@rufflesthebird24 Ours do a 'bat' thing too! I've yet to catch it on video though, as they don't do it so often... I think it's them claiming possession of the cage when they do it?
@mikepepler yes! all of them looove to do things like this. Mine is 27 yo. It is old yes, but it does flip by doing the bat thing, it opens their wings fully extended. Shame he lost his crown. but he is my old brother. I love him. :D
OMG thats the same exact cockatiel i have. Same color too. Btw any one know how to tell if its a girl or a boy i rescued my cockatiel from being abused and neglected from someone so now she lives with me so can any one tell me what type of cockatiel she is and if it a boy or girl there a video of mine that i have under my uploads with her if someone would like to look at her and tell me
@vampirerose22 Just watched your video. Assuming the cockatiel is adult, it's usually easiest to tell if it's male or female by the orange patch on the cheeks, which is fainter on females. But yours is a white-face cockatiel, so the only other way is the tail feathers, which are usually striped on a female (like a juvenile). So I'd guess you have a male there. Does the bird sing a lot, and show off? (other male activities...)
Hi thanks for you response back my cockatile quil i just rescued over the summer doesn't sing much but usually does during the night alot. but its now just starting to chirp alot more during the day
@vampirerose22 Maybe as he/she settles in they'll sing more then... Ours have set times of day when they usually sing, e.g. first thing in the morning for a bit, then late morning if it's sunny. Afternoon is normally nap time, and then dinner time there's more singing.
that must be a staravia! (im in sinnoh region?) OMGOMGOMG GOTTA CATCH EM ALL FINALLY POKEMON EXISTS! * throws pokeball at ur cockatiel * OH DARN ITS A COCKATIEL
ahhh my pet bird luis use to do that but he died on month before he could turn one year old :( i miss him every day :( i have videos of him check them out if you want :'(
@Allgamesarefun Sorry to hear that, he looks very cute in the videos. Will you get another cockatiel? They normally live a lot longer, say 20 years, though a friend of ours has one that's over 30.
i got a grey and white cocktiel there males they will mate with female cocktiels after they meet each other (that what happened with my birds in one month)
My tiel displays when she's trying to scare things away (including hoses or whatever she doesn't recognize when she's attempting to nest) as well as when she stretches. We had her yawn on command for a little while, but she's not too keen on learning to hold her wings out.
@almostaskater62 Male birds should do it anyway, don't know if females do, as we have 2 males. Have you tried showing your bird the video of our birds doing it? That will often get them going! The only thing we trained them in was the sound they make while doing it.
@almostaskater62 Ah OK. Well what I'd try is saying 'eagle' (or whatever you like) and sticking your arms out. Or wait till she's doing it, then you join in. Then reward her with some food if she does it right. Ours often join in if we do it, and that was without reward training, but then again they are boys, so are probably just being competitive!
My lovebird used to do that, now my cockatiel does it, and if i copy him he goes crazy and starts flying round the room at 100mph lol, then lands and starts doing it again.
@mikepepler Actually the grey ones with the orange spot is the natural color, but the only man-made one is the lutino. All others can be found in the wild.
@CreamRocks1 I think we're in agreement then - grey with yellow face and orange spot is the most common colouring in the wild - I didn't know the other strains could be found in the wild, I'd assumed that they'd only become common with careful breeding...
@krapinica From an older comment: "All we did was every time Pete displayed his wings and made his chattering noise, we said "eagle". Sometimes we put our arms (wings!) out at the same time as saying it. He soon got the idea."
@xR1P3xSpuds Yes, definitely territorial! They do it upside-down sometimes too, but when they do that they don't shout at the same time, they stay silent.
@mrwudpecker I wouldn't exactly call it a song... ;-) It's what they do when they're either showing off or trying to scare away a bird they've seen outside the window.
@xpresidentrulez They don't fly away because they're happy where they are - they have food, water, company, things to play with and no predators. We do have net curtains on the windows though, as if they have a fright they can bolt for clear space, and that could result in them hitting the glass.
