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I have a female cockatiel (dna sexed) who screams constantly and pushes her behind up when she does. We also have a male but they are not caged together. When she screams, he screams and it is driving us mad. We are almost to the point of giving them away. We have had her about 2 1/2 years and she has done this before but she stops for awhile. This time she has not stopped at all for the last 6 months. If she can hear him, she screams constantly. It is cold and the only place we have to put her out of the room away from him is colder than the living room where they are normally kept. I am at my wits end here.
I have tried putting them together and he bites her (he bit her about 6 times in the 2 hours she was with him). He is happy and only screams if she screams.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

when you had them together how long were they together for? when you introduce 2 birds to eachother there will be fighting and peeking at eachother but that is normal i think she is screaming becuase she wants to be with him. when you put them in the same cage whos cage did you put them in was it the cocks cage or the hens cage? was it a completyly new cage? birds will be territorial when someone comes in there home, if you want to try to house them toghether again try putting them in a complety new cage wiht all new toys and everything this way neither bird is fimiliar wiht its surrundings or you can put them in either birds cage but change the positioing of the cage and everything in the cage.

how old are your birds? why have you never housed them toghether? are you worried about breeding?
if so they can still be housed together with out breeding and laying eggs if you want to house them together but are worried about breeding you can not supply them wiht a nest box so they have no place to lay there eggs this will usually stop alot of birds from breeding but remember not all birds will accpet this some might still mate and lay, if this does happen and you dont want the eggs to hatch once she has layed all egs you can boil the eggs then put them back in there cage let them sit on them until they get bored then remove them, hope i was to some help.

I cleaned out her cage and put them in it. Should I try putting them in his cage? I do not want to buy a new cage. They both have large cages on stands. He doesnt act like he wants to be with her, but I am willing to try anything.

I'm not much help, but I can tell you that I think "sticking the behind up in the air" is a female cyclical thing. My female has always done it periodically for several days at a time. Possibly it's a bird heat or something. While she's doing this, she chirps and is very affectionate when I hold her. Fortunately her chirping is low-volume & pleasant to listen to. I would say that this cycle comes once a month or every other month, getting farther apart as she ages.

that is how it use to be. but now it has been going on for over 6 months with no stopping. I am going to try putting them together again and if that doesn't work, then I am giving them away or at least her away. It will have to be a good home though because I will worry about her. thanks for your help

if you dont want to buy a new cage clean 1 of there cages out completey wash everything and chancge all the toys e.t.c around even put there food bowl were the water was and the water were the food was then put them in there and leave them alone they will fight and pick at eachother but give it time only seperate them if they are really full on fighting at eachother serious enough the draw blood.