Pet Forum / Birds / Parrots / May 2006

We have a new grey, just about 3 months old, and no need for her, to be fed
manually, but she does not eat like our other grey.
1) Is it stress or what?
2) She only cries like a baby-grey (weeeep) the whole time. When the other

I went in to a local petshop and saw 4 cockatiels crammed into a tiny cage
(looked like a hamster cage), looking very miserable and unhealthy. One
particular cockatiel looked in a bad way one of it's toes was bent in a
really unusual way and on the other foot a toenail was ...

Hi!  I am writing to you guys in an attempt to provide the best care
possible to my parent tiels and their clutch of five eggs/hatchlings.  I'm
experiencing a strange and gruesome problem!!
I have a female pet cockatiel, and about a month or so ago we lured in a

http://www.birdsnways.com/wisdom/ww14eiv.htm
Although some avian vets believe pelleted diets are best, there are many
who disagree.  In any event, this is the advice I have followed for
keeping my birds.

i have 2 cockatiels in a large cage.They are approx 4 years old. A
couple of months ago when we came home the cage was splattered with
blood, obviuosly they had been fighting. They both appeared to be ok but
it was difficult to see where they were hurt.

MY CAG is a lovable 4 mo old male. Kiko is very affectionate and loves
attention. I've noticed that when he's eating his favorite treat (nutri
berries) he forgets who I am and wants to bite when I come near him. Is
this normal?

I have a 3 year old CAG who never shuts up, except when I'm there. Despite 9
people living in the house, he's only ever learnt to say things I've taught
him, and he mimicks other sounds too, but never in front of me.
When I'm not in the room, it's hard to get him to shut up, but ...

Thought it'd be worth a shot here.  "Scuttle" is grey with a white face
(no red cheek patch).  He needed a wing clip and rushed the door.  We
had no idea he could fly like that!  Send email to the address here.
Thanks!

How many of you have Tiels that can talk? And how many Words in it's Vocab.
I have Several that can talk. Their Vocab is of these words
Whatcha Doin?
Pretty Boy!

I have two cocka tiels in separate cages. its been two weeks and I cant
even put my hand in the cage. any suggestions on how to tame these two
birds?
Caminator