cockatiel

For more context: I had this 5-year-old whiteface cockatiel for around the same time. The responsibility of taking care of this tiel kind of just fell on me by surprise. This tiel is not supposed to be mine in the first place, my brother is the one who got it then suddenly after a relatively...

So I have 5 birds ( 2 parakeets and 3 cockatiels) and a service dog. I want to sleep in my room with all 6 of them, but have encountered a few problems. First is my dog. He's got a very low prey drive and in theory should be fine with them, but I'm very anxious about falling asleep with them...

Hello everyone! I'm Michelle. I was born in Venezuela, but I moved to Mexico 2 years ago. Lovely and amazing country to be honest! Sadly, here in Mexico City, my boyfriend and I weren't able to find any bird breeders, so we bought our new baby from Petco. Here is Roderick, workers at Petco...

I know I’ve been gone a while, so I’m not sure if anyone here remembers my boy. We found him incredibly lethargic on Sunday morning and rushed him to the emergency vet. They said the kindest thing would be to let him go. Whatever he had that had kept him so skinny for so long finally took...

Hi! This is my first post, I am looking to get opinions on the best cockatiel foods for picky eaters. Both seed & pellets. My feathered baby doesn’t like any big pieces and usually pushes all other food to the side and goes for seed or very small food pieces in his bowl. I currently have my tiel...

i recently got a cockatiel about a week ago. i want to say he's 9 or so months old, i've named him atlas. i wanted to wait for him to adjust before i let him out of his cage for the first time, but no matter what i do he hisses if i get too close, and i'm worried that he won't get back in the...

Hello guys! It's quite a bummer that I didn't notice this website earlier, but I hope to learn a lot and maybe make some friends! So I've had a history of raising birds, mainly cockatiels and lovebirds, we have a pair of cockatiels (about 6 months) and I want to make them happy/comfortable...

My cockatiel, Sunny, is nearly 3 months old (will be on 10/28/2023), she was hand raised by her breeder and taught the 'step up' command. She does great stepping up when its time to come out of her cage, but after a few hours of hanging out, if I need to go do something outside with one of the...

Hi! I'm Dani. Been quite a few years since I was part of a forum, but I'm looking forward to meeting fellow parrot owners, discussing things, and learning. I've been a parrot owner since Monday October 16th, 2023, so I'm pretty new to all of this lol. I've wanted a parrot since I was a kid and...

My cocky cockatiel Zizo has been limping for the past two days.. it's always his left foot. It all started after my mom presumably stepped on his teeny tiny foot in the dark (she wasn't sure..). He doesn't react at all when I touch his little grippers, (except for the usual silent whining (he...

Hello a bit of a backstory of how I got this little one. I just got a white faced pied cockatiel that is over a year old. They are in a temporary cage right now although they will be going in a cage with my other tiels. Well I was looking for a female tiel and this one was offered by the...

(I don't know where to put this, so mods can put it wherever appropriate if this isn't) (FYI: My timezone is GMT+3) "Again" meaning I took my cockatiel to a vet this Oct 2nd because of stool/poop suspicions (notably seeds in stool, bubbles in stool, the vet noticed diarrhea too). "Saturday"...

Hey fellow bird owners! I got my male cockatiel (Nacho) a hen (Navi) about 8 months ago and they have bonded a lot since. The problem is, she is not sharpest tool in the shed... She never got used to being handled by us, gets startled by the slightest movement and/or falls down the counter...

My first budgie recently passed and I was wondering if I should wait to get another parrot? I currently now have a budgie and a cockatiel that lived with my late budgie. They’ve all lived together for little over a year and I’m not sure if I should wait or get a new budgie/parrot soon. I was...

Hi everyone, My pet cockatiel Dommi has gotten into the habit lately of chewing cables at my desk or even lately flying down onto the floor of my living room and chewing cables near my TV cabinet. I can solve some cables by tying them up high but some need to be on the desk such as my laptop...

My cockatiel has this weird, small growth on the right side of his nose, almost like an mal-developed feather. My bird hasn't exhibited any adverse symptoms since it appeared (about 6+ months ago), and has never flinched or reacted in any sort of pain when I go to touch it or pet it, so it seems...

Hi guys, my babies donnie and casper just hatched an egg. the baby is healthy and they are feeding it and keeping it warm without help. my sister took a picture of the baby and we are worried he has impacted stool or something. i've tried looking up pictures of belly buttons vs baby cloaca/...

Hi everyone, I recently introduced my new cockatiel to my old cockatiel and have noticed some strange behavior. Ever since I introduced them, they spend a lot of time out together sitting on my shoulder or knees and preening without paying much mind to one another. However, every so often, my...

Hi everyone. This is my very first time posting anything on this platform. I hope this is the right forum for it. I need help. Unfortunately the country we’re moving to does not allow any birds in whatsoever. My heart is broken that I have to leave my sweet angel who I’ve taken care of and...

So far he seems fine, and no obvious/major bleeding after a few look-overs. He’s in bed right now and I’ve popped over to check on him a couple times and he seems just fine. I’m just extremely paranoid and would appreciate some reassurance. He was sitting next to me when something freaked him...