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So guys, I want to get a cockatiel.
Any tips/warnings?
>> Frankengun !HgIdo42VU2
Get a hand fed one.

Teach it the Andy Griffith tune.
>> Anonymous
get a female, males tend to be assholes
>> Anonymous
they are very loud
>> Frankengun !HgIdo42VU2
>>257764
Not compared to conures.
>> Anonymous
They get pretty clingy, but they're good company if you can spare a few hours a day to spend with them. Also, teaching them tricks is win.
>> Anonymous
my aunt has some little bastard bird that can make a racket that would make a harpy eagle shit its feathers out
>> Frankengun !HgIdo42VU2
>>257769
lol

What does it look like?
>> Anonymous
>>257770

A cockatiel, I'm guessing?
>> Anonymous
>>257736

This. Who cares if male is asshole or not, it's fucking awesome if your bird can sing that tune.
>> Anonymous
females can't learn songs though.
but females tend to be more cuddly, but males more playful. but females scream, not whistle, but males make more noise. females can get egg binding. males masturbate a lot.

its hard to decide.
>> Anonymous
There are pleanty of really good websites that give tips and stuff on getting one. They arent particularly high maintanence they just need to have the cage kept clen, fersh food water everyday etcetc Get a male ofi you want more whistling and talking get a female if you dont want so much niise.

If your worried about females being less colourful get a lutino cockatiel as they are identical, all white with a yellow face and red cheeks.

You should definatley get a hand reader young bird though if you can, they are already pretty tame so you can get it out and stuff in no time.
>> Anonymous
>>257974
I had a female since it was born and we taught it to cat call. Then it got sick one morning, and on it's way to the vet, it died. I think it was egg binding.
>> Anonymous
>>257991
yeah, there are exceptions, I had a female who could wolf whistle and call the dogs, but not sing songs like males can, its in their nature to call and sing songs, to court females. Females don't have to sing songs for a mate.
>> Anonymous
My aunt had one. It got depressed and ate its own wing :(
>> Anonymous
>>258005

How the fuck did it do that?
>> Anonymous
>>258357
frank's hot sauce
>> Anonymous
>>258005

must been delicious hot wing.
>> Anonymous
>>258005

Pics or it didn't happen.
>> Anonymous
I have a hand fed male. He's awesome, except he's an attention whore. If I'm playing my xbox downstairs, he'll fly down 2 flights of stairs just to climb on my shoulder and attempt to eat my headset until I pet him. Then he gets pissed if I stop petting him, and he starts to eat my controller. Fucking annoying, but awesome at the same time.
>> Mr. Bubbles !!DLJ3bQ7yunJ
They are very clingy, and loud. No way to make them shut up. For example, my cockatiel (Ghandi) frequently screams "WHERES CHARLIE?" When we give him to Charlie, he goes up to Charlies ear and yells "WHERES CHARLIE? D:" so loud it can burst eardrums. He can also sing half the Mexican Hat Dance--when he finishes the first verse, he gets confused and goes back to the beginning.
I need to stress how loud they are. I have heard Ghandhi screaming from the bottom of my driveway, 50 feet away from the house. They also seem to think humans are partly deaf, because they will stick their mouths inside your ear and yell. The record for his longest screaming fit is 70 minutes.
>> Anonymous
>>258440
lol
>> Anonymous
>>258440
>>258440
>>258440

My old bird would have screaming fits too.
>> Anonymous
>>258440
First thing to make me laugh on 4chan in a while. good story
>> Anonymous
OP here.
Cockatiels are better than budgies, y/n?

Also, is it possible to toilet train them? Used to keep budgies and had to deal with crap everywhere, now renting and landlord will hate me.
>> Anonymous
I had a female and she hated other women. She would coo and whistle if a guy was talking to her, but squeal and throw fits when a woman did. You had to pet her a certain way or she would bite you, and if you stopped petting her she would bite you also. Thing is, she never tired of being petted, but only behind the crest and on the head. You touch her anywhere else and she bites. If you tried to stop petting her she bites, and I once petted the bird for 15 minutes straight and she still bit me when I stopped. Also they like to fly up onto a high place and throw things off of it while squealing.
They will also steal cheese right off of your sandwich.
>> Anonymous
>>258682
...English your second language or something?
>> Anonymous
>>258686
How was I not clear?
>> Anonymous
>>258440
Is your cockatiel a 'Nam vet?
>> Anonymous
>>258594

Cockatiel >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Budgie

Also its imposible to toilet train them so prepare for poop.
>> Mr. Bubbles !!DLJ3bQ7yunJ
>>258594
I once found cockatiel poop on the ceiling. They will poop wherever the hell they want to, owners or gravity be damned.
>> Mr. Bubbles !!DLJ3bQ7yunJ
>>258702
No, he asks about other things:
"WHERE ARE TEH CHILDREN? D:"
"....Ghandhi, everyone in this house is at least 18 years old."
"UH-OH WHERES CHARLIE?"