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I have two cockatiels and i think they r male and female but im not positive….
My “Male” Is ether a pearled or pied. His back has pearls all over but his chest has pied markings. He looks like a male, really long and slender. Narrow hips and bright coloring. But his tail and his behavior is what confuses me. His tail has no vi sable horizontal lines but u can feel them when u stroke the feathers. But they r vi sable around his vent. He is super quiet and barley makes a sound. When he does its just 1 short whistle or soft squeaking sounds.
My other one is what i think is a female. She is a pied, i know that for sure. She has vi sable horizontal line on a few of her tail feathers but u cant feel thm and they rnt on her vent. She really does look like a female. Wide hips, shorter, a bit more “chubby” looking, her crest is shorter, her colors r dull and there is barley any yellow on her face. But once again her behavior confuses me. She is SUPER loud! and she runs back and forth on my longer perch all the time, and as she does so she is whistling.
I’ve been hearing a mating call, but when i go in my room to c who is doing it, it all goes quiet. i set up a nest box because if they had mated i didn’t want them to lay eggs on the floor of the cage. My “female” was the one that was chewing on the door and entering first. And today i saw my “male” chewing a little bit and then entering for a moment. Then about 10 minutes later my “male” went over to me “female” and stuck his tail up in the air. His butt got all fluffy but my other bird just tried to preen his tail…. Now, i know who’s been whistling the mating song. Its my “female”!!!!
So ya, im really confused. Can any one help me?
Ya they r really confusing, lol. What i meant about u can feel them is that there r actuall indents in the feather. I didnt know if that meant any thing. lol.
A lady in my chirch says that they r both male….she own birds but none if them r cockatiels so I don’t think she would know for sure…

I have two cockatiels and i think they r male and female but im not positive….
My “Male” Is ether a pearled or pied. His back has pearls all over but his chest has pied markings. He looks like a male, really long and slender. Narrow hips and bright coloring. But his tail and his behavior is what confuses me. His tail has no vi sable horizontal lines but u can feel them when u stroke the feathers. But they r vi sable around his vent. He is super quiet and barley makes a sound. When he does its just 1 short whistle or soft squeaking sounds.
My other one is what i think is a female. She is a pied, i know that for sure. She has vi sable horizontal line on a few of her tail feathers but u cant feel thm and they rnt on her vent. She really does look like a female. Wide hips, shorter, a bit more “chubby” looking, her crest is shorter, her colors r dull and there is barley any yellow on her face. But once again her behavior confuses me. She is SUPER loud! and she runs back and forth on my longer perch all the time, and as she does so she is whistling.
I’ve been hearing a mating call, but when i go in my room to c who is doing it, it all goes quiet. i set up a nest box because if they had mated i didn’t want them to lay eggs on the floor of the cage. My “female” was the one that was chewing on the door and entering first. And today i saw my “male” chewing a little bit and then entering for a moment. Then about 10 minutes later my “male” went over to me “female” and stuck his tail up in the air. His butt got all fluffy but my other bird just tried to preen his tail…. Now, i know who’s been whistling the mating song. Its my “female”!!!!
So ya, im really confused. Can any one help me?
Ya they r really confusing, lol. What i meant about u can feel them is that there r actuall indents in the feather. I didnt know if that meant any thing. lol.
A lady in my chirch says that they r both male….she own birds but none if them r cockatiels so I don’t think she would know for sure…