These articles describe what you need to know to
properly care for your pet cockatiel

Caring For Your Cockatiel

• Activity and Housing

• What To Look For When Purchasing Your Bird New

• Cages and Accessories

• Blood Feathers

• To Clip or Not to Clip

• Bird First Aid

• Cockatiel Night Frights

• Plumes and Fumes

• General Bird Care and Environment

• Who's the Pet Here? Housing Your Pet Cockatiel

• Feathers, Molting, and "Dandruff"

• Tips and Tales - Holiday (and other) Hazards

• Clipping Cockatiel Wings, Nails and Beaks

• How Can You Tell If A Feather Is A Blood-Feather? New

• Pairs, Bonded, Proven or What?  New

• Safe Natural Wood Branches For Perches New

• Incessant Egg Laying In Cockatiels

• Bird Care Guide

• Items Toxic to Cockatiels

• Safe Plants and Trees

• Out With The Old, In With The New New

• Acclimatizing Your Cockatiel New

• Alert!!! Danger!!! New

• The Importance of Quarantine (An example) New

• Avian Disease Information New

Veterinary Reading Room

• Is My Bird Sick?

• Obesity In Birds

• A Practical Guide To Disinfection

• Sour Crop in Neonates

• Bird Owners Beware!

• The Cost of Death vs. The Cost of Veterinary Care

• Discourage Egg Laying

• Gram Stains

• Bacterial Testing

• The Routine Avian Examination

• What is a Safe Toy?

• Feathers

• Wing, Nail and Beak Management

• Causes of Feather Loss

• Avian Obesity

Avian Diseases

• Allergic Alveolitis 

• Aspergillosis Sinusitis

• Avian Bacterial Disease

• Avian Influenza - Bird Flu New

• Bumblefoot and Your Bird

• Conjunctivitis In Cockatiels

• Bacterial Enteritis Diseases

• Polyoma Virus

• Psittacosis

• Compendium of Psittacosis (Chlamydiosis Control)
  PART II. C. Psittaci Infections Among Humans (Psittacosis)PART III. Epidemiologic Investigations (Psittacosis)

• Giardia Infections In Birds

• Giardiasis In Cockatiels

• Fatty Liver Disease New

Cockatiel Nutrition

• What Should I Feed My Pet Cockatiel?

• Avian Nutrition

• Calcium Phosphorus, Vitamin D3 New

• Avian Nutritional Diseases

• Feeding Cockatiels

• Converting the Seed Junky To Pellets

• Sprouting Seeds, Grain & Pulses  New

• Foundation For A Healthy Bird

• Seeds In A Bird's Diet

• Vitamin A Deficiency  New

• Diet

• Calcium - Needs and Dangers

• Sprouting or Germinating Seeds New

• Food For Breeding Parents New

• Egg Food Made Easy  New

Recipes

• Bean Recipes

• Breads & Muffins

• Rice Recipes

• Salads

• Treats

• Veggie Recipes

• Cooked Rice Mixtures

• Egg Food

• Nestling Food & Formula Mix

Cockatiel Behavior

• Should I Get A Second Cockatiel?

•  Hormonal Behavior In Parrots

• Birds: Feather Picking/Plucking

• Training And Taming Your Pet Cockatiel

• Are Your Birds Bored?

• Help, My Bird's Screaming is Driving Me Crazy!

• Establish Yourself As Top Bird

• Communication & Social Behavior in Cockatiels
  

  Part I - The Cock's Song

  Part II - Vocal Communication

  Part III - The Pecking Order

Projects

• Acrylic Bird Carrier

• Compost From Cage Pans New

• Make Your Cement Perches

• Mineral & Calcium Blocks

• Make Your Own Brooder