I promise she wasn’t being hurt in this picture. She flips her upside down when she’s getting head scratches and that’s what was going on in this picture

I have a store-bough female cockatiel, i got her in august and my mother had put a mirror in her cage some months ago or so and ever since she put her mirror there she hasn't moved away from it much aside from eating, drinking water and flying around the house. I dont really know what to do now. She's quite shy and dosent allow me to touch her much aside from her tail and back at times but even so she tends to bite. Should I leave the mirror inside the cage or should I take it away?? Also will she remain like this or she'll grow attached to me eventually too? My mom keeps saying its nothing big but this worries me quite a bit

Hi, My SO and I have 2 cockatiels. It seems that we will be breaking up (or taking a break from our relationship) and starting living separately soon, I'll be taking both cockatiels with me but he will have "visitation rights" etc. as we are friendly with each other.

How and what to do to make it less anxiety filling for our birbs? They are 3 years old. I'm usually the person who spends the most of the time with both birds but ofc they have their favourite humans: one of them prefers me, seconds one my partner.

Not trying to breed birds, but my cockatiels and green cheeks are super hormonal and I’m trying to stop it. Was wondering if a cockatiel can successfully hatch and raise a green cheek if there was no intervention. I am going to swap out the eggs for fake eggs, but was wondering if it could theoretically happen like the parasitic cuckoo bird

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Not even a year old and he's a stinky who randomly started to hate bathing despite loving it initially.

I started calling him a chicken because he smelled like one maybe it upset him :(

I got him when he was a little featherless fledgling and it's been a joy raising him. This actually reminded me of when he first started flying, I was like a proud dad but the joy was short-lived because he was still being handfed and if anyone here raised a young parrot I can imagine you know why! His nails were sharp and would scratch me a lot while I was preparing his food.

I have a question for the cockatiel owners out there!

To start, my bird has a vet appointment for tomorrow. He's eating, drinking, jibbering and happily wandering around the room like nothing is wrong. But he's got diarrhea. It's been going on for about a day.

We also brought a new bird into the house and he's unsure about this new cockatiel. They aren't exactly getting along...the new one wants to be friends, but my older boy has no desire for interaction....

When you introduced your new bird to your old bird, did you find that the older bird was stressed for a while? How long did it take them to fall into a routine?

My 10 year old son wanted me to post this picture he took of his bird Violet "with the hashtag 'Fluffenstein's monster.'" I am sure this makes sense in his head! He's autistic and this little girl is his pride and joy.

Just an angry-looking borb

So we got our cockatiel just a few weeks ago. First, I want to say we are dog people, but totally became bird people after a few weeks. Each interaction is so rewarding!

Our bird has a very strong and feisty personality. Earlier, he was chirping at me. The cage was open and I thought he wanted to fly. He is a bit insecure flying out of the cage by himself because the opening is small.

I present my fingers and he lunges at me angrily. I check the time and it was too early for bed, but thought, maybe he could be sleepy. I close the cage and put the blanket: he heads to the tiny bridge he uses for sleeping saying thank you.

They are very clear with what they want if only we pay attention.

Earlier today I noticed he was avoiding one of the water dispensers he usually uses. He shows me the dispenser a few times. The water inside the container seemed cleaned and I had just changed it in the morning. He does that a couple of times, otherwise going to the top of the cage where he has another dispenser. I check the dispenser more closely and millet had fallen into the mouth of the dispenser. He was basically telling me to clean it. I went to clean it and he chirps to say thank you and go drink to his--now clean--usual dispenser. 🥲 They are freaking smart!

They might communicate their needs better than most of us.

Got forbid I leave the home office/their line of sight

So before I adopted my bird, his previous living situation was with other birds some of which were very distressed and would scream extremely loudly. He unfortunately could not see them and learn they were distressed so he learned to scream like that just for fun. It’s the same scream my partner’s ‘tiel does when he’s upset or scared.

