I’m going to handrear two baby cockatiels. I want to handrear them separately and keep them in separate cages when they are older… I really want each cockatiel to choose me over each other and interact from time to time without forming a closer bond than with me. Can they be kept in the same […]
My cocktail matting every day morning time and Male cocktail spent most time in nest box ? What it means
Hello. I have couple of questions that you might be able to answer for me since most avian forums are dead it seems. I have an older female cockatiel that a elderly woman decided she didn’t want anymore. I had her about 5 years now but only until two to three years ago she started […]
My cockatiels have laid eggs about 2 wks ago. They have both been sitting on the eggs. They take turns and seemed to be doing what they are suppose to do. Today all of a sudden the male started attacking the female. I was able to get her out of the cage for awhile while […]
I’m a long-time pet lover. I got a baby Cockatiel 2-years ago when I decided to have my own pet bird. I chose Cockatiel from other bigger parrots since I was a first-time bird owner. Its been 2 years now, and I would like to upgrade to a bigger bird. I plan on keeping them […]
Our 2 year old lorikeet has been very eager to breed this past month and now suddenly our 9 month old cockatiel is exhibiting the same behaviours. We don’t have any intention of breeding them but will this affect their lovely personalities in the long run if they don’t mate with females? Thank you for […]
Hello, I have got a pair of Cockatiles before 3 weeks ago. at the begining there were quite and slowly they start noising. and most of the time they stays inside the nest box. The shopkeeper told me that they are breeding pairs. so to make it confirm I took them to Veterinary Doc. He […]
I have 3 cockatiels that were neglected and abused by their previous owner. They were left covered for days, possibly weeks at a time. I am afraid to cover them in case it traumatizes them. Should i?
Hello! My cockatiel (Luna) is going through her first molt. I feel horrible. I don’t even want to know what her skin feels like. She is molting pretty heavily and I was wondering if it’s normal to molt and regrow down feathers. You can’t see them unless I move the feathers on top of them, […]
Cockatiel bird going to nest box but not laying egg my male three times breeding onther palce just shift my home so mant times meeting but not going to nest box since two month my male bird age 4 years and female is 3 years
Hello, I have got a pair of Cockatiles before 3 weeks ago. at the begining there were quite and slowly they start noising. and most of the time they stays inside the nest box. The shopkeeper told me that they are breeding pairs. so to make it confirm I took them to Veterinary Doc. He […]
Hello, My boyfriend’s cockatiel is very bonded to him and they love spending time together. But when my boyfriend isn’t home or isn’t next to the cage/ in the cockatiel’s line of sight, he screeches nonstop (even if he’s out of his cage). Some days he screeches for a few hours at a time. Not […]
My cockateil 3 years old, they mate quite often and female goes inside the box to lay eggs and stays there for a long time but the eggs never hatch, it’s been a year
My friend got 2 cockatiels had them 2 years and sadly passed away. I decided to take them home they’ve been in my house two months now in male still hisses at me kind of breaks my heart cuz I want to Pat them and they won’t let me I have a male and female. […]
Male cockatiel is not allowing my female to enter the breeding box and when the female comes near the box it bites
i’m planning on getting a cockatiel in the near future, but i’m not exactly sure if my hobbies will disturb it. i play a variety of instruments such as french horn and guitar and practice very frequently, and i don’t want my bird to live in misery because of me. does it matter what volume […]
My female cockatiel has laid five eggs and has had four of them and is only laying on one, the other ones are now cold! What should I do
