From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold cockatiels at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with these birds. A cockatiel that hisses is one of the most misread birds in pet keeping. Owners assume aggression when the bird is communicating something quite specific. This … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold cage birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with budgies, cockatiels, canaries, and aviary birds. In that time, the thing that has impressed him most about these animals is not how much they can learn. It … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold cockatiels at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with these birds. The crest is the most expressive feature a cockatiel has. Once you can read it accurately, you can read the bird’s emotional state from across the … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold cockatiels at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of watching these birds communicate in ways that most owners underestimate. A cockatiel that has gone quiet suddenly is one of the more significant signals an owner can observe, and one of … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold cockatiels at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with these birds. In that time, he has had countless worried phone calls from UK owners describing the same thing — a cockatiel that has suddenly started shaking, trembling, … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has sold and kept cockatiels at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with one of the UK’s most popular cage birds. A cockatiel that bites its owner is one of the most common behaviour complaints he hears — and one of the … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold cockatiels at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with these birds. In that time, he has reassured countless worried owners whose normally sweet cockatiel suddenly started hissing at them. This is his honest, practical guide on what … Read more