@girlsluvgir All the time? First thing - if she tries to bite you, don't flinch or make a noise - this can be 'fun', and encourage her to do it more. She is unlikely to actually hurt you. Second, will she take food from your hand? One of our birds is completely tame, but there are still times when he doesn't want to step on a finger and hill hiss and peck. Our other bird is less tame, and will only let your hand near him if you have food in it!
@mikepepler i have 2 cocktiels, jack and sparrow; male and a female. It laid eggs, I don't know what conditions are needed for them to hatch. Also, the mail is fearful and will fly away and not step up my hand. The female sits on shoulder and steps up; however, doesn't stay long with me.....but when i got food in my hand lol....the female goes nuts..it can do anything for food!....any suggestions how to completely tame a bird?
@jackindobox Taming a bird takes a lot of time and patience if they're not hand-reared, but it's worth doing. I'd buy a book on cockatiels if I were you, they have a lot of good advice on taming them.
@metaldave08096 Ah yes, you need to give them some time to get over it. We have 2 males, and we got Tom so Pete wouldn't be lonely when we were out. They get on fairly well, though Pete is definitely boss, as the older bird - Tom was still juvenile when we got him.
hi i have a female cockatiel , she is yellow masked white body cocatiel. now i am noticing that her yellowness is decreasing steadily do you know any reason behing this ??
@sangam061289 Not sure, I've never heard of that. Is she getting all the minerals she needs? We make sure ours have cuttlefish, and also give them vegetables every day, like cucumber, carrot, lettuce, dandelion leaves, etc. It takes a while to get them used to eating that stuff though!
@mikepepler maybe sangams bird is changing colour if there is another bird. because i've bought a book about cockatiels and it said sometimes female birds change colour depending on the area or if there is a male bird. and yep it takes so long for them to start eating!! my bird took couple of days to start eating lettuce. I put some strawberries in his cage but he didn't touch it at all and he tries to bite me only had him for a week now my next door neighbour gave him his a year and half old
@dogus194 I live here in INDIA. It just eats seeds. I have starting adding veggies to her diet but she isnt touching it. It either may be vitamins and mineral problem tht is responsible for her color loss...
@sangam061289 oh well my cockatiel didn't touch his lettuce for 3 to 4 days but i kept on chaging it daily and offering it with my hand so he'd know its food then after he tried it he loves eating lettuce :). i was adviced to give him vitamins once a week maybe you should buy him some vitamins and give it once a week in his water/food. but give him/her couple of days to get used to it. When i give him a veggie/fruit i tie it on a string and tie the string on the cage and he eats
@sangam061289 :) wash it really really really well as they might have germs or something from what i seen in this book and to get rid of chemicals. i've put lettuce for my bird today but he didn't touch it, guess he wasn't in the lettuce mood or i went out and he was alone at home all day. I live in london, how about you? :]
@lesleyhenriquez i am sorry that you dont have complete information about INDIA and pakistan relationship . Pakistan have seperated from INDIA. So they have our blood. And why are you bringing nationalities in between
@sangam061289 it is normal for female cockatiels to have less colour in the face than males, thus they often lose some of their colour as they grow older. :)
@sangam061289 my cockatiel is just the same as yours and she's a female...there are many cockatiels that happen like that...nothing will happen to them...don't worry....
@sangam061289 Don't worry about the yellow dulling. In female cockatiels they start losing the brightness of their yellow in their faces as the mature and get older. It's normal.
@Tweeky96 Not sure which bit you mean? At the start, he's saying "What y' doing", and "yeah!" (or at least he;'s trying to...), then he goes on to say "eagle" while displaying his wings.
Hello i got a cockatiel around 15 days back . should i allow my cockatiel to get out of the cage ? i fear it may get awway and will not enter the cage plz help..!
@sangam061289 1. Is it tame? If you put your hand in the cage, will it step onto your finger? If so, you have no worries about letting it out. 2. First time out of a cage, make sure you're in a room with doors and curtains/blinds closed. Have something for the bird to land on, e.g. a washing rack, bookcase, etc. 3. When you let the bird out, it will probably fly round like mad and bash into walls, ceiling etc, - both of ours did this. However, they usually only do this on the first go.
