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I made my nesting box earlier today and my parakeets love it. This is what I did:
1: Get a box with some sort of lid. (A 6 by 6 box is a good size for parakeets)
2: Get a knife and cut a 2 diameter hole right underneath the lid. Then, get some Duct Tape and tape down the sides of the lid. Make sure the tape is smooth so they dont peck at it.
3: Make some small holes in the back of the box so you can look in a the parakeet without disturbing it.
4: Get some materials for the inside of the nest. I used dead grass, but some of the other things you could use are hay or shredded newspaper. DONT use cotton because once the eggs are laid, the parakeets may not be able to find them.
5: Put the nesting box low in the cage. (I duct taped mine to the bars of the cage.)
6: Spread some of the materials you used for inside of the nesting box onto the floor of the cage and on top of the nesting box. They might want to feel like they sort of built it themselves.
7: Put some treats like mullet on top of the box and halfway sticking out of the hole. Theyll discover it on the top, and when theyre done with the mullet on top of the box, theyll go to the one sticking halfway out of the hole. Once they're done with the half thats sticking out, theyll have to go inside the box to get the rest of it.
Hope this helped! And remember, even though mine got in theirs right away, yours might wait a few days, or possibly a few weeks. :/ They'll probably be nervous and scared for awhile, but they'll grt brave and eventually go inside.
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∙ 15y agoYou dont make the box
u take a regular box and u cut it so the parakeets can fit in it
dont make it too big or too small
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What type of nest is needed for parakeets to mate?
a box
How do you introduce a nesting box to parakeets?
just place the nest box near the top of cage and make sure they have access to get in it and leave them alone
Can parakeets mate if they have a nest but not a nesting box?
I don't know any animal that is really fussy about where to have sex - including parakeets.
What are budgies nests made out of?
Parakeets don't really make nests like finches for example. In wild they nest in holes in trees, and in captivity they need nesting boxed. wild budgies use hollow trees for there nest. Domesticated budgies you have to buy a nest box or they will not mate also if u want to know how to make a nest box goggle it for peace sakes
Where can you get a nest for parakeets?
Petco and Petsmart has them
Do parakeets need a nest?
Parakeets need a nest box but not a "nest" in the traditional sense. A typical Parakeet nest box measures about 10" by 10" by 10" with a hole in the front (like a bird house) and a back where you can remove the top half to check the chicks and clean it out. In the bottom of the box, you place a wooden insert the same size as the box with a concave cut-out in the center (makes a shallow dish so the eggs stay in one place). You hang the box on the outside of the cage with the hole and a dowel (for perching) mated and secured up against a seed cup hole. No nesting material is used at all and the birds like it that way.
Can parakeets get a disease from a robins nest?
yes
How do parakeets build nests?
you do not need to give them any material the mom and dad will pick off some feathers and put them in the nest for the eggs to be you can try and give them something but they might not take it.
If your parakeet laid an egg does it need a nesting box?
In the wild, most birds would find hollows in tree trunks that other animals made and nest in them. If you are trying to breed your parakeets, you will need a nesting box. Petsmart has them, make sure you get the right size, and don't get a dark colored one. That sometimes will make them ignore it.
Why do parakeets need a breed box to hatch their eggs and what is a breed box?
Parakeets, like most other domestic Birds, like to have a place that is most like a nest. A Breed Box is a special box made out of wood or some other material. In some Breed Boxes, there may or may not be a shallow dip in it, so the mother bird thinks her 'nest' is, well, more like a nest like in the wild.If you provide a nest box, it will Encourage a pair of birds to mate, and if the the female does in fact lay eggs, then she would most likely lay them in the most nest-like spot she can find in her cage.Sometimes birds will not mate or lay eggs because they do not have a Breed Box. I know this from past experiances with my own pairs of birds. I hope my info helped you =D
What kind of stuff do pet parakeets use make their nest in a cage?
This bird has strange nesting habits. It will use nothing for nesting material. It will lay its eggs and sit on them just on the floor of its cage or nesting box or floor of the aviary.
When your parakeet lays a fertill egg?
Parakeets lay fertile eggs when they are with the opposite gender (i.e male with female) and they have a warm, comfortable place to lay it such as a nest box.
