@@Mivanxssa haha funny. Seriously,no need to be so rude.

HaMa AA KZfaq lmao

@@Mivanxssa you need to be lock in a cage you are unstable!!

I tried these and now I have a black eye 🤕🤕🤬

@Sky Apollo wtf you insane

I would know how much your bird hates you

he is abusing the bird and acts like he knows what he is doing

😂😂😂😂😂

@@margheritasbudgiesanddrawi4514 u new here

ikr

Dude I know you posted this forever ago bur this is ADORABLEEEE

I would love to see your bird do these things on your youtube channel if your able to show him. I have a male Cockatiel that I got two weeks ago. I have been trying to get him to trust me by letting him out all day and getting him back into the cage I have to use a little towel but I hope one day I can do what you do and put him back into his cage just by my finger or train him to go to his cage on his own so I don't even have to touch him.

@@uhavemooface You're lucky,mine won't even come out of the cage.He just sits there with an open door 3 inches away.

@@sindento1942 i agree same here

I got a cocktail 3 weeks ago and he doesn't even come out of his cage. The cage is like really tall and the door is at the bottom. He flies to the top whenever i open the door. What should i do to get him out?? Really expecting for an answer

I didn’t cut my birds wings and he flew into a window and died😖

@@itzolive-a7502 oof sad i have 2 cockteils and they hate us Ozzy is nice

Actually, cutting their flight feathers is very good if you only just started

I have 2 of them and the boy is very mean to me and at first he wasn’t when he was by himself he would let us pet his head now, but now he has a little girlfriend and he turned mean, so every time I take him away or her he would scream. I don’t know what to do.

Rob Warenko that’s exactly what I do. I treat my bird like my homie and he loves flying around and being around me

@@Mivanxssa She is obviously joking.

Anna williams YEA IK

HaMa AA KZfaq you sound mad stupid buddy

HaMa AA KZfaq - you need to chill

Tru advice thank u so much

whale

Apple

budgie o.o

Dinasour

That's nice, try to tame a women. Hardest of them all...

Same thing yo

Joseph how is it going

That comment is a year ago

@@tuhinakther7045 what are u trying to say?? His bird died a cockatiel up to 15 years

Same with mine, she hates me but I still love her. I just wish she didnt have to stay in her cage all day

He is

He abusing it like a slave

Yea

Kinda

@@nexusflip2759 no he really is

It means they think they have the same rights as you...so this could mean if he sees you open a window, he will fly for it. Just an example

He wouldn't approve of me, my bird rides on top of my head. 🙁 He plays outside of the cage all day and only goes inside at night or when I'm gone from home. He's hilarious. My previous bird lived on my shoulder close up by my ear while I typed college papers all night. He thought he was my editor and never got tired of helping me. Rode on the top of the steering wheel when I drove home. He was sure that he could drive the car.

That’s the first thing I did with my bird when I was 8 and she listened to me and bonded just fine-

@@baskervillebee6097 since you had your bird out all the time do you have any tips for bird poo? Did your birds poop a lot outside of the cage? I love my cockatiel so much but everytime I take him out for a few minutes he poops all over the place, it becomes kind of annoying because I have to clean it up right when he does it so I've found myself always carrying paper towels and Lysol wipes around

@@guermanruschke944 except you are wrong. Before I got my cockatiel one year ago I saw this video. Thanks to the many people in the comments section who said it was clearly a bad approach to tame a cockatiel, I did my own research. Birds are prey animals and they're not mammals. A cockatiel won't fly to your head because it wants to be dominant, it will fly to your head or shoulder because he can see predators from there and because it trusts you and feel safe there. Now boundaries are important with animals and if you don't want your cockatiel on your head that's fine. But his mentality is completely wrong and it's a bad approach to have in general. One year later, my cockatiel is now a grown up and he's really social, flies to strangers and let them pet him. He has a small vocabulary, knows 4 songs and is just an overall bliss. Read about it, don't just stop and believe some rando on the internet.

