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Male and Female Parakeets!?

Posted on May 12, 2012 by admin| 2 Comments

I have had a male parakeet for 8 years now, and I recently got a new one last winter. I put them in their own cages because I thought after so long the male wouldn’t like having a new bird in his space. But I didn’t know that it was a girl! I thought it was taking a long time for the cere to change to blue, and when they finally got to interacting together yesterday, they started to ‘kiss’ each other and she put her tail up in the air and his pupils got really tiny! I tried to take him away but he hopped off of my finger back to her! Eventually he let me put him back in the cage. I can’t deal with any babies but I feel bad to separate them. I think they are bonded already now! I have never had more than one bird at a time. I would like to let them be together but I want to be pretty sure they won’t have babies. I read to not give or let them make a nest box….Had anyone had personal experience with this and what did you do? Also, I noticed that the female eats everything- the cuddle bone is almost gone in a few weeks, the grainy perch covers are eaten up, and she even eats the wood perch…I gave her the mineral block and she just pooped on it. Is there anything special I need to do for female parakeets? Thanks.

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Do you have to tame every budgie you get?

Posted on May 12, 2012 by admin| 3 Comments

Hey yahoo. I am going to be a first time bird owner, and I was confused on something. Do you have to tame every budgie you get.(even if it was hand raised???) I have been doing research and all and It seems like everybody says ” well you have to tame it by……” or books will have headers Taming your bird, Taming your parakeet. And I am getting the impression that no matter what you have to tame the bird. But like I said I am still confused on that little tidbit of it. And is it true that if you get a female she will regardless of having a male or not she will lay eggs? And that if you have a female then you should have a nest box? Because if that’s the case then I will go with a male. I am continuing to do as much research as possible on the budgie before I actually get it. So I thank you for your time, and I would appreciate your answers. And please do not post a simple one word answer(ex yes, no, yes) I would appreciate it if you guys answer with at least a simple sentence. Thanks again for your time and answers. I really appreciate it tons.

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my budgie wont lay on her eggs.?

Posted on May 12, 2012 by admin| 1 Comment

ok, my bird is almost 5 months old, and shes laying eggs, and i dont know if they are fertile because she is in a cage with her dad and her.. other sibling. well i put them in a bowl with some nesting materials because i dont have anything else to put them in. in another cage i have a (lutino) hen and a cock in a nesting box and then one chick out of the 6 eggs that hatched. (the other 5 were duds). so im wondering if i should take the eggs from the one cage and put it with the lutino hen and her chick. the lution’s chick is about 18 days old, and the the first egg was lain 16 days ago.

and i have another question. in this third cage i have a hen that is on her second set of eggs this year. i didnt think that she would lay anymore (thats why i put the lutino and the male in the box) because she wasn’t in the cage with her mate, but i did see her doing it with this other male one time (which i didnt think would happen….) right now i have them in the best thing i could find that is close to a nesting box. shes in a popcorn box that has the top opened, and its on its side, on the bottom of the cage, but its really short and she cant really stand up on it. so would it be better just to put a bowl in there wit nesting things or no nesting things?

oh, thats alot. please help me.
the one that was 5 months old ate her egg. SHE ATE IT. or something. it was all gone and there were little white flecks on the bottom of the thing…

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My budgie has started sitting on her eggs?

Posted on May 11, 2012 by admin| 1 Comment

Now, I didn’t mean for them to breed but they have.

I have four budgies and one Indian Ring Neck Parrot. One of the female budgies has laid about 4 or 5 eggs in a nesting box that was already in the bird aviary and began sitting on them. Their only source of food is budgie seeds.

I wanted to know whether I should change their diet due to the female laying eggs?
What kind of food should be provided if the eggs successfully hatch?
Whether the fact that the budgies share a cage with my IRN Parrot will be of any danger to the chicks if they successfully hatch?

Any other information that would help me to assist my birds would also be helpful.

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i have pair of parakeets?

Posted on May 11, 2012 by admin| 1 Comment

I have pair of parakeet 4 month ago she was laying eggs after each other but none of them hached she was eatt?
and last time she lay about 6 eggs after sitting on them more than 2 weeks she left the eggs and never went back in to nest box and after 2 weeks i remove the eggs and the box and i tas the eggs one of the egg brake and ther was a smool baby bird.it past 4month now i decide to put back the nest box the problem is my parakeets are not even going near te box and not even making love . please i need some help what to do

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Hand feeding baby Cockatiel or parents feeding?

Posted on May 11, 2012 by admin| 5 Comments

I had purchased a breeding pair of tiels from someone recently. Apparently they gave them a few chicks and are very good parents when it comes raising the babies. I have put them in a separate room with little traffic and noise and plenty of sunshine etc.. I put in a nesting box and yesterday I saw them mating.
I was wondering when the eggs are hatched, do I have to hand feed the babies for them to be tame or could I let them take care of the babies and they end up just as tame as long as I keep interacting with them daily. The birds are friendly, but not as friendly as I would like….I understand they are still getting use to me and I am offering millet spray as a peace offering to them daily in hopes they get use to my hand. I had read somewhere though that its rare to have a friendly ‘pet’ bird and a breeding bird. It’s either one or the other. If I could have tame babies without hand feeding that would be great. (if its possible)
Thanks :)
Good suggestions guys. I will let the parents take care of the babies and just keep interacting with them daily. The babies health is most important as well as the parents! Hand tame or not, they are still lovely to watch and my boy even whistles pretty boy :)

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How Can I Get My Budgies To Mate?

Posted on May 10, 2012 by admin| 3 Comments

i have a pair
i got them a attachable nest
its not a box type
but a simple concave nest big enough for the bird
with like a soft wool as material came from pet store with the nest.

is it gona work?
or do i need a box cage that is covered from all sides?

after giving the nest
they started kissing each other
but still gets into fights when feeding
even though now i hand feed one and other eats by its self.

so any more tips
will be very help full

btw i live in saudi arabia
and its always summer here you can say that -_-
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here is how the nest looks like almost like this
but its more concave then circle
and more nesting material thats its really soft to sit on for the bird
and a bit bigger

http://www.petmountain.com/link_image/pr…

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here this is more like my nest
but more nesting material

http://www.beastlythings.co.uk/images/co…

askind second tome cauz no answer
is the nest ok?!!
do i have to buy a box?!

i have a small cage because my budgie spent most of the time outside
and only get in to eat drink and sleep

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