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Post by thenewguy on Mar 21, 2010 15:30:44 GMT 10
hey guys and girls,
im a new not so experianced keeper , i did once own 3 budgies all in which died due to a horrible accident, i had to give them to a friend to look after while i was out of area.
He kept the cage outside and unluckily a cat managed to get into the cage, gutted 2 of the budgies and the other shortly after died due to fright.
Although its been 2 years and i am only 14 ( almost 15 ) im ready to commit to a new bird, im looking into a parrot of some kind but i dont know which to pick as im not overly expierenced. Although any suggestions will be well thought off ( i might start a thread somewhere else for people to answer )
anyway guys HEY FROM ME (:
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Post by vankarhi on Mar 21, 2010 18:14:40 GMT 10
Welcome to "thenewguy" ;D That is a horrible thing to have happened to your little birdies.  Some suggestions from me would be an alexandrine......male or female makes a great pet, both talk, are easy to train and not really hard to look after. They do love to chew........they are avid chewers but if you have heaps of wooden toys and some nice branches for them to chew on that would occupy them for ......... a short time. lol ;D Cockatiels, Quakers, Budgies, handraised lovies, (I specify handraised lovies as I think they make better pets when handraised and handled all the time than the parent raised ones), green cheek conures.......just to name a few. |
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Post by sypher on Mar 21, 2010 18:44:51 GMT 10
Welcome!
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Shaun
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Post by silvercloud on Mar 22, 2010 17:00:16 GMT 10
Hi and welcome. I suggest you look at cockatiels. They are pretty easy to care for and make wonderful companions. Princess parrots also. What you choose may depend on where you live as some states don't allow some parrot species.
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Post by xoxoEbzxoxo on Mar 22, 2010 20:11:58 GMT 10
Welcome to the site  |
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Post by vankarhi on Mar 23, 2010 16:00:03 GMT 10
Just realised a quaker might be a good bird for you too.......(you did privately msg me and I forgot to say this)  If you are worried about size.......then these little guys are compact and apparently full of personality and can be very good talkers too. They are probably a little bigger than a cockatiel and more "squat" in shape. |
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Post by pinkdevil on Apr 8, 2010 13:06:11 GMT 10
*waves to the new guy* That is so sad what happened to your budgies.  There are so many birds out there that could be suitable for you. Each one having their 'pros' & 'cons'. Something to think about before settling on a breed of bird is the amount of time, room, and money you can spend for the bird. I have a couple of cockatiel girls who are very well behaved, fairly quiet, (when compared to other birds), and not that messy. My ringnecks can be quite noisey early in the morning and late in the afternoon. Depending on the birds personality, they can go through a 'bluffing' period for a few weeks and can feel like your once sweet 'butter-wouldn't-melt-in-my-beak' bird has turned instantly to a 'I-hate-YOU' bird. But not all ringies go through this. I also have Rainbow Lorikeets which are the comedians of the bird world. Prefer to view everything from the upside down postion, eat in the upside down position, and even poop in the upside down position! lol The only fault I find with these guys is they are messy toilet wise. Being nectar and fruit eaters, they also require a different diet to parrots.  |
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