Bird Care

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Bird Care Pick a bird Parakeet Cockatiel Sources

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Diet Cages Toys Training Back to menu Parakeets

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Cages Parakeets need a certain amount of space. A 15x15 cage or higher will be good. They also like horizontal bars to climb on and they like to perch. The cage right there would be a good cage. Back Diet Toys Training

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Diet Back Cages Toys Training Parakeets like to eat certain things. They don’t just eat seeds, they also eat fresh fruit like grapes, tomatoes, and other stuff. They also eat vegetables, pasta, whole grain bread, or other healthy food that people eat. You can give then spray miller as a treat if they’re good. Bird seed Spray miller

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Training Speaking Getting to know you Diet Toys Cages Back

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Parakeets can be taught to speak and whistle tunes. Both singing and mimicking are more pronounced and much more perfected in male parakeets. Repeat the words you want your parakeets to learn over and over everyday. Soon they may pick up the words into their speech. Speaking Back Squawk!

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Let your parakeet get to know you slowly. When you change out the food and water, speak softly to your parakeet and tell them how glad you are that they are going to share your home, and then introduce them to your home and to them. Then, begin just placing your hand inside the cage - don't try to touch the parakeet, just place your hand inside and let it rest there so your parakeet can see that the hand is not a danger. Then go to the next step down - teach your parakeet to step up. Once you have your parakeet stepping up you can then do more bonding rituals like holding a piece of millet on your chest and let them fly to you and land on your chest and eat the millet. Once they come to know that you are not a threat, they will land on your head, play with your jewelry, sit on your shoulder and step up on your finger when you provide a finger and ask them to step up. Always appear sure and confident. Don't hold your finger too far away from them - they shouldn't have to step too far to get on. Never draw your finger away when they are stepping up or they will loose trust in you. Back Getting to know you

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Toys Back Parakeets need many different kinds of toys! Look for toys with bells, spinning things, anything with mirrors, swings, ladders, or paper that they can chew or shred. Diet Training Cages

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Diet Cages Toys Training Back to menu Cockatiels

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Diet Cockatiels eat seeds. They also can eat healthy people food like fruits, vegetables, corn, peas, cheese, potatoes, wheat bread, carrots, apples, pasta, broccoli, melons, and everything else healthy. They like to eat millet as a treat. Back Toys Training Cages

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Toys Cockatiels like the climb and chew on things. Recommended toys would be something to perch on, climb on, swing on, carry around, and bite on. They also like bells. Back Diet Training Cages

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Cages Cockatiels are a little larger than parakeets. A 16x16 cage will do. They need horizontal bars to climb and bite on. Training Toys Diet Back

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Training Don’t Bite Speak Diet Toys Cages Back

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Don't Bite Cockatiels often bite. They make signs to say that they are going to bite like by lifting a foot or hissing. It is possible to stop them from biting. First you need to get to know the bird. Then train it to touch the end of a stick. Everytime it touches the end of the stick, give it a treat like some millet or something. Then try to get the bird onto your finger without biting it by tapping the stick on your finger. Then it will walk over to your finger and climb up onto it. Cockatiels often bite. They make signs to say that they are going to bite like by lifting a foot or hissing. It is possible to stop them from biting. First you need to get to know the bird. Then train it to touch the end of a stick. Everytime it touches the end of the stick, give it a treat like some millet or something. Then try to get the bird onto your finger without biting it by tapping the stick on your finger. Then it will walk over to your finger and climb up onto it. Back

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Speak Get up close to the cockatiel and look into it’s eyes and say a word. If the cockatiel’s pupils are blinking a little, then the bird is interesting in the word. Get a CD, put the word you said on it, and make it play a lot of times. Then the bird will start to memorize it. You need to be aware of if the word is possible for the bird to say. Hello Back

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Parakeet Info: www.parakeetcare.org Images: Google Images Cockatiel Info: www.cockatiel.org and www.birdtips.com Sound effects: www.findsounds.com Made on Microsoft PowerPoint Back