The Shocking Pros and Cons of Owning A Cockatiel – Must Watch Advice Before Bringing One Home!

Get ready to explore the captivating world of cockatiels. Join me as we uncover the pros and cons of these charming birds in this video. Hi guys! Welcome back to the Bully Pets channel. I'm Aila. Today I'm going to be discussing with you guys the pros and the cons of having a pet cockatiel. With that being said, let's get started. So our first point is a pro and they are smart. So they're a species of parrots. Most parrots are known to be very intelligent. They're one of the more intelligent families of birds. So this is something nice to consider when you're getting a companion and you want to be able to interact with them in certain ways or have them understand you more. As you can see my bird is on my head. She got frightened a little bit earlier before starting filming and for now she's just gonna stick up there. If she wants to come down she'll be on the table but for now she'll just be on my head. On to our next point. They have a lot of personality. This goes hand in hand with them being intelligent. You can just see from interacting with them. They like to might whistle or they might mimic things or they might dance. They might just be kind of random with their actions. It's a little odd when you're comparing them with other like soft bills. You'll notice that parrots are really quite different. They just seem to have a lot more personality. So this can be fun and nice to find in a pet. Next, they can learn several different tricks. So this goes hand in hand with them being intelligent. They can be very food motivated so you can use that to train them but since they're quite intelligent there's so many different things you could teach them. Like you teach them to identify certain colors, you could teach them to say a word, you could teach them to do different actions, play different games. It's just a lot more that you could get them to do than say like a canary. So this can be very nice to have. On to our next point, they can learn to talk. So all parrots, they have their vocal cords. They're able to mimic different sounds and cockatiels, they're a little decent at it. Usually you'll find the males will be more likely to copy words and like say phrases. Females can but they're often more shy or not as talkative so they just don't do it. It's something cool to find especially like for people who are looking for a pet bird. They often want parrots because they're oh I want a bird that can talk. They are one of the more quieter species of parrots so this would be good for having in an apartment. Like usually you wouldn't want a macaw in an apartment because they'd be very loud. You'd probably get noise complaints, you might be kicked out. So some of the smaller birds are usually quieter and cockatiels, especially if you get a female, they're not going to be as loud as a male. That'll be constantly like chirping, chattering. Usually the only sounds you hear female unless they're actually mimicking or whistling. You might hear them just like making a contact call which can be a little loud but as long as you're spending enough time with them and they're always around you, they're not going to really do that. So for the most part they'll just be quiet. So this can be very good for if you live in an apartment or you're really sensitive to loud sounds. One to our con. So with a parrot there can be a lot of cons that you would want to consider before deciding is this the right bird for me? So for cockatiels, number one, a lot of people don't like how messy they can be. They are a bird so they do poop like every 10 to 15 minutes which can be a lot. And their poop, if they're fed a chopped diet, they're not going, it's not going to be very firm. So it can be hard to clean up. It's usually kind of liquidy and like softer on the softer side. So trying to wipe this off of things, it might stain stuff. It's a little difficult. And they can't really be potty trained. They can be to an extent but like most people they don't recommend this because it's not good for the health of the bird. Since they poop so often like it might, it might hold it in for too long. Like if you like teach them command when to poop, it could be just not good. For our next point, cockatiels are pretty flighty. They get spooked easily. It's one of the reasons why they would not be a good candidate for free flight. Along with budgies, these two, they're more nomadic birds in the wild. They're not going to really remember one location and always come back to it. They just travel. And their first instinct from danger is going to be to fly really far away. And they're smaller birds too. So just wouldn't be good. So this can be a problem if your bird's not desensitized to things. You haven't worked on that. Like earlier, my editor was blowing their nose and my, my cockatiel got scared and ran into a bunch of walls. So you just want to be careful and mindful of these things to make sure that they don't hurt themselves. Onto our next point, they can be loud. Even though I did say earlier as a pro, they are one of the quieter species. You haven't heard different parrots, like their sounds and their calls and haven't been able to compare them, then you might not be expecting just how loud they can be. My bird personally, like her cage is kept nearby in my bedroom and where I sleep. So when she's calling in the morning, it's very loud and obnoxious to me. It really agitates me. Um, personally, I kind of like pigeons better than parrots due to this because I'm quite sensitive to the sound, but this can be something that you do want to keep in mind, especially if your ears are sensitive and you don't like the constant sound that they make. Next, they need constant attention and interaction. So parrots are commonly known as toddlers that live a very, very long time. So you just need to spend and dedicate a lot of your time to them, bond with them, train them, feed them treats, give them toys to pick apart and try to solve puzzles. Like they just need constant things to do. Otherwise they will become destructive. They might pluck their feathers. They might constantly screaming and calling for you. If you're not constantly around them, it might destroy things too. Do you want to keep in mind? Do I have the time for this? Do I have the dedication? Do I have the patience for thinking about getting a cockatiel? Piggybacking off of what I just said, they can be destructive. So like all parrots, they like to chew things. It's just in their nature. They always want things to do. So if they're outside the cage, unsupervised, you might want to reconsider because they will find their way into things like my cockatiel. She likes to walk around and chew on my jewelry. She likes to, if she's on my shoulder, she likes to chew on my earrings or try to pick out my jewelry on my face, like my nose. Like I had some flower vines that I had to hang up. They're just like plastic for decoration. And she was on top of the cage where she could reach them. And she just, she would just nibble and rip off the flowers off the plastic and throw them on the ground. So there'd be a whole pile of flowers on the ground. And then she just, she bit the vine in half and it's just, I'm lucky she hasn't been very destructive, but they definitely have the capacity to be quite destructive if you aren't watching them and providing them with enough to do. So you might want to think about this. Onto the next point. They are really dusty. They're in the cockatoo family and these birds, they're typically one of the dustiest parrots. Comparing her to my pigeon, she's not as dusty as him, but she's kind of close. Like she's a lot more dusty than you'd expect a bird her size to be. So if you have asthma or you don't have an air filter, or you just not, you don't have the time to clean up every day in your house, might want to be, maybe stay away from anything in the cockatoo family, like cockatiels, just because of how dusty they are. If you're interested in learning how to adopt a pet bird, watch this video next to find out more. And also, if you guys enjoyed this video, please subscribe and like this video and I'll see you guys next time. Bye!