Cockatiels, like us humans, need enough sleep to be healthy and functional the next day. Unlike us humans, cockatiels can’t rely on coffee to wake them up after a bad night’s sleep. Wild birds will sleep from dusk until dawn, a pet cockatiel’s sleep schedule might be a little different Read more…
Below are 50 fun facts about cockatiel that you may not be aware of. Throughout this list, you are GUARANTEED to learn at least 1 new fact about cockatiels that you didn’t know before. This post is not just a regurgitation of the basic info you can find on Wikipedia, Read more…
Companion birds are some of the most popular pets worldwide, just behind cats and dogs. The two most popular companion birds people adopt out of any other type of bird are cockatiels and budgies Both budgies and cockatiels make amazing pets, one is not objectively better than the other. They Read more…
Birds are becoming more and more popular as pets. According to a national pet owners survey conducted in 2017, approximately 20.6 million birds are living in American households. That’s a huge amount of bird owners! There are many great qualities to birds: As a cockatiel owner myself, the cons of Read more…
As bird owners, we don’t like leaving our birds unsupervised, even if they’re in the safety of their cage. There is always that sense of “something might happen while I’m gone”. This feeling comes from the fact that birds can be unpredictable and can get themselves into trouble, even while Read more…
Wing clipping is quite a controversial topic in the pet bird world. The answer to whether or not you should clip your cockatiel’s wings will vary, even among experts and avian vets. There are more logical arguments that go against wing clipping, but there are some flawed arguments that support Read more…
The average household is not the safest place for pet birds, despite our best efforts to eliminate potential hazards, risks, and dangers. However, the greatest threat to any pet is an oblivious owner. Owners who are unaware of the household dangers to their pet birds have a high chance of Read more…