I’ve been trying to train him out of it by talking to him softly, playing him more relaxed ‘tiel noises, and covering his cage with a blanket for a short timeout when he won’t stop screaming. Unfortunately it’s been over half a year and he still hasn’t seemed to learn anything. My partner wants to move in with his ‘tiel, but he doesn’t want his bird to learn to scream like that from my bird. It’s also hard to tell when he’s actually distressed because he sounds like he’s ALWAYS distressed, even when he’s very clearly relaxed and having a good time.

Is he just going to be like this or are there any other tips on teaching him to talk a little bit more quietly and less ear-piercingly?

Yesterday I decided to change up their cage because I thought they’d like it. Before this they’d step up, I could generally be close but now they hiss or bite at me whenever I put my hand near. I feel awful, and I don’t know what to do. I wish I could go back in time and prevent myself from doing that. They were just starting to like me and I ruined it.

I am the first human he has interacted with, he came from a breeder and is shy of hands

So i live in a studio with my tiel, i want to paint like on canvas with acrylics. They are scentless and he’ll be in his cage. Do you think its fine for me to paint?

So my heater broke upstairs where my cockatiel Kramer is but the downstairs heater isn’t broken and I put covers over his cage at night is this safe?

This is the face of a boy who's being grumpy because he's been put in bird jail for chewing the sofa!

Can anyone give me any advice on toys for him? He has so many and I alternate them but all he seems interested in is chewing my cushions, blankets and sofa 🤦🏻‍♀️😂 he likes the shredded paper toys but I don't give him these for too long as he likes to eat it! And even then he's only interested for a couple of minutes and then he's bored. His previous owner says he was more likely to explore toys when he is alone but I just don't want him to be bored, OR chew my sofa 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

She has had an accident around 5 weeks ago after which she was not able to eat, hence I fed her via a tube and injector. After a while her beak and mouth were better and she began eating. Since she were mouthfed, she was a little malnourished so we let her eat as much seeds and greens as possible. Then she got a diarrhea. It lasted for a week and we gave her probiotics, it was not getting better. Now since 3 weeks ago she has good, solid night and morning poops but she has runnier, softer and somerimes very watery poops throughout the day. Her diet now consists of millet, seeds and some vegetables. Im really concerned but my wife keeps telling me the softer, runnier poops are actually not that bad and Im being paranoid. I want to make sure what consistency can I say that its diarrhea or its ok. She has been gaining weight, eating fine, preening alot, drinking water, exploring and goofing around. Overall shes ok besides the intermittent/fluctuating diarrhea. We even got antibiotics from a local avian vet and it had little to no effect. Im really tired and Ive been doing my best to give her the best care she deserves! Shes never cold as far as Im aware and shes pretty active all the time. Its just the stubborn poops that dont get all better! Need advice and or help! Note: stools are never stinky. They dont stick to her butt or feathers. They get looser and firmer throughout the day. Never perfect, never as bad as last month. Could any of you share me your "normal" cockatiel stools so I can compare? And I will post some for you to see if its normal or not.

So... I got a second cockatiel just yesterday whom I intended to be friends with my other boy since he had been lonely for some time. And yesterday everything was as I expected, nothing seemed out of order. But this morning as I was cooking breakfast I went past my new bird's cage and noticed that he was groaning, I was not sure what it meant as I had not learned his sounds yet. But later when I went past him again I saw that his beak was covered in blood, and I rushed him to the vet to see what was wrong. The vet said he had an infection in his mouth and had scratched a wound into his tongue with his claws. So now he has to wear a cone for 10 days while I give him anti biotics for 5 days, and hopefully afterwards the behavior that caused his wound ceases.

What I want to ask is has anyone had experience with having cones on their birds? How do you keep them from breaking free? feeding them? keeping them calm? etc.

Any advice would be appreciated.

My husband has 5 cockatiels. four of them are paired off. well, kind of. two of the boys are a pair, and one of the boys has sex with the 5th wheel. the fifth one attention screams a LOT. i hate it, and i’m sure our neighbours do too. do you think she is missing a mate? i absolutely refuse to get another bird. she might see my husband as her mate, but he works full time and goes out often. sometimes i wonder if she would be happier in another home where she can have her own bird-partner, or a human who is home all the time. i want to offer some constructive/realistic suggestions to my husband rather than just complain about the noise all the time. Thanks in advance!