Plum Headed Parakeet, The Best Pet Parrot? 

Plum headed parakeet owners, what has been your experience owning these birds?

Yay! You did the plum head like I requested wooohoo. Sadly, not many people know about them. I have a baby plum.....they are amazing and everything you said. 💕 they are clowns too and love to hang upside down.

The best pet I have. Mine is not shy, not loud, he is like a feathered dog. Loyal, sweet, funny and smart. He is the best.

That is a beautiful little bird. India seems to have some of the prettiest parrots.

We have had our plumhead for 19 years now, he was a baby when we got him so he is about the same in age. In the petstore he was sold for 70€ (~$85) as an alexandrian parrot ^^. Ours trusts the one who interacts the most with him also the most. But he still interacts with everyone if they have something he wants, as soon as that something isnt interesting anymore then he is of to his prefered person again. As far as petting is concerned, he doesnt like it.. As far as noise... he is LOUD, he never misses to greet the one he likes the most, and most of the time greets everyone else. Funny enough when he sees strangers, he sometimes is pretty loud and sometimes doesnt say a thing. He is pretty playful but likes to destroy things the most, everything he can chew on will most likely be chewed on at some point, every edge of a sofa will be targeted if he happens to be around it ^^. Talking to him is something he likes and also got incorporated in his normal singing pattern, but in a very birdly manner (doesnt really sound like talking ^^). I hope he is reaching 30+ years in age as i like him a lot, he is still very active, flying and running around with his beak still in a dark black and his featthers still as vibrant as before.

I've never heard of this bird before. Thank you for showing us this sweetie-pie :D

I have a 12 year old female plum head. Totally agree with the shyness and trust stuff. My little girl got spooked by me few years ago and still won’t let me get close to her again.

These are awesome birds. I have had two now. My last plum head was a rescue. He was an awesome bird and was incredibly sweet. We had his cage in the living room and he was handled by everyone in the family and he remained tame to everyone in our family and would even interact with strangers that came into the house until he we lost him a little over a month ago. I just picked up my second plum head yesterday. He’s a 10 month old boy and although he was very nervous yesterday and this morning, by this evening her would chatter away with my children and myself. He doesn’t want to be touched yet but he already is starting to interact. From my experience with my last plum head, he loved to hang out with us on our hands or our shoulders but he did not like to be pet. I feel these birds are a great fit for a person or a family with older kids who want to hang out with their bird and interact with them but understand that the bird is not going to want to “cuddle”.

This was an awesome video! Out of every parrot/parakeet the Plum Headed Parakeet was always the one that caught my eye. Of all the videos on them I've seen this one was by far the most informative one! Keep up the great work! Not sure if you remember but I requested a video on these birds. And all I can say is it did not disappoint! Thanks! :D

There such beautiful parrots.Great vid!,maybe Indian ringneck next?

Love the video! Maybe softer music? I'm looking forward to the day i finally get a bird.

Bittacus the Parrot sends their kind regards!

Liked within the first ten seconds for the cute sleepyhead keet. Turns out these guys are smaller than I thought they were (I expected IRN size), they look a bit like lovebirds with parakeet features.

Such beautiful birds! I didn’t even know what they were until this video, awesome video

I love your parrot reviews one of the best on RU-vid keep it up 👍

I had a male Plum that was raised by a different species of bird and that bird was super tamed and a good talker. had a interesting personality.

This contradicts almost everything I have read and experienced myself. Granted, three years ago I couldn't find much info on the birds in English, but what I found has proven true so far. -Plum Heads are not cuddly birds. I got Two-Feathers (my plum head) as soon as he was weened, and I'm disabled so I spend plenty of time with him. They want you in the room and enjoy your presence, but they do not like being touched. He will take food from my mouth and sit/nap on me, but opens his beak and flies away if I try to touch him. -These are aviary birds. Many of the resources I was able to find were breeders, and the majority of them lamented on how these beautiful birds were not popular (or even good) pets. A big reason was because the birds did very poorly in cages; to the point that many would just refuse to thrive and even die. They have very long tail feathers and need to be allowed to fly. My bird has two rooms to fly freely in, only going into a cage at night, and his feathers are still bent in places from it. -That beauty has a cost. And it's food. Resources actually recommended that 1/3 of their diet be fresh fruits and vegetables, with the other 2/3 being high quality seed. And boy, does my bird eat. He spends most of his day sleeping and eating, with the occasional high speed zoom around the room, and a good nightly scream. Don't get me wrong, I love Two-Feathers and would like to see the plum head become more well known. But these birds are most definitely not for everyone. Also, mine never went through a bluffing stage; not one I noticed at least.

