Comments on: Cockatiel Training

By: CockatielCare

CockatielCare — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 03:29:14 +0000

Good info. Building trust is the most important. Without that, training usually doesn’t work. Everything is taken in small steps. Rewarding the desired behavior works wonders too.

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:09:23 +0000

I have two cockatiels, I got from two different people. After a couple weeks quarantine I put them together. They got along great for about three months then the female began to bully him, and bite him, and pull hs feathers. The male had a terrible start in life, somebody cut his wing while trying to clip his wing, now he can;t fly.Could that be why?

By: maggie

maggie — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:47:54 +0000

thank you for your info.. i have just been given a male he is lovely, think he is about 2years old never been out of his cage. i have had him 3 days now, and gaining his trust,, he loves my dog,, she thinks is her baby. he is so sweet,, looking for a lady for him (billy) his name,, many thank for your info again
maggie

By: Rita

Rita — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:13:52 +0000

I messed up and didn’t put the whole e-mail address it is rita861@aol.com

By: Rita

Rita — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:11:09 +0000

I just aquired 2 cockatiels, a 2 yr. old male and one yr. old female. The male whistles a song and wolf whistles and tries to say something that I can’t quite understand. They are in the same cage together. Should I seperate them seeing as I want to be able to have him come on my finger and such. He was fooled with as a baby but the female was just in a cage with the rest of the babies. I have had him a week now and he seems happy but he bit me the second time I tried putting my finger in for him to get on. She just gets out of the way. If I seperated them would they get depressed seeing as they have been together so long?

By: Mari

Mari — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:09:45 +0000

I don’t think you should begin with putting your hand into the cage from the”get go”. I think you should target train your bird first to build trust, and THEN slowly work your hand in. I also don’t think you should “PUSH IN” to the bird’s chest to get it to step up. It wouldn’t be stepping up because it wants to but because it HAS TO. It has to step up on to your finger to avoid you pushing into it’s chest (negative reinforcement). I think the bird should only step up on to your hand because it wants to. There are ways to get to that point through positive reinforcement.

By: scott

scott — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:09:18 +0000

this website is no good go somewhere else.

By: scott

scott — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:08:16 +0000

I think you are all crazy to take your bird outside, it is a good way to lose that bird that you just paid a lot of money for , just have it fly away, by by birdy, and now the cage is useless

By: Beverly

Beverly — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:25:05 +0000

I have tried this method with a bird we had just bought. Thirty minutes later, the bird was on my finger, talking to me, and watching the outside world as we drove down the road. It is a wonderful method that I would recommend to anyone.

By: Judy

Judy — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:23:20 +0000

i have a special hook for my cockateil outside so she can enjoy the summer but will my bird catch cold if i let him sit outide for a short time during the winter months