True

????? 😳😳😳😳Why!?

I have a budgie and he's name is Bluie

@@panajotpapaefthmiu2092 everything he is saying is 100 percent wrong

@@panajotpapaefthmiu2092 Because "disciplining" a bird is a fucking moronic idea. Same goes for any animal, but especially birds. The only thing he got right was that you shouldn't give them attention for negative behavior, other than that I'd warn against basically every single other point in this video. I mean seriously, wonder at how every other instructional video on the subject on KZfaq has people with birds that barely work for the video because they're already too friendly while this guy has one that bites at him every time he comes close. And jesus christ... Imagine having a bird and NOT letting it trust you enough around you to perch on your shoulder or head or whatever. Half the fun of them is the mischief they get up to once they're comfortable around you.

I know this is an old post but I have to say I got my very first cockatiel two weeks ago. He has a great personality and he will let you know by hissing if he wants you close to him or not. But when I have to put him back into the cage he always argues with me and doesn't want to go back in so I have to get him tired and grab a little towel and throw it onto him so he can't fly anymore to get him back into his cage. I feel this method sucks because I don't want him to be scared even though he does. I wish I could do something better but for now until he trusts me I have to do this. I don't want to keep him inside his cage 24 hours a day because that isn't healthy for him.

uhavemooface Ik this is an old comment but every time they go back in the cage give them a treat to think that the cage is a positive place

Victoria Lehr You shouldn’t put a hormonal bird in your shoulder tho, they can attack you but besides that it’s totally fine to have them there

Legendary mad lad right here

It is ok if u put in on the shoulder actually.

Drew Louis he said cockatiel it's just the mic is kind of bad

Same family, just a little smaller.

cockatiels are a kind of cockatoo

@@colorfulchameleon9891 no, but they're related to them

​@@pug6871 I believe you're wrong. I've done countless hours of research on many types of birds. My research mainly focused on cockatoos and cockatiels. Everything I've ever read (in books and on reputable websites) and every professional I've ever consulted on the topic has confirmed that they are indeed one of the 21 types of cockatoos. Their scientific name, when compared to the scientific names of cockatoos, confirms this. Even a simple Google search (even though Google can be wrong, you can fact-check it) would prove your assumption wrong. *EDIT* Looking back at my comment, I think you misunderstood it. I was stating simply that they are in the same family as cockatoos. I understand my wording was a bit odd. However, my comment above still stands. They are in the same family, but they are also a kind of cockatoo. I hope this clears that up.

Slave 💀

So where's the part that you talk about taming it lol

Actually, I don't believe in dominating any animal. They must be trained and learn manners, but they are companions, not slaves.

+SuperMichelleDJ being dominant over an animal is not necessarily making them a slave....dogs for example, if you look at a pack of stray dogs there is a dominant leader. So even if you try to be equal to a dog, they will still think either you or they are dominant because it is in their nature to either be dominant or dominated. Many dogs that are considered "mean" just believe they are the dominant pack leader. And if you know anything about cats, you know that you only do things on their terms, which is because they believe they are dominant over you. But birds view each other and their owners as equals, if they are properly trained and taken care of. If you try to be dominant over a bird, they will view you as a thing to not be trusted. Thus causing biting and other unwanted behavior

Are you sure? According to my Aunt (She knows a lot about birds) if my Cockatiel flies up to a high place she is saying that she is dominant and that she owns this territory, and that is what she does, when she gets startled she flies up to a high place

Makenziedoesntexist you are completely wrong if your not dominant then it's dominant I'm not going to bother explaining it cuz it looked like u just pulled that comment out of your ass to sound smart

Robert Sabolcki all I can say is look it up. Cockatiels have no structured hierarchy in a flock. This means that there is no "alpha" or ruling pair. Which also means that you will never find a "dominant" cockatiel. They may have behavioral problems but that is the fault of the owner either a) trying to be dominant or b) not giving them all that they need. If you doubt me you can look up "social hierarchy of cockatiels" or "cockatiel flock behavior" and you will find your answer. But you have to remember cockatiels are birds, not dogs. While dogs RELY on dominance cockatiels will not take your dominance over them lightly. Predators have "dominance" over cockatiels, cockatiels in the same flock (this includes the owner usually) are equal.

