Comments on: Are Mirrors Bad For Parrots? Healthy Vs Unhealthy Behavior

By: Margaret Haren

Margaret Haren — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 23:25:14 +0000

Hi Pierre,
I am looking after a friends Cockatiel and all she seems to do is sleep. Always puffed up so I was wondering would it be her age. No one seems to know how old she is. I thought she may have worms but I am having a devil of a time to find worming stuff for the bird. My other Cockatiel has problems with plucking out feathers from the other bird and Mr. Google said it is Sexual frustration.
My bird is a lot younger and lives in a separate cage which is open all day so he sits on top of her cage trying to engage with her but shes not interested much in him unless I separate the cages then they cry out to one another. Any help would be appreciated

By: June

June — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 03:49:42 +0000

desperately lonely bird
mate died
mirror can’t do more damage
than what is being done

By: Annelly Wightman

Annelly Wightman — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 20:06:38 +0000

Hi I have had different types of birds for many years, I have never put a mirror in their cage. It will stop a bird learning to talk. My African Grey who is now 18 has never had a mirror. Always new toys every three to four months. He has never plucked his feathers. Speaks very well.

By: Sioe Ming

Sioe Ming — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 10:58:43 +0000

I have a Sun Conure , he/she is alone but practically he’s with me all day cuddling and playing. But I didn’t put any mirror in his cage because I read somewhere else that mirror is not good for birds and you confirmed it. Thank youuu

By: Toni LaPoint

Toni LaPoint — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 21:07:35 +0000

So I was given a cockatiel who already had a mirror in his cage along with bad habits because of this. He would sleep at the bottom of the cage try to bite anyone that try’s to go near the mirror. He now sleeps on his perch and we let him out of his cage so he’s not as obsessed but there’s still issues. My question is , Can I take the mirror out without traumatizing him. We are trying to tame him, he’s a biter!!

By: Lucia

Lucia — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 21:40:03 +0000

My about 9 year old cockatiel is obsessed with her mirror. When I adopted her, the mirror stayed with her. Any toys I out in her cage she is scared of or will ignore and avoid that side of the cage and keep playing with the mirror. I am away from home a lot during the day as I’m still studying and my outside of school schedule has also gotten quite busy, I know she needs more social time with me, often it will only be late at night. Depseralty need help to stop this and her feather plucking…any advice is really appreciated.