aren't cockatiels supposed to like stroking or petting but i have 3 cockatiels 2 male 1 female. the female and 1 of the males like being held but 1 doesn't come all the time only occasionally but none of them like being stroked

If there anyway way to make a little piggy bank for my cockatiel without using wood?

I went to petco the other day and i fell in love with a cockatiel but i was wondering if they make good pets? and if they are easy to take care of.Can they talk and sit on your shoulder? please help. thanks

I have owned two cats in the past, but we had to give them up due to a move. I know that's a common excuse, but we moved by car, and they would not enjoy being stuck in a cat carrier for three weeks. I have taken care of two parrots for a month for my friend Andrea, who was in Hawaii for her sister's wedding (they had to help with the prep), and once handled the Red Factor Canaries at a nearby bird store. Oh, and this store is a small, family-run business, so they do let you do this from time to time. That's it for experience. I wanted a canary, cockatiel, or possibly parakeet if I got a bird. I wanted a Siamese or Tabby (Like we used to have), but only from a shelter. I have the money for either, noise isn't an issue, we have a good vet for either nearby, and we have considered smell a vague issue, but the cat's litter box would be in the basement. It is warm enough down there, by the way. I'm confused, because either would work. I can't get both, idiot.

Our cockatiel chevy is 4 and a half. This morning he was sitting at the bottom of his cage, looking a little unbalanced. He's been very quiet, which is unusual and when he does make a noise it's a little croaked whistle. He hasn't eaten anything in the last 2 hours or drank any water. He's stopped walking about a few times and has just stood, eyes closed, almost swaying side to side. When he did this his breathing was quite shallow and he was shivering. I have an appointment with the vet in about 6 hours, this is the first available one, but don't think I want to wait that long. Anyone have any ideas as to what could be wrong with him?

hi, I have 2 questions: 1.I have a girl cockatiel,and since 2weeks ago she started vibrating for some minutes each day+making special light song and small breathings........(as I had other birds before......but not cockatiel)I guess she feels having a sex and means that she needs and she is ready for making a relation, so I bought a boy which mimic some sounds and love to be out of the cage with us(instead of being with her),he doesn't pay attention to her at alllllll,even 2,3times she went near him and started scratching his head but he hit her,not badly,just in order to keep her away from that chair,but if I do it then he will wait,he became friend with me suddenly right after we arrived home from the petshop 5days ago,(and doesn't sit on his cage when I am around in the house,he will fly and come to my shoulder,and doesn't pay attention to her, how can I help them to be friend and make a relation with each other?should I think about another boy? 2.this cockatiel that I've bought near a week ago,is healthy and love to play,but when he is trying to preen or sprucing himself,after that when he shakes hiimself there are very huge amount of light fluffy things goes in the air,I know that birds have dust and......etc,but he mostly preen the part which is on his back(hidden under his wing),and I saw that part doesnt't have the normal cover of feather,and it's just fluffy,what shoudl I do? plz let me know here, thx, Nio. hi,thx alot for your helps,now I am more relaxed about his 2bald spots,and just another thing that I am not yet satisfied is that,I DO like to breed them,and as I told before,I saw that she needs a relation so that's why I bought this boy a week ago,but I don't know what to do in order to make them have a relation with each other? you mentioned separate them and keep them in 2different cages(I didn't get why?,did you recommend that in order to forget making a relation?),I really want them to make a relation and breed,what do you suggest me to do?so if I want them to breed,can they still be in common cage? thx, hope you can help me with this Q,

i have 2 cockatiels female lutino and male some rare mutation of cockatiels and i want to noe if i need a license to sell there babies.

I have been feeding my cockatiel a mixture of : http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3703321 and http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2755115 Along with fruits and veggis 2xs a week Im a bit un-experienced, and I just cant get her to eat anything but her cuttle bone and seeds. She wont eat the fruits and veggies ( tried varied types ) and she wont eat the kibble/ pellets! She picks out the pellets, kibble and snubs the fruits/veggies. What am I doing wrong, what can I do to get her to eat healthier? I should probably add Ive had her for 4 months now ....