@mikepepler Thanks for the reply . I got this cockatiel from a pet store so it isnt hand tamed. it still doesnt sit on my finger instead when i open the cage door it tries to run. so i was asking should i allow to come outside of its cage. i fear it may try 2 fly away n wont return back 2 its cage backk.....
@sangam061289 You definitely need to let it out of the cage for some time each day to play/fly - ours are only in the cage at night. If you do it in a safe room (as I described earlier), have something obvious for the bird to land on, and have a cage you can lower over the bird you'll be fine. Once it's out, give it some space, and offer it some millet. You should be able to get it to take seed from your hand even if it's not hand-tame - try this in the cage first perhaps.
@sangam061289 if it goes wrong and the bird flies off but still in the room find out the birds favorite treats and put it in a small box and wait until the birds fully landed in it put the box in the cage ( make sure there is a rope to open the box) dont grab it when you have the chance one of my teachers bird died since some one was holding it and wouldn't let go the bird died of shock (sorry for my grammar )
@sangam061289 4. If the bird is tame, getting it back in the cage is easy, as you can take it in on your hand. If it's not tame (e.g. one of ours won't step on a hand), then once it's landed on your washing rack (or whatever you left for it to land on), then take the top part of the cage off its base, and lower it over the bird. Ours climb straight onto the cage when you do this, and then you can lower it onto the base. From there you can then transfer the bird into a big cage if you need to.
Your cockatiel has gorgeous feathers!
MagicComet577 3 weeks ago
@MagicComet577 Thanks! He thinks so too! ;-)
mikepepler 3 weeks ago
@mikepepler by bird is doing that too :D
p00rstr94 1 day ago
"THIS!...IS MY KINGDOM B*TCHES!!!" hahahah
djmoua 4 weeks ago
my budgie pretends that he is human and comes and eat with us and uses the fork and the knife like a real person :))
catalynoo 4 weeks ago
my cockatiel likes to pretend he is a bat lol his name is Ruffles
rufflesthebird24 1 month ago
@rufflesthebird24 Ours do a 'bat' thing too! I've yet to catch it on video though, as they don't do it so often... I think it's them claiming possession of the cage when they do it?
mikepepler 1 month ago
@mikepepler yes! all of them looove to do things like this. Mine is 27 yo. It is old yes, but it does flip by doing the bat thing, it opens their wings fully extended. Shame he lost his crown. but he is my old brother. I love him. :D
virgiliofi 1 month ago
I have 1.5 years old male nimfa lutino. The same "eagle" here:))
LamaraGhabuzyan 1 month ago
My cockateil used to do that alot when he was ouside in the warm air with the light cool wind....RIP My baby Chico :'(
watercatfish 1 month ago
OMG thats the same exact cockatiel i have. Same color too. Btw any one know how to tell if its a girl or a boy i rescued my cockatiel from being abused and neglected from someone so now she lives with me so can any one tell me what type of cockatiel she is and if it a boy or girl there a video of mine that i have under my uploads with her if someone would like to look at her and tell me
vampirerose22 1 month ago
@vampirerose22 Just watched your video. Assuming the cockatiel is adult, it's usually easiest to tell if it's male or female by the orange patch on the cheeks, which is fainter on females. But yours is a white-face cockatiel, so the only other way is the tail feathers, which are usually striped on a female (like a juvenile). So I'd guess you have a male there. Does the bird sing a lot, and show off? (other male activities...)
mikepepler 1 month ago
@mikepepler
Hi thanks for you response back my cockatile quil i just rescued over the summer doesn't sing much but usually does during the night alot. but its now just starting to chirp alot more during the day
vampirerose22 1 month ago
@vampirerose22 Maybe as he/she settles in they'll sing more then... Ours have set times of day when they usually sing, e.g. first thing in the morning for a bit, then late morning if it's sunny. Afternoon is normally nap time, and then dinner time there's more singing.
mikepepler 1 month ago
@mikepepler
Actually generally with white faced cockatiels, the mails will have the white face while the females will have an all grey face.
same with the standard yellow ones, males will have yellow with the red patch while the females will have the red patch but little to no yellow
gaurdianAQ 1 month ago
@gaurdianAQ Thanks - I knew about the normal colouring, but not the white-face, as although we have a male we don't have a female white-face. Cheers!
mikepepler 1 month ago
I liked!!!!
