I have had this male cockatiel for almost 1 year, and he is 1 year and 6 months old. We got him at the local animal store, and he was never a social bird. We used to let him out of the cage and try to play with him but he would be aggressive and scared towards us. We got him a female, but since he's so aggressive they just dont click, even tho he makes the "heart wings" and sings to her very often but then proceeds to kick her out by biting her lol. Now he's more bonded to us, especially me, and im not even the one who changes the food or the water, it just seems weird to me. He has had this CONSTANT flock calling behavior for like almost 3 months? Especially in the morning. My family has to go to work early so my cockatiels wake up early too, while i want to sleep. Before, he used to sing, now he just screams to get my attention, i cant even walk past the kitchen (where their cage is, in the main room) that he starts to scream even more. I try to ignore him, the female isnt even bothered lol but sometimes she screams too, but then stops, just not always (she is just now screaming as i write this, she makes a different scream, it's like a very short but loud "wee-wee" scream). Since his behavior really gets on my nerves (i HATE constant loud sounds) i ignore him most of the time in the morning, but also i sometimes cover their cage with a cloth, and he either keeps screaming for a more little bit or he stops (i think he stops because he got to see me even because it was for the cloth lol)
Also, when i come close to him, he always either wants to get pets or sings to me (but he also does these things to my other family members, he just screams or flock calls with me) and also copies my movements (like the up and down movement with the head and he copies some other sounds i make). I also noticed when we are all eating he stares at me, and when i do the head movement to make him sing he starts to do it too, but just staring at me LOL. He also memorized the sound of my room's door, and everytime the door makes a sound he makes either a loud scream or a short and soft "prr" as saying like "are you there?"
Also, when i get close to their cage he tries to "fly" out to get closer to me, like he tries to open the wings and tip taps quickly towards me
But because of his aggressive temperament, with everyone he sometimes snaps when we pet him through the cage. We cant let him go fly because he literally doesnt know how to properly fly lol, he sometimes either fall or crash through something (dw hes fine), the female is wayyy more good at flying around
Also, in our neighborhood there's this cockatiel, and their owners put him on the balcony, so he can have a full convo with my cockatiel. Basically they both scream to call each other lol
They also dont have toys, so ill be putting some hand made toys for them
What should i do?? This is so tiring, i just want to sleep in the morning
Also, when i come close to him, he always either wants to get pets or sings to me (but he also does these things to my other family members, he just screams or flock calls with me) and also copies my movements (like the up and down movement with the head and he copies some other sounds i make). I also noticed when we are all eating he stares at me, and when i do the head movement to make him sing he starts to do it too, but just staring at me LOL. He also memorized the sound of my room's door, and everytime the door makes a sound he makes either a loud scream or a short and soft "prr" as saying like "are you there?"
Also, when i get close to their cage he tries to "fly" out to get closer to me, like he tries to open the wings and tip taps quickly towards me
But because of his aggressive temperament, with everyone he sometimes snaps when we pet him through the cage. We cant let him go fly because he literally doesnt know how to properly fly lol, he sometimes either fall or crash through something (dw hes fine), the female is wayyy more good at flying around
Also, in our neighborhood there's this cockatiel, and their owners put him on the balcony, so he can have a full convo with my cockatiel. Basically they both scream to call each other lol
They also dont have toys, so ill be putting some hand made toys for them
What should i do?? This is so tiring, i just want to sleep in the morning
