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Budgie (Parakeet)

The budgie (parakeet) is often thought of as a "beginner bird," however, this social, outgoing little bird deserves just as much care and attention as larger parrots. Budgies are playful, love food and they can rival any parrot in terms ...

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Feather Duster Budgies

The Feather Duster Budgie is a mutation that might make you doubt a bird is inside all the curly, overgrown feathers ...
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Budgies, Cockatiels & Lovebirds Are Parrots Too!

Here's a look at some common small bird myths and facts ...
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Small Birds Do Talk!

Bigger birds aren’t the only ones talking. In fact, some of the smaller parrots are capable of mimicking human speech and can even amass impressive vocabularies. Here’s a look at some of the tiny talkers of the pet bird world ...
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Bird-Inspired Prose From Kevin Brockmeier

Kevin Brockmeier takes readers on a journey to a city where everyone sings, except a mute man who raises parakeets. And then something amazing happens ...
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3 Tricks Your Budgie Can Do!

There are many behaviors that a budgie will do naturally. With some practice, you can give a cue for the natural behavior, and then have a nice behavior your budgie can perform upon request ...
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New World Parrots: Conures, Amazons, Macaws & More

Parrots can be categorized according to Old World psittacines and New World psittacines. Do you know if your parrots are "Team Old World" or "Team New World"? ...
Green Parakeet

Perks Of Owning A Pet Parakeet

Parakeets as pets are a manageable size, entertaining, social, and talkative. Small enough to fit in your apartment and travel with you, parakeets can make great pets. Check out these 8 perks of sharing your life with a parakeet ...
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Pet Birds & Children

Find out the real reasons why budgies and cockatiels can make wonderful pets for children, as well as all the wrong reasons for bringing a small bird into your home ...
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Budgie Sounds

Budgies (parakeets) chatter a lot, as budgie owners will have noticed. What does all that chatter mean? Here are some common budgie sounds and what they might mean ...
Green Parakeet

Budgie Vs. Cockatiel — Which Is Right For You?

For years, budgies, also called parakeets, were the most numerous companion birds, and only recently were overtaken by cockatiels. If you’re looking at getting one or the other, how do they compare? ...
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Top Toys For Parakeets

Give your budgie (aka "parakeet") some toys! You will be wildly entertained as your budgie plays, and your budgie will stay active and engaged without getting into any mischief from boredom ...
Presidents & Their Pet Parrots

Presidents & Their Pet Parrots

Can you imagine a parrot perched in the White House? It’s probably happened at some point during our country’s history; after all, some of our past presidents had parrot companions during their presidencies. Here is a list of presidents who ...
blue budgie / Parakeet on a perch

In the Mood for Great Parakeet Food?

Lafeber bird foods are a simple and healthy way for you to feed your budgie/parakeet! ...

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Sind wir schlechte Vogelhalter?

Hallo! Bei uns ist neulich ein Wellensittich gestorben ungefähr 2 Monate bei uns war. Sind wir schlechte Vogelhalter? ...

Budgie egg

Hi my budgie laid an egg and its been 21 days and hen is not even going into cage since 1 egg broke out of the breeding box. So this egg will not hatch right? Can I remove the egg ...

birds beak

1 of my budgies beak grows longer than the others he has natural wood perches, cuttlebone and mineral block but it seems he never uses them his beak has had to be trimmed a couple times already how to I ...

Budgie survivsl

My cage fell and the male budgie got frantic snd flew off and the female with the 4 baby budgies and 2 budgies that are about 8 days old are in the nest box...will the mother budgie be able to ...

Taming

I was given a 5-year-old budgie that had never been out of its cage approximately 8 months ago. I want to be able to check its ears and head as it's doing a lot of scratching and I'm wondering if ...

My budgie sneezes everytime after being fed

Everytime after a feeding my budgie sneezed any idea why this is it has done this for a week now is a hand fed budgie has no symptoms of being sick it just sneezes everytime I feed it 🤔 ...

Hurting a bird

Budgie mom attack their 2 month chick how to stop?? ...

Cn a Female Budgie Take Care of Her Fertile Eggs Solely by Herself?

My male budgie escaped from the cage( no one in the household was present to control the situation) and left his female after she laid four eggs for the first time after about two weeks. He cared for her all ...

Traumatized budgie

Hi there my name is Paula I’m trying to help a lady interstate who has lost her very tame chatty bird One exactly like him had been found in the area and doesn’t talk Is it possible it’s due to ...

Budgie fighting

My bajriga bird laid four eggs. But only one egg hatched. The remaining three eggs were infertile. The baby Budgie died at the age of two days. So yesterday my mom took out the rest of the eggs too. My ...
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