Hi everyone

[ParrotsForLife]

Cockatiels are usually both very sweet and very smart, but I can assure you that if you insist on a thing that they keep telling you that they don't like that at some point they will have enough and they will bite you. This does not mean that they don't love you, but it does mean that your relationship with him is one sided because you don't listen to him and he is smart enough to know this. For parrots the act of biting is a last resort for when all other attempts to talk to you fail. But to try to help you learn to listen to your bird here is a link that will help you to understand their body language which is their primary means of talking to you.
http://www.drcockatiel.com/cockatiel-in ... ior-guide/
http://www.birdsnways.com/wisdom/ww15eii.htm
http://littlefeatheredbuddies.com/info/ ... guage.html
I think that these will help you to understand your bird much better. Read them and let me know what you think, ok?

I understand his body language very well i know when he dosent like something because he either hisses or nibbles on my finger or changes his crest ive had him since he was a baby

[ParrotsForLife]

Cockatiels are usually both very sweet and very smart, but I can assure you that if you insist on a thing that they keep telling you that they don't like that at some point they will have enough and they will bite you. This does not mean that they don't love you, but it does mean that your relationship with him is one sided because you don't listen to him and he is smart enough to know this. For parrots the act of biting is a last resort for when all other attempts to talk to you fail. But to try to help you learn to listen to your bird here is a link that will help you to understand their body language which is their primary means of talking to you.
http://www.drcockatiel.com/cockatiel-in ... ior-guide/
http://www.birdsnways.com/wisdom/ww15eii.htm
http://littlefeatheredbuddies.com/info/ ... guage.html
I think that these will help you to understand your bird much better. Read them and let me know what you think, ok?

Wow some of those signs i didnt know like the skinny cockatiel thanks for the links

[Wolf]

I am glad to help if I can. I still refer to these links with my birds and they still help me. There is just so much to learn about these incredible birds that I just don't think that we can learn too much about them.