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Care of Birds
Cage birds have been valued for thousands of years. In the past three or four centuries, birds have been bred extensively in captivity. Keeping a pet bird is very different than keeping a pet mammal. They are not just a feathered kitten or puppy. Avian companions require special care and this is the category to find out all about that.
2,523 Questions
Why does your parakeet continuously run back and forth in his cage?
Parakeets were once wild animals and their instinct is to be hyper-vigilant about their environment. In the wild, this is how they stay alive! They can be watchful and use their eyes and ears to sense if danger is near! You could be a predator, or someone that they don't completely trust...OR they may just be watching to see what you will say or do. All of this is just instinct. They like being softly talked to in a sweet tone of voice. They will listen. Remember how much bigger human beings are, to birds! If someone the size of a house approached a human being (like you), you would stay in one place and watch for signs of danger, too! :)
How do you make a parakeet happy?
I have a parakeet too. Here's what you do:
Just put a blanket; towel; etc. over it's cage when you want it to go to sleep. make sure all light is out of it's cage. simple! hope i helped
The list of things not to give your parakeet is a pretty good sized one, you really should research which foods you would like to give them. The BIG no-no's are choclate, milk and avacado. Remember: Parakeets are lactoseintolerant.
Yes, they can live outside. Mine are ok right now, but in the fall in winter, I think best to take them inside. My dad won't let me take them inside. ={
Here's how to tell that they don't feel good or is sick.- Sits at the bottom of the cage.
- Does not fly recently.
- Closes eyes everyday a lot.
- Barley eats or drinks anything.
- Does not interact.
- Let you touch him.
- Does not hang on any bars.
Here's what is SHOULD be doing.
- Sits on the top of the cage.
- Flys very much.
- Doesn't close eyes very long/a lot.
- Eats and drinks more likely.
- Interacts.
- Does not let you touch him. (Some will because they are trained)
- Hangs on bar on top of cage.
What should you do when a parakeet lays a egg?
You put the eggs carefully in a box in the corner of your parakeet's cage. Then you make sure the box is warm and put the eggs in the warm box and put the mother and father next to it, so they can fertilize it . After that you will have a baby parakeet in need of care.
Can parakeets eat a hamster food like sunflower seeds?
They should not eat salted sunflower seeds, the salt is toxic and can kill them.
Either buy unsalted seeds or wash them with warm water for a while . Parakeets are very small so too much salt could add up quickly in them, and too many sunflower seeds may be to much fat as well.
Just try a couple unsalted.
How do you know a parakeet lays eggs?
Your parakeet will sit in a secluded place in the cage, such as a corner under some newspaper(if that is at the bottom).
My experience with a parakeet pair is that the female will spend time on the bottom of the cage looking for material to pile together to form a nest. If nothing is available the female could lay an egg anyway, even if a male isn't around. Without nesting material, the female I had pushed the egg around for most of a day until it broke. With nesting material (a small cardboard box with shredded paper and string) the female went inside, layed one or more eggs, and sat on them until they hatched (since she was also with a male bird).
She will probaly eat a lot more than normal. To test, put some sticks in her cage- and if she starts to build a nest then that usally means she's going to lay eggs in about a couple of days and to stop her having eggs make sure it is not warm where she is.
If your female has mated with a male parakeet, chances are eggs are on the way. However, females keets can lay infertile eggs without the benefit of a male bird (hormonal thing). There's really no way you would know in advance that a female is getting ready to lay eggs except that she may exhibit nesting behavior or her cloaca could look swollen just prior to laying an egg.
First you must figure out if your parakeet is Male or Female. To tell the gender of your parakeet look at the 'cere' above your birds beak. If this is bright blue then your budgie is a Male. If it is a Pinkish-Brown then your budgie is a Female. Males will not lay eggs.
You can get a rough idea of whether or not your budgie will lay eggs by reading these dot points. If all of these are 'ticked off' then it will be a quite, probable possibility:
1) Your budgie is female
2)There is an easy to access Nestbox
3)there is plenty of food
4)there is plenty of clean water
DO NOT GIVE YOUR BIRD A NESTBOX UNLESS IF YOU A PROPERLY BREEDING THEM OR PROBLEMS MAY OCCUR SUCH AS EGG BINDING!
Do parakeets sit on their eggs?
nope. sometimes females will lay eggs even if no male is around. they're not fertilized, though.
All members of the parrot family are able to see in colour. The males are more colourful in order to attract the females. Also, they can see the bright colours of the flowers on which they often feed.
When do baby parakeets get feathers?
It usually starts 'pin' feathers after 3 weeks. After about 4-5 weeks the bird will be fully feathered. Also, after about 6 weeks they are ready to leave the nest.
If it is young and you are talking about feather plucking etc. or you cut it's wings and want to know when they will grow back... a bird will molt in Spring (just after winter, to rid itself of extra feathers), they only molt once a year, if you have cut the wing, it will molt and grow back once a year.. however if the feather has been pulled out, it will immediately start growing back..
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
What is the importance of birds?
