Pros and Cons of 16 Species of Pet Birds 

Budgies are easy to tame... if you know what you're doing. But for the majority of people, they really aren't easy to tame because they're so flighty- the only reason they would be easier than other birds is because their bite doesn't hurt so it's easier to ignore what they want and push past their boundaries (which is NOT a good thing)

Please never stop making videos.... You are a natural.... Love love love your content

You have a lot of patience for all these little souls. 💕

Thank you for mentioning how loud a Moustache Parakeet can get! It really IS ear piercing and can get very annoying. Lol. I did a lot of research before I got one, (However mine is a Moustache Derbyan Hybrid) and a lot of people said they weren't very loud and could be considered an apartment parrot. It was pretty misleading, so when I got my boy it was a huge shock. It took a while to get used to, but he's so worth it. He's such a sweet bird, and he didn't go through much of a bluffing phase in my experience. They really are such amazing pets! If you can handle a moustache parakeet, you're in for a treat hahaha

I enjoyed this video very much. I would like to add, as someone who has birds in an apartment, that people often talk about “Good apartment birds,” but rarely talk about if apartments are good for birds. It’s very difficult to have a bird in an apartment. You can’t entirely control the environment, like if other people in your building cook with non-stick pans, spray toxic substances in the vacinity, and make loud noises all night. Like playing a loud booming vibrating bass speaking that vibrates against your floor and walls all night. Or heavy walking over your ceiling for hours, and dropping things, if you’re not on the top floor. We even had someone install a bird deterrent (and lie about it) high pitched noises to irritate the birds, so we had to move out of that building. There are crazy people and loud obnoxious people, and rude people in apartment buildings sometimes. So I just think, if I had to live my life over again, I would wait until I could buy a house before I would get birds. Every single day I feel terrified that my apartment manager, or my city, is gonna varnish right near my bird room without telling me, and poison my sweet babies. I have every single air purifier and soundproofing device I could afford to buy, but I’m a nervous wreck trying to make sure my birds are safe in this stupid apartment. Would not recommend having birds in an apartment, ever

I volunteer at a rescue Aviary and the birds that cause the most trouble are Love Birds.

Thank you for your contributions to aviculture. As a long time budgie owner, I have to differ with you on your statement that they’re always chattery. Mine have periods, sometimes quite long, when they are quiet and snoozy, much like other grass parakeets. Just like Bourke’s and Tourquosines, they are most active in the mornings and at twilight. There’s a reason budgies remain the most popular pet bird; they’re simply adorable.

I love all your videos! They are very informative and I always learn something from watching them. Keep up the great work. :)

I have a Bourke parakeet that I got when she was about 6 weeks old, also named Rosie. She loves to be out and sit on my shoulder, look at my phone (she's taken selfies of herself when looking at my phone), and will do recalls when I call out to her. If I am lying down, she flies down next to me to see what I am looking at, and has ever tried to look to see if I have anything in my shirt. I have pictures of her doing these things. She immediately jumps on my hand when I reach into her cage to change her water, feed dishes, etc. Since getting her, I have gotten 2 adult Bourkes (both females) from a breeder. One will step up on a perch to move her from one place to another, the other is too skittish. I assumed that it was because they were not handled much as babies. Until watching your Bourke video, I guess I never realized how lucky I am with my Rosie's unique personality! She will be a year old in a few weeks.

The green and yellow guys taking a bath absolutely metled my heart lol omg too cute,loved this video thank you 😊

Always a pleasure to see all of your birds! 😊

WoW! You know a lot about this Birds and your valuable Tips helped us to understand Stuff about them. Thank you so much for sharing this Video. God bless you n your lovely Birds!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🦜🦜🦜🙏🙏

What a great video! Thanks Donna.

These videos are really helpful, thank you! I've only ever had budgies so don't know what to expect when I start considering other species. Definitely wish I had more time at home so that I could have a companion bird. I love my little flock but it's all bribery to get them to do things, and one skittish one who that doesn't work on at all! :D

Awesome video! It really helped. Keep it up 👍

Great show ,very informative

Thank You for sharing. Have a fantastic day

Excellent video! I'll take all of this into account for my future birds!

I love you lady! Thank you so much for teaching us! MORE MORE MORE VIDEOS PLEASE!!!!!

