Cockatiels
I have bronchitis. Can I still handle my cockatiel???. I’ve heard they cannot catch human virus. Is this true??
Why does my male bird bite me?
I’ve had my male cockatiel since he was 7 months old. He was very kind and easy in the beginning but when I moved back home, he started getting aggressive with me after trying to court my boyfriend’s female cockatiel. They’re not compatible at all as she attacks him when he’s near. They’re in separate […]
Cockatiel chicks
Hi I been keeping my babies separated in plastic bowls inside the brooder. I keep them apart because they are 2 days apart. The older one is significantly bigger then the other. So he bullies the other one. I don’t want to keep them in separates bowls anymore I want them to explore the brooder. […]
Mean baby
Hi I have incubated my birds eggs from the start. I have hand fed them from the start. But the 12 day old one seems to be mean. He/she hisses at me. It’s not a hunger cry because he/she’s crop will be full. He/she will stand on its feet and stretch its body upward to […]
Breeding
I have a female cockatiel that is 11 years old and I have a male cockatiel that is three years old. They have been in the same cage for about a year and they get along fine… But no breeding … Do you think they will ever breed?
My bird is tammed to my hand but not always
My bird is tammed to my hand but if i near his cage his flying .. he most of time out of the cage all the time i change that in last 2 weeks by putting him in cage in sleep time and im willing to let him spend more time in cage .. another […]
Cockatiel singing
Hello. I have a 3-4 month old cockatiel who loves singing. He says peekaboo and a bunch of whistle sounds and makes kisses. But he won’t sing in front of anyone or outside his cage. I’ve hand raised him from day 1. Why could this be?
Female cockatiel
Hello! I have only one female cockatiel. Few days ago my female cockatiel laid 2 eggs. I was waiting for the third egg, but did not get laid. There were no signs of egg being stuck. But then after 5 days she laid the third one. Does that mean it is a new clutch and […]
Will I ever be able to tame my cockatiel
I’ve had my female cockatiel I think close to 10 years and I’ve never been able to tame her. If I try to go near her she completely freaks out. If she is in her cage she will flap about and fall off her perches and scream. If I just walk past her when she […]
My cocktail laid an egg
So i have 3 birds 2 cocktiels and one colorful one i forgot the name… So my cocktiel Kiki laid an egg and the eggs “father” is my other cocktiel Riki, i saw they breed and i was like “no worries they will stop i guess” and this day my mom noticed my bird laid […]
Preventing Cockatiel from layoing eggs
we have a cockatiel pair. Pied female and Lutino Male. the are free in the house and not caged. They have laid the eggs for the first time. but now we don’t want them to lay eggs any further. how can we avoid that.
My cockatiel won’t stop screaming when I leave the room/home
We have a relatively young, new cockatiel and after asking my parents to babysit overnight (put the bird in a new home for the day) I noticed that the bird has been screeching a lot more. The noise is very similar to a flocking call in sound, but it’s far louder and far more frequent […]
cockatiel
My bird must be thirty years old. For the past week he has been sleeping on the bottom of the cage. with ruffled feathers. He still comes up to eat. Does this mean he is on his way out? He seem extra tired. Not active today . He has no discharge at his beak and […]
Cockatiel Chicks
I have 3 Cockatiels chicks 12 days old. We have just found the mother bird dead in the nesting box. The father cockatiel was in and out of the nest but now will not go back into the nesting box. what should I do?
Birds trying to nest?
My two cockatiels (one male and one female) have suddenly started obsessively shredding paper. I bought them a few months ago and both have relatively settled well (i.e. theyre properly eating, chirping/singing, flying around and coming back to their cage on their own). Since about a week now, ive noticed that the paper has bitten […]
My cockatiel tries to bite my male cockatiel when he sings
I have had a male cockatiel for a little under one year now, he is finishing up his first molt. About 3 months ago, I got another cockatiel who is under a year old and I think is a female (still waiting for DNA testing). Sometimes, my boy will walk up to her with heart […]
Pet cockatiel
I work and was thinking about getting another bird for company for Ozzie ..will this affect our friendship?? Ozzie is a hand raised cockatiel?? The other bird is not
Meri mada kokteil
Meri mada kokteil ke egg ko 25 din ho gaye hai lekin vo futa nahi hai or bacha nahi nikla hai
Breeding
I have 2 adult cocktails been together 2 years one yellow female one grey female is ready keeps eating sand sheet very active whistles a lot head under wing at times crys for attention but male just not interested last year she laid 7 eggs but none hatched even though she sat on them she […]
Going On Vacation For A Month
I am thinking on going on a vacation but it will be about 4 weeks long. My mother and father will be home for a whole week before they travel as well and will be able to feed change water and take him out everyday. After that for the next 3 weeks I will have […]
When to wean?
