[Pugwinkle]

I am considering purchasing another cockatiel and I would love to hear from the members here on your experience when adding another bird to the family. My cockatiel Woody will be 10 in September. He has lived with a couple of budgies in his life but he has never lived with another cockatiel.

Once the quarantine time is up, how did your birds react to having another join the flock? Did they end up getting along? Were they able to live together in a flight cage? ied::wf pied:

 

[Fran.bath89]

My cockatiels always lived in a mixed aviary and I never had any problems with birds getting along even in breeding season. But all birds are different and there is bound to be one out there who is anti social! Growing up we had a cockatiel she was very tame then one day we got her a friend (a boy) and she hated him! Luckily they had a large parrot cage and were let out every day so they never had to interact. When ever she went to the food bowls he would move away so she was obviously boss! She would spend all her time at the top of the cage and he would be in the middle level with the bowls and his favourite mirror. In my aviary I have never experienced this so it could be down to space. My friend who has loads of cockatiel more than 10! They all live in a double macaw cage together and are let out twice a day they are all very happy and friendly to each other.

 

[tielfan]

A bird who has basically been a single bird for most of his life may not want to be friendly with another bird. If that's the case you can keep them in separate cages, or keep them in a very large cage where they have plenty of room to put space between themselves. They will form a flock bond in any case, and won't want to be too far apart even if they also don't want to be too close together. They may not want to be in the same cage but they'll want to be in the same room.