A background check is critical. It is important that you get your bird from a reliable source. The bird should be young and should have been hand-raised. Young hand-raised birds are totally in sync with human company and more amenable to training. The bird should look bright and be alert and active. Such birds are healthy emotionally. Next, check the bird's physical health. See if the bird 's eyes are clear and bright and there should be no lumps on the eye ring. You can tell if the bird is an active specimen from its very eyes. Selection The nasal vents should be clear and open. The beak should be well-shaped and smooth.

Check the bird's legs and feet. The legs should be smooth-scaled and of equal girth. Check the feet - the redder the feet, the younger the bird. Both feet should have the same temperature. The nails should be in good condition. Check the wings. They should be held closely to the body with no signs of a droop and the feathers should be smooth, clean and lie flat against the bird's body. Next, check the bird's breathing. It should be smooth and even. The bird should have regular feeding and litter habits. And its droppings should not be runny. The color of the droppings of a healthy bird is dark green mixed with white matter. The bird should be the correct size and weight for its age. If the bird is young, it will have a smaller girth than an old bird and may even have a bald patch on the head. Ask people who know, Selection or buy from a reputable breeder. Ask the breeder to handle the bird. If it screams violently, it may be a specimen that is not used to handling and certainly not the specimen for you. Some bit of screaming is ok. If you are looking for a cockatiel that you can teach to mimick, get a male. Males are known to talk a little. Females are seldom talkers.

The price of cockatiels vary with color. As there are so many mutations, you have a huge variety of colors to choose from. Selection Selection Palm * Red-tailed Black Glossy Black ** Yellow-tailed Black *** Short-billed Black ** Long-billed Black ** Gang-gang Rose Breasted Long-billed Corella Western Corella * Little Corella Major Mitchell * Sulphur-crested Lesser Sulphur-crested Citron-crested Blue-eyed Moluccan ** Umbrella Red-vented Goffin Ducorp Cockatiel Loving More Loving Loving Loving Loving Loving Loving Loving Loving Loving Loving Loving Loving Loving Loving Loving Loving Loving More Loving More Loving Loving More Loving More Less Less More Less Less Less Less More More Less More Less Less Less Less Less More Less Less Less Less Intellegent Intellegent Intellegent Intellegent Intellegent Intellegent Intellegent Intellegent Intellegent Intellegent Intellegent More intellegent More intellegent Intellegent Intellegent More intellegent Intellegent More intellegent Intellegent More intellegent Intellegent More intellegent More Noisy Noisy Noisy More Noisy Noisy Noisy Noisy More Noisy More Noisy Noisy Noisy More Noisy More Noisy More Noisy Noisy Noisy Noisy More noisy Noisy Noisy Noisy More Noisy Less Less Less Less Less Less Less More Less Less Less More Less Less Less Less Less Less Less More More More Cockatoo Species Affection Playfully Destructive Intellegence Noisy Talk

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