Birds are excellent natural indicators of the health of many ecosystems. They are the literal canary in the coalmine--when birds disappear from an area, it normally signals the deteriorating health of the entire ecosystem. The Importance of BirdsBirds eat insects. They are a natural way to control pests in gardens, on farms, and other places. They aid in the pollinization of plants. By landing on a plant or sucking the nectar from a flower, and then moving on to the next, a bird does the job usually associated with bees. Birds also have a good system for spreading seeds. They eat berries and then when they "dispose of" their waste, the berry seeds are disposed along with it. Bird feces provide good fertilization for the seeds with which they are dropped, giving seeds very good conditions with which to grow. Above all things, what birds gave us was the dream of flying. Perhaps without birds, we never would have imagined the possibility of flight. Because they could do it, we envisioned the ability for ourselves and made the vision a reality.
Definitely not. They are too high in salt and fat.
Food processed for humans should never be fed to birds as it is extremely harmful to them. Bear in mind that birds are smaller than humans, so it takes less to kill them.
One chip to a bird is the equivalent of 20 chips to a human.
There are great articles available online which give some useful advice about bird food and treats.
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.
yes but, make sure you cut it in little pieces or it will choke and die.
When will a parakeet start talking?
- Step 1
Prepare the training area. Before you can begin teaching your parakeet to talk, you need to establish a training area where you can interact with the animal one-on-one. The best training area will be a room that is quiet and dark. This allows both you and the parakeet to concentrate better. Anyway, after you have picked out your training room, you can begin preparing it by setting up a second cage. Just make sure that the cage remains empty of toys or other parakeets, since they will distract your bird during training. Only water is needed.
- Step 2
Develop a schedule for the parakeet's talking sessions. Teaching parakeets to talk is something that requires diligence, patience and most importantly time. If you want to ensure your training sessions are having any impact, you will need to talk with your parakeet at least 15 minutes a day. Of course, if you can do 30 minutes or more, you increase your chances of success.
- Step 3
Place a towel over the parakeet's cage. Before you begin your training session, you will want to drape a towel over the parakeet's cage. This allows the parakeet to become less distracted from outside stimuli.
- Step 4
Start the training process. After everything is in place, begin teaching your parakeet how to talk by slowly repeating a phrase. Place emphasis on words that begin with b, t, w, k or p, since these are the easiest for parakeets to imitate. Also, make sure you only repeat one phrase for each session. Do not move onto a new phrase until your parakeet has learned the first one. This might seem really annoying for you, but this is the best method for teaching your parakeet how to talk.
- Step 5
Reward your parakeet. After your parakeet has successfully imitated a phrase, give them a bird treat. This will help bring about a positive association with both 'talking' and its training session.
- Step 6
Give the parakeet something to talk to when they're in their main cage. You will want to try and encourage your parakeet to imitate talking sounds all the time, whether or not they are in their training session. That's why you need to provide either another parakeet or a mirror for them to communicate with. Of these options, obviously the parakeet is better, but if this is not possible you can use a mirror to 'imitate' the existence of a second parakeet.
- Step 7
Use a tape recorder for days you cannot do training. If you can't physically assist your parakeet in a talking session, use a tape recorder to play back phrases.
How do you tell if a parakeet is a girl?
It's often really difficult to tell the sex of your parakeet or budgie. They are only sexually dimorphic on their cere. The cere is the fleshy part just above their beak. It is the area of skin around their nostrils. The remaining areas of a budgie body, whether male or female are too similar, often identical, to be able to tell the difference in gender.
However, if your budgie is younger than twelve months, then it may be impossible to visually identify whether it's gender is male or a female. If that is the case, then you will have to take your budgie to an avian veterinarian to be surgically sexed.
To determine parakeet gender yourself, take a look at the cere. In normal variety males the cere will be blue or purplish. If your budgie is recessive pied, fallow, lacewing, lutino, or dark-eyed clear then the cere will be bright purple or ping.
All female budgie varieties develop a white, tan, or brown cere. The brown ceres tend to be flaky and thick.
Some experts also agree that there are some behavior differences between budgie sexes. While this isn't scientific evidence that they're either a male or a female it can help in the parakeet gender identification process. Behavior differences include:
Male Parakeets:
-Head bobbing
-More Singing
-More Active and Social
Female Parakeets:
-Bossy
-Louder
-Don't generally sing
I hope this was helpful :)
How big should a cage for 1 parakeet be?
Parakeet nest boxes need to be at least 6" x 7" x 7" with a 1.5" diameter hole, although some breeders prefer a wider nest box with the hole st off to one side so the female doesn't land on the eggs when she enters. In that case, I recommend a box around 6" x 7" x 10" (H x D x W).
What is tthe life cycle of a parakeet?
Eggs- Hatching- Nestling- Juvenile- Prenuptual Molt- Adulthood- Reproduction- Death
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.
How do you tell a boy parakeet from a girl parakeet if they are the same color?
It is very difficult to determine the gender of a budgie when they are young. Wait a couple of months until they grow. Then if it turns into a brownish colour then it will be a girl, if it turns a bluish-purple colour than it will be a boy.
What is the difference between male and female bourkes parakeet?
Generally, a male Bourke's parakeet has a blue forehead and the female lacks the blue coloring. Males are also larger than females.
If a parakeet is green and yellow is it a girl or a boy?
No. In parakeets the color of the feathers is not how to tell the sex of a bird. The area where the birds nostrils are is how you tell the sex of a parakeet. If this area is a greenish or blueish it is a male. If this area is a light tan or pinkish it is a female.
