what would be the best cage mate for a lonely cockatiel?

Question

title really says all please exsplain your answer

i don't really want to bread if i don't have too i think my cockatiel is a male but we are not sure yet because he is still a baby

typo breed not bread

ok ok other than a cockatiel

i can not afford another cage....but i need to get another bird

Answer 1

Another cockatiel of the opposite sex to the one you have.

Answer 2

Another cockatiel. However, if you cannot afford a second cage, there is no way you can afford a second bird. When you bring another bird into the household, you have to hold a quarantine. That being keeping the new bird in another room in the house where there is little to no air circulating between the rooms where the two birds are. This is done because if you pick up a bird from another location, it could be carrying disease that will pass along to your current bird and you'll have two sick birds. A quarantine is generally 30 days so any sickness they may have can work its way out of the system. In this time, you'll want to have both birds checked by a certified avian vet ( http://www.aav.org/vet-lookup ) to make sure they're both 100% healthy, especially for when they meet. Obviously, within those 30 days, you'll want to keep both birds safely caged.

Even when you do let them meet each other, it's very dangerous to just stuff them into the cage together. I would make this a smooth transition. One day they start with the cages on opposite sides of the room. They'll probably call to each other, but this doesn't mean they'll get along - they have a very good flock mentality and love company, but not always directly in their territory. Slowly, day by day, move the cages closer and closer and allow them to spend supervised out-of-cage time together. You can evaluate their compatibility as individuals to see if they get alone. While cockatiels are very docile birds who really aren't known for territoriality, all individual birds will vary. You can allow them to explore each other's cages under supervision and when you feel confident that they're both happy with each other, you can try housing them together for a trial period of time. If anything bad happens, like a fight, in that time, separate them. Not all situations work out ideally.

Also be aware that a bird with a cagemate will take more interest in their own species than humans, so if you want your bird to be very you-oriented, don't get a cagemate.

Failing that, try a mirror. Birds think the mirror is another bird and will likely learn to bond with it. However, know your limits on when to keep it and when to take it away. I know someone who has a cockatiel who's so bonded to his mirror that he preens it, and when he bends his head down for it to preen him back, he cries and makes sad chirps because he's giving all of this love and affection to a mirror that can't give any back.

Answer 3

Get a parakeet and put it in a smaller less expensive cage $10 at the most and put the two cages right next to each other and after about a week get the two birds out together and see if they fight or act kind towards each other. If they fight then put them in the separate cages for about 5 more days then get them out again and do the same. If/when the are kind to each other put them together in the larger cage and let them sit in there for about an hour, but make sure that you check up on them every 10-15 min. and don't let them sleep in the same cage unless you are positive that they wont fight. Takes approx. 1-5 weeks, depending on how nice your first bird is.

Answer 4

Another cockatiel.....(best)...never three (unless the same sex)
If you have three and different sexes, they WILL fight, they see it as competition. They can kill each other.

The cockatiel is of the parrot family....never add a non-parrot variety....it will be killed.
It must be of the parrot family. If someone tells you otherwise...they don't care about..or know anything about the species.

Note:
If you have children and go against the advice...be prepared for them to see the cute little birdies turn the cage into a blood and feather bath. Sorry...had to say it...lol

Answer 5

Another lonely cockatiel.

Answer 6

a youthful chook and a older one would possibly no longer get alongside. yet, it additionally relies upon on the chook. they only might or would possibly no longer get alongside. be certain you have yet another cage as you're able to could separate them in case they warfare. Get yet another nutrition bowl, the older one will probable shield the nutrition via fact that it rather is "his" area first. it would be superb to get a clean cage so then no person "owned" it first.

Answer 7

I have an abandoned tiel that lived with 2 keets before she came to me. Keets seem an ok choice,but you should leave them in separate cages next to each other for a while. If you get a keet and put it into the tiels cage right away, please watch for a while to see that they are getting along.

Answer 8

My cockatiel...looking for good home, but i'm from ontario,
canada

Answer 9

another lonely cockatiel

Answer 10

a hungry red-tailed hawk.