Budgerigar Price in India 2023

1. Diet-

The number one mistake that most budgie owner makes is simply bringing a seed mix from the pet store and just giving them that seed mix (that is generally of very low quality on a daily basis). So, if it has sugars, fillers, dyes, all of that sort of stuff, you want to make your own homemade seed mix. Make sure to also give a variety of different foods like veggies(pumpkin, carrots, spinach, beans, etc.), and fruits(mango, apple, banana, etc.)(chopped), and can also include nuts and seeds but in low or moderate quantity.  Also, provide them fresh water all the times.       

2. Cage-

It is important to have a big cage, they might be small birds but do need space to move around freely. So, when you buy a cage make sure the cage is very wide rather than tall as most birds will not utilize the bottom space of a tall cage because birds tend to like to be up high because that means safety instinctively to them. So the wider cage you can get, the more active they will be in that environment.  Instead of going for the cages in the pet shop, you can go for flight cages, or if you have a garden or yard you can also buy or make an aviary for your birds.

3. Keeping in the Cage all the time-

4. Measuring weight-

This next one will keep you really in tune with your bird’s eating habits, and that is weighing your budgie every single day. Now, the reason I say every single day is that way you can really get a good read on whether you’re having weight loss or weight gain, and it can notify you of illness before there are any obvious signs when it comes to birds. When there are obvious signs of illness, it’s usually too late. So, getting in the habit of weighing your bird daily is pretty important.

5. Toys or enrichment-

It is important to have tons of toys/enrichments in their cage so they can remain entertained. Please do not give toys made of plastic. Instead, you can go for shreddable toys, rope toys, as well as toys made of wood, do not buy toys with shining bells and before purchasing any type of toy make sure it does not has any sharp edge that can hurt your bird. And remember that budgie simply destroys the toy so you need to purchase new toys every week or month. 

6. Annual blood work-

You should be doing annual exams with your budgie to make sure that everything is looking great. You don’t need any supplements to make any changes to the diet. It’s something that you should be on top of with your birds and make a yearly thing. It’s called an annual exam for a reason, so please be on top of that. It just ensures that you’re doing right by your bird every single year and gives you time to make changes if you need to. 

7. Bathing–

I know a lot of people say that their birds don’t like bathing and they tend to try the wrong tactics when it comes to small birds. Small birds, if you notice them in the wild, they tend to find wet grass or they find little shallow puddles and they like to just brush around and roll around in them. Now you want to implement that in captivity. So you can buy wheatgrass, you can sprout your own wheatgrass, and if you just give it some sprits and sprays where it’s nice and wet, usually your budgie will have a great time crawling all around and rubbing itself around the grass and having a good old time, just as they would do in the wild. Also, a shallow dish for bathing goes a long way with budgies. You can tap your fingers in there and splash around a little bit just to get them going. And eventually, you can even use a spray bottle to give them a bath.

8. Mirror-

Don’t do the mistake of giving a small bird a mirror, or any mirror toys, mostly with budgies, but I see it with other small birds too. When your budgie will see in the mirror they might think that there is another budgie and might get obsessed with his/her image. What this does is it leads to extreme hormonal behaviour where birds will actually start regurgitating on the mirrors, and they get excessive egg-laying. They just go into hormone overdrive and it leads to a lot of issues, especially with female birds.

9. Cage cleaning-