How do i take care of my two new parakeets?

3 Responses to “How do i take care of my two new parakeets?”

1. lilly on October 2nd, 2008 12:57 am
   First of all, you have to buy them a cage. buy them toys so they are always entertained and buy them the proper food. you have to wait for about two weeks so they can get used to there cage. After about two weeks you can try to take them out of the cage BUT you have to have there wings clipped.
2. swimmingaggie on October 4th, 2008 5:08 pm
   Follow above^^ (buy cage, toys, perches, water bottle) Leave them in the cage for the first couple days or they might have a birdie heart attack if you take them out. Make sure to keep their wings clipped so they don’t go flying into things and hurt themselves. At night put a sheet over their cage so they know it’s time to sleep, this also makes them more calm. Change the bottom of their cage about once a week. You can just use newspaper to line it, and just throw away and change it. Also, you’ll actually need to CLEAN the ENTIRE cage (toys and all) about once a month. Take the birds out and hose down the whole cage getting off all the poop and stuff. Make sure to play a lot with your birds and pet them and talk to them. My first bird, a parakeet, used to talk to us all the time!! We loved him and he lived about 9 years! Because you have 2 birds, they might be a little more apt to talk to each other then to play with you, so make sure to play with them often. Also, you can use a spray water bottle to spray them with water to clean their plumage. Good luck and have fun!!!!!!!
3. Jen E on October 8th, 2008 2:30 am
   if they get along buy 1 cage if not 2
   buy food and water put them in the dishes
   buy perches for them to sit on
   toys to entertain them
   they sell starter kits for this
   also buy a book on how to take care of them

   also as long as you dont let them outside you DONT HAVE TO clip there wings i think it would suck not being able to fly being a bird and all haha

   also i dont cover mine and there fine they freak if i cover them because they wont go to sleep until i do

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