AmoWerneck 1 month ago
that must be a staravia! (im in sinnoh region?) OMGOMGOMG GOTTA CATCH EM ALL FINALLY POKEMON EXISTS! * throws pokeball at ur cockatiel * OH DARN ITS A COCKATIEL
(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ (table flipping)
:3
Kerry4271 1 month ago
ahhh my pet bird luis use to do that but he died on month before he could turn one year old :( i miss him every day :( i have videos of him check them out if you want :'(
Allgamesarefun 1 month ago
@Allgamesarefun Sorry to hear that, he looks very cute in the videos. Will you get another cockatiel? They normally live a lot longer, say 20 years, though a friend of ours has one that's over 30.
mikepepler 1 month ago 3
my female cockatiel does this all the time!
NightmarePegasus 1 month ago
Those are some GORGEOUS wing feathers! He must be so well cared for!
Sarastronomy17 1 month ago
@Sarastronomy17 Thanks, we do our best! :-)
mikepepler 1 month ago
looks just like my new boy. same colouring
IRONMAN000 1 month ago
i have the same colour cockatiel, and he does the same :D i call him eagle when he does that :D
IceQuartzy 1 month ago
You are really making me miss my cockatiel that died 3 years back! These guys are gorgious, I commend you for having such happy healthy birds! :)
winterbeauty1991 2 months ago
i got a grey and white cocktiel there males they will mate with female cocktiels after they meet each other (that what happened with my birds in one month)
tkfort352 2 months ago
He is imperial eagle, in australia :D
DumpsterKnight 2 months ago
pretty Cockatiel.
sandyhembree 2 months ago
Oh look, he's doing an impression of buzz
light year
Omar29jan 2 months ago
I remember my Cockatiel would eat my moms plant the one you have in your house no matter how much i hid the plant he would find it RIP luis :(
Allgamesarefun 2 months ago
IM BATMAN!
birdmarine101 2 months ago
To me it looks like he says "I'm Batman!" :)
Henkz85 2 months ago
I've never seen a white and grey tiel before. Such a beautiful coloring.
angelofphoenix1983 2 months ago
@angelofphoenix1983 I shall tell Tom, he'll be very pleased you like his feathers! ;-) His type is usually called a 'white face' cockatiel I think.
mikepepler 2 months ago
Sounds like a Cuckoo.
Nighthawke70 2 months ago
My tiel displays when she's trying to scare things away (including hoses or whatever she doesn't recognize when she's attempting to nest) as well as when she stretches. We had her yawn on command for a little while, but she's not too keen on learning to hold her wings out.
sugoipop16 2 months ago
beautiful bird *-*
Burtonkappe80 3 months ago
Lol! my bird does that too. except when he's upside down xD
XxWolfGirlWolvesXx 3 months ago 4
@XxWolfGirlWolvesXx Our birds go upside down as well sometimes, but they stay silent when they do that.
mikepepler 3 months ago
Cute! We all dream big!
reezdog 3 months ago
First, i think it is a butterfly ;D
QueenOfNails1 3 months ago
Cockatiels : IM BATMAN.
JinTheFalse 4 months ago
how did you train him/her to spread his/her wings like that? i want to get mine to do it but i dont really know how to get started
almostaskater62 4 months ago
@almostaskater62 Male birds should do it anyway, don't know if females do, as we have 2 males. Have you tried showing your bird the video of our birds doing it? That will often get them going! The only thing we trained them in was the sound they make while doing it.
mikepepler 4 months ago
@mikepepler she does do it by herself every once in a while but it'd be cool to get her to do it on command
almostaskater62 4 months ago
@almostaskater62 Ah OK. Well what I'd try is saying 'eagle' (or whatever you like) and sticking your arms out. Or wait till she's doing it, then you join in. Then reward her with some food if she does it right. Ours often join in if we do it, and that was without reward training, but then again they are boys, so are probably just being competitive!
mikepepler 4 months ago
Lol, my bird did this when we watched it! :L
mostaffa100 4 months ago
My lovebird used to do that, now my cockatiel does it, and if i copy him he goes crazy and starts flying round the room at 100mph lol, then lands and starts doing it again.
