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- Life span: 15 years
- Length: 10-12 inches
- Make excellent pets
- Talking ability: Poor, but males often learn to whistle complex tunes
- Breeding: Excellent
- Number of eggs: 4 to 6
- Incubation: 19 to 21 days
- Compatibility with other birds: Good
- Sexing: Males have a bright orange round patch on their cheeks and their heads are yellow, females have mostly grey heads and bars under their tail feathersAvianWeb.com: Cockatiels
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General Care and Tips
- Cockatiels love sunshine, allow your bird to sun itself for at least 20 minutes a day, this will activate vitamin D production.
- It is fine to give your cockatiel small amounts of chicken, it's a good source of protein.
- Vary bird seed for a healthy diet.
- Cockatiels love toys, especially the preening type toys, mix them up so they don't get bored.
- Keep the cage clean.
- Keep wings clipped.
- Trim nails regularly.
- Keep Quickstop (a styptic powder clotting agent safe for birds) handy in case of a bleeding pin feathers or nails.
- Offer fresh food and water daily.
- Cockatiels love to take baths, offer a bathing tub or bowl of water.
- Cuttlebone provides necessary minerals.
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Cockatiels Questions
What other birds are compatible to be housed together with the Cockatiels? 2 AnswersI, personally, never recommend getting a parrot with the intention of caging it with a current member of your flock. Parrots have a wide range of personalities,... read more
why the cockatiels throw the eggs away? 1 Answerif you have a female with no mate, she might throw the eggs out of the nest to make room for her next laying. they eventually get old and they can tell that the... read more
I bought a cockatiel from Petco. It's a little skittish.Anyone have any experience? Ideas to help calm him down? Hasn't eatin in 2 days. 3 AnswersNot eating is not good. You don't say whether you have been handling the bird at all, whether his wings are clipped, or if the bird was "handfed" by humans. ... read more
Does anyone have a Mal-Shi breed dog? 2 Answers@tchachra, I personally have not had this breed of dog, but I did some snooping around on groups and blogs to get an idea of their temperament. I did run acros... read more
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Cockatiel History and Trivia
- Fins, Feathers, Paws & Claws: Cockatiel History
Cockatiel Supplies and Accessories
- Petco: Cockatiel & Lovebird Products
- BizRate: Cockatiel Bird Supplies
- NexTag: Cockatiel Bird Cages
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@buffalopine 3 conures, 1 Senegal, 3 cockatiels, 2 parakeets
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@Orcalinkinpark I hope your bird is gonna be ok,I have a Yellowsided Green Cheek Conure and 2 Cockatiels,what is Sims3 like? Tilly Rules!!!!
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@sundaeg1rl @botticellirejct my dear departed cockatiels used to scream when the theme for WKRP came on...
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@botticellirejct No, but my friend's cockatiels go bonkers at the sight of them ;-) #jedwank #birdedition
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does this cute little bird purring thing. He likes to give me kisses and he is scared of my cockatiels. Odie is jealous is course....
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