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Hey Yall:

I was wondering if common parakeets require as much hands-on attention as my Irn. I want to get a boy and a girl, as I have read they will bond with eachother and not need me as much. My Irn is my baby, the parakeets would be in a cage in my bedroom as they make little noise.

I have a HUGE cage for my Irn, this is not needed for a couple of parakeets, right? Like a little cute cage that hangs from a pole would suffice?

I also read that they are tame regardless of hand feeding as long as you get them before 3 months of age.

Please, anyone that can help me make this decision, it would be greatly appreciated. I have gone bird crazy! They are so cool and do very much for my anxiety disorder. If I am having a panic attack, I can hang out with India and it passes very quickly. Who would have ever thought a bird would be better for you than drugs... my baby is. She feels me up way more than a xanax pill, those just numb you. If any of you know a person that suffers from anxiety, please recommend a bird to them. It has been VERY theraputic to me. Post-tramatic stress syndrome SUCKS. But India helps me by being her silly self.

If I got the pair of parakeets to keep in my bedroom, that would rock! Let me know how you feel and any advice is appreciated. Thanks!

Hi there. I have owned 'common parakeets' before and let me tell you they are anything but common As for cages for two I'd probably say 1foot and a half by a foot would suffice (but of course the bigger the better) I dont know about that 3 month thing because I got one of mine and he was just weaned and he still bit like the dickens. Ow! Anyway let us know about your decision because parakeets are so sweet. If you can afford the handtame ones get them instead of the wild ones. (Mind you parakeets are not expensive and the hand tame ones are only 25 maybe) Hope this helps and any further ?s you are more than welcome to ask away Have a great day and hope India doesn't give you too much of a hassle today (I know my Princess will)

I still have two of my budgies (parakeets), Sam and Storm. Storm has and will always be terrified of hands and people themselves, I believe it was hereditary having to do with inbreeding as I've seen this born-in phobia before in lovebirds.

Sam was my first budgie, not handfed, and was kept single for one year. Sam, even though he's with Storm and flighted will not bite me and will still step-up when I need him to.

Lemon-Lime who died of cancer, was also kept single for at least a year before being introduced to the aviary and he was even more tame than Sam! I had been given Lemon-Lime as soon as he was weaned from his parents. So he didn't really know how to be a bird, and didn't know the budgie songs very well.

But Skye, who also died of cancer, was put with another bird before that first year was up and never did become tame like Sam and Lemon, though he didn't bite hard.

So if you want to handle your budgies (which you don't need to if you have more than one), I reccomend keeping them separate for one year before putting them in the same room, much less the same cage.

A pair of budgies won't really need attention from you like your IRN does, but that isn't to say they won't enjoy you.

As always, you want a cage that they can still flap freely in even with toys. Keep in mind that English Budgies are much larger than their american counterparts.