he's adorable. how old was he when you recorded these vids? in this one, he is doing the baby feed me or mom come here type of crying. they out grow it fairly quickly. im guessing he was about 3-4months old when you recorded this hey?
glad to see you exposing him to a variety of experiences. makes for an emotionally and mentally healthy little tiel:) thanks for sharing him with us:)
When Gringo got used to me, I fed him his first peice of sweet, shugery, awesome butter tart, he did that. Like verticalsmurf said: "its the feed me sound".
My baby parakeets made lots of noises and they made there head go up and down like there rocking out or something. They did that when they were hungry.
This is the 'feed me' sound. They will usually try this for a few weeks after they leave the nest untill they can feed themselves properly.
The barring on the underside of the tail suggests that Charlie is a girl. If in a few years she goe's off her food and 'hides' for a few days, don't worry, she'll lay an egg and bounce back!
ALL baby cockatiels, apart from the albino, the lutino, and some of the pied ones, have female colouring, aka barred tail underside and gray faces. Also, as far as i know Charlie is a DNA tested MALE cockatiel. He probably showed his real colours at about 8 months.
Back when I bred 'tiels, the traditonally coloured boys like Charlie would have some slight barring on their underside, but not a lot. But, as a baby he has alot of yellow colouring in his face. Time will tell. If he looses the barring on his underside, and his face becomes more yellow - he is a tiel'man to be reckoned with!
usually ,when their a baby, when they do that they want to eat, otherwise if its not food their life as a newborn only months old has no idea wats going on when first adopted as a pet he's either scared, wanting attention or just needs some love and reassuring.
yea that means that its still hungry. the cockatiel experts up at petsmart told me that when we asked for advice with our first set of babie cockatiels.
Hi, I have a new baby cockatiel and he is driving me nuts with that noise!! Thanx so much for posting that vid as its really laid my mind to rest, i wasnt sure if it was a 'im p****d at you noise' lol. What did you do to get Charlie to settle down and how long was it before he did? I had heard they grow out of it.
Don't worry, it WILL stop. Took him a couple of weeks, maybe a bit longer. Somtimes because of the relocation stress, they regress to the static baby 'feed me mommy!!!!' noise. It drove us nuts, but no worries, it goes away! :-)
Nope, he's a boy:-) All baby cockatiels have the barring on the tail until they hit a certain age. The only way to be sure about the sex is to have a DNA test! If not, you have to wait until they are adults....this goes for having a normal gray. If you have another color mutations, a DNA test is the only way to go, as it is almost impossible to tell a male from a female....
Hehe, nope! All cockatiels have the tail barring until a certain age;-) Charlie was a proven male by the breeder, and I also had a DNA test to make sure. And now the barring is gone:-)
@saturnineanodyne Is it just me or is there just people who have no idea what they are talking about. Why don't people read the description.
Thanks for sharing that, I had a cockatiel called beaker who was a lutino, she was hand tame and an individual. I clipped her wings to tame her and then i let her grow them back, but one day she followed me out and kept going, i was devestated, I miss that bird.....
Charlie looks exactly like my cockatiel, Icarus. Unfortunately she died several years ago from being egg bound. I will definately get a male next time around. I hear they are very vocal. :)
the female was pregnant and she was too young to push the eggs out so it killed her (we had no idea, we thought she wasnt due) and the boy died because he had a tumor on his upper wing, if we operated him... he would have died
LOL yes its not a nice noise to hear lol. ive always had cockatiels but they have died so i brought another one 2 days ago he is 10 weeks old. i named him charlie aswell lol he is so scared tho, doesnt even like me to open the cage.
Yup! He was a baby....and that 'radio static' is his way of begging his 'mother' for food or even attention. He's pretty much stopped that now....I haven't heard it for weeks. It can drive you nutty after awhile;-)
Males just do that. My female isn't loud they usually arent
MrGraydonator 7 hours ago
if see says he's a male IT IS! Dammnit
My cocktatiel is the same but hes a male
Turkish42 5 months ago
I think that means she's upset.
94heba 7 months ago
When teils make this noise it means they want to be feed by there mommys
TikiTorchMeko 8 months ago
Man. Every cockatiel video I have watched has so many comments about the bird's gender. Y'all into bestiality or what?
