/r/cockatiel
A subreddit totally dedicated to Cockatiels. Feel free to talk about anything related or to post pictures of your own parrots.
This is a community for the discussion of cockatiels. Talk about anything related, or post pictures of your own :)
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r/BIRDit. Everything birdy, both wild and companion.
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/r/cockatiel
Hey, this is something I wish I did not have to make however it is coming to a point where I am just so frustrated and tired.
My male cockatiel who is around 2 years old constantly bullies my female cockatiel who is younger than him by a few months. At first it just started with yelling and screaming however now it has become physical. He will purposely flap at her until he throws her off from places.
I should also mention that my male cockatiel is full flighted however my female cockatiel was injured in her previous home and due to this she is not able to fly. I have taken her to the vet who has told me that she is most likely to never fly again therefore she depends on us a lot.
Recently, he threw her off the cage and she chipped some of her beak and it began to bleed. I thankfully rushed her to a vet on time and managed to stop the bleeding and get her painkillers however since then I am keeping him away from her.
My male cockatiel also attacks us a lot. I am not sure what to do with him anymore but to rehome him however I feel so guilty splitting him from the female since despite him attacking her, he also has separation anxiety from her.
I just need some advice whether rehoming him is the best thing to do.
I just cut up some paper for her and shes as happy as can be
He’s sitting on 8 dummie eggs that my female Lemon laid almost a month ago with the 8th one being around 2 weeks ago. (I swapped them for plastic ones)
They take turns and I almost feel bad that there won’t be anything hatching 🥲
Mochi mostly takes the ‘day shift’ while Lemon takes over at night.
Guess what shes feeling
My cockatiel laid eggs for the first time and I got some dummy eggs to throw into the mix. She wants to lay on them but is struggling to get them all under her. It seems to be really stressing her out. Would it be a bad idea to put them in a box to help her brood?
Also when she’s outside of the cage, she still seems to be looking for a new nesting spot. So I worry that she might continue to lay eggs because of that.
This happens every day, thought id share
We adopted two cockatiels in January who are now five. They've always been on a seed diet and we were recently told they should only be eating pellet, so we gradually switched them to a pellet diet. However, their poop is so smelly now. Is that normal?
my bird is just always molting no matter what i keep feeling pin feathers coming out and im worried he might have a deficiency of some sort
My cockatiel flew off and I realized like about 5 minutes after she was gone. I was able to locate her but she landed on a tree pine tree in a nearby park. The humane society and fire department is directing me to each other and no one helps. Brought her fav snacks and cage out there but no results. And the tree is very tall I cannot climb on it. Do you have any suggestions?
Hi ! I have 4 tiels and only 2 of them really like to come out with a step up the other 2 kinda just like to do their own thing and will come out but don’t like to go back in. I hate having just one or two of them out at a time. If anyone could throw me any tips or ideas that would be awesome thanks for reading !.
(From left to right) Finnegan, Clementine, Dexter, Gyna, Romeo, and Reginald
My baby girl flew away, and I only discover 6 hours after because I was in traffic and she at home. It breaks my heart. I'm gonna search it every day. But I just wanted to vent a bit.
I’m getting frustrated with my cockatiel. He keeps jumping on my keyboard and chewing on everything on my laptop and trying to eat everything, and I’m concerned he might eat something that could send him the a vet. He chewed on my pretty dang expensive mouse and broke it, even with me constantly removing him. It’s just me removing him and him flying back over and over again and it’s driving me nuts. Is there any way I can teach him to not do that? I’m also being told I’m the one that brought him into our home so I should spend time with him, when I literally spend all day playing with him, yet I’m a horrible parent for doing my own thing for 10 minutes. I know people on Reddit can be very aggressive and honestly please just if you’re replying, be nice, I’m frustrated over a lot of things right now and I don’t need anything else. Please.
Is she boy or girl/what is she doing?i know males are louder but she’s never been this loud befor i haven’t even heard her befor this
i noticed this today and took him to a vet but he said it was because i kept him in a cold room, im not really sold out on this so if anyone had/has the same problem let me know what did your ver say.
I have had to unbind those keys from all of my games, every time I launch battle net or epic she hops up there like okay let's go!
I'm so proud of him! 👏
New baby he already recognized his name!
I was looking through zupreem for my cockatiels but I’m just stunned at the ingredients??
Maybe it’s my european mind not being able to comprehend this but I’m pretty sure there’s absolutely no need for most of these ingredients or that they even shouldn’t be feed all time Like red40?? Yellow 5?? Sugar at the 5th place? Seriously?
This probably explains why it’s not in stock anywhere
He’s 4 months old. It sounds like baby noises but I’m not sure? He only does it when he wants scritches and cuddles.