Bought a cockatiel today, dunno why (only went to buy some fish!)

Does anyone have or has anyone ever had a cockatiel and if so, have you got any advice about them?

He doesn't seem to like me, my brother or my dad but likes my mam. (Obviously it's unsettled at the moment and currently has a cage that's a tiny bit too small...) We also have a dog that's not too pleased about the new arrival!

Free him Flyo. Dont fight nature!

Free the dog too........

You dont have the moral right to keep him chained and dancing to your tune!

Grouch, me thinks you are still a little too grief stricken over your last cat passing into the great unknown...:huh:

Bought a cockatiel today, have you got any advice about them?


Yes don't buy birds , it's cruel to keep them in cages.:glare:

Bought a cockatiel today, dunno why (only went to buy some fish!)

He doesn't seem to like me

Is it because you're keeping him in an aquarium? Cockatiels are'nt good swimmers. Hope this helps.

Bought a cockatiel today, dunno why (only went to buy some fish!)

Does anyone have or has anyone ever had a cockatiel and if so, have you got any advice about them?

He doesn't seem to like me, my brother or my dad but likes my mam. (Obviously it's unsettled at the moment and currently has a cage that's a tiny bit too small...) We also have a dog that's not too pleased about the new arrival!

Caged birds = cruel :glare:

Free the dog too........

You dont have the moral right to keep him chained and dancing to your tune!

Dog's free to go whenever or wherever she likes (no gate to stop her leaving the garden if she wishes to leave). She just chooses not to, because it gets looked after better by us than it would if it weren't with us.

Is the cockatiel a baby? Friends of mine had one - they'd handled it since it was young and it was quite a character. Used to give it a fair bit of freedom as well, even though they had a cat.

Personally, I don't like cage-birds - I prefer my pets to be of a type that earn their keep by paying me loads of attention :laugh:, but I can't see how it can be any more cruel than keeping a hamster/rat/guinea-pig etc. If they're bred in captivity they don't know any different.

He's got more freedom now than when he was stuck in the back room of the pet shop, at least he can roam about for a few hours a day now. He's quite a character too. I don't know how old he is, but he's not a baby.

If released into the wild (from whence he probably didn't come) do you not think he'd be dead within a week, there's lots of dangers in a house obviously, but there's a hell of a lot more in the open. Many different types of animals, cars, people, lack of food, uncontrollable disease and much more! Maybe it would be more cruel to put it on death row and watch it go to be killed.

Will you change your avatar now?

I googled and found this :laugh:

http://www.brentwood.k12.ca.us/brentwood/Links/gallery/gursky/Class_proj/gursky/cockatiel.jpeg

Flyo,

Buy your cockatiel a partner. They fare better in twos.

Maureen
Northern angel.

Will you change your avatar now?

I googled and found this :laugh:

http://www.brentwood.k12.ca.us/brentwood/Links/gallery/gursky/Class_proj/gursky/cockatiel.jpeg

ooooh you made that up!

An old childminder of ours had one called Norman. Lived for years, he did.

Thank you NA. It is said that they get on well with a friend, especially since he wolf whistles! He watched poker face with us from on top of my mam's head today!

My son had a cockatiel and he was always leaving it out of the cage but unfortunately one of his mates left the front door open and off he went. He had found it on his doorstep, I like to think it was just visiting and went on to someone elses house but in reality I expect a cat got it.

Thank you NA. It is said that they get on well with a friend, especially since he wolf whistles! He watched poker face with us from on top of my mam's head today!

Hello again Flyo,

Pet behaviour is a curious thing. Cockatiels if they haven't got a mate will regard a human as a mate, but eventually the poor bird ends up mad. Stressed out it will pull its feathers out and look a sorry state.

My father had a shed for breeding birds when I was a child. The budgies were beautiful. Our two adult cockatiels were lemon and grey. We also had two avaries in the garden, and a pigeon cree on the allotment. My father thought more of the birds he kept than my quick tempered mother with the flying kitchenware.

So when my father wasn't in the workshop making furniture, or in the kitchen cooking up one of his many delights, he was feeding and tending to the welfare of these wonderful birds.

Maureen
Northern angel.

Hubby wants a Parrot, but they are about £300 - but when you buy the stand, toys etc the price will be about £500.

I dont think he will be getting one somehow.

This may be of some assistance.

http://thecockatielsociety.com/ (the cockatiel society)

'ere....Make sure 'e don't get a cold....We don't want a Python sketch being recited do we??

Flyo,

Buy your cockatiel a partner. They fare better in twos.

Maureen
Northern angel.

MAUREEN don't encourage Fly to buy more birds!!!!!:sly: birds should be free not kept in cages.

Have you never had any pets Bridge?

Good on ya! - i think it was a cool thing to do...purchasing a cockatiel (are they chief enemies of cockatoos??)

If it remained in the pet shop it would have had to put up with the same old scenery and if you let it go free it would be almost instantly intercepted by a medium-large sized sparrow hawk...which wouldn't be the happiest of conclusions to the poor blighter's life.

