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Originally Posted by chachi  Thank you! I just read that they can be housed with other birds. Do you think a parakeet and a cockatiel could be housed together? |
They should be able to. It normally works out better & easier if they're both around the same age that way they can grow up together. With our first 2 cockatiels, after our very first one passed, our female was by herself for about 6 months. We were waiting for the right time to purchase another one (my dad was very heartbroken because that was his baby boy) so when we finally purchased another cockatiel, they were about 2 or 3 years apart in age from each other. We actually had to buy another cage for the new one to sleep in because we didn't want to stress our female out. They did get used to each other and would jump from cage to cage throughout the day & play on their perch, but at night we kept them in seperate cages for safety.
At night, make sure you leave some sort of nightlight on for them. Cockatiels are known for "night-frights" which are very scary. Cockatiels don't have very good eyesight at night so a nightlight helps a great deal, but you still wanna cover the cage up, just leave the back open so they can see the light. When a cockatiel has a night-fright, they flap around & try to fly in their cage which can become very dangerous because they can break wing feathers which can cause severe bleeding. I expierenced a few episodes of those & they're not fun, but you have to remain calm & stop the bleeding asap.
Sorry I got off topic, but to finalize your question, like I said they should be fine together. Just monitor them day by day & if you notice them having any aggression to each other, then you may have to seperate them.