Parakeet Toy Time!

Home made parakeet toys! Only cost 2$ to make 3. 

If you would like to know how to make these toys leave a comment!

First Eggs!

April 22, 2013-- First Eggs! My cockatiels have layed their first egg today. At 1 years and 2 months of age, I believe there first egg laying experience is pretty interesting to them. The female comes out to get some daylight time to time. The male is very protective on its egg!

For the past week I have been noticing the male cockatiel setting up the nest. For example, chewing on the entrance a little more, sitting in the nest and guarding it to show the female that it is capable of nesting, and eating more cuttlebone than before. I have recently started putting some egg food in the cage for them and they have been eating it like they have had nothing better before! 

They should be laying another egg by tomorrow because most bird species lay eggs every other day. Hopefully everything turns out well, very excited!!

Homemade Cockatiel Toys

Owning a pet bird is exciting, fun and kind of expensive. Expecially when you want to give your pets a treat or something to keep them entertained. Well by now you probably thought to yourself one time or another that maybe you can create something for your birds using home matierals. All you need is some basic everyday homemade materials and creativity :)

1. One toy that you can provide to your birds is cardboard toilet paper rolls. This is easy to find and does not need any time to make. Cockatiels, parakeets, and parrots love to shred and tear up the roll!
2. Old prescription bottles can be used even after your pills are finished. Use them to fill some colorful beads and put the lid on. The lid is child proof so your cockatiels wont be able to open it. 
3. Another easy premade toy that is easy to get is whiffle balls. You can grab a bag from the dollar store. 

Homemade toys are easy to make and well sometimes they are right in front of you but you just have to use your imagination. Let me know if you have any other ideas or if you have used these ideas and your birds liked them! 

Safe Homemade Cleaning Mist

The most "FUN" part of owning birds are the cleaning part ;). In this post I have a easy to make homemade bird cage cleaner that I have found browsing the web.

What you will need:

• 1 empty spray bottle. Make sure it is clean
• 3 Cups of hot water
• 3 tbsp of  Baking Soda
• 2 tbsps of pure Lemon Juice

Lemon juice contains natural enzymes that act as a disinfectant to kill bacteria and help break down organic material. And it is completely safe for birds. 

1. Make sure water is hot. Hot water is better at dissolving powder like baking soda. 
2. Make sure the ingredients are as evenly distributed as possible. 
3. Make sure your spray bottle is extra extra clean, from chemicals or other materials that might have been prior to your use. Safest thing to do is to buy a new spray bottle, these are easy to find at dollar stores.
4. After misting and cleaning thoroughly rinse and dry cleaned surfaces for the comfort of your pet. 
5. Discard any leftovers, because there is fruit juice that may produce bacteria, it is best to make a fresh batch each time you need to clean your cage! 

Cockatiels

I have added a pair of Cockatiel's to the family. Before considering to add a new pair I have thought much about the addition to the household. Currently I have 4 parakeets and also considering that I have moved to a larger apartment I thought to myself that adding them wont hurt me in any way. Plus the experience of taking care of a bigger bird will be fun.

The Tiel's came from a very loving home but they are not to friendly which is the sad part. However I have provided them a pretty big cage for their comfort. I will post pictures soon.

Recently I have added my parakeet pair to the cage with the cockatiels after doing some research. The internet has many different types of information however I find it interesting trying out what my heart says to find out what really works. Many sites say that cockatiels are bigger birds which is why it shouldn't be a good idea to put them together. From my experience I think they are keeping each other more company than I can. The male parakeet trying to feed the male cockatiel, which obviously indicates them trying to be friendly.

I do see from my site stats their are many visitors,  it would be very interesting if any of you leave any kind of feedback or comment so we can get this page exciting. This will influence me more to add more information and stay up to date with my pet birds information. 

New Birds

I haven't posted since last year. However as my posting stats show their are many audiences stopping by for some information on Finches. This has influenced me to keep this blog updated. If their is anyone who would like to be a moderator or want to join me, explaining many types of birds and their habitats, please do not hesitate to contact me. 

Birds are wonderful! Since I was 6 years old I have always found birds fascinating. They are just to amazing to explain in words. Since the last time I have posted, I have had over 20 Finches, and over 15 parakeets in my small apartment. I know that's a lot! Eventually I had to give them to friends and neighbors because of the space in my apartment, and not to mention the noise. 

It was exciting to see my birds multiply. I have followed all the top rated websites on Pet bird care to keep my birds happy and healthy.  I have moved in June to a new apartment and have kept 3 parakeets that were about 6 months old. One of them are hand tamed and a beautiful shiny blue.  It would rather stay with me than with its cage mates! 

This video is posted on my brothers account last december, I have a bigger cage now for them but the birds seen here are not with me anymore (family has them) , however I do have their 3 children :).

My Zebra Finches

      Who loves Zebra finch? Many of you who had or have one obviously do. Even if you don't, you must love the way they take a bath and mate like theirs no tomorrow! Zebra finches love to mate and produce tons and tons of eggs which turn into babies in less than a month! If you never had one you should think about getting one.

     Zebra finches are about 4 inches long when they are fully grown. There call is really beautiful to hear when you wake up in the morning, at least better than my parakeets that has a high pitched call that beats my ear drums like a police siren.

     Talking about my Zebra finches, they just had 8 babies (4 babies each pair, because I have two pairs), from the 8 eggs 6 of them hatched. If I tell you what I did for my birds you would think I am just a jobless guy who has nothing better to do! Well if you wanna know here I go...

The first thing I did when I got my finches was make a bigger cage out of a box (big card board box the size of a old television box, with clear tarp on the front for view and many holes for air)because I felt sorry for them having no room in the $20 cage from pet land. I had them in there for 3 days and realized it makes my room look bad, I actually stuck my head into test out the air circulation, man it was stale, but it didn't seem to bother them. After a while I was walking to the bank and spotted a hardware store, right than an idea popped up in my head. I bought 10 feet of a cage like material.

     After I made the cage, I felt like starting my own cage selling business! :), my birds loved it! How do I know? Because in no time they started to lay eggs, both pairs in the same cage. That unbelievable because most of these bird experts stated that, not to keep your zebra finch pairs in the same cage because they will pluck each other feathers out and it can become brutal. But they actually took care of each other babies!

     It has been a while since my pairs laid any eggs. I am not sure why, maybe because I actually bought them a big breeding cage, and they rather prefer my homemade cage? I do see them mating so I am hoping for a few more eggs. But other than that I hope my zebra finch experience has made you a zebra finch lover too!

     If you want to see my home made cage, and my zebra finch babies please leave a comment and I will post a picture or post a video :).