MrBRL 4 months ago
@MrBRL lol! He probably thinks you're challenging him for control of the house! :-)
mikepepler 4 months ago
i lost my green indian ring-neck on 8/23/11 and i also had a cockatiel that left on 8/10/11
533xavier 4 months ago
My cockatiel, Billy, does that a lot and I always say to him, "Billy, you think you're a big Eagle, don't ya?" lol
SonnyJamesJefferson 4 months ago
Mine died July 7 2010 after 20+ years :-(
djmmstan 4 months ago
@djmmstan Sorry to hear that. I hope ours live that long as well...
mikepepler 4 months ago
@mikepepler mine @ 14/10/09 fucking cats :(
illansolomon7414333 4 months ago
@djmmstan im so sorry :*(
freakyrabbit541 4 months ago
He sounds like an angry pacman frog :)
TheRealPinkcupid765 4 months ago
Brick, one of my boys, apparently has claimed the baby I'm taking care of.
She is a female tiel, and he fought his brother off the cage then did that. Goofy thing.
EurasianNinjaMutt 4 months ago
my eagle thinks he's a cockatiel:(
soccerkid0000000000 4 months ago
aint u see hes closing its wings when he sees a camera....and he will say.."omg omg omg ......thats embarrassing..." XD
Bloxkorner 5 months ago
:) soooooooo cute! My Sweety looks exactly like this. Whitefaced lutinos are SO GORGEOUS!
alvarezevelin3 5 months ago
Try spraying with water when they do that.....they LOVE it.
shiboof 5 months ago
Gorgeous wings! Little fella sounds like a squeaky toy to me... :P
bloominglove27 5 months ago
mininfa esta selosa de la tuya
achaman63 5 months ago
sounds like a squeeky toy
nottobenamed101 5 months ago
cute love the showing off :D
doritosalsa95 5 months ago
one of my cockatiels does that, don't know why? :S
cspsunshine 5 months ago
@cspsunshine They like to do it to show off mostly, or to proclaim their ownership of something!
mikepepler 5 months ago
@mikepepler or just to stretch
kawaiiFer 4 months ago
@mikepepler ye thats what i heard
djpoul123 4 months ago
@cspsunshine they want a shower of water with a spray bottle
cassierose100 5 months ago
This birds like YOU WANT BEEF!?!
nickpcook1 5 months ago
beautiful bird :)
LisaChuUK 5 months ago
So beautiful! Sometimes one of my Cockatiels does that too. :)
333MaGGoT666 5 months ago
Wow beautiful Cockatiel! Thanks for sharing this!
chinadude123 5 months ago
@chinadude123 Glad you liked it! :-) I've got some others of them as well - check out my uploads page.
mikepepler 5 months ago
Wow you have such beautiful intelligent birds! This is such a cute video.
GanjaEclectus 5 months ago
He is so beautiful he is charchol not grey wow.....
TheRivalConcept 5 months ago
why does your cockatiel dont have that orange spot on his cheek
AdComeau 5 months ago
@AdComeau That's the normal colour - all others are man-made breeds.
mikepepler 5 months ago
@mikepepler Actually the grey ones with the orange spot is the natural color, but the only man-made one is the lutino. All others can be found in the wild.
CreamRocks1 5 months ago
@CreamRocks1 I think we're in agreement then - grey with yellow face and orange spot is the most common colouring in the wild - I didn't know the other strains could be found in the wild, I'd assumed that they'd only become common with careful breeding...
mikepepler 5 months ago
@mikepepler They're rare in the wild but otherwise natural :3
CreamRocks1 5 months ago
@mikepepler my cockatiel has a yellow face orrange cheeks and my bird has light grey all over. Is it a boy or girl?????/
FuNNyLaMa1 5 months ago
@FuNNyLaMa1 They can be hard to tell apart when they're very young, but adult females have duller orange spots, and stripy bits on their tails.
mikepepler 5 months ago
@AdComeau he is a white faced cockatiel, its a mutation samw with my WF cinnomans ^^b
TheRivalConcept 5 months ago
This is MY rock!! You can't HAS!
