Franco
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I got a budgie back in January of this year. First time budgie owner. They had been on the same seed that the pet store had their birds on. They was the last one they had so i got them got a nice big cage. I found out after i got them that all the vets around here only deal with dogs/cats and not birds. I was reading that a seed diet only is bad for them and that they should be on pellet. Well the only pellets i keep finding at the pet store is the ones that have dyes in it which i read was bad for them. So they finally got some pellet food in but sure if he/she will eat it. As the seeds that they was feeding had seeds and small pellets and i noticed that he/she would eat like half the pellet not sure if they would actually eat it or spit it back out.
I got him/her a bag of that Kaytee Nutrisoft pellet food and I'm not sure if it is good for them or not. So i don't know how to switch it over to this new food as it does seem him/her are picky since i offer over and over veggies and he/she will nibble at it but not really eat it. Like they will nibble at the kale but not rip off a piece. Cut up some baby carrots he/she took a bite or 2 and same with broccoli pieces and florets.
I live in Pennsylvania in a 3 bedroom apartment. We have no spare room for just them so we got them in the living room. We cover him/her around 9:30 10 pm. Is it better to cover him when the sun goes down and it starts to get dusk? And uncover him when it gets dawn? It will get dawn around 7:35 AM and dusk around 7:30 8 pm. My wife and i will go to bed around 11:30pm 12am. Is this ok or should we go to bed when we put the cover on him/her.
We are trying to tame him/her. The other day i was putting in some new toys and rearranging his/her cage and they would get on my hand which they never did before and start nibbling on my fingers and on my webbing between my thumb and finger which kinda hurt but not much. Then they went for the finger nail and was trying to get their beak under the nail lol. I'll post a video at the end i tried petting his head but I'm not sure if his reaction was playful or telling me to back away.
When we finally got stainless steel food/water bowls he started going into the bowl and kicking his food out. Finally caught him/her on camera doing this tonight lol.
Now the other day a few days after we rearranged his/her cage we noticed a lot of down feathers on the floor and when we looked at them we seen what looked like pin feathers. When we got them the pet store employee didn't know how old he/she was but they still had all their black stripes on their head.
Picture of them when we first got him/her. Still got black bands on head. Maybe someone can tell me their age from that picture? Picture is to blurry to tell sex.
Then we noticed what looks like pin feathers as they look like other birds when i googled it. The first pic below i just noticed in the pic that his/her beak has double layers. He/she does have a cuttlebone and they was using it till i moved stuff around in the cage and it seems like he/she don't use it as much now. A couple of weeks ago i noticed he/she will start rubbing his/her head on toys/perches. The 2nd picture looks like a bald spot above his/her cere.
Maybe be able to tell gender from pics above? Didn't want to use flash as i read flash blinds them.
Since there is no avian vet around my town their nails are getting long will a sand perch work or something that will help sand their nails down as they are not fully tame will not go on finger when asked so I'm not sure how they will feel picking them up to cup in my hand and I'll be afraid to clip their nails as I'll be scared of hitting their quick.
Here is his/her cage setup. To small of a cage to much stuff in it any suggestions?
I got him/her a bag of that Kaytee Nutrisoft pellet food and I'm not sure if it is good for them or not. So i don't know how to switch it over to this new food as it does seem him/her are picky since i offer over and over veggies and he/she will nibble at it but not really eat it. Like they will nibble at the kale but not rip off a piece. Cut up some baby carrots he/she took a bite or 2 and same with broccoli pieces and florets.
I live in Pennsylvania in a 3 bedroom apartment. We have no spare room for just them so we got them in the living room. We cover him/her around 9:30 10 pm. Is it better to cover him when the sun goes down and it starts to get dusk? And uncover him when it gets dawn? It will get dawn around 7:35 AM and dusk around 7:30 8 pm. My wife and i will go to bed around 11:30pm 12am. Is this ok or should we go to bed when we put the cover on him/her.
We are trying to tame him/her. The other day i was putting in some new toys and rearranging his/her cage and they would get on my hand which they never did before and start nibbling on my fingers and on my webbing between my thumb and finger which kinda hurt but not much. Then they went for the finger nail and was trying to get their beak under the nail lol. I'll post a video at the end i tried petting his head but I'm not sure if his reaction was playful or telling me to back away.
When we finally got stainless steel food/water bowls he started going into the bowl and kicking his food out. Finally caught him/her on camera doing this tonight lol.
Now the other day a few days after we rearranged his/her cage we noticed a lot of down feathers on the floor and when we looked at them we seen what looked like pin feathers. When we got them the pet store employee didn't know how old he/she was but they still had all their black stripes on their head.
Picture of them when we first got him/her. Still got black bands on head. Maybe someone can tell me their age from that picture? Picture is to blurry to tell sex.
Then we noticed what looks like pin feathers as they look like other birds when i googled it. The first pic below i just noticed in the pic that his/her beak has double layers. He/she does have a cuttlebone and they was using it till i moved stuff around in the cage and it seems like he/she don't use it as much now. A couple of weeks ago i noticed he/she will start rubbing his/her head on toys/perches. The 2nd picture looks like a bald spot above his/her cere.
Maybe be able to tell gender from pics above? Didn't want to use flash as i read flash blinds them.
Since there is no avian vet around my town their nails are getting long will a sand perch work or something that will help sand their nails down as they are not fully tame will not go on finger when asked so I'm not sure how they will feel picking them up to cup in my hand and I'll be afraid to clip their nails as I'll be scared of hitting their quick.
Here is his/her cage setup. To small of a cage to much stuff in it any suggestions?
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