Pets can be different. Quite often these are small multi-colored exotic birds.
Budgies Short description
If a responsible decision is made to acquire a pet, you should prepare for this event. Before choosing a budgie, get acquainted with information that will help to avoid mistakes when buying.
The birthplace of budgies is Australia. They perfectly take root at home and are unpretentious in care. The sizes of decorative representatives of birds are rather small. Body length is eighteen to twenty centimeters, wingspan - up to ten centimeters. The long tail has a stepped shape. Budgerigars have strong tenacious legs. They climb beautifully along the branches, and also quickly move on a flat surface.
Under natural conditions, birds have a green color. You can meet birds and other colors. Parrots of yellow, blue and even white color with a decorative black pattern were bred in artificial conditions.
Budgerigars are quite sociable. They love to swim. They have excellent eyesight and hearing. Amenable to learning. They have the ability to imitate the singing of various birds, as well as voice other sounds and repeat individual words. The lifespan of these birds is fifteen years.
How to choose a budgie?
To purchase a pet, it is better to go to a specialized pet store. Take your time buying it. Before choosing a budgie, you should know what to look for. First of all, pay attention to his condition. The bird must
be healthy. How to determine this? Evaluate the appearance
of the parrots. In normal condition, they are quite active. The birds chirp cheerfully and move around in the cage. Their plumage is not broken, has no bald spots. Beak and paws without growths and damage. Eyes are brilliant.
You should not buy a bird that sits with a cracker. Ruffled feathers with damage indicate its poor condition. Also, you should not purchase a bird if there are other unhealthy individuals in the aviary. The likelihood that the acquired parrot can also get sick is very high.
In addition to external signs, the age of the bird is important. Adults do not take root well in the new conditions. Therefore, you should buy parrots at the age of 1-2 months.
How to choose a budgerigar, so as not to be mistaken with the age of the bird? It can be determined by external signs. Birds up to three months old have wavy plumage on their heads, eyes are completely painted black. Rainbow circles around the eyes appear later. Black marks are present on the cornea of the beak.
How to choose a budgie - a boy or a girl?
When choosing a parrot, buyers quite often want to purchase either a male or a female. To do this, you must be able to distinguish between them. This is especially important when acquiring a pair of birds. You can choose a budgerigar - male or female - according to external data. The main hallmark of the floor is the color of the waxen, located in the upper part of the beak. In males, it is painted in blue or blue. The opposite sex has a growth over the pink or brown beak. In size, the males are slightly larger. They are more sociable and mobile.
Pet care
Moving a bird always causes her stress. Falling into new conditions, the budgerigar must get comfortable and get used to the new conditions of detention. Before choosing a budgie, you should familiarize yourself with the rules of its maintenance and feeding. In a new place, favorable conditions should be created for him and fodder prepared. At the pet store you need to ask about the diet of the bird. In the presence of the usual food and good conditions, the pet will pretty soon get comfortable after transportation and moving it to a new place. Gradually the budgerigar will get used to the location of the feeder and drinker. Later it will be possible to modify the diet.
Bird training
How to choose a budgie to speak? This question arises among many lovers of domestic animals. When choosing a pet, preference is given to budgies because of the ability to imitate. For training, it is better to choose a boy under the age of those months. They are easier to learn. A lonely bird quickly gets used to its owner.
Before starting training, the bird must be allowed to get used to the owner. A hand-held parrot recognizes its owner, sits on his shoulder and takes food from his hands. In order for the pet to remember certain words and phrases, it is necessary to constantly talk with him. Moreover, communication should be unobtrusive and enjoyable. When learning other sounds should not distract the parrot. The presence of prying voices or the presence of other birds will distract the pet. Training begins with simple words that are repeated many times in his presence. After the lesson is learned and the bird speaks, the task can be complicated.