I was playing with my cockatiel the other day when suddenly I heard a farting sound. I’d never heard him fart before, and I’ve had him for a very long time. I didn’t smell anything, so I wracked my brain trying to figure out what had happened before it happened again while I was looking … Read more
We’ve been having a go at breeding our cockatiels recently. It’s been uniquely challenging, as I’m sure you’ll know if you’ve ever tried it yourself. I’m sure we will eventually get the hang of it, but it did act as a lesson for my son in one way I wasn’t really anticipating. When I said … Read more
I have had only one cockatiel for a good while, and I’ve always been able to provide all its socialisation myself. I’ve kept him socialized and stimulated, and made sure he was never bored or lonely. But my circumstances have recently changed, and I won’t be able to be with him as much as I … Read more
The weather had been pretty mild in the fall, but then in the last few days it took such a sharp turn and it’s now so cold. It’s colder than it’s been for a good few years, I think, and this made me right away concerned about my cockatiel. Given that he’s such a small … Read more
I was talking to some friends the other day about how long we’d all had each of our parrots. We went around all of us, and all had pretty impressively old parrots, but the oldest among them was one of my friend’s pineapple conures that he had for over 25 years. I knew parrots could … Read more
One of my parakeets lost a feather recently. This was the first time this has happened in a while, so I was a bit concerned. He seems to be fine, though, and it must have just needed a replacement. In any case, I couldn’t really remember how to tell a blood feather from a mature … Read more