatched and still feed their chicks with this diet! Or it is healthy&normaldiet and I […]
How do I know if my cockatiel is molting or Plucking?
Hey! So I have a cockatiel at the age of about 4 months. I bought him weened but the seller said he was only 4 months, so that makes him 5 now. Anyways, I have been seeing a lot of feathers around and in his cage. I am not sure if he is molting or […]
will they have eggs
Hello Dears, I have a coupled cockatiel pair, the Cock is 8 months old and the Hen is 6 years old, they have been mating since a week, is it possible not to get eggs while the male is immature? Or as long as they mate she will get eggs? Otherwise he couldnt do the […]
cockatiels
Why do cockatiel parents pluck feathers out of their babies?
How do I make my 3 month old cockatiel eat on his own and not depend on me?
My 3 month old cockatiel won’t eat his pellets and seeds. He still wants and cries for his formula. I was told that he is old for consuming formula. However, I’ve started feeding him mashed rice, potato, banana, broccoli and sometimes crushed almonds too. But the main problem is, he eats it through a spoon […]
Male cockatiel
Hello I had a question a weeks ago and thank you for your help. My new question is. Why does my Male cocktail prefer his food bowl to pleasure him self?? The two are getting along way better then in the beginning, sitting next one another with out pecking. He seems to be “getting it […]
how to eat pellets
I have 2budgies and a cockatiel. I give them a mix of pellets and seeds, but I don’t think they eat the pellets at all. Any suggestions on pellets for budgies and cockatiels. They won’t eat the pellets ive given them or have anything to do with fresh veggies or fruit.
Mating
My male is 1 1/2 years old. But he started to do things which they do while mating so I bought a female but she is also 1 1/2. What should I do now?
Male does not allow female to sit on eggs
Male kicks off the female out of the nesting box and doesn’t allow her to sit on eggs. He’s aggressive when ever female comes near to the nesting box.
Picky eater
Hi, My 2 month old cockatiel only seems to eat the tiny seeds out of his nutritional mix. He leaves everything else untouched and then screeches constantly to get more seed. Should I give him more, wait until he starts eating the rest of the seed mix or change food entirely? I also feed him […]
Lovebird feathers
Hello. A couple of questions: I have a 13 week old lovebird that still cannot fly. She has been examined by my vet and is healthy but developing her feathers slower than average. She has some malformed feathers that are not pin feathers. Would it be helpful to pull the odd feathers? Other question is […]
Sick Cockatiel
Hi, My Cockatiel is age 29 and last couple of days, tail bobbing, poor appetite, silent and sleeping a lot sometimes on the bottom of the cage. He has fell off his perch a few times too. I think he’s dying as he is so old. What do you think.?
Gloomy and sleepy Cockatiel
My cockatiel is 14 years old. Became very friendly recently when we started petting her and letting her come out of cage. Four weeks ago we noticed when we petted her she makes cooing sounds and enjoys the petting at the same time lifts her tail as if she is being stimulated. Then all of […]
Cockatiel poop
Hiya I’ve had my cockatiel for just about a year now he’s just over a year old. He eats the seed mix I get from the shop that I got him from but over the last week his poop has wee hard balls in them I’m starting to worry he’s not well the only thing […]
Noisy Cockatiel
I have a cockatiel that screams A LOT. He started this when his cage mate passed away. I have been trying different things but nothing seems to work. What do you suggest? I do get temporary relief from the screaming when I let another bird in his cage. They do end up fighting though:(
