I got my first cockatiel in September and she contact calls non-stop and I am struggling to understand what I am meant to do.
I live next to a school, and I think when the kids are playing outside and screaming she thinks they are other birds but it is just a theory. And I wonder if she is contact calling them when they are not outside. I just dont even know what the solution to that would be.
She is obsessed with my budgie, so I feel like she has company. They stay in the same cage together which I know is frowned upon but she would just yell when they were apart, and my budgie didn't act much better. Their cage is big, they have lots of toys and places to sit. Shes on pellets, seeds and chopped veg. The cage is often open but she rarely comes outside. I can't get her to bathe at all. I play music but it doesn't help.
She pretty much despises me, she hisses at me, and goes for my hand when I go in to get the bowls. I try talking to her but she is terrified whenever I am near. I am finding it so difficult to bond with her, I feel like I am starting to dislike her and it is making me sad.
I live next to a school, and I think when the kids are playing outside and screaming she thinks they are other birds but it is just a theory. And I wonder if she is contact calling them when they are not outside. I just dont even know what the solution to that would be.
She is obsessed with my budgie, so I feel like she has company. They stay in the same cage together which I know is frowned upon but she would just yell when they were apart, and my budgie didn't act much better. Their cage is big, they have lots of toys and places to sit. Shes on pellets, seeds and chopped veg. The cage is often open but she rarely comes outside. I can't get her to bathe at all. I play music but it doesn't help.
She pretty much despises me, she hisses at me, and goes for my hand when I go in to get the bowls. I try talking to her but she is terrified whenever I am near. I am finding it so difficult to bond with her, I feel like I am starting to dislike her and it is making me sad.