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Mar 15, 1, Signing off for good. No longer own fowl or poultr My Coop My Coop. Hi all! I am soon getting a parakeet and i was wondering if they make better pets alone or should i get two? Are they more easy to tame by theirself if they dont have a bird friend or does it matter? I dont want it to be lonely either. Its been a long time since i had one when i was a child. Poultrybonkers Crowing 10 Years. Mar 22, 4, 2, My Coop My Coop. If you plan on taming start with one you can always get another after it is tamed.
If you get two its a lot hard to tame them. Since none of mine are tame and I don't care for them to be mine live in a flock. I ended up getting two Budgies the day i posted this. Im working with them. If i have to seperate them to tame them i will. They are coming around nicely so far though. He will need at list two play periods lasting an hour each per day. Play with him out of his cage, gently pushing a small ball or wadded paper over to him repeatedly until he shoots it back.
Take turns ringing his bell. Introduce new foods and see if he'll eat from your hand. Repeat sounds or tunes and see if he repeats them. Even "old" birds can and do learn new tricks. If you decide to bring home a new bird, quarantine him in a different room for about a month to be sure he isn't ill.
The two birds will get used to hearing each other's voices. Then place their cages side-by-side for a week to let them get acquainted. Notice if they move closer together, chattering and tweeting, or if one is aggressive toward the other. Supervise play outside their cages and see whether they interact nicely or peck and fight. A male and female could mate, so consider whether you want to raise bird babies before you get an opposite-gender pair of 'keets.
Whether you opt for one bird or two, choose a cage with ample space. For one bird, look for a cage that is 24 inches in length, width and height.
For two birds, look for a taller cage that has plenty of perch room -- especially if you choose to keep a male and female bird together. Your bird should be able to fly from one side of the cage to the other to enjoy a sense of freedom. A successful website writer since , Elton Dunn has demonstrated experience with technology, information retrieval, usability and user experience, social media, cloud computing, and small business needs.
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If the birds fight a lot, you may have to keep them apart longer and try again in a week or so. The larger the cage, the easier the transition should be. A pair of budgies will, generally, be happier than a single budgie. They are sociable birds, and in the wild they live in large flocks. Two birds, and a couple of mirrors, will recreate the contact and noise of a flock albeit a very small one.
All your bird needs is a companion, and its socialising needs will be met. If you are only keeping one bird, you will have to provide all the social stimulation it needs. This means spending as much time as you can with it every day — which is the ideal opportunity for finger-training the budgie, and attempting to teach it a few words and phrases. To find out how many birds you can accommodate, you will need to work out the cubic capacity of your cage. This is the height x the length x the width, so that a cage measuring 90cm 35 inches in all dimensions will be ,cm 3 42, cubic inches.
Each budgie requires 65,cm 3 4, cubic inches , so in a cage of these dimensions you could fit 10 birds. Note: this is the maximum number, and you should always provide as much space as practicalities allow.
If you intend keeping other species of bird with your budgies see the sections below , adjust the calculations accordingly. Birds of similar size to budgies will require the same space, while a larger bird such as a cockatiel and you should never introduce anything larger than that to a budgie aviary will need three times the cubic space of a budgie. If your pair are both male, you may get a lot of bickering. The angry noises of bickering budgies may not be music to your ears, however.
It is important to realise that buying a budgerigar means bringing noise into the household. This is usually musical and gentle on the ear; but a couple of males with mating season hormones kicking off can be a challenge. There is no way of telling whether this is going to become an issue. When you chose your budgie he was probably in a cage with several other birds, and will have occupied a different social niche to the one he finds himself in as joint occupier of the cage in your house.
They will tend to live together very amicably, with the important proviso that at some point their thoughts are going to turn to mating. If the tools are not available, two or more birds can live happily and celibately together. Neutering your budgies is not a good option. Such a small bird is likely to die as a result of such an operation. Hens can cohabit perfectly well, and will actually squabble slightly less than males as a rule.
Factors that may upset this equilibrium include the later addition of a male to a pair of hens.
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