Watch Bill Oddie's programmes (but ignore Kate Humble...she knows nowt) - he'll inspire you to treat the feathered fella right, and if you have to keep him in a cage then at least afford this chap the option of being able to leave his/her confines by leaving the old cage door open.

It might also be a good idea to fit a wooden floor base and scrap the carpet if you have one at present...:pooh: <---(treat as chalk-coloured)

We bought him a new cage today, the one we bought him in (which he would have still been in if we hadn't bought him!) was too small, he has a lot more room to stretch his wings at least now.

He has the freedom of the house when we can offer supervision (which is the majority of the day since my dad and brother are both unemployed and my mother is now on holiday for 6/7 weeks- school teacher). But obviously a house, like the outside world, has many dangers so he has to be caged when we can't look after him, which (even if you think it's cruel) prevents many potential disasters within the home.

Have you never had any pets Bridge?

Hey Fly no hard feelings about the Birds. PEACE. :heart: Well i have had a few Dogs and Cats, and the only pets we keep are Tropical Fish. Your not going to have a go at me now are you for keeping fish?

Fish should be free to swim in the ocean :pimp:

MAUREEN don't encourage Fly to buy more birds!!!!!:sly: birds should be free not kept in cages.

I doubt Cockatiels would survive long if they were set free. They belong in cages .... thats why they are bred. Same as canaries, budgies and parrots. They arent 'wild' birds.

I doubt Cockatiels would survive long if they were set free. They belong in cages .... thats why they are bred. Same as canaries, budgies and parrots. They arent 'wild' birds.

Except in their natural habitat, Bonsai. The exotic birds we have in Britain are bred especially for the purpose of being domestic pets.

Maureen.
Northern angel.

I doubt Cockatiels would survive long if they were set free. They belong in cages .... thats why they are bred. Same as canaries, budgies and parrots. They arent 'wild' birds.


WTF....................



OK bons, just go with the two men in the white coats, they have something special for you in the room with the padding.








Cockatiels in their Natural Habitat
Wild cockatiels are found throughout Australia except in Tasmania, more heavily in the eastern regions and mostly in the drier inlands, away from the coastal areas.
These birds were known by other names as far back as 1770, when they were reported by persons who sailed with Captain Cook. They were given the name Nymphicus in 1832. Cockatiels were brought into England and Europe during expeditions around this time period. Although some differences have been noted in the geographical populations, there are no subspecies of cockatiels
Most wild cockatiels are found in groups and prefer living in dead tree branches. They are found near rivers, streams and creeks and their movement as flocks is controlled by the availability of water. I believe they use the streams for both bathing and drinking since most cockatiels love baths. Wild cockatiels are ground feeders and normally feed on seeds, grasses, leaves and bark (from trees, bushes, and other vegetation). Additionally, cockatiels will eat grubs and different insects.

Wild Canary--Serinus Canaria--A small green or grayish-brown bird similar to a common sparrow in size and markings.

The Serinus Canaria belongs to the family Fringillidae--Finches. It's natural habitat is in some what open areas like orchards and copses with some open ground. The Wild Canary nests in bushes as well as trees.Wild foods for the canary include canary grass seeds and other native seeds, fruits and berries, and insects.
Even these natural canaries sing, as a matter of fact that's how they came into our homes.
The Wild Canary bird was first kept as a caged pet by the natives of Madeira and a group of islands off the west coast of Africa called...

The Canary Islands.
Well...actually they weren't named "Canary Islands" until the Romans found them many centuries ago.
The Romans named the islands Canaria Insula. "Canaria" is derived from the Latin word "canis", or "dog", after the large dogs that roamed the island.

I won't even go into the Parrot cos please please tell me that was a typo!!!

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

As you can tell, i wasnt thinking straight :bag:

I don't suppose you know the the air/speed velocity of the Swallow?

I don't suppose you know the the air/speed velocity of the Swallow?


African or European?

Arthur approaches an isolated castle guarded by soldiers ( #1 & #2 ) .....

S #1: Where'd you get the coconuts?
A : We found them.
S #1: Found them? In Mercia? The coconut's tropical!
A : What do you mean?
S #1: Well, this is a temperate zone.
A : The swallow may fly south with the sun or the house martin or the plover may seek warmer climes in winter, yet these are not strangers to our land?
S #1: Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
A : Not at all. They could be carried.
S #1: What? A swallow carrying a coconut?
A: It could grip it by the husk!
S #1: It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut.
A: Well, it doesn't matter. Will you go and tell your master that Arthur from the Court of Camelot is here.
S #1: Listen. In order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, right?
A: Please!
S #1: Am I right?
A: I'm not interested!
S #2: It could be carried by an African swallow!
S #1: Oh, yeah, an African swallow maybe, but not a European swallow. That's my point.
S #2: Oh, yeah, I agree with that.
A: Will you ask your master if he wants to join my court at Camelot?!
S #1: But then of course a-- African swallows are non-migratory.
S #2: Oh, yeah...
S #1: So they couldn't bring a coconut back anyway...

African or European?

I don't know that! *explodes*

Fish should be free to swim in the ocean :pimp:

...at least until they get caught up in and dragged away to a certain death by the trawler nets...:sunb:

I don't suppose you know the the air/speed velocity of the Swallow?


