r/cockatiel

Mine's is the entirety of my leg including my ankle😂

We got Norbert a little play stand. We've gotten him to step up confidently on a little perch. Still isn't a fan of fingers in the cage but he'll step up on them out of it. We're hoping spending more time out of his cage will help him to start feeling more comfortable with us.

Sammie: “Maybe one day mom will let me fly free like my friends outside”.

Mom: Not a dang chance! But how handsome is my almost 1 year old boy?! 🥰

I usually hate "do I need a vet" posts, but everyone around me is saying he's just in shock and will be okay. And the vets aren't open yet.

I was in the shower and I heard a pretty hard bang. I assumed one of them had to have knocked something over, but it sounded quite hard so I put on a bathrobe to check. He was on the floor, motionless, no sounds at all. I picked him/her up and he climbed onto my shoulder rather slowly.

I tried giving millet, he would take a bite then stare in the distance, up at the ceiling for a bit looking zoned out, then take another bite. He is quite responsive, but keeps closing his eyes. He's standing on one foot so it can be he's just tired (he just woke up two hours ago though) he keeps looking up or with his head tilted now and then and suddenly grabs and licks objects. Is this "just" shock or can it be he flew into the door that hard that theres something wrong with his brain?

Dewey hitting that pose HARD

Apparently birds do this when they are happy, content, and in this case sleepy. Surprisingly noisy, but she is right next to my ear.

I put her in her cage and covered her up shortly afterwards.

Ts aint even edited, hes just a goated bird rip kiwi

So i got this boy on sunday so like 3ish days ago and so far hes been shy and a bit aggressive (scared of hands) i never really saw his tail bob this much until like right now and im not sure if its cause of balance or something else. I got him from a lady that i found out is a breeder when i went to pick him up. Now i had so many doubts about buying him since first of all she said he was tame and not that aggressive and that he was on a good diet (pellets, veggies) now when i got there i saw how scared he was as soon as she approached the cage to get him. I was absolutely mortified cause he flew around and fell to the bottom out of fear but she got him and put him in my carrier. I was starting to regret it so much but i drove like an 1 hour+ to get there so i still ended up getting him. First thing home i put him in the cage and he was screaming at the top of his lungs (obviously new environment he was scared) so after a day of settling in i opened the cage for him to fly out and roam and he did for a bit i started feeding him millet and started some target training but he was so aggressive so i backed off for a bit. When it came to him eating i put pellets and veggies and not a singe bite. Then i tried just pellets and just veggies and still nothing. Then i tried seeds and what do you know he immediately ate it up. Now i dont mind that hes scared and aggressive and i dont mind weaning him off seeds onto pellets but i do mind that i was lied to and honestly i have no clue what to do. His poops are dark green which i have never ever seen in my other cockatiel and i know sometimes its green due to stress but when we brought him home it was a bit lighter green now its dark dark green. Please let me know if he seems sick or if its just diet or stress or all of them together 😓 i hope she didnt sell me a sick bird im honestly so sad for him if he is sick.

I’ve had this Bird a little over a week now, and I still haven’t named it… on my last post a few people were upset that I kept calling it “it”… but it’s just because I don’t know the gender and I haven’t come up with a name!!

OK, now here’s the naming criteria… it has to start with a J. Every bird I have ever owned has had a name that started with a J. Also, it can’t be normal…. I LOVE crazy names. And when I say, Crazy, I don’t mean a food or anything even close to typical. I like the kind of name that makes people do a double take when you say it! For example, I have a fish named nipples. I also have a cat named slug bug. One of my childhood dogs was named useless. So whatever you think is too silly, it’s not!!

Unlimited suggestions guys!!! I need something GOOD! remember… something CRAZY or STUPID! nothing is too weird or offensive to me! Have fun.