shy birds

My new 12 week old cockatiel, Lulu, is very shy. She only gives me the occasional chirp or whistle, when I'm in the room. But as soon as she is alone she starts singing beautifully. Lulu also never bows her head for me to pat her, I found this strange because my old biddy would do it all the...

I've been looking into getting a bird for about a year now, and I finally adopted a male lutino cockatiel last Thursday. His name is Blinky :D and he's cute, but very shy still. I've done so much research on their behavior and training etc. but reading about it has proven to be different than...

I'm seventeen and about two months ago my friend gifted me two tiels. They weren't really socialized at her house and were given to me because they would get attention. I have been very patient with them and read tons about them, and I have tried just about everything, but they are both still...