Hello!
I've recently been give a female cockatiel to take care of. I'm new to parrots, so I wanted to ask for quite a lot of advices on how to better care for her, and to solve some concerns of mine.
I'll start by saying that she's untamed and a rescue. I've had her for a week now and she's quite scared of humans.
I think I've made some progress with her. Usually, she'd hiss at me and move away from me, but today I sat, still keeping some distance between me and her, and talked to her in a quiet voice and she fluffled up and started beak grinding.
I wanted to know how could I further bond with her.
Also, she's on a all seed diet and I wanted to change that for her 'cause I've read it's quite unhealthy. How can I do that? I've tried putting some vegetables and fruit through the bars in her cage, but she doesn't really care. She even ignored millet.
There's another issue I've been finding with her, and that is that she goes to the bottom of the cage and paces back and forth a lot. She screams, climbs all over the place. Today I kept the top of her cage and the side behind her (the one against the floor) covered due to the cold weather, and she seemed calmer, but I dunno if that's a good thing or not. She's not done much but perch, eat and drink.
Sorry if I'm asking a lot but I truly want to understand her and see if I can make her life better.
I've recently been give a female cockatiel to take care of. I'm new to parrots, so I wanted to ask for quite a lot of advices on how to better care for her, and to solve some concerns of mine.
I'll start by saying that she's untamed and a rescue. I've had her for a week now and she's quite scared of humans.
I think I've made some progress with her. Usually, she'd hiss at me and move away from me, but today I sat, still keeping some distance between me and her, and talked to her in a quiet voice and she fluffled up and started beak grinding.
I wanted to know how could I further bond with her.
Also, she's on a all seed diet and I wanted to change that for her 'cause I've read it's quite unhealthy. How can I do that? I've tried putting some vegetables and fruit through the bars in her cage, but she doesn't really care. She even ignored millet.
There's another issue I've been finding with her, and that is that she goes to the bottom of the cage and paces back and forth a lot. She screams, climbs all over the place. Today I kept the top of her cage and the side behind her (the one against the floor) covered due to the cold weather, and she seemed calmer, but I dunno if that's a good thing or not. She's not done much but perch, eat and drink.
Sorry if I'm asking a lot but I truly want to understand her and see if I can make her life better.