Buying a Cockatiel

Like all members of the parrot family cockatiels are also found in brilliant colored varieties. Cockatiels are not as expensive as the other birds belonging to the parrot family but they are extremely lovable creatures. They like to whistle sometimes very loudly and are highly interactive creatures. It would be a great pleasure to watch your pet cockatiel mimicking your accent with perfection. If you are thinking of buying a cockatiel you are advised to buy a young breed.

Most of the cockatiels available in the pet shop are not tamed. To train them to learn speeches and enact mannerisms, you are required to be very patient. Young birds have better capability to take up lesson efficiently than the older birds. You should be very particular about buying not only a young aged bird but also a healthy bird while buying a cockatiel.

Cockatiel Tips

You may try out with the following tips since you have taken a decision on buying a cockatiel.

• The very foremost step that you are required to take up after deciding on buying a cockatiel is that you should take great interest on researching on pet care, especial on taking care of a bird. Birds have some specific requirements for survival in captivity and they vary with each species of bird. Since cockatiels are highly socializing bird they would require your company just like a dog or a cat would prefer to have.

• After buying a cockatiel make sure that you take the bird for a routine check up. Ask your vet as many questions that can crop on your head regarding the heath of the bird. If you have bought the bird from a breeder and you find that your bird is falling sick often, please visit the breeder and try to trace out whether the bird is suffering through any genetic illness or not.

• Give your bird pure nutritional diet. Focus on maintaining a diet that would consist of nutritious vegetables and pellets. Do not allow the bird to develop the habit of gobbling up of seeds as the only food for diet.

• Birds are sometimes prone towards the habit of biting. Though that occurs when the bird is frightened or senses a hostile environment. In case you are bitten by a cockatiel do not try to thrash it. They would not understand this defensive gesture of yours. Rather, try to shake any near by object or the perch where it is standing to create a virtual earthquake. This may help you to get rid of the biting habit of the bird to some extent. If you are planning to keep a pet that do not bite, perhaps buying a cockatiel would not be a good idea in that case. Birds like cockatiels are known for their biting habits.

• Cockatiels are love birds. So, be prepared to tolerate the constant noise made by your pet birds. Especially, in the breeding season, you would find your pet cockatiels creating sounds that might go beyond your level of tolerance. The best way to tackle such situations is by ignoring your noisy pet. Your pets would be encouraged to create louder noise if it receives some form of response from your side while you are attempting to make it quiet.

• Clipping of the wings of the birds can help to tame them to a great extent. You would not then have to worry about their flight. Go to a professional wing clipper.

• Do not give chocolates, cigars, caffeine to eat. They are poisonous for your bird. Do not allow your bird to nibble the leaves of your house plant as some of them are toxic for your pet.

Birds, especially cockatiels are highly sensitive towards Teflon cookware. When the cook wares reach a certain temperature they emit some odorless gas which causes irritation for your little creature. Always fall back to authentic sources of bird care whenever you are in need of information for the well being of your dear pet.