I did not purchase this bird, I volunteered to save it since I thought being a nursing student would help... I took him to the vet because I clearly have no experience raising birds and because when I weighed him he was 50 grams that meant 30 grams lighter than what cockatiel growth charts suggest for a month old. I'm glad I took him to the avian clinic tbh, he was diagnosed as malnourished.
i had a 6 month cockatiel who also still did it but only when i trained him. he kinda grew out of it after a while. I’m glad he did, it was a strange yell!
Mine does it when he sees another human, he was parent raised so little to no human interaction. He did not allow me to touch him or transfer him into his outside cage for about a month, but he still screeches even when I give him attention or millet non stop
Thank u for ur reply. My KIWI is 70grams now. So i dont think i need to worry about weight???or shd i?? He is 23 days old..... and 72 grms in weight. However other than the crop emptying slowly there is no other issue i believe that too bcz i was feeding him a lot. Have strted feeding papaya and formula blended. 5CC. More papaya than the formula. Hope i see some difference. But about the crop bra idk....i put it on him ystrdy. Dnt even kno if its fitted well since i was worried i would end up suffocating him. Lets hope all goes well...
How exciting! I've forgotten how much 'fun' that was... Pretty tiring. You should be able to go a little longer for the overnight lull to achieve an empty crop for the morning 1st feed... right? I think Zara had some comments on that earlier.
It´s a baby thing
When you hear folks saying ¨cocktiel dinosaur noise¨, this is what they are refering to 
i used to give him millet too because i thought he was hungry at the time but he would NOT stop, he’d even do it while he had millet in his mouth XD
Hi, everything was okay after that. I would say better than okay since his crop has been emptying fast. His weight is now up to 75g and is getting fed 6-7 cc.
When Phoenix stopped wanting formula before weaning I started going longer between feedings. I'm not sure when you can give Tiels solid food
He ate maybe 4 cc in 2 feedings, its been 14 hours, he is fledging though, he flew across my bed...
I give chop, pellets (nutribird) and seed, but my current tiel picks only the seeds and very little chop, so maybe I'll try that
He's not really flying as he's being kept in a diy brooder tub, I don't know if I'm slowing him down by keeping him like that, but my room is quite cold so I don't take him out of the tub unless I'm feeding or crop checking him.
Is he fully feathered yet? He should be okay out of the room for a while if he is, just make sure he doesn't get too cold (he'll start looking puffed up if he is getting cold). When Phoenix had almost all his feathers (he basically just needed his tail to grow out at this point) I started putting him in a travel-sized cage with some toys to play with for a couple hours a day, my room was about 75 degrees at the time but if you just watch your tiel he should be okay
Yes fully feathered, I waited one more hour before his second to last feeding and he seemed interested in formula again, also his crop was pretty much empty after those 12 cc
