Best Cockatiel Trainings

There are many things that you can learn in cockatiel training. Two of the many tips you can learn are speech and shoulder exercise. The speech of a cockatiel is comprehensible; however, they are not comparable to its bigger bird relatives like the parrots and the mynahs.

In cockatiel training, if you want to teach your bird to talk or speak begin with easy expressions. Start with 2 syllable words like “papa”, “baba”, or “hello” or whatever is similar to the three mentioned. Make certain that the first word that you taught has been properly learned already before you start teaching your pet another word.

Training in speech will obtain a lot of perseverance and patience but when practiced regularly, this can be done. Cockatiels, if if owned when it is easy to tame and when you got it at a young age, they would want to commune with you if you communicate with them regularly.

There is also what we call the shoulder training – this would be helpful to owners since you would not have to spend the whole day playing with them with your finger up and out for your bird. Since cockatiels are a lot smaller than the parrots, it will be safe to have them sit on your shoulder as they will not do any damage even if they choose to bite.

Some cockatiels instantly run from your finger, climb up your arm then go right to your shoulder as if they have been doing this all the time. If your pet acts the same, this would only mean that you have your hands to do other things while your bird sits on your shoulder.

If this is not the case, in cockatiel training, some birds may have to be placed on your shoulder once or twice so they can get the feel of being there and they can also realize the joy of being able to get around the house with not much of a fuss.

Another thing to consider in cockatiel training especially in shoulder- riding is that since cockatiels are light, you might not remember that he is actually on your shoulder. You should check your shoulder if your bird is on it before checking who’s knocking on the door to be on the safe side.

You must consider this too when going to the kitchen especially when this involves cooking, and when this involves a hot oven or burner. Again, cockatiels are very light and that sometimes when they get too quiet, it would not be hard to forget that they are actually on your shoulder.

Remember that should you come to a decision that a cockatiel that shoulder – rides is what you want and like, be very careful of the jewelry and accessories that you are wearing at that time. Not only will your bird try to break your accessories or jewelry, they might also be intoxicated to these because of some reasons that we are not aware of.