English Deutsch Français Italiano Español Português 繁體中文 Bahasa Indonesia Tiếng Việt ภาษาไทย
All categories

2006-09-14 13:52:08 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets Birds

12 answers

To be honest, I'm not sure, but I can tell you this...I had two parakeets a few years ago and one pecked the other one to death. He wouldn't let the other parakeet even go near their food. So, I guess what I'm suggesting is that maybe they should go in separate cages because ours where in a fairly large cage and it still acted the way it did. If you have to have them in the same cage, you should get two separate food and water dishes.

2006-09-14 13:56:15 · answer #1 · answered by An Aspiring Teacher 1 · 0 0

A cage large enough for 2 parakeets. Hope I helped. haha

2006-09-14 20:59:09 · answer #2 · answered by Tammy ™ 4 · 0 0

Big enough so they can both fly around and get exercise. They need to stretch their wings, especially if you don't let them out of the cage very often. They also love to take baths and stay very warm. So if they appear too inactive, they may not be warm enough, and make sure you obtain the 6 month treatment (it hangs outside of the cage to help eliminate any chance of mites and fleas. and they love parakeet treats!

2006-09-14 20:56:57 · answer #3 · answered by ~BluemoonAngel~ 3 · 0 0

Marc Johnson of Foster Parrots has a perfect answer: "About 60 Square miles."
Since this is impractical for living room use, I always recommend the following:
Do not consider recommended cage sizes. These are always the absolute MINIMUM of what a particular bird can handle.

Always buy the LARGEST cage you have room for and the largest cage you can afford.

This will ensure that your Budgies will have room to stretch, exercise, play and live. We always tend to gravitate to the largest accomodations we can find. Why would we not want that for our birds?

The dividends that will come back to you practicing this method of choosing a cage will pay you back, over and over.

Good Luck.

2006-09-14 21:04:39 · answer #4 · answered by Phoenix 4 · 1 0

Ideally a cage for one bird should be big enough that the bird can spread their wings and have room for flapping, toys and food bowls. For two birds I suggest a cage 23 inches wide and 30 inches tall, give or take an inch or two. Bigger is always better and if you have a used pet supply store in your area I strongly suggest you check them out. I got a huge cockatiel cage for $80, including stand and new cups at my local used pet store. If I went and bough the same cage brand new it would have cost me over $150!

2006-09-14 21:30:27 · answer #5 · answered by white_ravens_white_crows 5 · 0 0

Your cage should be wider than taller, as birds fly across ways not up and down.
Your cage should be as big as u can afford, im wondering , if you are buying a cage to suit your house or for the happiness and well being of your birds, if for the happiness of your birds, as wide as possible is the key. 100cm is a good start.
And will your birds be having time out of their cage?
They should have Natural branches more than 1 cm in thickness, and also put some greenary in their aswell, at our pet shop, i have fresh trees for all the birds every day, (wattles grevillias, flowering eucalypts, tea tree, etc.) they love it.
This gives them something to do, and is great enviromental enrichment.
Also do remember that all birds need a wide variety in their diet, and must not depend on seed alone, this should only be a small part of their diet, and trying to replace pellets with seed is also the way to go, this should be done gradually. 1/2 seed mixed with 1/2 pellets and wean slowly.
fruits and Vegies, corn spinach, snow peas, carrot tops, celery apples, pears, watermelon, multigrain bread, boiled eggs, pasta rice, mung beans, sprouts, parsley, chicory, endive, etc.
Never give Avocado, this is toxic.
Do not give lettuce, this has no nutritional value.
Worming must be done every 6 months.
all these things and then some.
So many people think how easy it is to own a bird, they say, we'll give it seed and water put it out the bacjk in its 25cm square cage, and it'll be right, what a joke.
This will turn into a severely depressed bird, unhealthy, bored, slowly go insane.
To own a bird is to put yourself in their position, ask yourself questions about what you do for your bird.
For example, Would i be ok living on seed alone for 15 years of my life?
Would i enjoy being housed in a tiny cage where i cant exercise?
Would it be ok to sit out the back all day and wait for my owner to bring me inside on a 40 degree day?
Would i be happy with no interaction from anyone?
Will i be happy to perch on thin twigs or plastic perching for 15 years?
Will my feet hurt and will i suffer from arthritis in winter from not having large enough natural branches?
Will i have a nest box or basket in my house so i am not constantly on the weight of my feet all night as well as all day.
Will i get looked after, the way my owner likes to be looked after?
Ask yourself these questions, and truly see if u can do whatever it is that u can to make your birds lives a wholesome, care free, content one.
I try to educate people at work to how they can make their birds lives more fulfilled, it frustrates me to no end sometimes, but alot of people are really happy to listen and make things better.
Good luck, sorry for all that info, its quite long hey.
Anyway , hope it helped.

2006-09-15 09:01:59 · answer #6 · answered by jordancassandra 3 · 0 0

Minimum 6 square Feet

2006-09-15 00:01:03 · answer #7 · answered by risa131313 3 · 0 0

18 in by 24 inches and let them fly free too but be careful with the doors.

2006-09-15 22:50:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

You need one that is medium but not too big or small.Have lots of perches for them.

2006-09-14 21:03:00 · answer #9 · answered by Hello :] 3 · 0 0

Big enough. and do make sure to stimulate them with proper toys and such, as silly as it may sound, they can get bored as easily as you can.

2006-09-14 21:51:03 · answer #10 · answered by G. B. 3 · 0 0

fedest.com, questions and answers