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.
Toxic for Pet Birds
Cockatiel History and Trivia
- Fins, Feathers, Paws & Claws: Cockatiel History
Cockatiel Supplies and Accessories
BizRate: Cockatiel Bird Supplies
NexTag: Cockatiel Bird Cages
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What birds makes the best pets?(1 Answer)
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Hi and thanks for your question. Some birds that make the best pets would be Parakeets, Finches, Budgies and Cockatiels. The larger birds such as the Amazon and ...
why the cockatiels throw the eggs away?
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if 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 ...
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Fast Facts
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Life span
15 years
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Length
10-12 inches
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Fact:
Make excellent pets
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Talking ability
Poor, but males often learn to whistle complex tunes
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Breeding
Excellent
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Number of eggs
4 to 6
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Incubation
19 to 21 days
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Compatibility with other birds
Good
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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