Bunnixiebee 5 months ago
how did you train them? i want to teach my birds too
krapinica 5 months ago
@krapinica From an older comment: "All we did was every time Pete displayed his wings and made his chattering noise, we said "eagle". Sometimes we put our arms (wings!) out at the same time as saying it. He soon got the idea."
Cheers, Mike
mikepepler 5 months ago
@krapinica just raise arms everytime XD he will copy XD
DarkItachi91 5 months ago
I mean dream
smooverider209 5 months ago
A bird ca bream
smooverider209 5 months ago
My Cockatiel does that too when the bend over and spread their wings out like so ive learned is a territorial thing
xR1P3xSpuds 5 months ago
@xR1P3xSpuds Yes, definitely territorial! They do it upside-down sometimes too, but when they do that they don't shout at the same time, they stay silent.
mikepepler 5 months ago
Lol mine think they are dragons-Pteradactyls
GoogooEyedChihuahua 5 months ago
thats a funny song ur cockatiels are singing:)
mrwudpecker 5 months ago
@mrwudpecker I wouldn't exactly call it a song... ;-) It's what they do when they're either showing off or trying to scare away a bird they've seen outside the window.
mikepepler 5 months ago
0:08 beteurfly
55moki 5 months ago
y don't they fly away?
xpresidentrulez 5 months ago
@xpresidentrulez They don't fly away because they're happy where they are - they have food, water, company, things to play with and no predators. We do have net curtains on the windows though, as if they have a fright they can bolt for clear space, and that could result in them hitting the glass.
mikepepler 5 months ago 4
beautiful wings ^^
HellsRainbows 5 months ago
oh wow, thats some cage you got there.
xXKhaoticRinoXx 5 months ago
@xXKhaoticRinoXx Thanks :-) The birds like it too!
mikepepler 5 months ago
lovely bird. ....and magnificent castle.
sydjake74 5 months ago
the cockateil is stersching
lydianify 5 months ago
is her wings cliped?
how131 6 months ago 5
@how131 They both boys actually, but no, their wings are not clipped.
mikepepler 6 months ago 2
@how131 nope, doesn't look like it
nonikid1 5 months ago
@how131 They're not.. You can clearly see that.. :)
BeautifulParrots 5 months ago
@how131 obviously no lol
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@how131 Their wings are not clipped, you can tell because they have all of their wing feathers intact :3
CreamRocks1 4 months ago
@how131 i hope your joking.
TheAstraNation 3 months ago
lol
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MonushiZukuto 6 months ago
my bird hates me! any tips to get her to like me?
girlsluvgir 6 months ago
@girlsluvgir Why's your cockatiel upset with you? What's her behaviour?
mikepepler 6 months ago
@mikepepler atempting to bite me and hissing ='(
girlsluvgir 6 months ago
@girlsluvgir All the time? First thing - if she tries to bite you, don't flinch or make a noise - this can be 'fun', and encourage her to do it more. She is unlikely to actually hurt you. Second, will she take food from your hand? One of our birds is completely tame, but there are still times when he doesn't want to step on a finger and hill hiss and peck. Our other bird is less tame, and will only let your hand near him if you have food in it!
mikepepler 6 months ago
@mikepepler lol
MasterUltraBall 6 months ago
@mikepepler i have 2 cocktiels, jack and sparrow; male and a female. It laid eggs, I don't know what conditions are needed for them to hatch. Also, the mail is fearful and will fly away and not step up my hand. The female sits on shoulder and steps up; however, doesn't stay long with me.....but when i got food in my hand lol....the female goes nuts..it can do anything for food!....any suggestions how to completely tame a bird?
jackindobox 5 months ago
@jackindobox Taming a bird takes a lot of time and patience if they're not hand-reared, but it's worth doing. I'd buy a book on cockatiels if I were you, they have a lot of good advice on taming them.
mikepepler 5 months ago
My cocatiel died today, so i watched some videos to remember her.
metaldave08096 6 months ago
@metaldave08096 That's sad - will you get another one?
mikepepler 6 months ago
@mikepepler Her brother is still alive, but he looks so loney without her...
metaldave08096 6 months ago
@mikepepler maybe not right away, her brother is still here, but he is very lonely without her
metaldave08096 6 months ago
@metaldave08096 Ah yes, you need to give them some time to get over it. We have 2 males, and we got Tom so Pete wouldn't be lonely when we were out. They get on fairly well, though Pete is definitely boss, as the older bird - Tom was still juvenile when we got him.
mikepepler 6 months ago
@metaldave08096 how old was it?