My cockatiel is still pretty young, and hasnt grown out her very first wing clip yet. Shes never flown in the months Ive had her. Now, for beauty sake, I'd rather not clip. However, Ive heard it may be dangerous to leave her un-clipped. Ive had parakeets in the past and clipped their wings for simple hassles sake ( as soon as they saw you coming at the end of the day, they'd fly far out of reach, they didnt want to go back into their cage!) However, I havent had any problems with my cockatiel, but I also dont know what to expect once shes gains her flight? Is it normal for them to get into dangerous situations when allowed to fly? Pros and Cons would be appreciated! <3

she likes to hop on my hand, arms, fingers etc.. when shes in her cage, but she wont let me take her out. she comes out by herself, flies around, then flies back into her cage..... when a cockatiel is happy he clicks his beak, when he likes someone he puts his wings up in a heart shape, what does a parakeet do?

He have had a pet cockatiel in my family now for many years, he has always been pretty loud, but either because of my parents old age or the bid changing it seems to be worse. Most of the screaming has to do with my mother. When she walks by or out of the room our cockatiel squawks and screams and runs frantically around the cage to try and reach her. His wings are clipped so he doesn't fly around our home and hurt himself. He really only screams when she is moving about, he is obsessed with her and it seems no only very unhealthy for him but so irritating My father wants to get rid of him. He has been with us for years and I don't want to see him go?! We have tried spraying with a water bottle, putting him in another room to make him stop, or ignoring him but it hasn't seemed to work. please help!

Besides talking to a vet and asking for help.;(

I want to know if I can give my cockatiel a mineral block along with his cuttlebone and pelleted diet. Would this give him anything he is not receiving in his pelleted diet, or would this benefit him in any way? I know that is is not necessary with the diet I am providing but I would still like to know if it would add anything good to his diet. Thanks!

when i saw him dead he was hanging on his pearch upside down and he was puking HIS EYES Were CLOSED but before i burried him i looked at his eyes they were opened why?

I am noticing a lot more feathers in and around her cage. We just had a heat wave, and then suddenly cooling off. (90+ for a week and a half, then 60-75 right after) I think her seasons got thrown off by this. Will she continue to molt whenever the weather does this? Is this even molting? She has these weird white stick looking things sticking out of her neck, head and face. she usually likes me to rub these areas, but lately, she nips at me and makes a noise that sounds like i'm hurting her. What are these? Why does it hurt? Should i avoid rubbing her neck for now? She has never pooped into her water dish either. She does is so often now, i think she is doing it on purpose. She always drinks, whether i like it or not.. Is this safe? Is this even normal? email me before answering if u want to see pictures of her. stoopidmunkee@yahoo.com the water dish has a top to it.. but she stands on it and poops right into it. Should i get one of those water bottles specifically for birds so she cant poop in it??

sometimes birds come near thier cage and eat from thier dishes 1.can they get sick from the other birds 2.does the sun hurt them ? i think they get so happy they keep singing when they r outside and when i get him inside they scream

My birds have been together for 18 years, they were both cockatiels. A few days ago one of them died but my mom cared more because they were hers. For 16 of the years thy haven't been handled, but they were happy together. Now that he died our other cockatiel that hated people near the cage is coming right up and letting us pet him! The first time in 16 of the years! Do you think he's lonely? He is still nervous but lets me pet his beak and pet his back (he didn't even let me feed him treats when his partner was alive) What can I do to help him if he IS lonely? We don't want another bird because he hasn't seen a different bird in his whole life. Help ? Thanks in advanced Thanks everyone! I huess I'm doing everything right then! Thanks everyone! I guess I'm doing everything right then!

Hey, I'm getting struggling to find a good, interesting name for my female cockatiel. I already have a male cockatiel called Azrae. Any ideas?

They both do this and they are female and male and they are also sitting next to each other

he is 11 months old will they have babies? btw he does not put his thing on the females right spot he just stands on top of her will they have babies? how old do they need to be to mate?