That's for making this video.. Just purchased a DNA male plum head parakeet who is still a baby. And yes, very rare to find, especially where I am from I Ontario Canada. Purchased my boy for $1200, which is prices for parrots in Canada are double then what people pay in America.

it looks so cutee pls make more videos with very cute birds

Love your channel m8

Plum head mum here from the UK. I have two rescue boys called Dandelion & Burdock & although I love them both dearly they are NOT a parakeet for beginners (I have had keets for 40 years!) They are affectionate but very nervous & not easy to handle. You have to allow them to do their own thing at their own pace. They are more suited to an aviary than a cage. My boys share a macaw specialised cage which they only use at night. Dandelion is very affectionate, highly intelligent & possesive who will screech if I leave the room. Burdock is much more laid back & reserved, & both don't like to be handled too much. They will sit on my head, shoulders, knee & even my laptop, but this has to be on their terms. Dandelion is an avid talker but Burdock is not. Although these are stunningly beautiful birds you have to have a heap of patience with them, spend plenty of time with them, give them plenty of play things & follow a very varied diet of various seeds & fresh fruit & veg. My boys adore podded peas which they go nuts for when in season. Both love hand feeding. The upshot is that if someone is looking for a bird that is very easy to handle, plum heads should be avoided as would be owners would quickly get very frustrated at the nervousness of these lovely birds. Sorry. Just being honest. Good video though & loved to see the baby enjoying a cuddle!

Got a 5 year old couple and i concur... they are the BEST pet parrot to have as a beginner or advanced... Easy to care, friendly, quiet and funny... Did you know that when you bottle feed a plum headed baby, (in order to tame it and make it a pet..) their iris grow as big as the whole eye, in order to be very loveable and do not hurt them... just like human babies! ;-) Thank you for this video... loved it.. well done! (how about a video on Green cheek conure? ;-) ) the "jokers" of the parrots :)

Wow such pretty birb, love your channel ☺️

Very noice viddddd, thanks!

Lul I thought you were holding your shirt at first

great content

Client from the clients reptile did not copyright strike you for stealing his handle ability stuff line . Just kidding ! . I LOVED this video thanks .

1. Love the background music 2. Did you see Clint's reptiles did a video on budgies!?

This was a very good video, you should do one on the Hahn’s macaw!!!

Hi, could you review a cape parrot and African grey and some of the mini macaw species. Love your reviews

Hi, really enjoying your species videos! Any chance you can tell us about the Gold conure (or queen of bavaria conure)? It seems they are an amazing species, a lot quieter than the other large conures (sun, jandaya) and the same loving personality, quite well suited for a family. I just can't decide on a species I still have 3 on my list 🙈

Sweet bird. I’m guessing it’s dusty like most old world birds.

i do keep a plum headed parakeet and a ringneck parakeet , i think that buffling stage is more of a sterotype because every bird in their life go through this stage . birds get hormonal .

You should do a Quaker if you haven’t already :)

If I remember correctly, you really like poicepahlus parrots right? I was wondering what you'd think about reviewing cape parrots if you ever have the chance? They're just the goofiest looking little dudes, 50% beak with permanent smiles. They're one of my favorites, personally.

Wow, maybe this is the right parrot for me! But how dusty are they?

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Are they sociable with other birds

Please make a video for budgies

They look so similar to Indian Ringnecks. Do they have the same behavior as them as well?

It's been a month ..they r still afraid and whn I cuddle them ..they bite.and female is too agrassive and use to bite his male also

I think I have your plum head I bought mine from Omar’s today and it’s born in April

Are they expensive at the pet store?

Can u do the African Greys?

can you do lovebirds next please?

That's a lot I just payed £125 for a male baby in uk

You sound a lot like Landon Dowlatsingh

Was Omar's closed so you used a stuff bird and said it was sleeping? hmmm

U sorta portrayed them as bad peta

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No! Thats not true! My plum headed parakeet is loud!!!!!! They are not quite ! They just sing the whole morning , sleep in the afternoon and sometimes evening then chattering again at night. They also dont sleep easily at night!