Same... I trusted the stepup part but when he said you couldn't have them on your shoulder and stuff I started feeling uneasy.

Pogayto You can’t have them on your shoulders when they’re hormonal to prevent attacks (mostly with big parrots) besides that it’s totally ok to have them in your shoulders

It might work with some people but it won't be a good experience for the bird. The bird needs to have a choice to do things, with a scared untamed bird they think that you want to trap them and you want to kill them. The only reason he was stepping up was because when you push your finger into the bird's chest theu lose their balance and are forced to step up. You should get your bird to step up by slowly introducing the hand to the bird and giving them a choice to take food from it or step onto it. If your relationship is built on trust your bird will want to come out of the cage for YOU and not force so while this might "work" it is certainly not ideal if you want a real bond with your bird.

Turretguy same but I have two birds and all of these techniques are wrong

@PATRICK SZEWCZYK absoloutley not.

I like him already!

mine just biting eating and pooping. .....I already love yours XD

Laurel Cook mines goes on my shoulder while I'm vacuuming and goes vuuuvuuuvuuu he mocks the vacuum. so cute

Laurel Cook mine likes to try and peck me and my children's eyes out! It's so much fun!

Mine NEVER EVER calms down flocking/mating calls except if I'm with her LOL

ikr

I completely agree.

hes abusing him

Vertighost I got a 'tiel when I was 4 as a gift and grew up with her. We got her when she was a month old so we were both small. She died age 18 because she was attacked by a hawk while she was still small and I guess it took its toll on her. Best friend I ever had. One of a kind, that bird.

If you are thinking about getting some I have 3 that my stepfather is trying to get rid of

Well dont listen this guy, basically all of what he just said was wrong

Kat Vlogs man i have 2 parakeet and they are running away from me :(

It's animal cruelty to keep a single bird. He gained your trust because he was too desperate, he NEEDS companion. If there's no other bird sadly he will just try being close to "it's" human.

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My cockatiel seemed to love biting so i put it in a coop with my rooster it bit the roosters toes 2 times really hard than the rooster grabbed it with its foot and held it to the ground standing on the cockatiel who was now in real danger and i grabbed the cockatiel before the rooster killed it its whole attitude changed it doesnt bite anymore and doesnt mind being picked up i assume it trusts me because i saved its life

Matt 👏 for real

but yet again doing something to your bird that he/she hates but wont despise you for it thats telling your bird that if he/she starts miss behaving he/she wont get a good treat

That's Like Saying Teaching Your children Right from wrong is bad and Cruel because you discipline them.

are the birds being hurt?

Rhiannon Cole exactly!

Yes this exactly. The guy in the video is utterly clueless.

yeah cause you would think birds see you as the dominant being

If you are talking about parrots then you are correct. Parrots and relatives are flock birds and do not have a pecking order with each other. There are birds with dominance systems though, you clearly have never owned chickens or other members of the pheasant family... Their dominance system is very long and complex, that's why we say pecking order when talking about a system of dominance. Chickens have a pecking order and are very well known for it.

Too Jack I agree

343 GUILTY SPARK AKA CHASMASS no this is dumb because the guy in the vid is saying to make the bird feel that you are dominant to it and to show how to NOT gain its trust. So you, my friend, are the real “ideot”

Some Clorox Brand bleach idiot lol

Too Jack FoRGEt YoU

@@cap4382 lol you can’t even spell

It isn't about trust it's about discipline. If you're all "love" and no discipline with any animal or children they will not know what behaviours are bad. At which point you've failed in raising them if the animal or child you've raised grows to being hostile or aggressive because you refused to stamp out bad behaviours

I got my bird a week ago and his eye is sick so i have to hold him to put the cream on his eye even tho he is very afraid. I think he hates me now

When you ignore the bird do you walk away and do something else or just look away?

