Pet Parakeet Behavior

By

Tapestry Lady

The boy feeding the girl sounds like mating behavior, you might read up on what to look out for if some babies are on the way! :-)

By

Robyn Fed

Make sure that every so often at least twice a day you blow out the seed cup. This means the bird will leave empty hulls when he eats the seed. He cannot dig under this to get at food. So that is the first thing to know. He could have mites. Or he could just be preening himself. Here is a link to lots of parakeet information. http://www.ehow.com/how_8421081_treat-parakeet-mites.html
I think you will enjoy your birds so much. I have one, and they love mirrors, and toys. Check out the toys and such on drsfostersmith they have amazing things for birds to do. My parakeet, Perry, is as wild as he can be and hates to be picked up or touched etc. But he is very sociable and his best friend is a Rooster we keep on a special area in our room. It is great to see them interact! This is a picture of Phoenix the rooster when he was younger, visiting with Perry who loves him dearly, more than he loves me. lol
Blessings,
Robyn