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  1. 🎓Training and Bonding 💖🐥
    when can i start taming and handling baby cockatiels safely? im very passionate about them and want them to be really familiar with me and interact with me without being scared or running away. i dont want to force them. some say to start handfeeding at 3 weeks to make them familiar with you...
  2. 🎓Training and Bonding 💖🐥
    The answer is yes! You can indeed tame an Aviary-raised cockatiel, but it’s not as easy as it sounds. This is my experience with taming Maisy, and hopefully these tips can help you. TOP TIPS 1. Don’t tame your cockatiel in a space with other birds. You want your bird to focus on you and not get...
  3. 🎓Training and Bonding 💖🐥
    I had adopted my baby cockatiel yesterday, her name is Sugar. The first day I let her be. Today I have taught her to eat millet out of my hand, but she takes it very aggressively. I have also taught her to step-up but she is uncomfortable with my hand being below her without a treat distracting...
  4. 🎓Training and Bonding 💖🐥
    I recently got two adorable cockatiels 2 months ago (male and female, around 2 years old). However, I'm having a LOT of struggles taming them. They can just about bear to let me sit next to them, while they tremble, tremble, tremble. I sometimes get a chance to pet them (through the bars of the...
  5. General Info and Training
    Last year, i took in two cockatiels from aneighbor for free. They were in a small cage and didnt look very comfortable. As they settled down in my place, i got them a bigger cage and more accessories. Theyve just been on pellets up until now, for some reason they like to eat grass more than...
  6. 🥦 🥕 Food And Nutrition 🌽🍎
    Hi on September 20th we adopted Honey and Flash. We were told Flash is male and younger. Honey is female and been to a vet due to a birth defect on/near her eye. The man that had them before took her to be seen to make sure she wasn't ill or in pain. They have a decent size cage and have room...
  7. 🎓Training and Bonding 💖🐥
    Hello, new cockatiel owner! I have a 4 month old lutino named Orion and right now, he hates having his feet touched. Will accept head scratches but otherwise will get defensive if I try to make him step up. He doesn't have interest exploring outside the cage and I CAN take him out but that's...
  8. 📢 Cockatiel Talk 🗣️
    Hello birdies. I got two baby cockatiels around 4 weeks old. I don't know the gender still. I read that two birds bonds with each other more and will not need your company and will not bond with you and will not get great tamed. Is it true? What if we hand-feed both and raise both from chicks...
  9. 🎓Training and Bonding 💖🐥
    Hey , so i recently got a new bird the other day and have left it alone but still talked to it and stuff. She is a bit confusing, in the cage she is sort of scared of my hand but she can stay near my hand but wont really go on it or anything (sometimes when i use a treat but she nibbles) . The...
  10. 📢 Cockatiel Talk 🗣️
    I think I put this in the wrong category so reposting here. I'm looking to buy a cockatiel and not sure whether the hand reared ones are worth the price? There's a guy who has some hand reared and is asking for £120, other babies in my area are usually £25-£30 so its a huge difference in price...
  11. 🎓Training and Bonding 💖🐥
    Not sure if this is in the right category but I'm looking to buy a cockatiel and not sure whether the hand reared ones are worth the price? There's a guy who has some hand reared and is asking for £120, other babies in my area are usually £25-£30 so its a huge difference in price. I've only kept...
  12. 🎓Training and Bonding 💖🐥
    Hello, I just want to say it's really useful reading everyone's experiences of taming and bonding with their birds. Willow has been with us for three weeks now, he was 10 weeks old when we got him, he was parent-reared so not really used to people, hands etc. I've been working with him to...
  13. 🎓Training and Bonding 💖🐥
    Hello everyone! I hope you're having a great time! I have two cockatiels (I'm new at owning cockatiels); Dhalia, an 8-month female and Dio a 4-month male. I'm having issues with both of them. First, Dhalia: I purchase her a few weeks ago, ever since I saw her in the store she seemed to be very...
  14. 🎓Training and Bonding 💖🐥
    Hello! :wf pied: Just over a week ago we brought home a very sweet 9 year old cockatiel from a local parrot sanctuary. His story is that he had an owner and he was fully hand tamed, but then when her husband got cancer, she ran out of time to continue working with him, so his progress with...
  15. 🎓Training and Bonding 💖🐥
    Hi there, first time poster desperate for some advice. Like most people I didn't do enough research before getting my birds. Me and my boyfriend really wanted a cockatiel, since his grand mother had one that was very friendly, we spend months waiting for someone to sell them as we had no pet...
  16. 📢 Cockatiel Talk 🗣️
    I have 2 untamed cockatiels I adopted a little over a month ago. They were hand-fed, but not much attention was paid to them after that. It's been a slow process and I can tell some progress, but I was wondering how adding a 3rd, younger, very tame cockatiel to the mix would affect things? The...
  17. 🎓Training and Bonding 💖🐥
    Hiya, I'm very new here. I got my cockatiel, Kiki, three weeks ago now. I know that taming/training a cockatiel takes A LOT of time, but she doesn't seem to be warming to me at all. She seems comfortable in every other aspect apart from when I try to hand feed her. If I get her out of the cage...
  18. 🎓Training and Bonding 💖🐥
    I am very stuck at the minute; I have these 2 beautiful cockatiels, 1 male, 1 female - i got them on the very same day, as well as a nice cage for them, a toy, bowls etc - and they have settled in fairly well. They were above my headheight at first but i moved them to a more accessable location...
  19. 🤝🏻 New Member Introductions 🙋🏻‍♂️
    I'm after some advice. I've brought in 3/4 of this years parent reared aviary cockatiels. They are now 5 months old. I'm hoping to tame them a little as they are for sale and I believe this will help them find new homes. They have only been handled in the past when I was checking them in the...
  20. 🎓Training and Bonding 💖🐥
    Hello, i have adult male cockatiel, he is with me 8 months :) I got him from some guy who was mistreating him, he is not socialized, and he is scared of hands. So far with taming i got him to eat from my hand. He is exploring around cage, coming close to me and that is it. Next step should be to...
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