I’m trying to tame 3 cockatiels right now, one is very attached friendly and trusting and 2 are shy and fearful because their previous owners abusive so I need to figure out how to get them to be trusting like the first one

@@oliverheisenwilliams2376 in my case, I just do something else and pretend it's not in the room

Crystal Washington any tips on where I could get some insight on how to train/raise my bird? Like websites or books.

Crystal Washington yeah I kinda agree, there is no "dominant bird". I tend to hate it when humans think they're above animals.

Magicdolphin30 I think he talks like that about taming. He respects birds but birds are birds, and in order to make them trust you, you should make sure bird does respect you too. If you give them the ability to clim up on you too early, without being tamed, they would just yell and scream and thats all.

Erdem Gündoğdu Erdem Gündoğdu Yes I know but he still acts like hes so above them. I guess I just dont like the way he talks. Maybe hes not like that. I think a mutual trust and relationship would be the best, thats what I have with my bird. I think you can still have respect that way. I still think you shouldn't let your bird climb on your head or things like that, but I dont see why they can't be equals.

"You really have a sense of entitlement as a human against birds." And you seem to really have a sense of entitlement as a human against other humans, so how are you any different?

please dont do that

He's true

Then why don't you go work with animals and make a video with better info then this guy. I'm sure if you were studying these kinda things you would get the same if not similar answers. Make sure you have your own CORRECT info before you go and say that his wrong or bad.

Chris B I just got a cockatiel and I may not know a lot about them but I know enough that your not supposed to “push” into a birds chest or agitate them If they are defending themselves (the biting) There are others ways to get a bird to want to be around you, it’s not gonna want a person who is consistently tiring them out by making them step up 20 times or blowing on the because they ^Are^ Defending themselves. The cockatiel showed a lot of body language that the guy ignored.. The cockatiel was obviously unhappy :/

Chris B How about you read up on them instead and maybe do a little research, bucko! You’d find that cockatiels are prey animals and are very very f*cking skittish (to the point of having night frights and severely injuring themselves if you don’t get there in time and they are freaked out enough to cage thrash). Cockatiels as a whole are pretty forgiving, but if you do the shit this guy shows all the freaking time, your birds not gonna like you. Birds are creatures of habit. This is where depression or feather plucking (form of self harm for birds) stuff happens because people like you think “Dominating” is the way to go. And then these birds end up in shelters because “They are aggressive, and untameable, and a big bad mean bird!” Or people don’t do their freaking research and get them without knowledge of their noise levels or possible destructive habits that could have been prevented or redirected at toys or something of the sort. If they are afraid, they are gonna bite and defend themselves. It’s nothing personal, just a “I don’t understand what you are doing, please back off because it’s scaring me” This cockatiel in the video was obviously handled a lot to even be tolerant of that. Yes. He/she is pretty tolerant to that dudes antics. I had Soba for 4 weeks now... He’s 9 months old and was never handled and he’ll try to fly away before even thinking of biting, which is harmful to him because the place I got him from had his wings clipped and he will fall in an effort to get away or thrash around the cage (I have to wait for him to be in a certain part of the cage for me to change his food dishes without him freaking out.. The less stress I cause him the better!). If I’m being totally honest however, I’d honestly rather him bite and be aggressive than flap around and hurt himself! But that is not how he is.. and I’ll have to work at his pace. Even if he did bite, it would still work this way, since forcing yourself into interacting with you will create a not so great bond. A bond where they will most likely develop or worsen cage aggression, and a bond where they are only interacting with you because “it’s just better If they do what you want but I’ll be more relaxed and safer in my cage”. A bond of stress. The best route for right now is just to go at his pace. Stay hands off till he’s ready to to take that next step. Play music (soba likes MxMtoons, cavetown, soft piano music, budgie taming music, and if on low volume Britney Spears, and Memories by maroon 5) read, slowly get close with him. And lots and lots of millet. I’m also currently working on his diet. All pellets only is just as bad as a seed only diet.. I’m trying to get him to try some chop and get a variation in seeds and millet as everyday treats.

