Budgies? (parakeets)?

I want a budgie but I am trying to decide if they make good pets.
I think they do because they are the most popular type of bird, and people wouldn't buy them if they weren't good pets right?
I know most of them don't learn to talk...but can whistle and learn other tricks.
But I want to know if they are easy to train, make great pets, and where to buy them from.
Thanks!
Answers:
Budgies are great pets, believe me I have one!
You are correct, they are the most popular companion bird, and for a reason.
Males can be great talkers if you teach them, but their voices may be hard to hear. Yeah, they can whistle and do some tricks.
They are easy to train if you work diligently and if you research their behavior well!!
You can buy them at pet stores for about $20 (thats what I did), but a better route you can take is to buy a hand fed one from a breeder. It may cost more but they are usually more tame!!

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yes budgies make a great pet. They are easy to tame and will happily just sit there on your shoulders. I have a blue budgie and his name is "budgie" LoL. He is very good at talking. In fact, in the guiness book of world record, a budgie holds the record for most vocabulary, and not a african grey! They are also very good at tricks. Go on youtube.com and type in parakeet tricks. They have some pretty cool vids on there. They are not very expensive so you could get one from petsmart or petco (only to save them from those places)
They are also very loving and very curious and likes to get into lots of trouble. Good luck!! oh, you should do research on them too but I'll give you some info. Younger birds still have their stripes across their heads and older budgies don't have those stripes on their foreheads any more. Also, to tell the sexes are pretty easy. Males have a blue nose and females have a pinkish-brown nose. Hopes this helps!

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To be honest, people buy them because they are cheap. That being said, yes, they do make good pets. But like any pet, it will require attention to train, and to continue to have one that is hand friendly. If a bird does not have constant attention, it will no longer be hand friendly, and will prefer being inside its cage. Make sure you have the time for it, but if you do, I am sure you will enjoy having a Budgie. We have 12 of them, and they are a great joy to watch and interact with each day. They can actually learn to talk, although it is very hard to teach them. But if you spend the time working on it, they will learn quite a bit. Budgies are much smarter than people think.

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actually, if you get one you can teach it to talk. They don't speak in a really clear voice but i have read that they can learn almost as many words as an african grey, and use them in an appropriate manner.
If you get two they will bond to each other, not you. On the other hand, they are flock birds, so if you aren't going to be able to spend a lot of time with them, get two so they will keep eachother company.
they really are neat birds, and make a constant chattering noise, which i found to be soothing.

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yes buy a budgie i have 2 and i had 3...
but only buy 1 because the first one i got is trained but the second and the third only listen to other birds on owner.. take my advise GET THE BUDGIES

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I got a parakeet wen I was 7 at the mane mall and it died soon after buying it be cause its vent feathers were dirty
so always check for clean white vent feathers.
so I bot another parakeet and it was pretty hard to Tran it
not to bite and to do tricks like peekaboo and a lot more.
and as for talking mi parakeet was considered Highly gifted saying words like pretty parakeet and good night Birdie.
so all in all I think parakeets make grate pets.
and I did get my parakeet from a bad pet store were the parakeet Cage was open for people to reach there hands in and make the parakeets get sick so try to avoid this wen choosing a pet store.
Hope This Helps!