I have no tail, but that doesn`t seem to slow me down - I can fly really well! My last home was a screened off courtyard where I was able to fly with lots of branches set up for me to perch on and fly between. Could you give me a nice space to fly safely too?
In nature, cockatiels live in large flocks. A single bird in a cage spends much of his/her life being lonely because humans have things they must do that take them away. We therefore will only adopt a single cockatiel to a household if there is already at least one cockatiel living there. Otherwise, cockatiels must be adopted in groups of two or more.