I have 2 cockatiels and they are a bonded pair. They had babies and all of them hatched and are doing great. It’s been about a week and a half since they hatched. The parents are great at raising them and have raised babies before (they were given to me since the owner of them got babies from them and didn’t want to keep the adults anymore)
They are not friendly birds and especially not since they had the babies. They will however screech to me if they need or want something. Example – if I don’t give them fresh water right away and sleep in or whatever, they let me know about it. Or if they are wanting some millet, they will screech until I give them some more. I change their food and water daily, made sure everything is clean, cleaned the nest box and put fresh paper towels down so the babies are kept clean, and for some reason the adults are screeching and carrying on all day today. They have been really quiet since they laid the eggs and today has been the first day I heard them really acting crazy. I’ve been keeping the curtains closed and only letting some light come in because they haven’t been so active…i know when I keep the curtain open before they laid eggs the female would screech and be active the whole time. I’ve done everything and they are both running about screeching. The male is usually the quiet one except for his pretty whistles and he does the cat call. I walk back into the room and they start running around back and forth on the bottom of the cage attacking their cuttle bone (they knock it down and only eat it on the bottom of the cage for some reason). There is plenty left and its clean…i dont know what they could want , but all this screeching I’m surprised the babies aren’t scared lol. Anyone have any ideas? Or is this just normal?
blank, i read somewhere to make sure to take the shells out and clean every other day in the nest box so bacteria doesn’t build up. I haven’t cleaned every other day in there, but I do check every day to make sure it’s not filthy. This has not been the first time I cleaned inside. But I had to, because they had went poo all over the place and the paper towels were wet and nasty. Birds really do use the bathroom ALOT! lol!
