Re: cockatiel and green cheek
It is very doubtful your green cheek will get along with your tiel, and I know this from personal experience. I have both and here's what their behavior is in my case:
Harvey (the green cheek) meets Archemeides (aka: Spaz) for the first time. Harvey comes over to investigate. Spaz hisses and back away. Harvey follows, Spaz hisses more and crouches real low in a defensive position. Harvey gets closer and Spaz tries to bite so Harvey bites back. Spaz yelps and the two are immediately separated.
After four months, Harvey's lost interest in going anywhere near Spaz, but when he comes close, Spaz hisses and goes ballistic trying to get away. I don't pretend to understand why they don't get along, and I really wish they did, but they don't.
As for caging- unless they're a mated pair, you should never cage parrots together. They'll grow strong bonds towards each other and become aggressive to you, the owner, when you try to handle either of them.
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