I have 4 Cockatiels in a big cage (12ft length, 4ft depth and 10ft height). A Lutino breeding pair (already given 1 clutch before I bought it), a 4-5 month old Lutino Male and a 4-5 month old White face pied female. Is my Lutino breeding pair not breeding because of the other smaller pair? […]
My albino cockotail lays 8 egg one clutch.its is perfect at a one clutch cocktail lays 8 egg and not sit any problems
I am concerned because my female ‘tiel is too much fluffy and I’ve been told that she is 2 months old (I bought her like 2 weeks ago). So, I am worried if she is fine or she is sick, plus she eats a lot. I am worried because the other male cockatiel is not […]
My cockatiel was making a raspy scream almost bc she didn’t want to be put back up lol she like being out and played with. She did it this morning. It’s almost demonic sounding. Any idea what this means
We think our tile is a girl. has not talked or sings, just whistling when we get home. I freak myself out watching videos of sick birds and then I am watching like a hawk so to speak. Is it bad that my tiel will sit on the chair and get fluffy and fall asleep? […]
Hi ive had a male cocktail for years now we have tried to get him a friend (female ) but he wants no part of it even attacking her. Not sure what to do. Ive had him since he was young, he landed on my shoulder years ago when i was in my backyard. It […]
Hi! I am traveling in August, and I am searching for a travel cage for my Cockatiel. A friend will be keeping her for 15 days. Her normal cage is huge, so I can not use it as she will be at my friend’s home. Because of this, I need to purchase a new cage. […]
How do I mate them
So i have 2 cockatiels. It is a male and a female. Female has dots and stripes under her wings so i am sure about her gender. So i had my male before i got the female and now she is bullying my male because the male’s smaller than her. She also acts like a […]
Hey its me again! I love your answers and thanks. Basically, the place where I live have no vets and the pet shops provide only budgie seeds and sunflower seeds. They also have cages, birds, animals, pots and nest boxes. Not anything else. So the pet keepers don’t know that much about keeping animals and […]
Hi! I want to breed cockatiels. I have two cockatiels and they are not getting along. So I was thinking of getting a new one. I have a male and a female. The male is 11 months old and the female is bigger than that(like 1 or 2 years old) so which one should I […]
Hi, I have two pairs of cockatiels, one pair has already hooked up and getting the nest box all ready but the other pair just don’t seem interested in each other. My white girl sits and lifts her tail making the breeding twirtle noises and rubs against the cage, the male just sits and looks […]
Hello. I have a pair of cockatiels which is a male and female. But the problem is that the male is smaller than the female and she sings and dances infront of him. She wants to mate with him but he doesnt want to. I also see them fight all the time when they get […]
Hello. Is it normal for a female cockatiel to sing and dance? And is it normal for a female to fight with other cockatiels? Please help
Is it normal for a female cockatiel to sing and dance ? Or is it just mine? My male tends to talk lesser than my female. What does this mean? Please help! Thanks!!
Hi! I have had a cockatiel which is a male for 3 months and I thought of buying a partner for him cuz I cant always have time for him and it would be better if he had a friend that can keep him happy. So I bought a female and they were both lutino […]
I have only had my cockatiels about a month. Next week I am leaving for 3 days. Can I leave extra food for them or should I find someone to come feed them daily?
I have a pair of cockatiels who just laid their 1st clutch. She laid her eggs in a cardboard box I have on the floor instead of the nesting box which was attached to her cage. Anway, at night, while the female is sitting on her eggs, I put my male in his cage to […]
I have two Cocktail they laid three eggs and it’s been 21 days and the egg has not hatched yet. It has hope and possible to hatched around other days.
Why my male cockatiel is scared of female?
My birds laid two eggs and they broke it in week. It’s been a year They keeps mating but they still didn’t lay eggs. What do I have to do??
