Bird Behavior

1.First get a new cage for the new parakeet, then put them next to each other to let them get used to it.

2.After that, if they are both friendly to each other then let them out at the same time. 3.If they are still being nice then let them explore each others cage.

4.Put the NEWEST budgie in your original budgies cage but only leave them in for about 30mins then take the other budgie out.

5.Slowly increase the time until they are in the same cage all the time

Remember to cancel the whole operation if they start to fight and keep the other cage incase you need to separate them. DO NOT put a male and a female in the same cage unless you know how to look after the chicks properly. Do not put two females in the same cage unless they get along. Remember, do it slowly because how would you like it if you came home to find a stranger eating your food and watching your TV?

Also, put two of everything in the cage. Two cuttle bones 2 food dishes 2 water dishes ect.

If you want to do it with more of them then you need to put MORE cages next to each other, have MORE of everthing and stuff like that so for the moment i would just add one and take it from there

Also, quarenteen your new bird to make sure its not ill and if it shows any signs of illness take it to the vets and do not add it to your other bird unless your vet says yes

Here are some good budgie sites:

www.budgieplace.com

www.parrotparrot.com

Good luck!

give the food to them once a week or daily.soon they will get used to them. or you can put the veggies in their food dish and bury it in side. soon your parakeet will dig it up, think that he found something awesome and slowly peck at it.

If they do, they will cuddle up next to each other with their wings touching as they perch. If they don't, they will fight with each other and keep their distance.Also if they like each other they will feed each other.

Well, it depends on what size bird you want. Obviously, parakeets are larger and seem to be louder. Lovebirds have a softer, more high pitched voice. Lovebirds do a loud, even higher-pitched voice when they want to get attention. Lovebirds are affectionate, so you'd better get two to keep each other company. Parakeets are larger and are the birds you can train to talk.

You have to buy a breeding box, when u get home take out your parakeet and place the breeding box inside with the egg. Leave the box open, and when parakeet sits inside close the box or its door. If this doesn't work, I'm sorry.

Of course you can! In fact an all seed diet is very unhealthy for your bird. It can decrease there life span by half. They espescially like lettuce or oranges.

VARY YOUR PARAKEETS DIET!

Any Parakeet can talk. You just have to train them. Talk around them alot like a parrot.

males generally are more apt to speak than females. not all parakeets talk if youre referring to the broader category of 'keets which include budgies, quakers, rosellas, ringnecks etc. hand tamed birds are more likely to talk than parent raised.

I have been reading so much about parakeets lately and I read that it may be because of lack of exercise. So try to take your parakeets out of their cage once in a while. You can also try putting some new toys in their cage and introducing new toys once they get tierd of the old one.

up in the trees, migrate and bathe and drink together, too. very social birds.

They can do. However please bear in mind that different species of birds have different beaks.

Birds with short beaks are fed small grain-size foods which they can break open. Whilst birds with large beaks are fed larger food which they won't accidentally swallow and choke on.
Parakeets can eat finch food, but they should ideally have food produced specifically for parakeets due to their beak differences.


There is some great information on the internet, such as this article (click here), about feeding birds.

There are many different species of small parrot that are referred to as parakeets. The most commonly kept species is the budgerigar. Budgies can live to be in their late teens or early twenties if they are well cared for, but most pet budgies do not live that long due to bad breeder practices, poor nutrition and lack of proper veterinary care.

The best species depends largely upon the lifestyle and personality of the human caretaker. Even though they are smaller than other kinds of parrots, most species are very noisy and messy. A budgerigar is a good species to start out with to see if living with parakeets is right for you. Check to see if a local bird rescue organization will let you foster a bird for a few months to see if it will work out. It's a bad idea to treat parakeets as disposable just because they are often cheaper and more easily available than large species. If well cared for, the lifetime commitment of parakeet ownership can be 15 years or more.

This usually depends on the budgie or the store. If you buy a really fancy budgie, it may cost as much as a ferret or more. A regular budgie costs as much as $20-$29.

To communicate. All living animals communicate with each other, either through body language, sounds or both.

In the wild, parakeets make screeching sounds to communicate with other birds.

Birds are also a lot more socially complex than most people realise.

When feeding, wild birds will normally split into groups, while one group feeds, the other group will circle the food from the air or keep watch from trees, acting as sentries or guards. If a predator is spotted, the birds will call out to their feeding friends to get away.

Parakeets make noises to communicate either with other birds or their human family. They will also use sound to warn others of dangers.

blue and white or green and yellow

Oh! I asked this question myself when i got my parakeet! You can very easily tell how old your parakeet is, just by looking at the lines on it's head. You must estimate though. There is no exact way of knowing how old your parakeet is unless you watch it hatch. If the black lines on a parakeet's head are very very close to it's beak, it is a very young bird. As the bird gets older, the lines on its head by its beak seem to disappear. if there are lines on the back of a parakeets head,expect it to die soon. Parakeets don't live that long.

Birds are capable of turning their heads almost completely backwards to enable them to reach feathers on their entire body to preen them, and to be able to see all area around them. Your parakeet is perfectly normal.

Noodles should be fine for parakeets, as an occasional treat. Don't feed them egg noodles (although these are probably still okay). My cockatiel likes spicy ramen soup. I've had to keep him from climbing into the bowl.

They can, but the egg will obviously not have an embryo inside. This laying causes an incredible amount of stress to the bird, so she must receive calcium supplements. If the egg is removed from the nest/cage, she will likely lay another one, so some pet stores or bird specialty stores carry fake eggs to put in, that won't rot like real eggs, and that will lower the likelihood of her laying more.

somewhere around 15 bucks (give or take a few bucks). My advice: don't buy-instead check the found ads in the paper every day. It's how I got 2 of my 3 birds and a lost bird sure needs a good home!

parakeets need partners or they get very lonely when your out of the room,shool,work,ect.

It's the little colored band above their beak with the two little holes in it. You can tell a male and a female apart by the color of the cere once the birds are older. The cere will be blue if it is a boy and pinkish brown if it is a girl. The colors will change often when they are under 6 months old, but when they are about that age the color will settle. A cere is the nose

im not sure how to tell you but get a parakeet hanbook or a guide instead of wating your time on here. guide books tell you everything you need to know.