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caring for ringneck parakeets questions?

Posted on September 17, 2010 by admin| 1 Comment

hello, we are thinking of getting a breeding pair of ringneck parakeets to keep in our OUTDOOR aviary. They will be in a part by themselves with no other birds. we would like some questions to be answered please- firstly can they stay outside? are they hardy enough to stay outside during the winter, how cold can they stand it to get? would i need to buy a special nest box for them or would they be ok with a cockatiel nest box to breed in? finally, is there a special parakeet seed mix that i need to feed them or would they be ok with cockatiel feed (plus the fruit and veg they need)? Thank you!
thanks jared, that helped loads- can i just check where are you from because if you’re from USA then your winter is ALOT hotter than ours in the UK. Thanks

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BUDGIES, how can i make nest boxes for them or where can i get them cheap?

Posted on August 29, 2010 by admin| 2 Comments

I have 7 bird 3 males and 4 females, I have them in this huge aviary and i would like to breed them, but i only have one nest box. How can i make my own nest boxes for them. I was thinking of taking some balloons, and paper mashaying them, then cuttingg a hole on one side, then painting them, and then hang them up, but i dont know if that is a good idea. If you got any ideas please tell me. If not…… Do you know any where i can get them cheap.

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Tagged Aviary, balloons, Bird, box, budgies, cuttingg, females, hole, nest, nest box, nest boxes, painting, paper, side, thinking

Help!!! i have a nest freshly build, under my deck. i hate to touch it really but is on top of my Jacuzzi .?

Posted on August 24, 2010 by admin| 4 Comments

the nest is empty at this time, and would like to keep it under the deck for the sake of the hardworking mother bird and her future chicks, but under my Jacuzzi i can’t have it, so im thinking of moving it 3 feet away, same height. The new under the deck don’t have same support plank as where the nest is, if i place a box and make wide hole would it work? guess it would have to be weatherproof maybe wooded box? i need to know what to do before she give birth, any suggestion will help!

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Tagged 3 feet, Bird, box, chicks, deck, hardworking mother, jacuzzi, mother, mother bird, nest, sake, suggestion, thinking, time, top

Baby parakeet wont eat!! I have handfed it. Now wont eat it!!?

Posted on July 4, 2010 by admin| 3 Comments

I started to handfeed 2 parakeets when the parents flew away. They are about to have all of their feathers and 1 of them used to eat so well but now he refuses to eat. He will not eat seed we had started them on millit and he eats just a little bit of that. I am thinking of puting him in a parakeet nesting box with the other birds his age are with the parents feeding it. What should i do? put in the box? or what action and if u know i would like to know what has too?

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Thinking of getting a Bearded Dragon?

Posted on June 25, 2010 by admin| 7 Comments

I am thinking of getting a bearded dragon. I have had alot of pets (dogs, cats, birds, rodents…etc.) over the years and am fairly experienced at keeping pets, but I have never had a lizard of any kind. I was told a Beardie was a good first lizard. I need advise on feeding and especially housing. Are crickets better then worms? What is the best housing? I was looking up habitats on petstore sites, but I don’t know what’s better, the aquariums, or the screened cages. It seems like the airflow in the screen cages wouls be better, but I am worried the lizard will damage it and escape, and one reviewer on one site said he had problems with CRICKETS eating the screens! Also, what is more important to the Beardie, floor space to strech out, or head space to climb up (a long enclosure or a high enclosure)? If you know a good website to order good habitats from that would be apreciated! ThanX.

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