We have had Nacho now for over 1/2 year he was 1 1/2 years old when we got him. He would rather be on one of us than in his cage except to eat and sleep is this normal? Not that we mind but I feel awful when we go away for the day and he is cooped up in his cage. He lets you know he wants out of the cage he either knocks on the door or as soon as he sees me come into the room he starts doing his little dance back and forth. If I'm not in the room than he starts whistling and saying pretty bird like crazy until I come in to get him. He is a very loving bird. Am I tramatizing him when we go away for the day? We have parakeets and I have a couple of keets in a cage right next to him so he does have company and I also leave on the tv. His wings are clipped so he does not fly however he has taken off when all the keets take to the air but he just goes from my shoulder down to the floor. Then he has to walk back over to me so I pick him up.
I don't know what the story was about him before we got him. We bought him from local pet store and they told me he was 1 1/2 yrs old he was already finger tamed and said pretty bird. He bonded to us right away and always wants to be either by me or my husband. He does not care to much about the keets.
Anyway just curious to find out if that is the nature of cockatiels to want to be by their owners all the time.
I don't know what the story was about him before we got him. We bought him from local pet store and they told me he was 1 1/2 yrs old he was already finger tamed and said pretty bird. He bonded to us right away and always wants to be either by me or my husband. He does not care to much about the keets.
Anyway just curious to find out if that is the nature of cockatiels to want to be by their owners all the time.