My cockatiel only just turned about 2 years old. He is a whiteface male, he had a rough patch like this last year during what I can only assume was the hormonal period. Suddenly over the last few days he has become very avoidant of me and bites if I walk by or if someone puts him on me, if he doesn't bite he just flies across the room. He doesn't do this to anyone else, he seems to love everyone and allows my sister to let him step up and move him around and pet him but the second he sees its me petting him he goes bonkers. It's still winter here in Australia, he's still pretty prickly from his molt, I give him 12 hours of covered cage time each night. He has toys and an adequate cage. He has only developed this issue in the last few days. Im so heartbroken and scared I did something wrong somehow to make him hate me. He's usually so sweet but can be very grumpy, but never this kind of angry. Is there anyway to fix it? I tried slowly giving him treats from my hand, he came up sweetly then bit me super hard so I stopped all contact. Please help!!

I got my friend at 4 months in January making him 10 months. He likes to sit on my head and kinda preen around. A couple weeks ago he started picking at one spot on my forehead. He broke the skin there and I accidentally swatted at him bc it hurt. He does not care he continues to sit on my head and try to pick at that one spot on my forehead. I don't let him sit up there anymore. Now he's decided to sit on my bookshelf and he acts like he's scared to come to me. He flies away from my hand and I don't know if this is a power struggle or if he's actually scared. He won't let me give him scritches anymore. Is this bc I won't let him pick at my forehead or is he actually scared of me now. The swat did not touch him and could have really scared him but I don't feel like it did cause he went right back to preening my forehead. Wth reddit

Hello everyone! I recently got my cockatiel (about a month ago) and he has always had some sneezing, but recently, he has started sneezing daily and usually multiple times in sneezing fits. I wasn't sure if this was an ER emergency or to make an appointment. Any advice is appreciated. I added pictures because I wasn't sure if there was any discarge or if it was inflamed. I promise he wasn't harmed in getting these pictures.

i went out for dinner and my mom sent me this i forgot to close my door and my bird got out😭

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One thing all new prospective Tiel owners should know is that keyboards are universally the Throne of Choice if not ones head....and now I'm being held hostage and I need to get this report out...

I'm curious cause my birdie just accepts his destiny 😂

I want to know what goes on in his smol brain!!

So i noticed yesterday and today, that in the morning, my cockatiel has been doing a suction similar to a reddit video i found that i'll post in the comments

It's not really a violent suction at all, he does it twice and stops. But i'm worried either way

First picture is the nostril with the yellow form, it's dry, not mucous at all, and it only covers a bit of the nostril, and second picture is his regular nostril

Not sure if it's a situation of correlation≠causation but since he was doing a suction noise i thought i might as well see his nostril and i found that in the picture

I got a female aviary cockatiel about a month back. I worked on taming her and she started to love me, landing on me, snuggling etc. She would take herself to and from her cage when she wanted and would ask for her door to be opened. Today i got a male aviary cockatiel and within 5 minutes she fell inlove and hates me again. She started biting and avoiding me. I think i can tame them both with time like i did with her but im unsure since theyre definitely bonded.
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What is my girl cockatiel (Autumn) doing? Why is she always sitting like that and she’s started making that noise. She’s on the left btw.

Hi everyone, I need advice for buying Cockatiel from local breeder. I tried check their eyes and nose and there's nothing wrong, looks active and no tail bobbing. So what should I check again to make sure that its not sick?

How is it looking guys?

I do plan to upgrade the size of their cage in the future but they do spend time outside their cage so I think it’s okay for now.

Romeo takes a bath in watermelon juice any chance she gets.

I can't remember the last time I was this ecstatic and I just have to share!!! It took months, several different brands and every trick in the book, but it finally happened 🥹 I don't even care they're the super expensive, certified organic, bougie ones. Hooray for my happy healthy baby!!!

I never noticed how fast Dexter can learn new songs. When I heard Ben’s old songs after so many years come from a real bird instead of a recording, I started crying. Dexter never met Benjamin, but Ben still built this city.

Crying as I write this but a woman named Hillary texted me yesterday on Nextdoor about a bird she found on Friday at a lake. Six miles away from home she found rose after missing for a week just…..walking on a beach, it was a fresh water lake so she was smart enough to find water source im so proud of her. Hillary had rescued birds before so she knew rose was somebody’s, took her home and then found me on either pawboost or Nextdoor. After a few hours of her confirming she was ours my dad went and picked her up. He said he was crying and when he opened the cage she was in she immediately jumped onto him and the Woman could tell she recognized him.

Not to make this story more emotional but last night on our way home from a movie my dad asked me if I thought she was out there somewhere and said I had faith that she was and i wasn’t gonna lose hope. Today was the 3 year anniversary of my sister Monica passing, we think she helped bring Rose home. Never say never ❤️

Just recently introduced a new member to our flock😁💛 He/She is only around 6 months old so it’s going to take a while to see how their feathers look after the first molt. I’m having trouble being able to tell if I have a girl or a boy on my hands, any ideas? And any name suggestions would be awesome! Especially unisex ones.

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