Is it ok to put my new cockatiel straight into the cage with my other one? How can I tell what sex they are?

Question

Both cockatiels have been lost and taken in, I have a large cage for the two of them to go in, but will they be ok together straight away? Both have the peach coloured patches on both sides of their face and are yellow bodied with grey wings. I am new to cockatiels and still learning about them, I would like to breed them eventually if I have a male and female.

Answer 1

Ok If you insist on breeding them you have to take steps.

1. Make sure you have a male and female to be sure have your avian veterinarian DNA sex them its an inexpensive and accurate procedure.

2. Make sure the birds get along, gradually introduce them to each other. Once they get along put them in a spacious cage with a nestbox in a secure room.

3. increase the daylight hours to 15 hours of sunshine day, and mist them with warm water from a plant mister in the morning everyday.

4. Offer them foods such as mashed hard boiled egg with the shell mashed in. and string beans, grated carrots, cooked yams, diced cellary, apples, and bananas in addition to the seeds.

5. try to disturb your cockatiels only when you change their food and water.

6. Check your female when she is in the nest box every 3 days. When she lays the eggs they should hatch in 21 days.

7. When the babies are 12 days old you have an option of letting the parents raise them or han feed them your self. If you hand feed them learn how a pet store that sells birds should show you. Or you can let the parents raise them.

8. When the babies are old enough to fly put them in their own separate cage. and you can sell them to pet stores or give them to friends.

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Answer 2

Cockatiel Cage

Answer 3

Birds cannot be in the same cage with eachother for about 2 months...even though a bird may not appear sex and you have no signs...it may be. Birds must always be kept in two seperate cages until a) after the first two months and b) they have seen eachother and gotten to know eachother.
Also..
you can always go by color of cockatiels to decide if the cockatiel is male or female...such as (bars on the tail = female, really bright colors = male, after about 1 year or 2 year = females lay eggs) however these are just some easy home ideas to decide male or female. the only for sure way...have the vet take a little blood from a feather or nail and they can then sex the bird.

Answer 4

Cockatiels are one of the most docile parrots out there and rarely, if ever, start fights with a new bird. They usually just glare at each other and wander around avoiding the new bird for a few days. Quarantine should be in another room. Feed your bird first, then the new bird. That cuts down on disease transmission.

The best way to introduce cockatiels, though, is to do it over several days and after the new bird is quarantined. Ideally quarantine should be 3 weeks. Both birds should have their own cages. When quarantine is over, have both birds out on a play stand. Place their cages beside each other so when they aren't playing they can still see the other bird. Cover 1/2 their cage with a towel so if they want to hide from each other, they can do so by hiding behind the towel 'wall' . Have the birds out on a play stand. First take out the new bird, then the other bird. Have treats out so they learn that when they're with each other they'll get their favorite foods. It shouldn't take long before both birds are fighting for the best places to be petted by you!

It sounds like both of your birds might be 'pied's - It's one of the numerous colors in domesticated cockatiels. It will be difficult to tell a male from female if you use feather color as a guide as males often share the same colors in females if they are pieds. In your case, there's two ways to tell if a tiel is male or female. The first is DNA sexing. You send a few feathers or a few drops of blood to a lab and the lab tell you if you have a boy or girl. The other option is to wait for the male to flirt. Like many other bird species, male cockatiels sing. They do a cute warble and bang their beak on things. They walk back and forth doing the warble, with their wings partially spread. They'll pause, then bang their beak, only to repeat the process. Their head will tilt back, too. Females do a very soft chirp and don't sing unless they've got a lot of testosterone in them. It's rare that something like that happens.

I hope I've helped somewhat. Cockatiels are great companions!

Answer 5

the male has a bright yellow face, the female has a muted yellow face and barred tail feathers http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/1492/cockatiels.html

males have solid-yellow heads at maturity, while hens remain grey (or another solid color). Feathers under a male's tail are solid, while in a female's are striped. http://www.prettybirds.net/Cockatiels.htm

The only 100% accurate way of determining the sex of your bird is to have a DNA blood test performed. Your avian vet may also be able to tell by examining the bird. Cockatiels have 2 bony structures at the base of their abdomens, above the vent. In the female, the structure is more flexible and further apart. A person inexperienced with breeding birds should NOT try to do this. You can seriously injure your bird. Breeders frequently use visual clues which suggest whether a cockatiel is male or female. In some types of cockatiels, the females have duller cheek patches, all gray or all brown faces, spots under their wing feathers and barring on their tail feathers. You may need to hold one of these feather up to a bright light and use a magnifying glass to see them http://www.cockatielcottage.net/cockatiels3.html

Answer 6

hi!
OK you CAN tell a cockatiels sex from its coloring, and it is not from its head.

First they have to be adults to tell
Second look at the bottom side of their tails, like if you had it on your finger hold it above your head and look at the feathers, if it is solid, most likely you have a male, if it is striped you most likely have a female~~~ not all of the feathers will be striped in all females.

the colors of the heads and wings only determine the breed of cocktatiel, IE. pied, normal Gray, luteno, cinnamon, or pearl. NOT the sex.


Most cockatiels will get along fine together after being introduced, and given a little time too adjust to one another.
put them in separate cages for a couple weeks next to each other, give them time each day to play, outside the cages, while supervised.

Be careful though, putting 2 cockatiels together will probably bond them, and if you need to separate them in the future, it may be difficult! especially if you are going to breed them.


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Answer 7

oky first you cant tell rom color no way! I have two and i got lucky by getting a male. And you should put them side byside each other in different cages! But you can and if they fight you can take them out just watch there behavior. I would watcht them for about one day for fights. also if they are tame you can feel the pelvic bone to see. If you can message me and i can give you deteils on how to do that. Also if they are younf they can breed until a 1 1/2 of age. Also they lay up to four eggs and hope you got a nestbox because if they breed they will never stop! Thats what made me get mine! Im a bird breeder so message me for more info [e-mail] hope this helps kaila

Answer 8

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It is safe to put the bird in the old cage. It sounds like the person you bought the bird from didn't know a thing about the bird. To hand feed a bird you basically have to force liquified food down it's throat. It's a tricky process, but sometimes it has to be done. You use a small plastic syringe to do it. It's one of the few ways to get food into a bird that isn't eating. But as for the cage. Just clean it thoroughly and it will be fine. Try not to use harsh chemicals in cleaning it. Water with a small amount of soap mixed in will be adequate.

Answer 9

NO NO NO NO!!! if you just got the bird, it has to be quarrintined first before ANY contact is made with the other!!!! two months you have to keep them seperate!!! in seperate rooms and everything!!! one might have a disease, and you wouldnt want that disease to go to your other birdie!!! take them to a vet to have them checked out, and if everything goes well, see how they react to each other, then SLOWLY introduce them to each other...ok? as for sex, either you can wait and see how they react, or you can take them to the vet to get surgically tested, but know that not all the time are the markings telltale signs of the sex....****but hun, if you want to be a breeder, then i would do ALOT more research before you go ANY further...okie? it takes time and research, and if you cant do either, i wouldnt go any further...

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Answer 10

put one in a cage right next to the other and if they seem to get along fine then i would put them in the same cage together. as for the sex i would call your vet