I already found a cage, and I know you need a cuttlebone. What else? I'm not sure of what kind of toys or branches or anything of that sort. Ive only had a cockatiel and that was when I was younger so I don't know much about keeping birds. Can anyone help? Thanks :)

My Cockatiels Mated On the 22nd and 3 times on the 26th and twice today so far (27th). Is it Normal for them to be mating 3-4 times daily?

My boyfriend and I are looking to adopt 2 cockatiels and we see that Petco will be hosting adoptions later in August. I'm not sure if they even have birds, but I was wondering what the experience was like and wondering if anybody that has used Petco adoption can tell me about the experience. Do we need to have a home visit? Is it local shelters that come? Do they come with the animals? Thanks! :)

My mum and i are having arguments over him. He wont eat any fruit and he wont eat out of my hand, but he will step up. He goes on my head and grooms it. I give him to my uncle when i was on hoildays and he hasnt been right since. He bites me when i ask him to step up hard. Should i clipp his wings or get him a friend i dont no and am confused i love him but its hard to live with something that bites you. Please help.

I have a male cockatiel almost a year old and a couple of months ago got a female cockatiel that was about 3 months old. Both are hand tamed and very affectionate with me. The female will try to get near the male,puts her head down for him to groom, and he just gives her a "get out of here freak" look. She tries to get a bit closer with the head down and finally he will peck at her repeatedly to back off. She will sit in front of him, make noises for what seems like hours but again he just plays her off. After a while he can't stand it and moves away or tries to peck her. I feel so bad for her, she just wants to play with him. She is trying to make friends and he is just being obnoxious. I treat them both the same. Is he jealous because he was here first? How can I help her?

I have 2 cockatiels about 1 year and 3 months old. I've had them about a year now and I think they were parent raised because they are not tame. I have made a little progress, they'll come out of their cage on their own and climb on me but they'll only come out on their own and are still sort of afraid of me. Are there any ways that I can make them more tame? Thanks in advance

i have to buy a parrot's but which parrot's to buy: budgies or cockatiels :D ?

My friend has like 30 plus rexes and mini rexes in okay condition at their house living outside in various hutches and cages. believe they is some sort of backyard breeding going on, IDK. Well anyways they offered me this one red and white (likely mini) rex about 6 months old, a male badly in need of a bath, said they had one too many and needed to give him a different home. I have a dog, 2 budgies, a cockatiel, and a tarantula (possibly). Should i take this bunny in??

i just got two cockateils who bite and hiss one of them will bite hard enogh to make you bleed i dont know how old they are or anything about them id really like to hold them make them tame i have sat next to cage often with the door open and i have talked to them try to give them treats and they wont take them anything else i can try

I have a male cockatiel (puck). I think he might be lonely, if i got another one would it have to be a girl? Also puck doesnt eat fruit so if i got another one that did would it teach him to eat fruit veg etc. I have a big enough cage its a hagen vision Mo2. He looks into his reflection and "kisses" it. I only want him to be happy but it seems that he doesnt trust me. He doesnt like to be sprayed with a bottle, he wont take food ffrom me, he wont let me touch him..the only thing he does is step on my finger. He does sit on my head and grooms my hair does that mean he likes me? Im confused i want him to be happy. Thanks Niamh

my little sisters pet cockatiels hatched an egg slightly unexpected because they have laid them before but the eggs have never hatched well this one did. we would like to know what we are supposed to do.... mainly what we should be feeding the mom? she has seed always but i think she should have something else i just don't know what. any help is appreciated thank you :)

She laid the eggs like 3 weeks ago and she was incubating them for like 19 -20 days now shes not incubating them and i even candled them and 1 out of the 3 eggs is fertile. why isnt she incubating!!!! help please! thnks regards hammad

ok now ill have around 300 bucks and i found a pet shop selling adult quaker parrets for like 100 bucks and babies for around 300 or sumthing like dat.now dey allso have babie cockatiels for like 80 or sumthing.i just dont know wich one to get and i have a budgie allso so yer maybe i sud get a babey but i cant afford a quaker babey becoz i need to buy a cage aswell so should i get the adult quaker its about 1-2 years old or babey tiel.allso would the adult be very difficult to train and are quakers smarter den tiel or...?