My 29 yr. old cockatiel died two days ago. I had him since he was a baby. He had been heathy , on the same food for over twenty years. I’m concerned I caused his illness. A week ago I put one new seed treat in his cage. He ate a very small amount. I […]
Hi, we have a pair of cockatiels snd it’s their 1st time laying eggs. The female got sick after the 3rd egg and her mate got aggressive with her and literally threw her out of the cage! He refuses to allow her to sit on the eggs. He took over all the csre of the […]
I had 2 cockatiel birds and one got out the cage and flew away. His wings were clipped but the wind got under him and took him away. My other bird has been calling for the him but he hasn’t made it home. If I got a new cockatiel to keep him company, would my […]
I have a female cockatiel for about two months and introduced a male cocktail shortly after. I’m certain about the sex of both because of the tails; one have alternating black and white and the other just solid black feathers. The male does this chirping or singing and begins to move closer to the female […]
Hi, in the future I intend to get a cockatiel as a pet, I have taken care of my parent’s cockatiel for the past 16 years of my life so far and I’m aware the adorable creatures need lots of attention. I am worried, however, that my work may limit my time with the ‘tiel […]
Hello! My name is David and ive been thinking about getting a pet cockatiel and I have done all the research about them that I could have done but I only have one question and that is that every year Im going on vacations for about three weeks and there is a breeder who can […]
My male and female pair of cockatiel birds has recently started going into the mating box. They spent some days throwing the strips of newspaper out the box. To the point that there was hardly any left in the box when we checked. We bought the pair in December and started placing a sheet at […]
We have a pair of tiels (#1 & #2) and they managed to actually hatch and raise a baby (#3). #3 is now over a year old, and according to the breeder “it is most likely male because white-faced tiels usually are.” Only recently have we seen #3 try to “vocalize.” Also, #3 is literally […]
Hi.i have two cockatiels male is grey and female is white I assume they have bonded cause they sit side by side and scratch each others head gently .i installed a nest box and I provide food and water and corn and boiled eggs and vitamin (in their water)but i have not seen them mate […]
I have 2 cockateils male and female…I accidentally kept them in open sunlight for quite a few hours…in the evening one of them started to make strange noise something like human asthma …but collecting breath but not able to breathe….I kept it on cool environment under a table fan…please give me a solution so that […]
He has starting chewing on himself excessively. To the point he’s crying out.
I just purchased a cockateil about 2 weeks ago and she is 1 years old not hand raised and she’s hiding her head and sits a lot next to her feeder inside cage and then sticks her head in there for quite some time, she is defensive but is getting better, she’s very quiet and […]
Can you spay/neuter a parrot like a cockatiel
Hi! I have a pretty young cockatiel (3 months) that’s losing quite a bit of feathers, no large or fully grown ones. Just little fluffy contour and down feathers. He has no bald patches, isn’t acting strangely, and has a curious, playful disposition. His diet consists of seeds and pellets mainly (he will not eat […]
I have an 11 yr old cockatiel. He has always been hi strung but affectionate. Recently he has started bitting and doesn’t want to be touched. His vet said he’s just moulting .
So my cockatiel is almost about a year old now and I would love it if she could have a family of her own so she wouldn’t be lonely but the thing is she is a special needs bird she only has half of the top of her beak so I’m worried this might affect […]
My 17 year old cockatiel typically has few or no behavioral or feeding issues during moulting, but this year is a little off her usual food preferences. Is there a supplement I could give him to help?
I got my cockatiel about a week ago. She’s very social and was handtrained. Right off the bat she was stepping onto our hands and climbing all over us. It’s come to my attention that she’s molting. When we got her she had a tail feather loose but didn’t understand she was molting. She won’t […]
I have two pairs of cocktails in a single cage . 1 pair laid one egg but they are not incubating it what should i do??
Got my grey Male Cockatiel a month ago. He had lovely sounds, saying peekaboo.. now almost no sound ?What should I do ?
My cockatiel was a rescue from an attack in a park. She has been with us 6 weeks. She is happy but won’t come near my hand/finger. She’s been in the same 80cm square cage for 6 weeks. Should I let her out inside for a fly. She’s happier when the cage door is closed.
Please help me, my cockatiel (hand raised) was bought 2 weeks ago. But she wont stop screatching. It sound like whrn a baby cockatiel is hungry. But she eats and her buckets are full. She only eats the wheat grain. Is there perhaps something wrong with her? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdVP4KGlxaQ She sound exactly like this link. She […]
