How Do I Take My Pet Cockatiel Out Of His Cage?
I got a pet cockatiel, and i have no idea how to take him out of his cage! I have never done it before, and people keep telling me different ways. I don’t want to scare him!
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what you do depends on if the bird has clipped wings and if it was hand-fed / or is hand-tame.
if you don’t know this, you probably don’t know how to pet one either, or the body language, or anything. so i think you need to read this bookhttp://www.amazon.com/Cockatiels-Dummies…
which will teach you a LOT about cockatiel, and will probably save your cockatiel from becomeing a biting, screaming nightmare of even dying on you.
this book has plenty of picutres and you can turn to the chapter you need to start with.
my cockatiel does not have clipped wings, and i just let her out, and she goes back in her cage whenever she gets huntry or thirsty, and then i close her. i do NOT recomend this to you, because it is much harder to keep a flying bird safe. birds cannot see glass, and they will kill themselves by trying to fly through glass or a mirror. And you cannot cook or do anything else of that sort with a flying bird in the room.
also when first letting a cockatiel out, the bird may not KNOW how to fly and fly into the ceileing and into walls and the bird will become terrified and freak out, which is not fun. so it’s always a good idea to start with clipped wings.
if you have a hand-tamed bird with clipped wings, taking the bird out is easy — just put your finger under the bird and “make” the bird step-up! This will NOT work with a wild bird because a wild bird will be terrified of you and might try to bite you.
PLEASE I BEG YOU read the bookhttp://www.amazon.com/Cockatiels-Dummies…
or ANY OTHER BOOK about cockatiels. they should have insisted that you buy one at the pet store you got it from, if it iwas a good pet store.
If you are trying to tame him so he comes onto your finger and out of the cage it’s simple but it’ll need a lot of patience. Open the cage and hold your finger in front of him but not to close for him to bite you. Just keep your finger their and don’t move it. After about 5 min. take your hand out. Try that for a week everyday seeing if he does anything. Then after he’s used to seeing your finger there move it closer to him. If he gets on your finger move him around the cage slowly for a couple days before taking him out. Remember don’t make any sudden movements or noises when trying to do this.
just make sure the wings are properly clipped so he won’t fly away.
I leaned from an experience, who knew that those things are so hard to catch.
How long have you had this bird? Has it ever been handled before?
Start slow. Let the bird get use to you. Put a chair close to the cage and talk to it regularly. Talk to it every time you walk past. If you want your bird to bond to you than you will have to spend a lot of time working with it. Try petting it through the cage while your talking to it. Just don’t rush it because if you make it scared of you then you’ll have to start all over again. It takes time and patience but you’ll learn to read your birds body language and you’ll know when you can hold it.
maybe you can just leave the door open and let him come out by himself and dont go to him to quickly
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