Majitsu 6 months ago
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metaldave08096 6 months ago
@Majitsu She was about 12 years old i raised her and her brother as chicks
metaldave08096 6 months ago
@metaldave08096 oh im so sorry!!
Purpl3fAil 6 months ago
I wish i had wings like that :/
Bl4ckV3ins 6 months ago
omg!so cute!
DrJazzBlues 6 months ago
I love his or hers colours (L)
FFIXLover 6 months ago
Sounds like a sqweeky toy. :3
iCorruptTheAngels 6 months ago
My cockatiel, Charlotte, turns upside down and pretends to be Batman. (just like this)
AreYouInMySpoon 6 months ago
hi i have a female cockatiel , she is yellow masked white body cocatiel. now i am noticing that her yellowness is decreasing steadily do you know any reason behing this ??
sangam061289 6 months ago
@sangam061289 Not sure, I've never heard of that. Is she getting all the minerals she needs? We make sure ours have cuttlefish, and also give them vegetables every day, like cucumber, carrot, lettuce, dandelion leaves, etc. It takes a while to get them used to eating that stuff though!
mikepepler 6 months ago
@mikepepler maybe sangams bird is changing colour if there is another bird. because i've bought a book about cockatiels and it said sometimes female birds change colour depending on the area or if there is a male bird. and yep it takes so long for them to start eating!! my bird took couple of days to start eating lettuce. I put some strawberries in his cage but he didn't touch it at all and he tries to bite me only had him for a week now my next door neighbour gave him his a year and half old
dogus194 6 months ago
@dogus194 I live here in INDIA. It just eats seeds. I have starting adding veggies to her diet but she isnt touching it. It either may be vitamins and mineral problem tht is responsible for her color loss...
sangam061289 6 months ago
@sangam061289 oh well my cockatiel didn't touch his lettuce for 3 to 4 days but i kept on chaging it daily and offering it with my hand so he'd know its food then after he tried it he loves eating lettuce :). i was adviced to give him vitamins once a week maybe you should buy him some vitamins and give it once a week in his water/food. but give him/her couple of days to get used to it. When i give him a veggie/fruit i tie it on a string and tie the string on the cage and he eats
dogus194 6 months ago
@dogus194 thanks friend , i will surely try your string technique.. Which country you reside ?
sangam061289 6 months ago
@sangam061289 :) wash it really really really well as they might have germs or something from what i seen in this book and to get rid of chemicals. i've put lettuce for my bird today but he didn't touch it, guess he wasn't in the lettuce mood or i went out and he was alone at home all day. I live in london, how about you? :]
dogus194 6 months ago
@dogus194 I live in Mumbai INDIA...
sangam061289 6 months ago
@sangam061289 At least you are both Pakistanis. It helps to have something on common.
lesleyhenriquez 6 months ago
@lesleyhenriquez Shut up you idiot I am INDIAN. Why are you bringing nationalities in between. Enjoy the cockatiel !!
sangam061289 6 months ago
@sangam061289 Why are Indians ashamed of their Paki blood?
lesleyhenriquez 6 months ago
@lesleyhenriquez i am sorry that you dont have complete information about INDIA and pakistan relationship . Pakistan have seperated from INDIA. So they have our blood. And why are you bringing nationalities in between
sangam061289 6 months ago
@sangam061289 Sp Indians are Paki's in disguise. Or the other way around, whatever you feel like. Still, you are a Pakistani. Kind of.
lesleyhenriquez 6 months ago
@sangam061289 is it turning gray? Some babies turn from yellow to gray i think.
TadaKiba 6 months ago
@TadaKiba Oh no my friend, its gettting yellowed from tail end , but the facial yellowness is decreasing steadily . I am really worried...
sangam061289 6 months ago
@sangam061289 Have you contacted your vet?
