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cockatiel advice

  1. R

    Rehoming my Tiel

    Hello all, I'm new to the forum and have come here looking for some guidance. I fear it is time to re-home my cockatiel but I want to make sure it is the best decision for her. I have had my cockatiel since she was a 3 month old chick and I while I love her very much, I feel like she could...
  2. Gokha

    Will my girl ever be able to fly?

    Hello everyone! You might have seen me posting mostly about my IRN Zazu, cause we’ve been struggling with his health ever since I got him. Now I’d like to share the main struggle with my female yellow cockatiel -Walad. My father-in-law keeps many small parrots and hand-raised Walad (she’s now...
  3. pepsix

    Bleach with cockatiel?

    Hi all, I spilt milk on my wooden floor and panicked so i got bleach and basically just sprayed it all where the milk was when I soaked it up with an old tee. I did not dilute the bleach with water literally just poured it on floor and wiped. My cockatiel was at the other end of my room and I...
  4. R

    Urgent Cockatiel - Very mild swelling between Nostril and Eye, towards the Eye side

    Hello, I need help here, I wish to prevent anything from developing from this new very small swelling near the eye. Maybe swelling is a word too strong. It's very subtle. She's a cockatiel of almost 2.7 years of age by now. I fear it's an infection and I wanna know how I can prevent it from...
  5. F

    Adult Female Cockatiel Breeding

    Hello, I have had my female cockatiel for 5 1/2 years now. She is doing great, but I really got interested in breeding this year. I am confident i will be able to do it, although i need some helpful tips. If I buy her a male mate and put him in a cage next to her for a while, will they become...
  6. S

    How do I get my cockatiel to drink water

    We got it a few days ago and it’s three months old. It’s drinking formula twice a day and and eating solids at midday. It won’t drink water, and we’re trying to fully wean it. How can I get it to drink water?
  7. M

    Urgent Cockatiel Chicks help!

    Hi! I am a first time cockatiel chick parent, and so are my cockatiels. I did not want them to breed, but no matter how much I changed their routine to discourage egg-laying and mating, they still ended up with a clutch. (Will separate female and male after this.) Three eggs were laid, three...
  8. K

    Need some advice training two cockatiels

    Hey people! I'm new here, and was just wondering if I could ask for some advice/help. I've got two cockatiels, a male and a female. Which my family got out of a pet store roughly 18 months ago, they were about 6 months old. They spent the first few months in a big cage and started getting used...
  9. OldDirtyTshirt

    sick + underweight cockatiel, please help.

    Hello! I have an eight-month-old female cockatiel, Zazie Butter-Noodle :swoon:, and she is currently on antibiotics for an infection(Her poop is watery too, I hope it will be better when her antibiotics are finished). The avian vet said she was underweight and suggested that we weigh her every...
  10. C

    Female cockatiel is weak and seems lethargic. Is force feeding a bad idea? *SAD UPDATE Post #42*

    I'm not sure what went wrong. She loves eating. We live in a tropical place, so it's never too cold. Yesterday morning she just sat in a corner and slept. Noticed she hadn't eaten anything. Went straight to the vet. She's super weak and refuses to eat anything I offer her. Vet said I could try...
  11. LoveToki

    General lighting in the house too dark? Color changing LEDs bad?

    I have another question, hopefully with time I will have less! So I keep my house generally dark. Daytime I let the sun shine, but once the sun goes down, I usually keep it pretty dark, with a few color changing LEDs and the light from the TV. Now I'm wondering, is this too dark for Moki...
  12. S

    Cockatiel Stroke Aftercare

    So my cockatiel seemed to have a mini stroke this morning. We took him to the vet and based on his xray his doctor thinks he has atherosclerosis. He has had heart problems for a long time and is now 14. He’s okay now but I was told there’s not much they can do for him other than blood pressure...
  13. LoveToki

    Hello everyone! Im new and would love your help!

    Hi my name is Zee and I am in the process of getting a cockatiel. I went and saw some today..she said they are hand raised and tame and should be ready to go home in a week or so. She said the cinnamon pied could go home earlier.. I guess he/she is older. I have two questions.. the first, I saw...
  14. C

    Accidentally forgot to check the chick crop before feeding, worried that I may have overfed. Advice?

    Hi, so I'm not a breeder, I used to foster baby birds for people who didn't know better than to purchase a <4 week old chick. All the chicks I helped with from 2 weeks to 9 weeks were always fine. I never panicked like this. My mom recently brought home a 3 week old cockatiel chick. Normal...
  15. CateyBear

    Urgent Cockatiel hit her head

    My cockatiel Bernie recently got frightened and flew around the house before ultimately hitting the cabinets hard. My mom said she would be okay as long as she doesn't hit anything again, because she is alert and doesn't show signs of concussion. I would jusut like to have a second opinion on...
  16. Lothetiel

    Hissing but wants attention...?

    I have had my new tiel Louie for about a week and he was hand-fed so he is very sociable and bonded to me very quickly. He is about 11 weeks old and has been very friendly to everyone with no issues but today he started acting very strange. I went to pick him up and when I brought my hand toward...
  17. scremme

    Pictures Scary Bump (>_<)

    Hello guys, I’m hoping for some more opinions on something! A few months ago, I adopted a sweet baby boy and named him Cricket. He is currently about 4 months old and is going through his first molt. He has many pin feathers on and around his head right now, so the other night, I was...
  18. Gabriela23

    Update and more questions

    Hey again, as i said in my previous post i have 2 new cockatiels around 4 weeks of age... they werent eating but with some help i got them to eat the older one weighs 78g and the younger weighs 71g... they should be eating 7cc each feeding but the younger one rejects the spoon and by serynge...
  19. T

    Separating Siblings - Need Advice

    Hello! I have two ten month old cockatiels, Ham and Rosie. I got them from a private owner who said they'd be hand tamed and were not at all when I got them, so I had to start from scratch with getting them used to me. Wanted to start off with that so you'd understand that their sibling...
  20. Gabriela23

    My 26 day old tiels wont eat

    Hello, first post here :) I just got two cockatiels yesterday and one is 28days old and the other one is 25days old. When we got them they were active and very vocal, i tried to feed them formula with a disposable serynge yesterday night and the 28do ate around 1cc and the younger didnt eat...
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