Budgies As Childrens Pets
Discussion
ali_kat said:
Remember to close windows & doors when opening cage to allow the Budgie to fly around the room 
From memory of kine as a child, remove dog from room while stupid budgie flies round room straight into dogs open mouth!!!- no budgies were harmed in our house, dog too stunned to crunch on stupid budgie, budgie fell from dogs mouth to the floor, flew off once saliva had dried...
I have budgies in an aviary so a bit different but obviously essentially the same. I would say Budgies do make good childrens pets, they are easy to look after and not large enough to do any harm with their beak if they get hold of you in the wrong mood. I would say that one on its own is probably not a good idea, they are social birds so you need two or be able to guarantee human contact for most of the day. Having two will mean they will not talk (they don’t all do so anyway) but they can still trained to come on to your hand, which I imagine a child would want. The latter is easiest to do with a young bird so that is a key thing to look out for. Ideally get a barhead (their nest feathers before their first molt) which means they are somewhere between 6 weeks and 3-4 months in age, and thus you know definitely what you are getting. On average I would say pet budgies live for c7 years so that’s another thing to think about.
Defo get a Barrhead a s these are young babies ready for taming, this picture shows a barhead with the barring going right down to the cere, on older birds this will moult out and the birds will not be classed as babies, once ours start moulting out they are removed from the pet baby cages and put in the flight for people to grow on as breeding birds.
6-8weeks is ideal age, and provide plenty of millet sprays, mix some groats into the seed and never feed trill always find best budgie if you can.
6-8weeks is ideal age, and provide plenty of millet sprays, mix some groats into the seed and never feed trill always find best budgie if you can.
steve j said:
Budgies are charming pets, but have needs like other animals. As well as seed, don`t forget millet, fruit, maybe a bit of lettuce or carrot. They do enjoy a good bath in luke warm water too which can be fun.
though limited millet as they tend to eat this over the balanced seed mix and it can make them fat.Cuttlefish, salt blocks, crushed egg shells etc. The cage should be large enough for them to stretch their wings out fully at the same time. Not too cluttered with toys and different size perches to exercise their feet and different textures. Apple wood is good (as long as clean)
I love the fact your daughter wants a budgie over the usual requests of rabbits and hamsters
bexVN said:
though limited millet as they tend to eat this over the balanced seed mix and it can make them fat.Cuttlefish, salt blocks, crushed egg shells etc. The cage should be large enough for them to stretch their wings out fully at the same time. Not too cluttered with toys and different size perches to exercise their feet and different textures. Apple wood is good (as long as clean)
I love the fact your daughter wants a budgie over the usual requests of rabbits and hamsters
The youngest daughter loves birds, the eldest daughter was not convinced, until we popped to Rogers Pets, Filton. The owners were really helpful, got birds out, showed them how to hold the birds etc, she then fell in love with them too.
Just looked at the link to the cage, don't put water in the feeders provided if they are the ones that the bird has to put his head into( difficult t see from the picture), budgies have been known to get into the feeders and drown them selves.
Instead have a clip on water fountain.
Baby budgies must have plenty of access to millet sprays so don't be tight with it, at around 8 months you can cut back to 2 sprays a week.
Photo please of the budgie, we all love photos.
Instead have a clip on water fountain.
Baby budgies must have plenty of access to millet sprays so don't be tight with it, at around 8 months you can cut back to 2 sprays a week.
Photo please of the budgie, we all love photos.
rosie11 said:
Just looked at the link to the cage, don't put water in the feeders provided if they are the ones that the bird has to put his head into( difficult t see from the picture), budgies have been known to get into the feeders and drown them selves.
Instead have a clip on water fountain.
Baby budgies must have plenty of access to millet sprays so don't be tight with it, at around 8 months you can cut back to 2 sprays a week.
Photo please of the budgie, we all love photos.
Thanks for that, we have already bought a silo type water feeder, the plastic feeders will be for grit & "Best Budgie"Instead have a clip on water fountain.
Baby budgies must have plenty of access to millet sprays so don't be tight with it, at around 8 months you can cut back to 2 sprays a week.
Photo please of the budgie, we all love photos.
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