Please contact me, using the comments, if you would like to use them so were can discuss any arrangements. Copyright (c) 2012 All Images are covered by copyright law. References: (Viewing date –11th January 2011) The male is general said to be the louder. LEVEL OF NOISE: The Cockatiel is generally a quite parrot and is considered one of the best choices for an apartment pet since they have a rather soft and pleasing call. I personal believe that it has more to do with the individual bird’s personality and the amount of time and patience that you share with your cokatiel while you help develop their vocabulary. Once again, make sure that all perches and branches are safe, and hung or placed in a safe location, to prevent any injury, accidental entrapment or hanging.ĪBILITY TO TALK: Both the male and female Cockatiel can become wonderful talkers and fantastic sound mimickers, however many consider the male to have a better tendency to becoming a more avid conversationalist. seed bells are an added snack and chew bonus. I like to place fresh, leafy and/or seeded branches from Banksias, Grevilleas and Bottlebrushes, and try to create a maze effect, for simulation. Natural branches offer the best variety in size, allowing them to maintain fitness and strength in their feet. You should include numerous and various sized perches, such as wooden perches, soft pliable perch, mineral perches and various sized branches. Also treat them with vegetable flavoured and shaped wood chews, seed bells and various favourite foods serve up all around their enclosure to encourage foraging, exercise and mental stimulation. Make sure that all your toys are safe, and are also hung or placed in a safe location, to prevent any injury, accidental entrapment or hanging. Make sure that you provide toys that you bird can pick up with their feet and beak as well as hanging toys. There are so many toys and objects available, such as swings, play gyms, cuttlefish, wooden and hard plastic toys, leather, cardboard, rope toys, wooden balls and bells. TOYS: Cockatiels love to chew and destroy things, so it is really important to provide plenty of toys and objects for chewing, mental stimulation and to maintain wear on their large beaks and claws. If they are deprived of mental stimulation and/or attention and affection they WILL become depressed and develop neurotic behaviours, including screeching, feather plucking and biting, just to name a few.Ī Cockatiel playing with a Bird Toy from Your Cockatiel requires continuous mental stimulation and their strong social nature requires a great deal of ongoing attention and affection. They can also bond excessively to one particular person, and may even become extremely jealous if other people or birds go near their special human. Your Cockatiel can become an extremely affectionate, loyal and loving companion. PET STATUS: Cockatiels can make wonderful companions for gentle, kind people have loads of patients and heaps of time to spend bonding and entertaining this extremely intelligent bird. TEMPERAMENT: Cockatiels are extremely intelligent They are energetic, playful, mischievous and extremely curious birds which can make them naturally entertaining and funny companions. The smaller budgerigars and lovebirds can be very aggressive to the gentler cockatiel You should also supplement their diet with soaked and sprouted seed, seeding grasses, seed heads, and even egg and biscuit mix.ĬOMPATIBILITY: The Cockatiel is non aggressive and can sometimes be housed with other parrots of a similar temperment and size, but only in suitable large enclosures and outside of the breeding season. It is very important that any uneaten or spoilt fruit is removed as soon as possible, through out the day to prevent contamination and fermentation, especially during hot humid weather. What ever your choice, make sure that your Cockatiel received a daily serve of various fresh fruits and vegetables, sprouts, nuts, flowers, berries and nectar. Many sites recommend a combination of small parrot seed mix, striped sunflower seeds (not too many), Hulled Oats, Canary Seed, and Japanese and White Millet, as a basis for their seed diet, while other sites recommend parrot pellets or a combination of both. STATUS: Protected species under the Australian Commonwealth Law.ĭIET: The Cockatiel feeds mainly on seeds, but also on fruits, buds, flowers, nectar and insects. They are fairly nomadic in nature and will travel for their water and food sources. They tend to live in pairs and/or small groups but they are social birds and will congregate in very large groups with numbers in the hundreds, around large water sources. DISTRIBUTION & HABITAT: The Cockatiel is native to Australia and is generally found in arid and semi-arid habitats close to a water source.
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