Once someone told me they let their...cockatiel I think? - swim in their pool
Pet stores love to get you to buy more things, random but I just remembered something:Yeah... when I got Jeff from a pet store(I'll NEVER recommend that place, never did and never will! The bird cages were soo dirty and they barely had any food, and by food I mean a terrible seed mix), the guy grabbed him using a fish catching net thing AND HE LEGIT PUSHED HIM AGAINST THE CAGE WITH HIS WING STICKING OUT like OMG he was soo scared and he was put in a paper bag when we got him instead of at least a box(like most pet shops in my area)
Also when I got my budgie breeding pair the guy said that I'll probably never be able to tame him or even get him to sit on my finger since he's a breeder bird... yeah right, in 2 weeks he was already letting me pet his head.
(in my opinion..-)) and she also kept recommending us a huge cage, I know birds are meant to fly and stuff but we were still new to owning birds, and the size of this cage could've been bigger than my desk, we only have 2 budgies and we don't plan on setting up a bird room to keep them all in there... but anyways we told her we are looking for a smaller cage and she showed us a good one, but then, she took us to look at toys, she said it's recommended to buy 3 toys and we did, I even bought them a 4th a week ago, then she also told us birds love to play with chew toys (which is true) but the ones there were like 9.99 USD for a small box to shred, I like arts & crafts so I knew I could just make them my own (and save some cash). She also didn't look too happy when my dad said "Nah, I think we can make them, yeahwe can probably make them" lol, her expression changed for the rest of the tips, she also said to get a millet feeder to put in the cage, later found out that; 1, it's hard to reach and eat from, 2, they don't like it. So 1 week later I took it out of the cage to be able to hand feed them and take them. She also told us to buy a swing, and I can tell the birds hated it, they wouldn't even touch it. So my dad made one out of apple wood and they LOVE it. The end.
Agreed! I made this toy filled with about 10 millet seeds inside and I'll put it inside one of their toys and they will tear it apart and have so much fun with it, so glad I saved monies B)
ye, i wanted one dat looks like my birb twotter, i dont have my phone on me rn so i cant use a pic
Yeah
For me personally, it barely hurts, sure it leaves a small mark but on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being most painful) it's near 5/10
Seriously. Like budgie bites only hurt for a moment, even if they do break the skin. Itโs not even that bad when I get bitten by Jasper. Just biting my own lip is sometimes worse.
Family and birds don't really match. Every time my parents come over, I get the "do they bite" and "is it going to attack me" and of course I say no. But they're still scared of my terrifying little floofballs
Yes exactly! And if you respect their boundaries they won't touch you.
So true! Sometimes people come over and stick there fingers in the cage taunting my cockatiels and ask if itโs going to bite! Then when they do they keep doing it and say it tickles! Iโm not telling you not to stick your fingers in the cage because I think you will get hurt your stressing my birds out!
