Always look for the Pets shop that is clean and 'professional'. Ask question to check whether the shop owner know about Cockatiel. They will able to give you some good advise on how to handle the birds, the characteristic of the individual birds, their diet, housing and also guide to care for a pet cockatiel. Check if they are the breeder, normally the breeder will know more information about the cockatiel compared to average pet shop owner. Well, not everyone have the willingness (effort) and patient to overcome the obstacle to breed and raise a healthy and tame pet Cockatiel, while many can display and sell them as one of their stock in the shop!
Always Buy a tame Cockatiel!Choose a Healthy Bird
(Young one is better if you would like to teach him some trick - Older birds from good home also nice)
Buying a pet Cockatiel for pets is different from buying a cockatiel for display (in an aviary) or for the purpose of breeding. Normally, only hand feed Cockatiel will become tame ( please note that there are always some exception). Therefore, ask the seller whether the cockatiel that he sell is hand feed. well, if you intend to keep a cockatiel for pet (able to let them out from cage and play with you), this is the best way - and also to reduce the stress in both the birds and you - the owner.
Choose a Healthy Bird
This is very important point. A healthy bird give you a hassle free and good experience of keeping pets. There are some sign that you should look out for this. Some point that you should remember is that the bird must physically alert, with good feather condition and no wet dropping. One way to check the Cockatiel is to observe the birds from "far". the bird must active and very "sociable". Don't choose the bird that is not active or like to "sleep" in one corner of the cage - even they look tame. However, please note that the Cockatiel will "active" and try to run away if you observe them too close. You can minimize this risk / problem if you able to buy the cockatiel from a reputable breeder.
