that just means their molting, its no big deal
The upside of having a parakeet is you have a bird with colorful feathers. The downside is incessant squawking and screeching, biting, and parakeet food scattered all over the floor.
you can leave them together all the time
For the most part,budgies are very cleans animals.In fact,all birds are pretty clean.But when you do want to clean your parakeet,I would suggest a few sprays with a small spray bottle.Mine love love water.Its especially nice during a hot summer to cool them off.
Can they eat strawberries? Yes, I feed them to my parakeet all the time.
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If your parakeet has sticky, but dried head feathers he could have an Trichomonas infection. This type of an infection is caused by a protozoal organism and produces heavy mucus which the bird will spit up. When it is flung around from its mouth, it will stick to the feathers and when it dries it feels just like someone had put hair styling gel in the feathers. The treatment for this type infection is Ronex or Ronivet - S or any medication that contains Ronidazole.
The longer the better, and it all depends on you and your schedule. A lone parakeet will benefit and be tamer the longer you spend together.
It would be alright as long as the parakeet does not feel sick or frightened at all. If the y feel frightened then the parakeet might die.
Usually until it gets all of its feathers.
A bird might ruffle its feathers to remove something on the feathers, to put feathers back in place where they belong after preening or after being handled, etc. Ruffling is just a way of putting feathers back where they belong.
It depends...if your bird does it from time to time he is malting, naturally losing feathers, if your bird does it all the time you need to ask a vet. because he could be sick.
If you're bird is pulling out any feathers at all, make sure it is not stressed. Sometimes the bird is stressed. It could be from a harsh light, it being to cold/hot, or from being alone and neglected. Also, after mating there is a good chance any feathers will be pulled. A lot of times the bird is just preening itself and happens to pluck out a feather. It doesn't hurt them at all. It may even just seem like they are pulling out feathers, when they aren't. One just gets hit and falls out.