As a responsible cockatiel owner, one of your jobs is to make sure your feathered friend is eating the right foods. After all, a good diet is vital to the health of your tiel’. But knowing which foods are safe and which are harmful can be confusing, especially to new Read more…
Welcome fellow cockatiel lover! Keeping your cockatiel clean & well-groomed is not only good for their appearance, but essential to their overall health. Although wild cockatiels are fully independent groomers… Pet cockatiels need our help. Which is why this article details 7 ways you can keep your cockatiel clean and Read more…
Winter is coming… As the weather gets colder, so does your cockatiel. It’s important that you don’t allow your cockatiel to get too cold for too long. Being exposed to low temperatures and a cold breeze for too long can make cockatiels sick. But it gets harder to keep your Read more…
As I write this article, I’m currently dealing with a mice problem in my home. Being a bird owner, like you, it’s risky having these rodents running rampant through the house as they pose a threat to my cockatiel. A few nights ago at 3:21 AM, I heard noises coming Read more…
After reading this beginner-friendly article, you’ll have ALL the information you need to take care of a cockatiel so they can live a happy, healthy, and fulfilling life with you. You’ll learn everything from feeding a nutritious diet to setting up an enriching enclosure. As a fellow cockatiel lover, I Read more…
One of the best parts of cockatiel ownership is having the honour and privilege to cut their lovely nails. Yeah, not really. It’s not fun at all, in fact, cutting a cockatiel’s nails is probably the task we owners dread doing the most. Although we can always take our cockatiels Read more…
Is your bird popping out more eggs than what is normal for its species? If so, you could have a chronic egg-laying problem on your hands. It’s normal for a female bird to lay eggs, but laying too many eggs can cause a range of problems, including malnutrition and calcium Read more…
If you have a female cockatiel, you NEED to be aware of the egg-binding condition. Egg binding is a serious medical illness that prevents a female bird from laying an already-developed egg. In other words, the egg gets stuck inside the bird’s body. This article leverages multiple trustworthy sources to Read more…
Of course, a DNA test is the only way to be 100% certain about whether your cockatiel is a male or a female. However, there are other ways you can identify your cockatiel’s sex without a DNA test. These methods are less reliable, but they can still give you a Read more…
Cockatiel owners are not limited to only keeping cockatiels. With proper housing arrangements, you can really bring any other bird species into your home, even when you already keep cockatiels. However, you can’t expect your cockatiels to bond with a different species. It’s extremely rare that this happens. In most Read more…