Cockaitiel help

[HandaBear]

I have two cockatiels a 4 year old male, who has some issues. He is friendly for the most part, but does not like being touched, or petted, and a 6 month old female, who is very social and friendly.

They are noisy! When I go into another room all they do is scream, I have tryed everything and nothing works. Sometimes I can't tell if it is one or both or who is making the noise.

If I take one out of the cage I have to take both out, and if one wants to go back I have to put both back because they will get upset. They never seem happy.

I am at my wits end, I don't always have time to put them to bed at the same time everyday or wake them up at the same time everyday, for the most part that have an ok schedual but not all the time.

My male does not want to be out of the cage, so I let him stay in, but when my female wants out and he doesn't he gets mad because she is out, but he wants her to come back to the cage.

All they do is get upset and scream, should I rehome them? And if so should I rehome one or both? I don't know what to do anymore.

[Lady Kakata]

DON'T rehome them! Don't give up on them so soon!

The reason they are screaming when you are going to another room is called a 'finding call'. My Bonnie yells whenever I leave the room if there is no-one else in the house (and soemtimes even when there IS someone else in the room!) as she wants to know where I've gone

This bemused me until I looked it up online, so don't worry, it's a natural reaction! The cockatiel simply is going 'Oh no! Oh no! Where did you go? Are you there? Don't leave me! Answer me!'. Normally I whistle back at my birds to reassure them I haven't disappeared, yes they answer back but it's reassuring for them to know that I've gone somewhere traceable and that they don't need to worry. If I go out the room and won't be back in a while (i.e. I'm going to the other side of the house to do my laundry) then I don't answer them as they won't hear me and they simply quieten down after a while, they accept that I've gone.

Cockatiels who don't want to be touched or petted aren't uncommon; your 'tiel simply isn't tame like your female. My Angel isn't hand-tame but loves being petted and I can hand-feed her sunflower seeds, while Bonnie is hand-tame but hates being petted (I can feed her seeds after a bit of encouragement but she's suspicious of anything I offer her, she wants to taste it on her own first!)
I'll leave it to the other 'tiel owners here for advice on how to hand-tame your male since I'm in the process of getting Angel to trust me.

Your pair sound as if they are bonded, hence the upset when they are 'seperated' by any means. I think a good idea here might be to get a playstand or a java-type perch to attatch near the mouth of the cage so that the female can be out and about and the male can stew in his own juices inside the cage, but leave the door open so he can see her and she can return to the cage when she likes

Don't give up on them, you just need time and patience to get to know them and for them to love and trust you. A birds trust is not won easily!

[HandaBear]

I have been dealing with this problem for over three months.

Its only my male who is always screaming, my female does call to me when i'm away to long but once i call back she ok, but male will non-stop scream even if i'm in the same room. My female could care less if she is with the male, it's my male who get mad when she is doing something he is not. She is a sweet heart, its just he is not.

I have had him for about a year and thought he has some issues being alone so I got him a female to keep him happy but it doesn work, he is screamer. I should of made that more clear.

When he does not want to be pick up, but wants to back to his cage he will scream but not let us pick him up to get him back to his cage, he wants to go back and knows that we will bring him to it, but he doesn't want to be picked up. Then he screams and get really upset.