Are You Making These 10 Common Bird Care MISTAKES?

I knew this guy who said he didn’t have any toys in his birds cage because they “just destroy them!” Like yeah that’s the whole point 😐

"Your bird can't take themselves to the vet." Me, narrowing my eyes at my birb: then what have you been using the car for?

My dad bought baby lovebirds from a "sketchy" seller... took the initiative to care for them myself because he only sees them as decorations and thats just wrong. 1. Dabi and Shoto now have a decent cage with natural tree branch perches, toys and a cute rattan nest. 2. I'm constantly researching about what foods to give them. 3. Theyre learning to use their wings, I let them free in my own room with the windows closed and fan off. 4. They sleep whenever I play the kalimba 💯

This video is exactly what I needed to answer several questions about just getting started preparing a cage for a cockatiel! I am new to the current bird world and so much has changed! Thank you for this thorough and straight forward information!

'Birds won't do anything with plastic toys' My parrot: DiD aNyOnE sAiD pLaStic

me: *tries to feed budgie fruits and vegetables.. my budgie: e w

I've wanted a bird for about a year now, and your video is the most In depth and gives all of the information I actually need. I've been researching and your page is so knowledgeable. I feel very confident in your info and knowledge🥰

Few years old but I just watched it. Well done, you covered most things I know. There are some more things my avian vet has mentioned though. Firstly with seeds. Starchy seeds versus oily seeds. Starchy seeds are much better to give than oily seeds. Some birds are seed junkies by life experience even when young and might find the transition onto pellets, veg and fruit difficult. Some species are more amenable to others and some respond to different methods. My cockatiel just loved eating off of my plate, which was a great way to introduce him to new foods and he really does enjoy it. As of yet he won't touch anything else but seeds in the cage. My avian vet said that my cockatiel is much more at risk than budgies from seed diets, and not so much because they are budgies but because of the food marketed to them. When feeding cockatiels don't feed them cockatiel food as a staple, give them millet or budgie seed, but preferably millet.based. Starchy grass seeds are good, oily sunflower is a death sentence. Only as a treat given by hand one by one and count them, anything more and it is very bad - find a better treat, basically, Mine loves peas. You said about birds flying. and clipping. I've used partial clipping some lift feathers as a temporary method of restraint when introducing a new bird if one of the birds becomes too dominant. If you're going to clip, learn to do it properly. I would never do it as a permanent measure, not render a bird flightless. Never ever ever interfere with their control feathers, and never ever ever ever leave a bird alone in the room, not even briefly. It can be surprising how bonded they are and how quickly they can panic alone if a room even if you're just going to go.... somewhere briefly. My vet had me shift my budgies onto "egg and biscuit" which is really just a powdered pellet mix. I've found that birds are more likely to try pellets if you put them through the blender, no, not the bird. Microwave cook a piece of fruit through the pellet powder with any prescribed supplements and offer that to the birds with their seed,. Yes, I said seed. If you're feeding seed because your bird is a seed junkie it is better for them to eat seed than starve themselves to death, and some will, so don't use withdrawal as a method of inducement. No oily seeds, ever, and ban cockatiel and cockatoo mixes with oily seeds from the house. Last one is a question I hope you will address, Special needs for birds who have been sick and have recovered but have limitations. My cockatiel had a brain injury, possibly a stroke, possibly poisoning from fatty liver late stage. He nearly died, his weight crashed and we saved him. He's amazingly tame, gorgeous and loves us to bits. Sadly he can't fly because his balance is damaged. He can flutter and it is hard work for him because the coordination is no longer there. I will never ever trim him because he needs everything he can get. The thing is his care needs are very special. He is much more dependent, to the point of despondency if he can' see us. I'm just curious as to what you do in these kinds of situations. I'm in Australia and my birds are all native little guys. My avian vet says all of the same things you are saying, except that transitioning small birds without gall bladders can be more risky than it is worth for seed junkies. She says to do it if you can but that it is much better if they are weaned onto it in the beginning, hence the fruit "crumble" and grassy seed only method.

I wish every pet store would hang a sign on the bird cages that said “This animal is a 20-year commitment and needs love and attention every day” or whatever the appropriate number is.

I don’t have a bird. I’m not going to get a bird. It’s 2am. I’m tired. I don’t want to go to sleep. Why am I doing this.

Your amazing! Thank you so much for all the information you provided. I just purchased 2 cockatiel 4-1-22 and this video helped a lot. Lots of the accessories you mentioned not to have I actually purchased and I will be changing them . I was looking at all the stuff you have in your cages to give me ideas. Thank you

I really needed this motivation my bird and me are not fully bonded and its been 2 months. However she's much more comfortable and I feel so determined to work more with her:)

When she said birds can’t take themselves to a vet I don’t know why but my brain pictured a bird flying out with money to a vets office LOL

Ngl it looks like you dedicated a whole room to them I love it

Very informative; I learned a lot of tremendous information from your video. Thank you so much for sharing. It’s so cool to see all your birds flying in and off of your arms as you talk.

I have had my 2 conures 30 1/2 yrs and my cockatiel 17yrs. That is a commitment!!!🦜🦜🦜of LOVE!

But what about some of the UNCOMMON mistakes? Here's a few: 10 ] Giving her access to Alexa unless the payment system is turned off. It turns out she has expensive tastes. 9 ] Telling her she can stay out until 10 p.m. Once you let them stay out after dark, it always ends up being the next day at best. 8 ] Letting her hear Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird" too much. Mine failed to understand the metaphor, and took it up as a crusade. 7 ] Letting the cockatiel listen to music composed by Vic Mizzy. Catchy stuff, sure, but you may tire of hearing it after 5 or 6 years. 6 ] Letting her paint the room. She talked a good game , but now I question her taste. 5 ] Not monitoring her choice of friends. After hanging out with some vampires, she had the metal music going at all hours and got into trouble with the law. 4 ] Taking her to "show and tell" at school. She might tell too much. After what my bird said, my parents got divorced. 3 ] Asking her to prepare dinner. She didn't read the recipe or measure carefully, and once the food was in the bowl, though she stirred it pretty well, she spilled tons on the floor. 2 ] Letting her lead a service at church. Some of those words were definitely NOT in the Bible. 1 ] Signing her up for E-trade. They make it seem so easy on TV, but she lost her nest egg.

I keep my birds in their cage only when they sleep. Otherwise, their cage doors are open. What I've found is that they prefer to stay on top of their cages since they know the cage is their "home" - but they like the freedom of not being confined to the inside of their cages.

I found my bird aka a budgie so we put posters if he was someone pet but we didn’t have any cages at first but he was very kind and he was sleeping a lot when we first found him so we thought he was going to die but luckily he was just tired from all the flying.

This helped so much, I recently rescued a abused budgie and want to make sure I’m doing the best. Unfortunately her wings are clipped and she flies a little wobblely but hopefully some time and practice will help!!