Hey all you parakeet lovers! Wanna help me?!?
Alrighty, I need your advice and help.
I am planning to buy a hand raised, hand fed, very very young budgie. I have done all the research I can online, and I am still looking for more! How many parakeets should I buy? I want to tame and train and bond very well with a budgie(s), but I’m afraid he/she will be alone while I am at school. I go to high school, and the new school year’s gonna start soon, so i’ll leave at around 7:30 and be home around 3:00-4:00.
And is it possible to tame and train and bond with 2 budgies equally?
Oh, and can you give me all the details in breeding, caring, taming, training, loving, cage sizes, toys and what games they like, and ANYTHING that you can tell me about them. Please, I’d love for all you to share your parakeet knowledge with me!
Thanks a bunch!
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One budgie- if they have toys, music going, lots to do such as forage for food, use swings, and lots of room (cage bars should be no larger than 1/2 apart and minimum cage size should be 15 inches across by 18 inches wide by 24 inches high) will be much easier to tame and bond with you. Two budgies may not respond as well to you- they will be more interested in each other. There is also a chance they could breed and that is a lot of responsiblity. If you decide to get two budgies, get two males as the females can get territitorial and get egg-bound.
Keep in mind that the two birds may not like each other which would mean two cages, lots more toys and dishes, etc.
I think if you can spend time in the morning, at least 1/2 hour with him, then after school DAILY you should be fine. I would suggest to try the website Tailfeathers as they have a lot of great answers to common questions about proper care.
Keep in mind that budgies can be noisey, need medical care, proper high quality foods such as grains, vegetables, beans and seed as well as pellets. You should have emergency money in case the bird needs to see a vet. They can live for over fifteen years so this is a big commitment.
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