parkeet owners reply?

[growingupinhim]

Hi..any tips on parkeets..Should you let them out of your cage..what about them pooping all over..any firsthand accounts post,please!

 

[pgp_protector]

I have 2 Budgies

1) Dont Give them grit !!!
2) Dont cook with Teflon.
3) Dont use fabrise (The Oder Killer) around them

The above things will kill them fast !

Now for some more
If you can find harassons feed, find it, it's prob the best for your bird, check your local avain Vet, most pet food stores wont carry it because the short shelf life (no chems in it)
Clipping, Mine are uncliped, but are kept to 1 Room of the house, not much prob with them pooping all over the place, they spend most of there time in the cage, about 1-2 Hours out when Im home with them, if you have a celing fan in the room, make shure it is off when there out.. or Thwak.. no more bird.

If you have 1 spend Lots of time with them, they are a Flock bird (They like to be part of a group), I couldnt spend enough time so got another to keep them company when Im away.

Change there toys once a month to give them varity.

Great pets though, 1 will fly right to me when ever there out, the other is a little more shy

Love them both , and they make a great pet.

 

[Chocolate Bunny]

I have one and she loves to be out of the cage, but like pgp_protector I have to watch that my fan is off and door closed because her wings aren't clipped. She will sometimes fly and land on my finger if I hold it out across the room and wave it. She is very social and loves any and all attention (also fears nothing; including cats!). But she show favoritism; she bites my brothers hard but never does more than nibble me (she also went on a hunger strike the first time or two I was gone for a few days). A few years back we had several, but they never seemed to care much for humans. But made myself work with this birdie for at least an hour a day (about 30 minutes at a time) doing nothing but chasing her around the cage with my finger. She bite me several times and kept flying away but I just told myself I was more stubborn than she. When she got completely used to sitting on my finger in the cage I let her out in the room and did the same thing. Again, I set an amount of time I would spend and chased her all over the room until she would hop up on my finger. Then I moved to getting her to go in the cage on my finger with the same routine. The first few weeks were a little less than friendly between us, but don't give up, they really can be tamed and love attention.

 

[growingupinhim]

I have one and she loves to be out of the cage, but like pgp_protector I have to watch that my fan is off and door closed because her wings aren't clipped. She will sometimes fly and land on my finger if I hold it out across the room and wave it. She is very social and loves any and all attention (also fears nothing; including cats!). But she show favoritism; she bites my brothers hard but never does more than nibble me (she also went on a hunger strike the first time or two I was gone for a few days). A few years back we had several, but they never seemed to care much for humans. But made myself work with this birdie for at least an hour a day (about 30 minutes at a time) doing nothing but chasing her around the cage with my finger. She bite me several times and kept flying away but I just told myself I was more stubborn than she. When she got completely used to sitting on my finger in the cage I let her out in the room and did the same thing. Again, I set an amount of time I would spend and chased her all over the room until she would hop up on my finger. Then I moved to getting her to go in the cage on my finger with the same routine. The first few weeks were a little less than friendly between us, but don't give up, they really can be tamed and love attention.

Thanks!

 

[Ave Maria]

I have a tip for anyone considering buying a Parakeet. If you can't stand to hear a bird literally scream for 30 minutes at a time, don't get a Parakeet. I have a Parakeet which I really love but man can he be annoying sometimes! This bird will start screaming simply because I'm running water in the sink! lol I guess he's just easily irritated or something. I have owned other Parkaeets in the past though and I can tell you that not all Parakeets are like this. Mine just happens to be particularly high strung.

 

[pgp_protector]

I have a tip for anyone considering buying a Parakeet. If you can't stand to hear a bird literally scream for 30 minutes at a time, don't get a Parakeet. I have a Parakeet which I really love but man can he be annoying sometimes! This bird will start screaming simply because I'm running water in the sink! lol I guess he's just easily irritated or something. I have owned other Parkaeets in the past though and I can tell you that not all Parakeets are like this. Mine just happens to be particularly high strung.

Are you talking Parakeets (Budgies) or Parrots ?

Budgies Dont normally scream (Dont Have The Lung Power), but mine do Churp/sing in the morning a lot, and can get a little noisy if there mad at each other (Normally only during feeding time when they both want to eat at the same time)

 

[moonpye]

Hi..any tips on parkeets..Should you let them out of your cage..what about them pooping all over..any firsthand accounts post,please!

...iv'e had them, and i hated them, i mean they were cute, but they are so filthy to keep, all they do is ****, and throw seeds all over the place!, ...so finally i just fed them to my cats. .............. JK,lol

 

[Ave Maria]

Are you talking Parakeets (Budgies) or Parrots ?

Budgies Dont normally scream (Dont Have The Lung Power), but mine do Churp/sing in the morning a lot, and can get a little noisy if there mad at each other (Normally only during feeding time when they both want to eat at the same time)

Yes, I am talking about Parakeets. Every Parakeet I have ever had screamed. It doesn't scream like a Parrot does though. It's kind of a yaht yaht yaht sound. It's really a weird sound that they make and I don't really know how to explain it but every Parakeet (budgie) I've ever owned makes that sound when angry or excited about something.

 

[Mashley]

I have a parakeet. He likes to fly around the room. We also have a cat, so I make sure the cat is out of the room and the door is shut. I also make sure the fan is off. I've read that you should cover up any mirrors in the room when you let your parakeet out. Also, don't use any strong cleaners around it.

 

[pgp_protector]

I have a parakeet. He likes to fly around the room. We also have a cat, so I make sure the cat is out of the room and the door is shut. I also make sure the fan is off. I've read that you should cover up any mirrors in the room when you let your parakeet out. Also, don't use any strong cleaners around it.

True, NO Strong Cleaners, Fabrese, Teflon Cookware, Air Freshiners, ... Ect

And for the seed throwing , have you tried to switch em to pellets ? (I Use Harrison's Fine http://www.harrisonsbirdfoods.com/ ) Great food, and Much better than a seed diet for the birds.

Most of the time the birds will "throw" the seeds around is because there picking what they want vs what they dont want, and dont get a full balance of what they need. With pellets, they get every thing they need, and is better for them (Read the ingridents on a bag of seed & look at all the chems in it)

Only real prob with it is getting it. Due to there being no preservitives in it, the shelf life is too short for most pet food stores to stock it, but your local avain vet should carry it.

 

[Ave Maria]

True, NO Strong Cleaners, Fabrese, Teflon Cookware, Air Freshiners, ... Ect

And for the seed throwing , have you tried to switch em to pellets ? (I Use Harrison's Fine http://www.harrisonsbirdfoods.com/ ) Great food, and Much better than a seed diet for the birds.

Most of the time the birds will "throw" the seeds around is because there picking what they want vs what they dont want, and dont get a full balance of what they need. With pellets, they get every thing they need, and is better for them (Read the ingridents on a bag of seed & look at all the chems in it)

Only real prob with it is getting it. Due to there being no preservitives in it, the shelf life is too short for most pet food stores to stock it, but your local avain vet should carry it.

Another food that I have heard of that is supposed to be better than plain seed is nutriberries. Here is a picture of Lafeber's nutriberries for Parakeets: