Before Buying Your Parakeet

Before buying your new pet, you will need to decide on a good location in your home to place your Parakeet. The location you choose, should be where you and your family spends most of your time when inside. Example: Family Room, Den. Don't put your Parakeet in the kitchen or bath room. The kitchen has harmful fumes for birds while cooking. Bath Room, has harmful chemicles, so keep your pet from these areas.

Also before going bird shopping, you should realize Parakeets get sick just like we do, and needs to be seen by an Avian Vet to be treated. I know these birds are inexpensive, but they are a living creature and should be treated as part of your family. So check in the yellow pages and see if there's an Avian Vet within driving distance from you.

Last you will need to decide if you want 1 Parakeet or a pair or more. If you choose just 1 Parakeet, you will end up with a best friend, who will want alot of attention from you. These birds get lonely, so if you choose just 1, spend time with him/her, so he doesn't feel lonely. If you don't have much time to spend with your new pet, then getting a pair would be the best bet, so they don't get lonely.

After deciding the things above, you are ready to go Parakeet shopping. From my own experience, I have found the Green Parakeets to be the easiest to tame. I have a White, a blue, a yellow, a purple, and a green parakeet. They each have different attitudes, and they will entertain you for hours. My white bird is more of the wild type, but more energetic of the five. There are many variety of colors to choose from, and I'm sure the one you choose will entertain you each and everyday.

Next post we will talk about toys for the cage, food and a little about hand taming.