5 Budgie/Parakeet Care Mistakes

There is so much to learn when it comes to Budgies/Parakeets. How do you know where to start! this blog is a great place to start our website offers much more detail on all of these topics if you decided to deep dive into a topic.

Pet Store Purchased Food

Food purchased from a pet store has its place but it should never make up the majority of your budgies diet. I make a homemade seed mix out of a whole bunch of seeds from the grocery store. I also make them up a veggie mix with as many veggies as possible. I feed pellets on rare occasion, I know… everyone tells you pellets are the holy grail but pellets are not a complete diet, nothing is. Majority of pellets are heat pressed which basically means that any nutrients that where once in that pellet are baked out of it.

No Shreddable Toys

Shreddable toys are absolutely essential to the happiness and enrichment of our parrots!

It is super common to see new budgie owners with only plastic toys because they think their parrot is destroying to many toys but truth be told there is no such thing as destroying too many toys. The more destroyed toys the better!

5 DIY Foraging Toys For Parrots if you would like to save some money on toys!

Small Cages

The bigger the cage the better!

Flight cages should be the very least! Just be mindful of the bar spacing when purchasing a cage. How To Pick Out A Small Parrot Cage?

How To Set Up The PERFECT Parrot Cage?

No Designated Out Of Cage Play Space

You can not expect your parrot to enjoy being outside the cage if they do not have toys perches and a place of their own! They do not have to be that expense and extravagant, but a place of their own that outside the cage makes a world of difference.

Parrot Enrichment: Think Outside The Cage

Only Having One Budgie/Parakeet

Budgies are flock animals, they thrive being in at least pairs!

t is super common to see someone with more than one budgie/parakeet. Is keeping a budgie/parakeet alone a good idea? Can a budgie thrive being alone, as in will they be the optimal avian alone? We only want the best for our birds so lets dive in! Can you have a budgie/parakeet alone?