We are going to talk about the Cockatiels: beautiful, intelligent birds.
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We are going to talk about the Cockatiel.
You have asked us a lot about its character, its behavior and also because
I consider it to be one of the best birds to share with us life at home.
They are animals that can live loose inside the house
as long as sufficient precautions are taken so they can't escape.
They are very meek, very intelligent.
They can be taught tricks even many of them can speak:
many of you are looking for that characteristic in small parrots.
They are from Australia.
It's a bird, a parrot to be more precise that doesn't need excessive humidity.
Excessive humidity is bad for them.
They are from more dry areas of Australia
and they withstand the temperatures that we have inside the house.
They take badly the air conditioners like most of birds.
They can live at home and learn many tricks.
This is Victoria, as Manuel has called her. It's a female Cockatiel.
We must also tell you that males can easily learn different whistles.
Most of them learn to whistle and they do it very well.
They have a very strong bond with their owners.
That's why we consider them very good pets for people who spend a lot of time at home
or who want to make a very strong bond with a bird.
We've also brought a cage. This is a good transport cage but it is not a good cage for the Cockatiels to live in.
Cockatiel's cages have to be large and allowing to fly inside it.
If it's not possible at least they have to have possibility to fly around a room.
Flight is very important for their physical and psychic development.
Nutrition is essential for a healthy life.
Their feed should be based on extruded feed combined with some seeds.
Cockatiels tolerate well daily feeding with addition of seeds,
fresh and varied fruit and vegetables.
There are other things that they can eat like: pieces of wholemeal bread, fresh white cheese or hard-boiled egg;
that you can use to supplement their diet.
As most birds, they need some exposure to direct sunlight.
But not in time of maximum radiation and heat in the day.
That is: if we are going to let them be in the sun, we do it in the morning or in the late afternoon.
Beacuse they are very meek birds you have to be very careful so they don't escape.
You can take them outside as long as it is protected with a harness so they can't escape.
When they are scared they can fly away and we'll lose them.
But there are harness specially designed for birds of this size.
And finally the last part about taking care of Cockatiels. They have to be dewormed and they must be bathed.
There is no vaccine for them and they don't need it when they are indoors.
But they need deworming and vet attention.
Obviously they are little animals and they need one or two visits to the vet a year.
Cuniadvice
I want you to pay close attention to what I am going to tell you.
Sometimes your bird can look puff, fatter than normal, when they ruffle feathers, be very careful.
They are not fatter, but they are ill and you should urgently go to the vet.