Tree Quackers wow. You are honestly the smartest person I think I’ve met about birds, but ur 100% right.

The more u blow on the bird or shake it the more it will bite

You are always supposed to put them back on a good note so they start to associate you with something positive. This video needs to be removed from the internet entirely and his "techniques" are just abuse and they make the bird scared of you and thats not what you want.

Putting him in the cage when he misbehaves is bad, he’ll refuse to go to the cage after that or won’t actually understand his mistake since they think of their cage as a safe place for them.

no, pleas do not blow on the bird. instead, you should teach it not to bite, and if it randomly bites, than it is scared of you and needs patience. this man is 100% controlling the bird and is acting like he knows what he is doing. HE EVEN CALLED IT A COCKATOO

Punishing your bird does nothing

Robin i wish i could like this comment a hundred times

Sorry but no this is mearly every gamer stereo type ever

Looks nothing like him...

But it doesn’t look or sound like him

That's rude but funny

Even when he was saying not to sit the bird on your shoulder because it makes the bird think it's equal to you lol, maybe I want my bird to feel equal to me...

I need help. My mum found a cockatiel on the road and couldn't find it's owner when she went house to house. She knows I like animals so she got a temporary cage from someone my uncle knows and bright her to me. She's fairly aggressive but I'm not scared of bites. I need any advice anyone can give. She has food and water and seems to be sleeping. All I want is for her to be happy and feel safe.

Violet None Of Your Business I’m no expert I’ve never had cockatiel, I might get one soon but you should probably spend a lot of time with it and let it hang out with you while you are watching tv or KZfaq. What my mom did when she had one was she would wrap him up and pet his head for an hour two every day for a few months so he could trust her. I hope I helped

@@violetskies14 When it bites you don't pull your hand back leave it there and the Cockatiel will learn that biting won't do anything.

how did u tame it?

The Tech Genie It’s usually not recommended to do it with a hormonal bird but besides that I think it’s fine

dont follow this guys example, watch elleandthebirds she knows what shes doing

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You have any proff tho?

@@takukomarkui5424 uhm because this is not how you teach a bird. 😶

@@onetoomanyrawrs5798 kay dude

Cap

clip its wings like hes had done!

Put your fingers between his legs and he will step onto your hand..

343 GUILTY SPARK AKA CHASMASS Getting schooled? Nah, not really.. you can’t get schooled by somebody who doesn’t know basic grammar.

@@dont_give_a_flying_f No it’s SO BAD FOR BIRDS

dont watch this man, he is lying about everything. also, to get it on your finger, you should lure it with a treat

dont do this, he is punishing the bird and abusing it. he is acting like he knows what he is doing, but he is bulllying it and im 12 years old with 5 months experience, and even i know that everything hes saying is bullshit. i wish you hadnt seen this video at all, 100% lies, hes treating it like a puppet

cakey arty I blew Air at mine to not buy and he made the Turtle face -----------------maybe what you have there is a real turtle have you ever consider that??????... you got scammed..😮😚😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥

@@communistjesus Great comment lol.

I did the same to my bird and he locked me in his cage

dont do this, he is punishing the bird and abusing it. he is acting like he knows what he is doing, but he is bulllying it and im 12 years old with 5 months experience, and even i know that everything hes saying is bullshit.

Cockatiel especially can be pretty hostile even a one u raise yourself.

Mine lets me pet it and step up and it's very tame.

when your training them make sure you train one and separate him/her during his/hers training session. hope that helps.

Yea same

+Alex Alvarez did you hand feed them??? they turn out to be the best birds.

Dantheman9000 same....

