Pet Forum / Birds / Parrots / February 2004

I have read different things about both of these on websites and in
books...1 budgie and 1 cockatiel...
1) Should I cover the cage at night or not?  The chirping in the morning
does not bother me.  My concern is will my birds get better night sleep if

Are there any serious breeders here? Not pet bird breeders but show bird and mutation breeders.
All we ever here about are house birds.
Ray

I have a couple of cackatiels in an aviary, sharing with about 12
budgerigars.  I was wondering what I might do to make the cockatiels more
friendly.  Obviously spending time witth them would help, but are there any
specific things I could do which would make them welcome people ...

I recently returned from a business trip in Montreal.  I was away from Henry
for a week, so I arranged to have a friend stay in to house/bird-sit for us.
Unfortunately when we returned Henry was looking worse for wear.  She was
noticeably lighter in weight, and I also noticed that ...

I'm new to cockatiels and to this newsgroup. I will hopefully be getting
a cockatiel soon. From what I've read some people can get a little harsh
on this group, but that's ok, I can deal with that. I'm hoping no one
will get mad at me, but that depends on if I say anything dumb ...

I got the following from another news group ... scottish.culture.
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I had to share this.
A few days ago in the Times I read that in an English town or city

Holy sh*t!
Poppy and Crackers just went absolutely bonkers for the bowl of 'lite'
popcorn (very low fat and little salt) I was eating with my girlfriend. Not
being a frequent popcorn eater, I had no idea how much 'tiels loved the

Lately, my Tiel won't readily come out of his cage. Once he's out, he's fine
and will sit on my hand, shoulder etc. Have a fly around etc etc. But
lately, he doesn't seem to want to come out. He's not sick though - just
seems content to stay in the cage and talk to the mirror. It's ...

I'm interested on any thoughts on this.
How long would you wait (or have you waited) before getting another
cockatiel after the death of a beloved cockatiel?
As you may know, I've recently lost Ollie (Valentine's weekend).  I did post

The shock hasn't set in yet but Ollie has just died.
I'm going to be heartbroken.
Sue

Old Molly, can I send you a private message? I tried, but your e-mail
address doesn't seem to work...
Thea

Whats the best thing to do for a constipated cockatiel.
This cockatiel is old. Thanks

I have a Female Latino Cockatiel , and 3 male Cockatiels!!  The female has
layed several eggs within the last few months.  None are fertilized.  Does
anyone have any knowledge of how to get my bird humped , fertilizing an egg
that Is???

We bought Ollie in November and were told that Ollie was a male bird aged
about 3 months.  However, Ollie's recent behaviour led us to believe that he
was a she!   This makes Ollie about 6 months old and now she has laid her
3rd egg!

I really don't know how this started, but Piper has started biting! I
don't know if the biting is from frustration or what, but how do you
get a tiel to stop biting?