How can I find my old pictures?

[Sil-El]

I wonder if anyone could advise what's the best course of action for a situation that is developing with our cockatiels?

 

We've had cockatiels for years and always had boys, but a few weeks ago, Charlie died suddenly and as his friend Barney does not take well to being alone, we quickly sourced a new friend for him - Casey - a gorgeous white faced Cinnamon cockatiel who is approx 4 months old. In fact she's so young the breeder we got her from said it's not possible to tell whether she's really a girl or not yet, but as she's so pretty we decided she's a girl.

 

This evening we have had this guess pretty much confirmed by the sight of Barney (aged 14 years) mating with her!

 

She's far too young to breed from and we don't really want to have baby birds anyway. So apart from putting them in separate cages, is there much else we can do?

 

We never even thought about this when we got her to be honest, particularly as we weren't sure if she was a girl.

 

Any advice would be much appreciated.

[sarahjayne]

We have 2 cockatiels which I think are both boys, we have never seen them mating. These are the first cockatiels we have had so I am far from an expert. Apart from not giving them anywhere to nest, could you take any eggs away immediately if they are laid? I may be completely wrong though.

[Sil-El]

We had thought of taking away any eggs, although the hope is that we don't get that far because she's a bit young yet for laying eggs.

 

Anyway, all quiet in the cage today, no signs of hanky panky at all

 

Perhaps Barney has got it out of his system so to speak

 

Hope so anyway, we will have to keep an eye on things and see how it pans out.

 

Thanks for your advice

[Luvachicken]

Would love to see some photos.

I do love cockatiels but am not allowed any