Spinefashion 8 months ago
=o
Mooyouhooka 9 months ago
h's so sweet...but why does it screams?..:(
AlexMangekyo 11 months ago
Aww Charlie has got some huge eyes.. What a cutie ^.^
LilMissFudgie 11 months ago
he's adorable. how old was he when you recorded these vids? in this one, he is doing the baby feed me or mom come here type of crying. they out grow it fairly quickly. im guessing he was about 3-4months old when you recorded this hey?
glad to see you exposing him to a variety of experiences. makes for an emotionally and mentally healthy little tiel:) thanks for sharing him with us:)
NykaAriadne 1 year ago
dats a female
BennyJennyJ1 1 year ago
She's hungry. She needs to be weaned.
taranchula97 1 year ago
I would nail that bird to the wall if I heard it doing that.
kisstharing 1 year ago
Mine did that for the first few days :P
Funny thing is we were told It was male, then it started laying eggs :P
evidesmc 1 year ago
this means they want food.
IRockAndSoDoYou 1 year ago
charlie is a female and she is asking for food
bilaremix 1 year ago
I have a hand reared one that does a soft version of this when he wants to be babied. As far as I know it's something like 3 months old. So cute!
galanie 1 year ago
Charlie is female, he has stripes on his butt, which naturally indicates your Charlie is a girl.
MrBugThingy 1 year ago
@MrBugThingy
Read the description on my other Charlie
video, and you will see he is a he:-) Not
only breeder proven, but DNA tested and
also remember that baby cockatiels are
hard to read as they ALL have stripes at
that age....at least the 'normal grey'
mutation does, which is he is:-)
saturnineanodyne 1 year ago 5
@MrBugThingy
BZZT You lose. That striped feather can occur on both genders. Most boys lose it when they get their plumage though. *^_^*
LynKora 1 year ago
@MrBugThingy all nartual coloured grey tiels look like femals when young.
aideenly 1 year ago
still hungry that is the I am hungry cry
mumandtwins 2 years ago
My bird did this when she was a baby, cuddling under my hand usually helped..lol
shneebee 2 years ago
sounds fed n happy. thanking you, where's the water ?
probot65 2 years ago
When Gringo got used to me, I fed him his first peice of sweet, shugery, awesome butter tart, he did that. Like verticalsmurf said: "its the feed me sound".
wildspirit5569 2 years ago
My baby parakeets made lots of noises and they made there head go up and down like there rocking out or something. They did that when they were hungry.
JPenguin95051 2 years ago
mine did that when i had to hand rare him it made me sad cose i thought he was crying :(
jaiden1998 2 years ago
This is the 'feed me' sound. They will usually try this for a few weeks after they leave the nest untill they can feed themselves properly.
The barring on the underside of the tail suggests that Charlie is a girl. If in a few years she goe's off her food and 'hides' for a few days, don't worry, she'll lay an egg and bounce back!
verticalsmurf 2 years ago
ALL baby cockatiels, apart from the albino, the lutino, and some of the pied ones, have female colouring, aka barred tail underside and gray faces. Also, as far as i know Charlie is a DNA tested MALE cockatiel. He probably showed his real colours at about 8 months.
niva2gr 2 years ago
Back when I bred 'tiels, the traditonally coloured boys like Charlie would have some slight barring on their underside, but not a lot. But, as a baby he has alot of yellow colouring in his face. Time will tell. If he looses the barring on his underside, and his face becomes more yellow - he is a tiel'man to be reckoned with!
verticalsmurf 2 years ago
Aww I miss that sound :)
HaileyJane19 2 years ago 5
YUP charlie is definetly a female
ellanroxy 2 years ago
thats a girl i think cuz my cocktail have just gray back on the tail but your cocktail have like yellow and gray i just notis that =)
simongb6 2 years ago
Mine makes that noise when he's scared. He'll also hiss at me & puff himself up to make him seem bigger too.
