bourke's parakeet

Hi all! I've been researching birds for a few months now trying to decide on the right fit for me. After discovering Bourke's Parrots I've quickly fallen in love with them. Unfortunately I've only been able to find aviary birds. Does anyone know where I might find someone who breeds and hand...

Last Sunday my Bourkie who I have had for almost 5 years died. It was not a good death either. Being a ground forager, he was constantly underfoot and following me around when I walked around my room. died. It was not a good death either. Being a ground forager, he was constantly underfoot and...

Hello. One of my bourkes parrots recently died and I am looking for a new friend for the other one. I do not want it to be a ground forager due reasoning about my other bird’s death that I will not get into. Would I be able to cohabitate a lovebird and a bourkes parrot? What sex would be the...

Hello, I am a 19 years old french guy (excuse me for my english) and I live in an appartment with my girlfriend. We recently got a Bourke from a local breeder (3 weeks ago), it lived in an aviary and was raised by its parents, not by hand. (I say "it" because I don't know if it's a male or...

My female Bourke abandoned her babies after they flew the nest, Bourkes still need to be fed for several weeks after that. I am trying to get them to take to handfeeding and they are refusing. I've tried just putting softened pellets in and they won't eat those. Right now I'm trying to get warm...

Videos to accompany post: Ichigos current wheezing (Google drive video right now but I'll be uploading to youtube shortly and updating this post):Click here or copy this link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UZ6NRLTIFQUZG0GIYXm47RjW29Y8viox/view?usp=drivesdk Ichigos past wheezing when in...

So I’m in the process of converting my shed into an aviary, the shed is quite large, and I don’t doubt I could fit in my current birds (4 budgies 2 cockatiels). But I was just wondering how conures are in regards to sharing an aviary with budgies and cockatiels? I’ve been trying to do research...

I’m not sure if this is the correct place to post this, but I’ve been thinking about turning one of my sheds into an aviary, I don’t have measurements but it’s atleast twice as long as my master bedroom. (I know that probably doesn’t help much) but it is fairly large. I currently have 4 budgies...

I’m new to keeping birds and have been interested in keeping bourke’s parakeets. I’ve seen a lot of conflicting information on keeping them alone and wanted to know what people who have experience with this think. I’m fine with keeping more than one but I just wanted to know if it’s better to...

Hello! My name is Elizabeth and my birds are Sherbert and Pippin. I've only been a bird parent for a couple of months now, and I'm learning a lot very quickly! I grew up with a dog and fish, and I've had mice before, but birds are very different from all of those. I adopted Sherbert in...

Pippin, my 3-month-old make Bourke parakeet, had a big red lump under his beak yesterday. He seemed fine, or rather, he seemed like his usual self as I've had him less than a month - he preens a lot, and he has weird panic fits every night when it gets dark (he came with his wings clipped and...

I am all well and good with the amount of birds we have now, but my husband fell in love with a little bourke at the bird fair today. I held my ground in saying no since I know who most of the care will fall on but just in the off chance he decides hey, I'm going to buy one anyways, what is...

Hello there fellow birb owners, I currently own two 12 month old Bourke parrots one male and one female, they both where parent raised and are not really tamed, they live in my room in a large cage and I am trying to tame them. I would like to know if there have been any success stories of...

I'm looking for some ideas of foods I can make that I can also give to my birds (conure, parakeets, bourkes). For example I just saw a great idea of adding some frozen veggies to pancake mix to make a healthy treat for parrots. I think this is a great idea because I can make some plain pancakes...

I have had a pair of parrotlets in quarantine for nearly a month, and was planning to transition them into a new cage in my bird room sometime in the next few weeks. However, I have been reading about more aggressive hookbills doing serious damage to or killing other birds FROM WITHIN THEIR OWN...

I am new to this thread but not to birds, yet I find this site a great source of expertise. I have been reading threads on here for some time, and just recently joined up in order to post some questions of my own. (My first is in the cockatiel section regarding the possibility of a cockatiel and...

I have a Bourke's parakeet who was recently widowed. She seems very lonesome, and where I live my options for finding her a mate are pretty slim. She currently visits my budgies every morning and would like to sleep either in or near their cage now that she is alone, but I think in the long run...

Hi all! First time bird owner of a two-month-old Bourke's parakeet here. In the week we've had him so far, our little Bourke, Castle, has a very healthy appetite. We were able to teach him step up already, bring him out of the cage on our fingers without a problem, and are able to pet him a bit...