Cockatiel Care - Basics Of Caring For Your Pet Cockatiel, Taming, Training And Behavior

[carollesner]

Very informative Sheri!!!  Love it...

[cajimdude]

i love your cage .... im saving up for a cockatiel now but it is expensive i love birds and always will nice video'



[wackywonderfish]

i had a cockatiel for 4 years but sadly last year i died we're planning on getting a new one but i miss him.

[dragonwolph]

@wackywonderfish OH NO! you died?! thats horibole!  Im just kidding, I'm sorry for your loss.

[wedingo]

I have a question... Do they poop all around the house ? I just got mine and it has a smaller cage than it should, so i'm thinking of letting him out most of the time, but i'm worried about the mess.

[prostarkooki]

my cockatiel says kiss kiss lol i told them how to say it

[shine01120]

hi, i got my cockatiel from a pet store 2 weeks ago. he seems fine with me having my hand in his cage, and he'll even take food from my hand, but if my hand or finger touches him while he's taking food from me, he backs off and hisses. how can i get him to become tame enough to let me touch him?

[caramelsquid]

Thanks this was very helpful!

[netgirl4349]

My dog caught a wild cockatiel. So I now have it in a medium size dog cage with a newspaper floor, but he won’t come close to me and he bites so any advice of what to do I don’t want to get rid of it. It’s the first bird I have ever had so I don’t now much about birds.

[wordmatthew]

i just bought one and they trimmed the wings before I took him home...i didn't know if this was normal or not

[iMachacker]

@wordmatthew It is okay to have their wings trimmed however, it is just to prevent them from "flying off too fast or far" its good for beginners however later on you may want to teach your cockatiel recalling and flying around the place etc. if so then don't clip their wings. Personally as an owner of a cockaktiel and 4 parakeets, I dont trim the wings.

Not many people trim theirs, if you need help with anything: trainedparrot(dot)com

Very helpful for all types of birds

[wordmatthew]

@iMachacker

Awesome! Thanks for the info

[wordmatthew]

do you keep their wings trimmed or not?

[iMachacker]

@wordmatthew and from looking at the pictures of her cockatiels, no they aren't trimmed.