TadaKiba 6 months ago
@TadaKiba No i haven't !
sangam061289 6 months ago
@sangam061289 it's the best thing to do.
TadaKiba 6 months ago
@sangam061289 it is normal for female cockatiels to have less colour in the face than males, thus they often lose some of their colour as they grow older. :)
ryno2085 6 months ago
@sangam061289 my cockatiel is just the same as yours and she's a female...there are many cockatiels that happen like that...nothing will happen to them...don't worry....
JamesMorthon 6 months ago
@sangam061289 the bird is molting.females have less yellow than males
Sharksavior155 6 months ago
@sangam061289 Don't worry about the yellow dulling. In female cockatiels they start losing the brightness of their yellow in their faces as the mature and get older. It's normal.
GitarooLegend 6 months ago
errrr... kiddaaa looks like a butterfly... LOL <3
chocol8strawberrys 6 months ago
My two cockatiels do that and my parakeet does it too!!! they are to cute when they do that! <3333
chiquita02262011 6 months ago
He sounds like a squeaky toy. :)
Areeane 7 months ago
this is a very beautiful bird. great trick.
HumanNatureGirl58 7 months ago 19
my friends cockatiel always does this lol
dawnXashforever17 7 months ago
wat is it saying after it says "eagle"
Tweeky96 7 months ago
@Tweeky96 Not sure which bit you mean? At the start, he's saying "What y' doing", and "yeah!" (or at least he;'s trying to...), then he goes on to say "eagle" while displaying his wings.
mikepepler 7 months ago
Hello i got a cockatiel around 15 days back . should i allow my cockatiel to get out of the cage ? i fear it may get awway and will not enter the cage plz help..!
sangam061289 7 months ago
@sangam061289 1. Is it tame? If you put your hand in the cage, will it step onto your finger? If so, you have no worries about letting it out. 2. First time out of a cage, make sure you're in a room with doors and curtains/blinds closed. Have something for the bird to land on, e.g. a washing rack, bookcase, etc. 3. When you let the bird out, it will probably fly round like mad and bash into walls, ceiling etc, - both of ours did this. However, they usually only do this on the first go.
mikepepler 7 months ago
@mikepepler Thanks for the reply . I got this cockatiel from a pet store so it isnt hand tamed. it still doesnt sit on my finger instead when i open the cage door it tries to run. so i was asking should i allow to come outside of its cage. i fear it may try 2 fly away n wont return back 2 its cage backk.....
sangam061289 7 months ago
@sangam061289 You definitely need to let it out of the cage for some time each day to play/fly - ours are only in the cage at night. If you do it in a safe room (as I described earlier), have something obvious for the bird to land on, and have a cage you can lower over the bird you'll be fine. Once it's out, give it some space, and offer it some millet. You should be able to get it to take seed from your hand even if it's not hand-tame - try this in the cage first perhaps.
mikepepler 7 months ago
@mikepepler Thanks thanks a lot. i'll surely share my experience back..!!
sangam061289 7 months ago
@sangam061289 if it goes wrong and the bird flies off but still in the room find out the birds favorite treats and put it in a small box and wait until the birds fully landed in it put the box in the cage ( make sure there is a rope to open the box) dont grab it when you have the chance one of my teachers bird died since some one was holding it and wouldn't let go the bird died of shock (sorry for my grammar )
AcidWarhead97 7 months ago
@AcidWarhead97 Thanks friend for your suggestion. I will definetly remember . Well from which country you from, i am from INDIA !
sangam061289 7 months ago
@sangam061289 4. If the bird is tame, getting it back in the cage is easy, as you can take it in on your hand. If it's not tame (e.g. one of ours won't step on a hand), then once it's landed on your washing rack (or whatever you left for it to land on), then take the top part of the cage off its base, and lower it over the bird. Ours climb straight onto the cage when you do this, and then you can lower it onto the base. From there you can then transfer the bird into a big cage if you need to.
mikepepler 7 months ago
Just got my cockatiel yesterday. He's a little scared, but he's getting used to his new home. :)