Hello! This is Lulu. My male cockatiel. 11 months old.
This started recently. This one week I tried to convert him to roudybush pellets. Slowly I increase pellets and decrease seeds. He does great. Eats them. But of course prefers seeds and finishes them first. When there are only pellets left, he starts hinting at me that I need to fill bowl with seeds. I know he won't die of hunger so I just wait. Mostly he chirped like that when I didn't "listen" to his demand. When I ignore him, he goes and eats pellets anyways because he is hungry. His droppings are solid btw. Slowly changing from dark to slightly brighter color. And he doesn't starve. I make sure of it.
He also gained confidence and flies more. (Or maybe it is a concern? He always was a perch potato and flied only max 8 circles around our apartment and then would want us to pick him) He always flied clumsily. Now he does very "elegant" bird flight XD He even learned how to land on me. It was a first in 5 months he has been with me.
Tho, the chirping became frequent. Do I need to worry about chirping?