Dantheman9000 you have to show them that you love them. If they bite don’t move and do anything then they will know they can trust you. Trust me, I have a VERY stubborn cockatiel that bites me everyday before I used to give it time out, but the situation got worse. I made it clear that he could trust me and then he did and he loves me and I love him. Don’t do what’s in this video. Don’t make your bird afraid of you. Put him on your shoulder. You are both equal he is a friend not a pet help captive

use a closed hand fan. My cocketiel is obsessed with them.

That's what mine does. It was easier with a baby cockatiel than an adult one.

Vet

Maybe it's sexually frustrated? He might want a partner. I don't know too much about birds, my one is about four years old, he doesn't go on our fingers but he does stay on our shoulders. He doesn't really like anyone else other then my mum, dad and I.

I have the same problem~.~

is its cage big enougth ? anyways just put youre hand in the cage and let it still for 10 or 15 minutes and repeat that a few times a week untill he is less mean or scared then do the same but maybe move your hand a bit not much and try to give it seeds or small treats. after a while it should trust you and stand on your hand if you have seeds. then once you can get it outside and it can trust you then you can start to train it and tame it further. thats what we did with our cockatiel and she uses to be like yours

I have the same problem with my 1 year old bird but as soon as I get him out his fine as long as I don't try touch him

ive bred birds and had them the older ones i get are harder so try to put one finger on his level of his perch then press aganst the bottom of his belly with that finger sideways not poking him with your finger and push slowly against him he should come up on your finger at some point then say step up or somthing then keep him there 4 5 secs 3 times a day maybe when youve done that 4 a weeks do it for ten secs still saying step up then eventually he should be tame

Baggy Gaby Birds love to be on your shoulder, it shows respect and equality.

Please please PLEASE dont do what this man did. treat your cockatiel with respect, and take it at its own pace. this man is abusing it

@@verypemvo yea, I read the comments. Btw still thanks for informing me :)

Nah bro The guys is 60% right Birds are sometimes assholes and need a treatment of “cute petting” and a bit of “playful” swings to let him understand that if he tries to pretend he’s better He just get scared when he tries And if he doesn’t do bad,gib treat And that’s another way

It depends I think when you train him you don't need to make him equal to you. That's what I did to my bird now that he's disaplined I let him on my shoulder.

and i should listen a bts stan ?

BTS suck ass

Abandoned Network yeah

it would be heartless to trim the wings of birds. it's mutilation and restraining their normal behavior. cockatiels need their free flight for several hours a day. if you want happy cockatiels, do not mutilate them that way.

Noooo don’t punish a bird please he will hate you. You’re a SCUMBAG

+Figy Figvam When my family first got ours it was a biter, hard enough to break the skin. We just kept it's cage in our living area and would spend a lot of time near her. Then we started just opening up it's cage so it could get out. And again would spend a lot of time next to her. Eventually we could get near her and it would only bite at us but no longer actual biting. Now it climbs up on my finger and loves being petted. It's no longer scared of me. But it will hiss at anyone it doesn't like. TL;DR spend a lot of time near it, eventually it will trust that you won't hurt it.

Update! So now my bird trusts me feeding it with millet spray. I have to pinch my fingers and have a little ball of the good stuff and he goes to me. But I do have to have my hand still in order not to scare my 4 year old bird.

Figy Figvam cool, Took our bird about a year to get to where it's at now. So patience is the biggest thing.

That is so true, even in life overall

Same with mine 😑😑😑😑😑😑😑

Please dont do it hes a pet store owner, and all of this is bad advice

@@hyejulko Thank you for letting me know.

Instead try luring them on to your hand with millet

Rosemary Dagosto 18 years old? Wow

That’s really sad

yes

Erick Hernandez you can also whistle for it to attack someone

+TheOld SchoolWolf I whistle aggressive attack everything

I don't remember ever seeing any Cockatiels in Ark...

deathscreton I never mentioned ARK ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

ok

yeah.. don’t follow his tips.