my parents said i might get one and supplies for chrismas...
anybody know anything or have advice about these birds?
anybody know anything or have advice about these birds?
BUDGIES!
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feed them more than just seed... try to get him on fruits and veggies as well. they can be finicky about what they will eat, just keep trying until you find what they like.... I also prefer males as they are a bit eaiser to tame and are are more likely to talk, but both genders make fine pets, and females can do it too. thats all the extra advice I can think of, just remember to clip those wings!
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hi, males have a strong blue patch of on top of their beaks, females have any other color, could be pinkish or lavanader. they like toys, and should be very noisy. for one a large cage is needed. Not the cages they sell for finshes. If u get a pair they a fairly easy to breed. Thy like wooden box nests for a house and for breeding. They dont resist cold to wel. Besides that just proper food and watch him for illness. I good sign something not right is if u notice they have certain ways of sleeping or doing things you quickly notice when somethings wrongs as these birds will do that, especially if they sleep with their head under the win funny or burried in backwards...lets see fruits and veggies a must. for exercise, get bars that run in all directions..some slanted too. swings, mirrors, ropes...all kinds of stuff. let me know if theres anything else 
oh yeah they can live pto 10years
oh yeah they can live pto 10years
ADOPT!
and convert them to a pelleted diet, with fruits, veggies and other human grade foods..avoid chocolate, apple seeds, avacado..coffee beans.
woffy, most parrots will sleep with their heads buried into their backs..it isn't a good indication of illness, almost all parrots i've ever had(i've kept parrots for almost 13 years) slept this way, and nothing was ever wrong.
good ways to tell of illness would be heavy breathing, sneezing, wet nostrils, puffed up all the time, lethargic, loss of appetite, sitting on the bottom of the cage, watery feces(sometimes fruits will give them watery poops, look for poops where the solid part is more like liquid, they will also change the color of the poop)
good luck with it, hope it lives a long and very happy life with you. just remember that if you get one, YOU are its flock, and it will want to be with you.
and convert them to a pelleted diet, with fruits, veggies and other human grade foods..avoid chocolate, apple seeds, avacado..coffee beans.
woffy, most parrots will sleep with their heads buried into their backs..it isn't a good indication of illness, almost all parrots i've ever had(i've kept parrots for almost 13 years) slept this way, and nothing was ever wrong.
good ways to tell of illness would be heavy breathing, sneezing, wet nostrils, puffed up all the time, lethargic, loss of appetite, sitting on the bottom of the cage, watery feces(sometimes fruits will give them watery poops, look for poops where the solid part is more like liquid, they will also change the color of the poop)
good luck with it, hope it lives a long and very happy life with you. just remember that if you get one, YOU are its flock, and it will want to be with you.
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Get the wings clipped so you can let them out of their cage. Get toys. High quality food from a pet store, not teh grocery store. lots of raw fresh fruits and veggies every day. Mine used to like to take a shower with me. A blanket to cover 3 sides and the top with the front open at bedtime. You are the flock!
mmmmm..... imo its not as important where the food comes from or what brand it is than weither or not the keets are getting enough variety, though obviously certian brands are better than others.
Yep you are right! But the parrot/keet/tiel food in my grocery store is just barely above what I feed to the birds outside. Though the birds outside at the feeders look happy
well, grocery store bird foods are horrid..the only food i get for my birds at the supermarket are fruits and veggies. i feed none of my birds seeds. i feed pellets, fruits, veggies, pasta, rice, legumes. i would also rely on good brands of food..rather than just any brand..if higher quality foods are given the rist of disease is lesser than if just any quality food is given.
for example, LM bird foods, or hartz(LM is a hartz product) has a tendancy to be older, and less quality..resulting is the seeds or oats growimg mold, causing aspergillosis. im my earlier years of bird keeping i had many birds die from this when feeding LM products, i switched to zupreem pellets and never had a sick bird since.
seeds, if fed exclusively..are VERY bad for birds. even if seeds are fed..it should be in moderation.
if you cannot adopt a budgie(there are many in shelters waiting for a home for christmas) then i'd advise you to get a baby, so converting is easier. adults tend to be very picky, and are extremely hard to wean off of seeds.
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