I am hand-rearing a baby cockatiel. He was taken out of the nest early because his parents were biting off his claws. His one foot barely has any toes left. I would say he is between 4-5 weeks old. I have read so many articles and each one is different. When exactly should I start […]
baby cockatiel
hello! I just bought a baby cockatiel. He is now 2 months old, we want to raise him from a baby so he can get more used to us when he grows up. but, we still trying our best to searching for the best tips and tricks of taking care my baby.
cockatiel death
Hello, my friend lost her 6 year old cockatiel yesterday so unexpectedly. she said the bird (I don’t know its gender) the thing started when she came back home from school and saw the bird has drunk or eaten nothing. she tried changing to food and also tried multivitamins on the bird but the bird […]
Acute egg laying!
I have a 3.5yr old female cockatiel abd she has developed the problem of acute egg laying. Every 2nd month she layes 3 eggs one after the other. What should I do about it? She doesn’t like being in cage and even we have made her roam around free in the house. So whenever I […]
Our male cockatiel keep on plucking out the other feathers from the Backneck
A male cockatiel is keep on plucking out the feathers from the neck side for his mate and his child now they both mate & child is looks like a bald what is the solution to stop and how to regrow the feather it been a months but it been blad
Moving cockatiel family
We have a pair of cockatiels with 3 week old babies. Their nesting box is in a safe spot on the floor under a bench. I’m wondering if it’s ok to move the whole nesting box with babies into their big cage so the whole family is in a better spot. I wouldn’t even touch […]
Nutiberries
Can a cocktiel eat the parrot nutiberries If store out of cocktiel ones?
My cockatiel won’t stop screeching for no reason
Hello 👋, so my cockatiel (Simmy, male, 1) is a good boy, he lives with 3 more cockatiels in one BIG cage, but 2 days ago he suddenly started to screeching like he was being ripped apart (in intervals of 20-30 minutes, sometimes less), he bites and hisses at me or attacks his friends if […]
Age of cockatiel
How to tell age
15 year old hen laying every Spring
This hen has only raised 1 clutch successfully and does not have a bonded mate. However every Spring she lays a clutch of eggs in small spaces of the aviary. Should I put a nest box in or discourage her from laying. There are males in the cage.
Cockatiel differences
I have two male cockatiels and over the course of a few months I have had them in seperate cages. A month later they are in the same cage and are doing fine but recently they have started to fight now and again. They’ve always seemed to be fine in each others presence but now […]
Cockatiel attacking
My almost 4 yr old male had started attacking me – over couple months time vet administered 3 injections of Luprone – he’s been great, but now suddenly attacking me again – help
Reproduction chez des amie de vacances
Bonjour j ai laisser mes 2 calopsite en garde pour les vacances chez 1 amie qui elle aussi a 1 calospite et pendant se mois de vacances ma calospite en a profiter pour se reproduire avec l oiseau de mon amie elle a vu la reproduction se faire mais la je rentre et veut recupere […]
How to stop my single female cockatiel from egg laying cycle?
I have a 3 years’ old female cockatiel who has started to lay eggs and she has no mate. How to stop her from this? She has laid 2 eggs in 3 days? Shall I remove the egg whenever it’s laid? How to save her?
My female cockatiel and male cockatiel fought this morning
In this morning I woke up to the sound of them moving their wings like they usually so I decided to not look at them but when I noticed it took longer I looked and saw them fighting and trying to fly in front of the water spot. They started fighting a month after I […]
Taming an 8 month old cockatiel
I’ve had my 8 month old female cockatiel for 3 weeks now and she doesn’t like hands and I really need help to learn how to get her to trust me and to be able to tame her and get her out of her cage. I also I am currently still in school so I […]
Best mate for a very old cockatiel?
We recently inherited my late mother-in-law’s cockatiel. He is about 25 years old, at least that’s what we can tell from anecdotal stories and his band seems to agree. He seems rather lonely and we would like to get a companion cockatiel, but what would be best/safest for the current bird? His health appears good […]
Feeding cockatiels
I wanted to know how to handfeed baby cockatiels in a safe way and when am I supposed to do that. I want to so that the babies are familiar with me.
Senior rescue bird struggling with pin feathers, but very hand shy.
Hello! I’ve recently taken in an older cockatiel (estimated 28-29 years old) who’s struggling with some pin feathers on the top of his head and crest. He has very little issue with me being near/around his cage for maintenance or quality time, and takes treats from my hand no problem, but will not let me […]
Cockatiel Breeding
Hello, my two cockatiels (around 2 years old) have been mating for the past 2 weeks, they are on a mixed seed and pellet diet with a salad mostly consisting of green leaf lettuce and spinach with a commercial egg food. They have a breeding box. Just today the female started hissing and fighting with […]
3year old male cockatiel bullying 3 year old female cockatiel
I recently rescued 2 cockatiel siblings 2 months ago. I have paperwork on her saying she will be 3 in October and was told the male was a sibling but I can’t know for sure. Within a few weeks of them being with me I noticed her pecking at her tail base and squaking in […]
SCREAMING
My 16 year old cockateil started screaming when his cousin of 14 died. He has a feather mate of 17 years but screams continuously. I have tried talking, rewarding not screaming, ignoring even changing his cage. I don’t know what else to do. Am disabled and with him all the time.
