RandomGemini
New member
First off, I just want to add that I am new here too and I love that everyone is discouraging you. I have owned birds off and on for 25 years. I have cleaned my house with vinegar the entire time I have owned birds. We use cast iron and no Teflon. I do not burn scented candles. All of these things matter.
I have a sad, cautionary tale for you.
My daughter moved out last year and got her first apartment. She took her 7 year old parakeets with her. In October, she came home from work one night and found one of her parakeets dying and gasping for breath. It was awful. She was heartbroken. She called a vet and they said āWell, it could be old age.ā We didnāt think 7 was very old for a parakeet. My childhood parakeets lived to be 15. But, we trusted the vet and moved on. A month or so later, she adopted a beautiful Green cheek conure. He went everywhere with her. Then one night, a month ago, she came home and he was lethargic. She called me. I told her to call pet emergency. We learned that there are NO 24 hour avian vet services in our area at all. None. And we learned that this is common in the US. Avian vets are difficult to find. By the time we got a hold of the local veterinary teaching hospital, her GCC had died and her parakeet was displaying symptoms. The veterinary teaching hospital is an hour from us. Sky died in her hands.
A month later, we learned that her next door neighbors were smoking meth in their apartment. The veterinary teaching hospital staff believes this is what killed her birds, all three of them.
These creatures are fragile when it comes to inhaled gasses. Their bodies are insanely more efficient at processing oxygen than ours are. Because of this, gasses that might not be harmful to us, are deadly to pet birds.
I also think that you, at this place in your life, do not have time for a bird. I am not going to encourage you to get a parakeet/budgie. I donāt think your residency schedule allows you time for them. It is OKAY to be at this place in your life. It is okay to not be ready for a responsibility. What you are doing is a higher calling, IMO. What you have planned for your future matters. I would love to see you succeed and thrive at that, and then maybe adopt later, when you can provide more stability. Until then, go be awesome. And go volunteer at a bird rescue and learn about these amazing creatures.
Good luck.
I have a sad, cautionary tale for you.
My daughter moved out last year and got her first apartment. She took her 7 year old parakeets with her. In October, she came home from work one night and found one of her parakeets dying and gasping for breath. It was awful. She was heartbroken. She called a vet and they said āWell, it could be old age.ā We didnāt think 7 was very old for a parakeet. My childhood parakeets lived to be 15. But, we trusted the vet and moved on. A month or so later, she adopted a beautiful Green cheek conure. He went everywhere with her. Then one night, a month ago, she came home and he was lethargic. She called me. I told her to call pet emergency. We learned that there are NO 24 hour avian vet services in our area at all. None. And we learned that this is common in the US. Avian vets are difficult to find. By the time we got a hold of the local veterinary teaching hospital, her GCC had died and her parakeet was displaying symptoms. The veterinary teaching hospital is an hour from us. Sky died in her hands.
A month later, we learned that her next door neighbors were smoking meth in their apartment. The veterinary teaching hospital staff believes this is what killed her birds, all three of them.
These creatures are fragile when it comes to inhaled gasses. Their bodies are insanely more efficient at processing oxygen than ours are. Because of this, gasses that might not be harmful to us, are deadly to pet birds.
I also think that you, at this place in your life, do not have time for a bird. I am not going to encourage you to get a parakeet/budgie. I donāt think your residency schedule allows you time for them. It is OKAY to be at this place in your life. It is okay to not be ready for a responsibility. What you are doing is a higher calling, IMO. What you have planned for your future matters. I would love to see you succeed and thrive at that, and then maybe adopt later, when you can provide more stability. Until then, go be awesome. And go volunteer at a bird rescue and learn about these amazing creatures.
Good luck.
Sun Conures are bigger, I'd call them a medium bird. The larger the bird, the louder it is capable of being, in general. However, the quantity of noise varies from species to species and most of all from bird to bird. If your fid is left alone, he'll almost definitely scream a LOT. If he can see you, or if he is out of the cage with you, he's more likely to be quiet or make softer, happier vocalizations. 
