cockatiel

my new cockatiel will be home next month. i have a green cheek conure and 6 budgies, i know my budgies will do fine but i have never introduced my green cheek to a new addition before. shes very friendly towards other birds, and she is very gentle with the budgies, but i want to make sure the...

I've got 2 male cockatiels both of which the vet has determined wouldn't be any older than 1 years old, they also don't have any illnesses or injuries and are perfectly healthy. I've had them for a little over 5 months which I'd think should've been enough time for them to get accustomed to...

Hello everyone, I've lurked on this website before but I finally decided to make an account, hopefully I'm posting in the right place. Last week I took my cockatiel (around 19-20 years old, I'm not his original owner so I don't know his exact age but I've had him for at minimum 15 years) to a...

I have a young cockatiel (about 7 months) and it is not a consistent thing, but sometimes his poop hangs onto his cloaca like a string. It isn't consistent like I said, and only happens every once in a while. It doesn't seem to affect him, it doesn't seem to bother him, and when I took him to...

Hi, I have a breeding age couple of cockatiels. I got them as a bonded couple from the previous owner. They preen each other and do everything together. I also have seen them mating a couple of times, but they never go in the nest box. The male just briefly looks at it and then looses interest...

What is the safest nesting material to use in my cockatiels' nesting box? I know never to use pine or cedar. Coconut fiber can tangle and injure baby birds. I'm thinking of carefresh paper, but I've read that it can harbor bacteria, but I was thinking of Aspen chips and read that it can...

I will be allowing my cockatiels to breed in a year or so, and I'm starting to collect the supplies I need now so I can be completely prepared. I would appreciate suggestions of brands and the best products to use. Here is my list of things I need to buy: Nest box Calcium supplement Non toxic...

Based on these pictures, what mutation is he? We are almost positive this bird is a male due to his behavior. Thank you so much!

I have 2 cockatiels and 1 budgie. I am wondering what a good quality molting supplement might be. I researched some and found a couple: UnRuffledRx FeatherUp and Equa Holistics BIOFeather. Does anyone know if either of these are high quality and safe? Does anybody know of any other high quality...

i just got a new baby cockatiel from a shady breeder so bought the poor thing to a convention in a tiny cage. i know it wasn't really right of me to go and purchase her but i felt so bad seeing her in a tiny cage with nothing but harmful seed to help her. the poor things' left foot is already...

So, I'm out of ideas on how to fix this one. I have a hypothesis on why my right hand appears to have committed a crime, but am no closer to a solution. Bear with me as I do a full biopsychosocial assessment of my birds' wellbeing issues Context: I have a [female] GCC, Jerry, who is about 7yo...

Harry is 17 years old. I took him to an Avian vet in June because he started breathing with his mouth opened. The vet listened to his heart and right away he told me Harry has an irregular heartbeat (Arrhythmia). He wants to do X-rays of Harry’s Heart. In the same breath he said Harry may not...

Hi everyone, I have a cockatiel who is almost 5 (we think), according to her previous owners we got her when she was 1. about 2.5 years ago she laid her first clutch of eggs, about 5 eggs. She would lay them once a year, then twice a year, but most recently has laid 3 back to back clutches of 5...

hi guys!! It's been about a week with my new cockatiel. he's the sweetest ever! i was just wondering one thing, what do these sounds mean? 20240705_184049.mp4 he's only 2 and a half months, already very clingy and screams when i leave the room lol. do these sounds mean anything or is he just...

Hi all! This is my very first post (yay)!! (Original post in Emergency Highway Thread). Unfortunately, it is because I am at my wits end and am engulfed with concern for my sweet girl, Scooter (cockatiel, 10 months). We are new bird owners, and I mostly want to shed some light on some...

hello everyone. I was suggested by my vet to administer doxycycline as my flock has been sneezing a bit which shows signs of Psittacosis. They had been on a course of this over summer which helped but they got a yeast infection from the doxy messing with their stomach bacteria and they showed...

So my cockatiel has a toy with paper just wanna know if its safe that hes chewing and swallowing it he seems happy playing with it ive had him for 2 days ill attach a pic of the toy

Hey everyone some info I suppose before we start, 2 weeks ago my cockatiels one of them Obee, started presenting with vomiting alarmed I took him to the vet who did a fecal and crop test and he had a bacterial infection and low numbers of thrush likely due to the fact they were all on...

hello everyone!!!! I still have not gotten my cockatiel, but I have some questions about feeding; how much pellets should be fed per day? (preferably in tbs/tps.) I have Roudybush crumble food. should I add a seed mixture to the bowl too? how much seeds per day is a healthy amount? and should...

Hi all so we just currently had a diagnosis of PDD with fluoroscopy. I am posting here and will update it with Dio's symptoms before and after diagnosis in hopes that it will help other people understand their own unknown sickness. More in depth info on her living is going in cockatiel corner as...