Can You Provide a Routine for Clicker Training Cockatiels?
Sure, here's a routine for proper clicker training for a cockatiel parrot: Choose the right clicker: Purchase a clicker that has a comfortable and easy-to-press button. Choose the right…
Sure, here's a routine for proper clicker training for a cockatiel parrot: Choose the right clicker: Purchase a clicker that has a comfortable and easy-to-press button. Choose the right…
I read the blog today after a few days away from my computer and email.
I will try to remember all points to cover.
Diane P. is unsure on how to handle 2 abused cockatiels.
Questions: I adopted two old, abused, ignored cockatiels, mated. After six months, while hands are still instruments of the devil, they will eat millet I hold, and they both wait for me to open the cage door so we can have our morning time plus their praise and obvious notice of them as mattering.
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Let’s start with parrots falling under a definite no.
Kea for one. The New Zealand Alpine parrot lives in the snowy mountains and is really smart but extremely destructive.
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Mary J. is concerned about her cockatiel,
Hi,
I was wondering if I could ask your advice? My cockatiel has laid 9 eggs in the past two months–no mate. Do I need to be concerned enough to take her to the vet? It’s $185 a visit….thank you. She is healthy and happy and energetic as always.
Scott writes,
Hey folks: Our 4-year-old (almost) male gray Cockatiel Buddy has a dander problem?
We can get him to bathe outdoors when he’s out in the lanai and it happens to be raining which is a fairly common occurrence here in west-central Florida but the problem (?) is that we can’t get him wet to the skin. Buddy will shake off after a bath and a cloud of dander will “poof” off him.
I’ve read that birds, in general, need to get wet to the skin to remain healthy. Any thoughts?
Elleen A. relates,
I have 2 male fully flighted cockatiels that will not let us handle them. They are bonded. How can I get them to let us handle them again?
Dear Elleen
Short answer. You can’t. Birds of a feather stick together and you have no feathers.
Long answer.
You can clip their wings, separate them into different cages, and plan to spend several hours with each of them individually in daily sessions in hopes to earn their trust and want to be with you.
Anita J. needs to know,
We are moving to a new house, a 1200 mile trip.
With a Noble Macaw (20), Sun Conure (23), and Cockatiel (29).
Editors note ~ Most humans mistakenly believe all macaws are large birds. Noble macaws and sun conures are roughly the same sizes. Noble macaws are roughly a little more than 5 ounces whereas sun conures are a little less than 5 ounces. Cockatiels on average are about 3 ounces. Endnote (more…)
Gail H. wrote:
I have a very healthy 2-1/2 yr. old Cockatiel and he is still a baby to me.
I am wondering what weight is a healthy weight for him.
He has been molting since about 8 wks ago and of course, the molt is getting less now.