Care Sheet for BirdsAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 3.62 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 07/31/2004 |
Main Category: | Non-Reptile/Amphibian |
Sub Category: | Birds |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Chesterfieldzoo |
Years Experience: | 5 to 10 Years |
Species: | Cockatiels, parakeets |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | small conures |
Sexing and Characteristics: | Parakeets-cere color-blue/male, brown or pink/female
cockatiels-cheek patches, head color-bright,lots of yellow/male, faded/female |
Mostly Active During: | Day |
Substrate and Water Needs: | Newspaper, butcher paper for cage bottom
water dish fresh water daily |
Lighting and UVB: | Uvb lights are helpful if it is a dark room, but not a necessity |
Temperatures and Humidity: | Can live outside all year up to zone 5 if outside all the time. Would die if was an inside bird and escaped out in the winter. Otherwise room temp is fine. |
Heating and Equipment: | N/a |
Caging Provided: | MINIMUM cage should be at least double the height of the bird, 1 1/2 times wider than the wingspan. |
Diet: | Herbivorous |
Description of Diet: | Seed is 75% of their diet. The other is people food. If it’s healthy for you, it’s good for them. (NO chocolate, avacoado, light side on the dairy) |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | Cuttle bones for calcium |
Maintenance: | Keep the cage tidy. Spray with warm water 1 or 2 times a week (in the morning, so they can dry all day) or allow them to bathe in a sink in an inch or so of water. |
Some Words on this Species: | Parakeets will chatter all day. Conures are usually noisy also. Cockatiels can be, but are usually quieter if they are happy. All will talk to different degrees. |
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