The BIGGEST Mistakes Made with Parakeets (Budgies)

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[Afaan_Rai]

People really don’t think good for budgies as they are widely available and are cheap. They need love and affection as any other bird

[RebeccaStout]

I wish to God I knew this back when I had budgies . Some never got tame. One was only semi tame. My parrotlet never tamed and ruled the home. I was always so down these little jewels weren't tame. I see now I just didn't know any better. It's great to know all of this now

[asseyez-vous]

Top mistake: leaving them in the cage permanently, and never really interacting with them. Oh, love the jacket Jamieleigh 👍🏻

[patriciagagne]

Top mistake: accepting the budgie as a "scared little bird" and never giving them the space to be the confident bird they can be.

[mikaylamoonbaeee]

I just recently got into learning proper care for birds after my mom having 2 caged buggies for 5-6 years. They are caged bound, eating an all seed diet, have a small store bought cage with no natural perches & 2 toys in cage at most. they also share a food bowl & I’m sure you can guess how that works out.🤦🏻‍♀️ I want to give these birds a good life for however long they have left. Just purchased a flight cage for them. I will be buying toys, natural wood perches & there own food bowls. Then I’m gonna try and work on changing there diet & then work on taming them. I have a lot of work to do but I’m determined.😃😅

[suek]

I had parakeets from the time I was about seven years old until I was 25. They were all wonderful, and I trained them myself. I never used a stick or treats to train them. We used to get them from a breeder when they were really young. They were all talkers, very tame, and lived to be about eight years old. If somebody asked me how to train them, I would really have to think about it because I don’t know it was just common sense and easy for me. Out of all the pets I’ve had in my lifetime by the way I’m 70 now, I think I enjoyed my parakeet the most. They were wonderful pets, but didn’t live long enough to my liking.

[TheParrotTeacher]

Budgies are always seen as an easy pet that just sits in it's cage all day but they are so much more! Such intelligent creatures and we'd love a flock when we move to a bigger place!

[debbieschultz]

I had a parakeet when I got my first apartment and this bird was quite the ham. She was in a tall cage and the lid was off all day. I kept her clipped and she followed me wherever I went. She had a vocabulary of a three years old! She had so much personality and she was better than a roommate. I had a basket that I kept on the bathroom counter where she perched. I’d wash my face and she would jump in my hands as I cupped the water and take a bath!! ❤️

[tarajh]

Leaving them alone in a cage with a MIRROR (and then wondering why they're antisocial & crazy)? 🤦🏻‍♀️

[ElektronikGirlEpic]

I'm babysitting my neighbours budgie River. River was cage-bound and extremely skittish, seed only. The advice I got was "grab him and bring him to the other side of the apartment so he can fly a bit". Within a week we had warmed River up to going onto the outside of the cage for his food, which was huge and took him a few tries getting the courage. Then we moved Rivers food-bowl to the desk next to his cage, which after a few hours he flew out onto. Huge!
Now we have him willingly flying outside his cage and around the apartment, and he's even eating other foods like carrot and spinach.
He is so chirpy and much happier. His owner couldn't believe it.
Thanks for the advice it's definitely helped one little bird find his wings <3

[sillyshrimp]

one of the many mistakes with budgies is getting them for children who don't know how to treat small animals.

[Kim-ekxy]

I wish it would be illegal for pet shops to sell parakeets without first training the people how to properly care for them. We made all the mistakes you mentioned when we had parakeets. They never became tame. This makes me sad. We have dogs and cats now, birds would be out of the question, but I've always loved birds and miss having them. Thank you for trying to educate people on caring for birds properly. I love your videos!

[lotielin]

1. Tiny cages and never letting them out
2. Underestimating how clever they are

[cuzthatshoweyroll]

Budgies are badass lil birdos. Big attitude, a hearty spirit, and the happiest chirps you ever did hear.

[MacsUsername]

I think the two biggest mistakes are:
1) Giving up when taming/training doesn't go fast enough (budgies tend to be super skittish)
2) Giving an all-seed diet (this seems to be more pervasive among budgies than any other species)

Edit: Ooh, I was close!

[TommyGK]

I love your personality, and how much you know about these tiny cuties <3 thanks for your knowledge. I will definitely try your method of introducing fresh veggies to their diet. Blessings

[kristenyoung]

Jamie: Blue, in your own words, what are the 2 biggest mistakes people make with budgies?
Blue: Interrupting preening, first of all.

I got my first 2 budgies as a package deal and it definitely has made it harder to interact but we're coming along nicely with hand taming despite them originally being in the situation you described.

[cperez]

I now have the Budgie I bought for my grandkids several years ago. They promised to interact with her but not as they should have. Totally a mistake on my part buying Birdie. I have introduced fresh veg and fruit. She’s not a fan. I’ll try mashed fresh fruit or veg with seeds on it. She’s so sweet but so very fearful. I also let her watch videos of Budgies so she won’t feel so lonely. She loves this! I do leave her cage open hoping that she’ll explore. This video was VERY HELPFUL so thank so very much. 🦜

[BirdNerdSophie]

Totally agree that people seem to think that an all seed diet is okay which it't not! Just like some people refuse to believe that budgies are parrots - crazy! Great video as always guys! 😊🦜

[PrettyBirdsOregon]

About the cere, I’ve learned that with younger budgies as they get a little older, the more “bleaching” around the nasal holes, the higher probability it’s a girl. I think & I’m pretty confident blueberry is a girl. A beautiful one at that. 💙