Which do you prefer A male or female Cockatiel?
By irishmist
@irishmist (3814)
United States
May 10, 2007 9:39pm CST
I have had 3 cockatiels in my life, and I like having a male better. The first time I had a set of Cockatiels, Randy & Rosie. Randy was so sweet!, but Rosie did'nt like people, and was really witchy to Randy. I now have Timmy and he is a sweetheart! I've had him almost 3 years, and I could go on and on about him. I think males are more friendly and outgoing, and learn more than females. What do you think?
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@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
18 May 07
In my experience it varies from one bird to the next and has very little to do with the bird's gender. It has more to do with how the bird was raised, and who raised them. Handfeeding the birds makes a huge difference. It can be very difficult to make a bird friendly if it was not handfed as a baby.
Right now I have five adult cockatiels and four juveniles running around. Of the five adults 3 are male, two are female. One of the males is super friendly, one is only friendly to me, and one loves talking to people but doesn't want to be touched. Of the females one loves everyone, and the other only likes my wife and bites most other people. Since we've raised so many birds (we don't handfeed), I can tell you that it really is just a matter of how much time you spend with them as babies. We've raised some very friendly cockatiels even though we don't hand feed. At times when we have more babies than we can play with, a few will be less friendly with people. Al of them typically get along just as well with other birds though.
@irishmist (3814)
• United States
18 May 07
Wow that's a handful!:) What a differance in personality. Do you raise the birds and sell them? Do they have their own room.
@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
18 May 07
We used to sell them to a local bird store for $15-$25 depending on the coloration. We've also given them to friends as pets. We donated a few to a retirement home with an aviary. We've only kept two of the babies they've had which are no pretty grown up. We currently have four babies running around that are almost weened. We're not sure what we'll do with them when they're grown up.
We're going to apply for a breeder's license so we can start selling them for a respectable price, but it's not really a money maker since we only have one pair that breed.
@houses (19)
• India
14 May 07
I like male cockteils bcz they can talk much better than females as uhave said males aere more friendly than females . I bought my cockteils one male and the other female at the begining they going on well but later the female turned out to be mischevous as it used to bite and make lots of noise.I never used to allow anyone to touch her bacause she used to bite everyone including me . As didnt know how to train her I had to give her away now I have only male he is friendly .we play together
@irishmist (3814)
• United States
14 May 07
Yes that was the problem I had with my first set of teils. I think it is best if you have only one bird in the cage, they will pay more attention to you, plus lol less messy.