...if i can contribute...i believe the sneeze has been recorded at speeds of up to 102 mph.

(not too sure about the swallow)

http://www.stupidquestionsanswered.com/answered/swallow.htm

Hmmm. Yes, I suppose that would depend upon whether or not you hear the kids at the door.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

As you can tell, i wasnt thinking straight :bag:


Bon Are you Drunk? :laugh:

Fish should be free to swim in the ocean :pimp:

Oh Shut Up Fee, Don't you start !!!!!!! :wink2: :D :p

...if i can contribute...i believe the sneeze has been recorded at speeds of up to 102 mph.

(not too sure about the swallow)

http://www.stupidquestionsanswered.com/answered/swallow.htm

Hmmm. Yes, I suppose that would depend upon whether or not you hear the kids at the door.

So Patsy, are you suggesting the swallow over the spit in that scenario?

Does 43 beats per second sound feasible? Might result in chaff(inch)ing

...if i can contribute...i believe the sneeze has been recorded at speeds of up to 102 mph.

(not too sure about the swallow)

http://www.stupidquestionsanswered.com/answered/swallow.htm

Hello Woodstock,

Very true, I saw this on adverts for cold and flu relief. :offtopic: Anyone need a kleenex.

I'm going to join to Bons and have a drink. Cheers. :wine: :drinking:

Did you run out of sponsors for your Orangutans Bridge? :mellow: No wonder they've become extinct. They invaded someone's barbeque for a chaffinch and got shot.

No one for a cocktail or two then? :w00t:

Maureen
Nothern angel.

Did you run out of sponsors for your Orangutans Bridge? :mellow: No wonder they've become extinct.

...i can't be too sure...but i think it was me that drove them to extinction...and i feel so terribly guilty about it! :cry:







...but i only asked them to get a room...i did...i just asked them to get a room. :bored:

Have a pond in my back yard so have fish myself.

Cockatiels would possibly survive in native australia, but not a chance here.

Peace.

Slipper, you are a legend!

Slipper, you are a legend!

:huh: ?? Confused ?? :huh:

I think he meant bell end.

HTH :wink_kiss

African or European?

Arthur approaches an isolated castle guarded by soldiers ( #1 & #2 ) .....

S #1: Where'd you get the coconuts?
A : We found them.
S #1: Found them? In Mercia? The coconut's tropical!
A : What do you mean?
S #1: Well, this is a temperate zone.
A : The swallow may fly south with the sun or the house martin or the plover may seek warmer climes in winter, yet these are not strangers to our land?
S #1: Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
A : Not at all. They could be carried.
S #1: What? A swallow carrying a coconut?
A: It could grip it by the husk!
S #1: It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut.
A: Well, it doesn't matter. Will you go and tell your master that Arthur from the Court of Camelot is here.
S #1: Listen. In order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, right?
A: Please!
S #1: Am I right?
A: I'm not interested!
S #2: It could be carried by an African swallow!
S #1: Oh, yeah, an African swallow maybe, but not a European swallow. That's my point.
S #2: Oh, yeah, I agree with that.
A: Will you ask your master if he wants to join my court at Camelot?!
S #1: But then of course a-- African swallows are non-migratory.
S #2: Oh, yeah...
S #1: So they couldn't bring a coconut back anyway...

Just thought it was an excellent post!

If you're gonna bad rep me about buying a bird. At least have the guts to leave your name so I can bad rep you back!

Flyo,

Buy your cockatiel a partner. They fare better in twos.

Maureen
Northern angel.
I'm not so sure about this. We used to have a budgie who always looked lonely. So we bought him a partner and he ended up getting jealous and almost pecked her to death. We ended up having to keep them in seperate cages.

I'm not so sure about this. We used to have a budgie who always looked lonely. So we bought him a partner and he ended up getting jealous and almost pecked her to death. We ended up having to keep them in seperate cages.

Hello PJ,

The theory behind the idea of keeping birds in pairs is that they draw stimulus from each other. A bird kept on its own apparently can only draw stimulus from humans for so long, but as humans we go out to work and play the bird is on its own again. Eventually they get bored with themselves and go mad out of lonelyness.

When you buy a budgie or indeed any other bird, it should come from a breeder as opposed to a pet shop. The breeder is able to give you information in relation to what birds he has bred which are compatible with one another. Then incidences of jealously and pecking each other to bits is eliminated.

Maureen
Northern angel.:wub:

Just stumbled across this thread. I had a cockatiel for 35 years - I think the average age is around 20 - 25. I go him when I was 10 and spent hours with him training him to do all sorts of tricks. He was always let out of his cage when we were there - one time he knocked himself out flying into the window. Over the years he put up with being bitten by a dog, scared almost to death by my daughter when she was a toddler and moved backwards and forwards between my mum and myself when we went on holidays. He never did get over the hatered of my daughter and would screech like mad if ever she came into the room. Eventaully he had to be moved into our bedroom and we had to ban daughter from entering. He had a great personality and always had to have the last word. They make wonderful pets and love your company. You just have to be very patient with them until they have complete trust in you.