Escaped Cockatiels

I get a lot of enquiries about pet cockatiels escaping and what to do. When a bird escapes a cage or flys from its house it will usually panic of course and fly wildly around in circles. It will usually also call you over and over again. Clues from this behaviour are to LISTEN while walking around your house yard and house block. It will quite often land in a neighbour's yard. For this reason it is a good idea to do a leaflet drop and or door knock the area to let folk know that you are missing your bird. An advertisement in the local paper and on key websites like The Pet Directory website will quite often have your phone ringing.

Winter for Cockatiels - Cold weather can bring out illnesses

Check out the bird articles on The Pet Directory website for information on bird care for you pet or aviary bird. Winter is a time when birds, like us, get low resistence to illnesses that they are predisposed to. Keep an eye out for green droppings. If you see this take your bird to an avian bird vet immediately. They will be given a dose of special bird medicine for this and a little course of it to give to them at home for around 8 to 10 days. In winter drafts are your birds enemy.

KEEP YOUR BIRD WARM!!!

Wing Clipping - Should I clip my parrot's wings?

The aim of a wing clip is not to stop the bird flying but to reduce its ability to gain height, so if it tries to fly it will quietly flutter down to the ground. This is safer for the bird as it removes access to many of the “nasties” that exist in most households and it also reduces the ability to fly away and get lost. The link is to an excellent short article by an avian bird vet Dr Mike Cannon where he gives the pros and cons of clipping your bird's wings. This applies to parrots commonly kept as pets such as Cockatiels, Budgerigars, Lorikeets, Galah, Eclectus, African Greys, Amazons, Macaws etc. Remember to only trim the first 6 flight feathers and no more. Here is a link to another short article on facts about wing clipping from the bird vet.

I hope people begin thinking now about how they will keep their pet and aviary birds warm in the coming winter months. In the southern states it is already cold at night and days get cool early.

There are some good tips on ways to keep your bird warm in winter in the Bird Articles Section on The Pet Directory website.

Bird Keys

Pet Keys R Us has house keys with bird photos on them. You can have one for a special door so you remember which key it is. Click to see the bird and wildlife and pet keys.

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Cockatiels

Check out all the cockatiel breeders on The Pet Directory website at:
http://www.petdirectory.com.au