Question category: Behavior

I got a male cockatiel his name is Echo. He was around 10 months old when his mate died and his previous owners claimed he was aggressive after that. When I took him in I started hand feeding him and slowly he started eating from my palm even stepping up on it sometimes. Out of […]

I got a new female cockatiel around ten weeks old and recently she has started making this sort of deep, gravelly squak type sound for no reason. She could be sitting with me or in her cage I don’t know what it means.

Is it a good thing to put your cockatiels in time out back in their cages if they are biting? My 7year old female is lunging at our face and biting hard also attaching our 2 year old male they are caged separately not intended for breeding have had the male for a year now

My three-year-old male cockatiel screams incessantly, every 5-10 seconds, from morning until late afternoon. To get him to stop, I have to isolate him in a room, or isolate myself. He has a “Velcro-like” behavior, practically always perched on my shoulder. He plays very little. He currently has his flight feathers. Would clipping them help […]

My cockatiel is almost 3. When I purchased him, he was 1 and was handled with work gloves in the store. I was unaware till later. He loves me and flies to my shoulder. If my hand even gets close, he bites me hard. Is there any hope? My first bird let me hold, snuggle, […]

Hi, we’ve had Mr. Gray since Dec. 2023. He’s our daughter bird. He used to go to my husband and land on his head and my husband would have him step up on his finger. And they would talk and play for awhile. Then my husband got sick congestive heart failure; now Mr. Gray will […]

hello. i bought a 25-30 days cocktail and it was very healthy and asking for food when it was in the owner’s shop but when i took it home and fed it twice after the second time it became very quiet and didnt accept hand feeding at all so i had to force feed it […]

I have a 3 year old female that I got when she was 3 months. She likes to be near me and follows me around but she doesn’t like kisses. I don’t know why.

My male cockatiel will sometimes duck his head down low and his wings slightly out . then he quickly pops straight up and makes a kiss sound. This happens in short succession . What is he doing ?

Hi, we thought we got two male cockatiels, but one seems more like a female, supposedly about 7 months old. We have had the birds for a month, and the male is from a reputable breeder about 3 months old and they’re in separate cages. This female bird is from a quality pet store, quieter, […]

I have a couple of nesting cockatiers ready to fly out of nest in a couple of days but they have a new egg in there and looks like blood on baby’s face should I go ahead and take them out of nest

I have 1 male cockatiel bird, and he is obsessed with my bathroom mirror and he does not like being manhandled and he hates being caged and he is full adult and he was a rescued bird he likes to eat people food even though I shew him away when I do cage him he […]

hi i have a young female cockatiel who is having trouble weaning to solid foods, she was raised on formula with a feeding tube that deposits the formula directly on her crop, i have seem her show interest and play around with the seeds and pellets, but her crop is always empty and there is […]

I have a 9 month old female lutino that I’ve had since she was about 2 months old. She’s extremely friendly and tame and easily will step up to any hand offered to her. My husband handles her occasionally but only when I have been away in order to give her necessary out of cage […]

Hi. First if all thank you for reading my question. So basically my male cockatiel has been screaming all day since his pair doesn’t want to stay in the nest box. I tried removing the nest box to discourage nesting behaviour but they weren’t happy and screamed. The male is less than a year while […]

I have a male cockatiel, he is one year old this month but for the last 2 months he has been agressive and more so in the last week, he was super friendly with me and whenever I was around he would want to be by me, now when I let him out the cage […]

How can I help him not feel angry towards me and his mate?

Teqi, our 22-month old DNA-tested male cockatiel w/big vocabulary & whistles & very bonded to me. He came from a pet store. 3-months ago we got another DNA-tested male cockatiel, Tau, 6-months old from a reputable breeder. Tau has also bonded to me. Tau was fully healthy tested & was kept quarantined for 1-month. They’re […]

Hello, I have a 10-week-old baby cockatiel that was weaned by the breeder at 8 weeks. She came home with me, and I think she regressed. The first few days were fine, no baby crying, but very nervous to be left alone. She is now more comfortable alone but the baby crying is intense and […]

Teñía una parejita de cacatúas ninfas están en la puesta de huevo pero el macho se me ha escapado y solo quedó a hembra tendrá algún problema con la puesta de huevo sin el macho q puedo hacer

My cockatiel never wants to come out of her cage. every time I put my hand in she squeaks and flaps her wings. do you know why?

Vega is six years old, very tame, and the only bird in the house. Since he was about 2.5 there has been consistent hormonal behaviour. This currently is not aggression but instead endless attempts to masturbate on things like curtains, pillows, towels. He is distracted away easily but will immediately return. The behaviour happens all […]

I have a male cockatiel who has great plummage, but he is constantly overgrooming/plucking his female mate. She does not correct him or get upset with him to get him to stop. They are both vet checked and otherwise healthy. Any suggestions to get it to stop. Separating them causes significant stress to the two […]

Why my cockatiels nor feeding their chick’s. There is no lack of food I provided them soft food properly nd good environment