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.
You should not keep the cage outside anyway. I suggest getting a new cage and keeping it inside. It may be cold for your guinea pig outside. If you didn't keep the cage outside earwigs would not have got to it.
Budgies or Parakeets do not normally eat their own feces. Be sure to clean out the bottom of the cage daily, put fresh paper or litter in the cage daily. Be sure the parakeet has access to fresh parakeet seed in a covered feeder so no feces can drop into the food. Make sure there is fresh clean water available at all times (in a covered container too). Add a cuttlebone to the side of the cage at the end of one of the perches. Make sure to clean the perches weekly using a brush made especially for that purpose. Add a little gravel to the bottom of the cage or in a treat cup, they need that gravel for helping to digest their good. Give small amounts of fresh greenery and fruit, such as tops of carrots, kale, bits of oranges, apples, bananas, etc. Regular lettuce is mostly water and can cause diarrhea. Use dark greens and feed only in small amounts. Put up some toys for your parakeet to play with.
Guinea pigs should be kept in a moderate temparature preferrably indoors. This should prevent field mice from getting into the cage. If you have any trouble you can always buy a new cage and set it up indoors.
You have to be gentle. When you first get them you should do steps. It's really easy to make them hate you. 1. First day, leave them, let them explore their new home. 2) Hand feed them. 3) Attempt to hold them in the cage. (If they don't like it or are not sure, leave them but try again the next day) 4) Hold the outside the cage in a small box. Good Luck.
As a sensible hygienic precaution.
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The smallest it can be is 18 in. Length, 18 in. Width and 24 in. Height. How much would you want to spend? It also depends on how many parakeets you get. Also, the bigger the cage the more comfortable it'll be.
Well parakeets need to be out of their cage for t least an hour a day, you can have it out longer but if your bird is one that does not like to be messed with I would suggest letting it on top of the cage and carring it just occasionaly.
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OK if u buy a parakeet nothing will happen.
no. it is just like touching an egg
Parakeet cages are generally very small, so I wouldn't recommend it. A rule of thumb is that a bird must have a large enough cage to be able to fully spread his wings, and it must be deep enough so that the bird's tail isn't damaged. Unless the parakeet cage in question is fairly large, then it should be fine. Also remember that the smaller of a cage you buy for your cockatiel, the more out-of-cage time you should provide him.
A budgie and a parakeet are the same thing.
No you can't the Alexander parakeet.
YES, but only after the American parakeet beats the English parakeet in a revolution.
Yes some say it will quiet the bird.
if you mean catch a parakeet and put it in a cage in the zoo , then yes.