Hi, I bought a three month old cockatiel last week, I don't know the gender. For some reason (s)he was happy for a couple days and now (s)he makes this strange growling/crying noise every time I go near his cage or try to pick him up. His/her feathers stay down and his crest flat. If I stand a few feet away he will happily tweet and converse with me but will make this noise if I come any closer. He doesn't mind if I SIT near his cage but STANDING bothers him. I'm trying to change his diet if that has anything to do with it.

My cockatiel was a gift from a friend whose cockatiels had a baby. She was never hand-tamed and she hates ppl. I want to clip her wings cuz i heard that helps but I don't know what to do afterwards.

I'm just trying to find the right name for one if I get one. Any suggetions? MALE cockatiel! thanks.

hello ! i bought a new cockatiel 3 days ago , i search for an answers some people say i should begin taming immediately , and some say let him for awhile , he's so aggressive i think he's 8-10 months , i'm not sure, but he seems small, there's a small clip maybe someone can tell me about the the age and the aggression thing , http://s1015.photobucket.com/albums/af274/jackhammer_84/?action=view¤t=IMG_0041.mp4 i don't move my hand that fast with him, just to show u. i try to offer some food from my hand but he keep ignoring me and pretend that he's SLEEPING with one eye closed , yeah every time i try to feed him he try to close one eye what's that suppose to mean ? is he testing me if i'm ganna hurt him or not ! thanks ..

she's a 4 year old , i give her a small amount of birdseed mixed with alot of chopped dried grass, grain and grass/grain based pellets i also add a vitamin supplement( specifically for birds) into her water , she gets fruit occasionally and vegetable scraps each night. ive read that the average lifespan of a cockatiel in the wild is 15 years but the average lifespan of a pet cockatiel is only 7 , because of their poor diet based on bird seed which is high in oils and fats. so is the diet i give my bird going to help her lifespan? thanks for any advice , anyone who is abusive will simply be reported,

i let him have a bit of part of my teddy graham and he loved it and wouldnt get off my hand. what kind of crackers is it safe to give cockatiels?

helppppppppppp.. the poor little cockatiel birds that i adopted seem to have giardia . Does anyone know if garlic bulbs help cure it ?

Im wanting to know because im applying for a job a a local pet store as a basic pet bird expert, i already know the price for Parakeets and Cockatiels but i need to know about all the other pet birds, like Cockatoos, Macaws, Conures, all that kinda stuff, all the birds that people can have as a pet. well considering that its 8:22pm right now and all pet stores are closed and i have to have the application in by tomororow i cant really go to a pet store and research.

Hey guys, Did you notice when you touch your cockatiel's orange "spot" he begins to yawn constantly? Its soo cute. I discovered this recently. Its a reflex they have. That is where their ears are. I found the little holes under the orange by blowing there . .. even then he yawns too. :) Did you notice?

We have a newly mating pair of cockatiels. She laid her first clutch with him and all but one egg got busted out of 4 eggs. They haven't been sittin on the good egg so I have it under heat lamp. It might be too late for that but I had to try. I need a flashlight to candle it but I don't have one. Also is there any other way to tell if it's fertile, or dead, or alive in there. When I picked it up out of nestbox it felt pretty warm even tho it's room temp n here. So I'm hopeful :)

i have a 5 year old female tiel, and it has gotten to the point where if she thinks i want to put her in the cage for a while she will fly away from me. I have clipped her wings in the past, but that has led to some nasty crash's on her part, and they haven't been clipped in a while so that's out. She is very tame, and does not mind being handled by me, unless she thinks I'm gonna put her in her cage, then she avoids me, i use to put treats in her dish, but she is getting wise to that now also. Any idea's would be helpful. ty

Get a cockatiel when I own a four year old jack Russell terrier? I would like to own a female cockatiel, preferably a young one, wings would be clipped. I can give it plenty of attention and take care of it; and keep it away from the dog. Is this a good idea? And also, if I get it, should I acclimate the dog to the birds presence so she "befriends" it; or won't attack it or hide it altogether?