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Purple Parakeets as Pets
Parakeets, also known as Budgies, are beautiful and very friendly. Additionally, they are the most popular parrots to keep as a pet. Find out great name here.
What do you need to know before buying a parrot?
If you want to tame a parrot you need to buy a young animal!!! As young as possible!
A young parakeet is one which is about 5-6 weeks old, which has already left the nest and can eat itself.
How to distinguish a young parrot? Which parakeets are easiest to tame?
Remember, young parrots are easier to tame. So if you want to tame your parakeet it is important to buy a young parrot. Then it will be easier to tame your bird.
The young parrot has black stripes on the top of his head, bar markings across the forehead. These markings will disappear with older parrots. It is also important to check if we are buying a male or female.
How to distinguish between male or female?
Parakeets/budgies have sexual dimorphism. We can easily distinguish a male from a female. (male on the photo above)
If you want to teach your parrot to speak then you must buy a male. Before buying, check the color of the cere. Cere, it’s bare skin between the beak and the forehead. Blue colored cere is a male, every other color female. When it comes to young parrots, we need to look deep into the nasal cavities. If you see a blue color then you are dealing with a male, every other color is a female.
Remember, if we want a parakeet to be a talkative pet, you must choose a male. Learn more about how to teach your parrot to talk!
How to Feed Budgies / Purple Parakeets
When it comes to feeding parrots, one principle should be followed – diversity is the most important thing. Purple parakeets eat mainly grain mixtures, which are available in every pet store.
However, it is worth reading the contents of the pack. The most suitable products will be those with 80% of the millet species. In addition, parrots love sunflower, corn kernels, oats, as well as weeds, herbs, and grains.
Vitamins
They will also eat fruits and vegetables – carrot, spinach, tomato, apple, broccoli, lettuce, cucumber, pear or cherries. Parrots love grass seeds.
Some breeders also buy vitamin supplements and dietary supplements. Constant access to water is important.
Proper feeding and care are important in order to keep your parrot healthy and live a long life.
Are purple parakeets friendly?
How long do parakeets live as pets?
However, we must realize that many factors contribute to how long we will enjoy the company of our pupils:
For instance quality of breeding; nutrition of parents and growing parrots; too often breeding and allowing too young couples; quality of maintenance; the right diet; providing free flights; caring for health and treatment of diseases.
Before buying a parakeet it is worth looking for the best breeding because providing birds with good breeding conditions ensures that the young parrots have the best start and the chance for a long life in health.
How big will my parakeet get?
Parakeet also has known as Budgies are small, grows up to 7.5 inches (around 18 cm) in length. Parakeets weight around 28 g.
Parakeets colors
In nature, parakeet occurs only in green (in breeding budgie is genetically mixed giving color for example blue, which is currently the most popular, or yellow, purple. To make a specific color like purple a breeder has to be extremely selective when choosing the right parakeets.
Parakeets have has many mutations – some have different plumage, others do not have such a long tail, others have no characteristic wavy plumage. Each healthy budgerigar has black eyes, but with age on the iris of deep black emerges more and more of white color – the exception is albino eyes that have red eyes.
Do Purple Parakeets get lonely?
As you know parrots are very social and they look forward to the social time with their owner. Therefore they can feel very lonely when the owner will have to leave them during the day. If you do not have much time to spend with your parrot during the day, consider buying another parakeet just to keep them company.