Adopted a 17 yr old cockatiel
I’m the 4th home for a 17 yr old cockatiel. He won’t let me touch him which an issue getting him into his traveling cage. He seems to like us. He preens a lot, comes to the side of the cage when I put my face up to it and squawks loudly if I leave […]
Cockatiel egg
I have a cockatiel egg that has finally dipped down. What I mean by that is the aircell has turned on a tilt, and I can see the chicks shadow within the aircell. Now the problem is knowing when it will internally pip. If you know please let me know!
Nutrition
My cockatiel is 5 months old. My bird is very picky…He eats seeds and veggies, but very little , so I give him soft food instead of hand-feeding. He loves rice, pasta, and wheat bread but can birds eat them daily? Will it harm their health? And I give him very small amount.
Baby cocktail 1day old died
My cocktail hatched 2 eggs an one is 4days old and other is one day old . The one day old died .. i think the parents does not feed him properly baby bird stomach is empty.. is possible for hand feeding for the 4days old?
My 6 month old cockatiel laid an egg
Recently, my very young cockatiel has laid an egg. I think it’s because she has been near my 7 year old male cockatiel. I feel bad for her but my family thinks it’s normal and that it’s fine.
My cockatiel is only attached with me.
I have a 7 year old Male cockatiel. After a year or so, he was basically attached to me and attacked everyone other than me. Now that I think of it I feel like he thinks im his mate but I try to discourage this behavior when he try’s to mate with me. Recently, our […]
My cockatiel has laid an egg
My beautiful white cockatiel has laid an egg and it’s fertile, about 2/3 days ago the baby was cheeping from inside the egg but yesterday the cheeping has stopped, has the baby died?
Cockatiel doesn’t accept her partner.
My cockatiel’s partner flew away without her a few days ago. She was so depressed, she refused to eat anything so we decided to get her a new partner. She had laid 4 eggs 2 months ago with her old partner but none of them hatched. Now she sits on her egg all day and […]
Cockatiel – new cage
I have a twenty year old cockatiel and had the dumb brainstorm to get him a bigger new cage, not realizing that is the only cage he has ever known. I also made the mistake of getting rid of the old cage. He basically wants to silently sit on me all day. He is eating […]
Concerned about leaving two cocktails together.
I have a 5-month-old cockatiel. I am going out of the country for 7-8 days so i am thinking of leaving my cockatiel with my friend, who also has a 7-8-month-old cockatiel. Hers is a girl, mine is a boy. Will there be any problems if they live together?
Cockatiel breeding
Hello! I set up a nest box for my cockatiel pair, they have been mating for the past week, how will I know when she is getting ready to lay eggs? They are both in and out of the nest box all day. (I have a camera set up)
Coctaile
I have a 1 month old coctail bird he started flying around the house I don’t know what to do to gain his trust and to have a bond with him could you care to help me with this issue please
female laid eggs
Hello i am a 15 year old caretaker for my cockatiels. They have a pretty big cage and have mated and laid eggs again, this time one of them hatched (And i am sure more will follow) and they have laid eggs last season as well but those did not hatch. My question is how […]
Cockatiel 17yr passed suddenly
Hello my Cockatiel of 17yrs passed away after being 2 days with vomit and hardly eating. I did take him to the hospital they just told me to take him home and give him baytril. His blood results did showed CPK534 uric acid 17.7. The vet said he had kidney failure but I am just […]
Cleaning Cockatiels cage when there are eggs
My cockatiels have laid eggs-abandoned the first set- and now has laid a new one. But they get very possessive and attack when we go to change their food and water bowls, which also makes cleaning the cage a bit difficult
my cockatiel behaviour
My 3 month old cockatiel is growing quickly he already learned to talk and whistle a bit but he is still eating formula. One think I noticed he doesn’t like patting him or touching him most of the time but lately he puts his head down for me to pat him and as soon as […]
My male cockatiel sing to the female and when the female get closer to him he bite her legs
I have a tame dominant yellow-cheek cockatiel female, and she is 1 years old and start to show signs of maturity, so we buy for her a white faced cocktail, his age is around 3 years, he is singing to the female and the female shows an interest and went closer tto him, but at […]
Biting during mating season
I have a male cockatiel , single , going through mating season . He suddenly became aggressive and would bite hard . Usual behavior would be a nibble on my finger but now due to mating season , he bites hard and doesn’t let go sometimes . I don’t take him out the cage that […]