ToneeRhianRose 2 years ago
did you know charlie is a girl? females have 'bars' on the underside of thier tails.
mmcalpine08 2 years ago
I know this sound all too well, baby tiels will make this noise when they are hungry. Its feeding time!
sweetdisaster310 2 years ago
he's hungry ^_^
RedneckYachtClubber 3 years ago
usually ,when their a baby, when they do that they want to eat, otherwise if its not food their life as a newborn only months old has no idea wats going on when first adopted as a pet he's either scared, wanting attention or just needs some love and reassuring.
spidergirl02 3 years ago
he want to eat !
vince0o7 3 years ago
he is very greedy, he'll eat all you can give him :/
piperiscute 3 years ago
awe looks just like mine right now except for the static though!
makeuwannacry 3 years ago
that would scare the shit out of me if i had a bird and it did that.
xD
xmyknifeXyourthroatx 3 years ago
yea he thinks he is hungry becuase his food is actually in his crop then it goes to his stomach
atvrider666 3 years ago
i didn't like living through this with my new bundle of joy, fabian the cockatiel!
phantomisle 3 years ago
yea that means that its still hungry. the cockatiel experts up at petsmart told me that when we asked for advice with our first set of babie cockatiels.
swfreak15 3 years ago
HEHE proably nuthin really..hes very pretty tho..i love him!!!! god bless!!<3<3<3
wowizjerry 3 years ago
Hi, I have a new baby cockatiel and he is driving me nuts with that noise!! Thanx so much for posting that vid as its really laid my mind to rest, i wasnt sure if it was a 'im p****d at you noise' lol. What did you do to get Charlie to settle down and how long was it before he did? I had heard they grow out of it.
zen217900 3 years ago
Heya!
Don't worry, it WILL stop. Took him a couple of weeks, maybe a bit longer. Somtimes because of the relocation stress, they regress to the static baby 'feed me mommy!!!!' noise. It drove us nuts, but no worries, it goes away! :-)
saturnineanodyne 3 years ago
charlie is a charlotte!
SmashBrosBrawl 3 years ago
Nope, he's a boy:-) All baby cockatiels have the barring on the tail until they hit a certain age. The only way to be sure about the sex is to have a DNA test! If not, you have to wait until they are adults....this goes for having a normal gray. If you have another color mutations, a DNA test is the only way to go, as it is almost impossible to tell a male from a female....
saturnineanodyne 3 years ago
he's either hungry or wants attention (aka being babied)
RedneckYachtClubber 3 years ago
Oh he did it for both reasons! But after those, he would continue because of relocation regression. Thank goodness it stopped!
saturnineanodyne 3 years ago
Thanks a girl cockatiel!
shimmeringswannana 3 years ago
Hehe, nope! All cockatiels have the tail barring until a certain age;-) Charlie was a proven male by the breeder, and I also had a DNA test to make sure. And now the barring is gone:-)
saturnineanodyne 3 years ago
@saturnineanodyne Is it just me or is there just people who have no idea what they are talking about. Why don't people read the description.
Thanks for sharing that, I had a cockatiel called beaker who was a lutino, she was hand tame and an individual. I clipped her wings to tame her and then i let her grow them back, but one day she followed me out and kept going, i was devestated, I miss that bird.....
ricturtle 1 year ago
Charlie looks exactly like my cockatiel, Icarus. Unfortunately she died several years ago from being egg bound. I will definately get a male next time around. I hear they are very vocal. :)
Psunshine69 4 years ago
Heya! Haha, thanks. He's doing a LOT better now. I haven't heard that noise for months. It really did get out of hand, the poor thing!
I just LOVE your birdie. I didn't think budgies could talk like that....wowza! What an incredible little cutie you have!
saturnineanodyne 4 years ago
That's a sure baby cry .I have heard that one befor cute for a while but then well you know .Sweet little baby you got there.
warboop 4 years ago
the female was pregnant and she was too young to push the eggs out so it killed her (we had no idea, we thought she wasnt due) and the boy died because he had a tumor on his upper wing, if we operated him... he would have died
lilmzturk 4 years ago
LOL yes its not a nice noise to hear lol. ive always had cockatiels but they have died so i brought another one 2 days ago he is 10 weeks old. i named him charlie aswell lol he is so scared tho, doesnt even like me to open the cage.
lilmzturk 4 years ago
do you know why they died?
mbourbon09 4 years ago
have u checked up why charlie makes that noise?
lilmzturk 4 years ago
Yup! He was a baby....and that 'radio static' is his way of begging his 'mother' for food or even attention. He's pretty much stopped that now....I haven't heard it for weeks. It can drive you nutty after awhile;-)
saturnineanodyne 4 years ago