I know if they are you are supposed to take them to the vet, but do they need like shots, and regular vet visits. I want to get my first pet bird! I don't want nothing fancy though, just a parakeet. My mom is making me pay for everything, so I do have a fairley low budget. I'm only 14 by the way. Also, do they need like their nails cut, and stuff like that. Basically, do they need anything else besides there basic needs, and attention. Is there anything else I need to pay for throughout its life besides, the supplies, and the bird?
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No vet visits unless something is wrong. If you plan on handling it, it's a good idea to trim the nails and the wings. If you are too afraid to do this, (it's easy), I'm sure your local vet would probably do it for free. Just one thing, don't use the sandpaper perches to keep their nails from being sharp, they just irritate their feet. Good Luck!!
well yes if you want the best for your bird but my grandma had birds to grow over 10 years old and never seen a vet
Birds make great pets and aren't to expensive either. They still need wormed and treated for mites etc. but your local pet shop should sell that stuff or even a vet. Trimming your own birds nails and wings can break the bond between you and the bird and is best left to the professionals anyway. Best bet is to invest in a bird care book for parakeets.
Hi,
Its good your thinking about the aftercare of the bird and if you can afford everything it'll need later on, alot of people dont thats why so many drop down dead.
Parrots do-not need any shots so your ok there, But check-ups yes, once every 2-3 months is fine.
No they shouldnt need there nails trimmed, if you make sure you buy a stone perch it will help keep there nails really small and not so sharp, something like in this link http://www.bird.com/itemdy00.asp?t1=5120...
Also its advisable to buy new toys and swap them around with the ones in the cage now and again, but this shouldnt cost too much,
Also consider the cost of buying a few fruit and veggies every week as they need this with there seed everyday - but again this is not much at all.
I Would advise putting money to one side so that if anything did go wrong, you know you have the money to take it to the vet.
Some one mentioned wing clipping - Please try and avoid getting your new babys wings cut, they were born to fly, like they were born not to live in our houses we've already taken that away from them, why take their wings away too? that would be like taking your arms or legs away,
I Have never had a birds wing clipped, I Have kept and bred all different species for over 6 years, I Have never had one exscape and fly away as im carefull, and besides clipping a birds wing doesnt mean it isnt going to fly, if it got out and there was a steady wind blowing it would only have to open its wings and glide with the air current,
Goodluck with you new bird when you get it.
The following sites are excellent for getting your questions and more answered.
www.birdmart.com
www.birdsnway.com
www.upatsix.com
Also, some birds do need there nails clipped some will not. Do not use sandpaper perches they only make feet sore. Also wing clipping is not like cutting an arm or leg off. Clipping wings is for safety, there are many dangers in our homes. They can still fly but if clipped correctly they fly to ground, no lift. Some birds that are not clipped can fly into windows breaking necks, fly into ceiling fans, hot water in sink or on stove, etc. Our yellow nape amazon was not clipped and flew around the living room landing on the piano. To this day we do not know what he hit landing on the piano but he had a gash under his wing and also bled to death before we made it to the vet. Thank god he is ok after many $$$ later.
My birds have regular check ups once a year, unless something happens and they need to go. My dad and all my friends that own birds, only take theirs once a year too. That is what your vet will tell you when you take your bird in to see him- they need yearly check-ups. Usually around $34.00. He will trim the wings if you can't yourself. They will take about 6 months to grow back. And if the nails are long, he can do that too. They take longer to grow back, and the cement or sand perches really do help keeping their nails trimmed. We bought cement and calcium perches 2 years ago and only one bird has needed it's nails trimmed and that was because we had just adopted her- and she only had wood perches in her cage. You will need to get your bird some toys, parakeets toys are usually small and pretty inexpensive. Parakeets usually need ALOT of attention to tame them. If you buy one at a pet store, that has been sitting there for a while, you may have to spend alot of time trying to get it to warm up to you and allow you to touch or pick it up. My advice, if you want something that is going to be easy to train, is to find a breeder with hand raised parakeets or try to find a young parakeet. The older they are, and the less they've been handled, the harder they are to tame, and you really need alot of dedication and time to spend with it. We had parakeets in the past and I didn't know before I got them that sometimes they sit in pet stores for a loooooong time. They were the least expensive birds I have ever had to take care of. But they are definatley harder to tame if you buy one that isn't! Good luck!
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