Thanks for this: very informative video!

I've enjoyed this video I managed to get a pair of sierra parakeets 😊 I'm in the UK. They are so lovely. The information provided is a great help for me in looking after my birds in the avairy thank you 😊

Thanks! Very helpful and interesting video.

Interesting and useful video as usual 👍👍

Excellent excellent video. Thank you!

Great video, Donna.

Great “review” - very interesting. Thanks 🤗👍

I’m so excited to get more birds. I was never a bird person but one day birds randomly became interesting to me and then I got one and I love them now

Nice video with all the pros and cons, Tks for sharing all your information with us....❤️❤️❤️❤️🇵🇹

Awesome video idea!

So many birds; that's lovely! Thank you for making this.

The Lovebird one was very accurate💕 love your videos

Thank you so much! 🥰❤️🐦

Wow! Excellent & very informative video ❤️💯👍🏻

I admire your dedication to your pets. That's amazing. God bless

Cockatiel night frights are so true. I now use a night light,broken primary feathers early hours of the morning is a horrible thing to have to deal with ❣️

Amazing presentation specially fo parakeet species, thank you. Among all species of video my favorite as a pet, considering the best option among: quiet and aloud; affection and cuddles; average energy level; low average cost; medium/small size; low maintenance....is budgies and java finch, hand reared.

Thank you for the information on a cockatiel night frights. I didn't know about that and it happened a few weeks ago, and I was very worried why, and if he got attacked by smth. And I have to add, my kakariki is not a quiet bird. :( She can be extremely loud when she wants to, and actually she uses that to force me to let her out of her cage. So she's a very smart bird. ;)

I have two cockatiels and you are absolutely right, they're dusty and my male (Zazu) is noisy sometimes. But also they're the most gentle pets I could've asked for. I came here looking for info because I want a pair of lovebirds, and this was surely helpful!

What a great video topic! Love it! So planning to copy you! ❤️ Hope that’s a huge compliment!

fab video!

Super helpful Video thank you

Great Video! It seems you have a Fondness for Parakeets. I found a Breed of Parakeet I hadn't heard of. I thought I would Share as they are extremely Georgeous!

Your birds are so colorful and so cute. I really love birds 😍🐦.

I love all the birds that you are having

The Sierra 11:24 and Barraband 20:02 Parakeets seem like the best choices.

I had 22 finches and sold 9 recently and got myself a pair of lovely coloured Rosey Bourkes to live with my remaining 13 finches.

What a great collection! I only knew half of those species :x

This video is very good because soon I am getting a Fischer's Lovebird for my birthday! It helped me a lot!

I had a rare "Dr. Dolittle" experience with a Senegal who had a sign on his cage that said "I BITE! Keep your fingers away". He took a liking to me for some reason, and one day when changing the water bowl in his cage (I worked at the parrot shop on weekends for $5 an hour for fun) noticed he was trying to get my attention by leaning out of the cage door. Short to the long: He loved to "cuddle". Would let himself be flipped upside down to lay in my palm and stretch his neck out for scratches. Gumby sure was an ambassador for his species. But, generally speaking, your assessment of the Senegal is probably more as opposed to less accurate. I just have good memories of Gumby. His original owners had him up for consignment sale at the parrot shop because "he was a biter", and his owners couldn't do anything with him. After he let his guard down with me, he'd come out of that cage to almost anyone. His owners came in once to see how he was doing and freaked out that he could be handled. Weirdly, they still didn't take him back. But he was bought be someone who took him to a good home. Thanks for the video.

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Thank you very much❤

Good information

All your birds have their own personalities. So adorable

More uploads plz! Ellie my 7 month old pineapple green cheek conure loves watching twice a week would be great!

Some male cockatiels will speak a few raspy words too. But they aren’t the best talkers. I had a lovely bourke hand fed male that was wonderful - they can be out with an English budgie flight suit on if you’re worried about poop everywhere.

I have a Caique parrot and they are my favorite bird. They are not for beginners they are very energetic bird so they require hours of attention. They can also be very stubborn and aggressive They can also be very bitey during mating season. Their super intelligent and require a large cage with lots of toys. They can be super lovable and are funny little clowns. I will always own one they are wonderful.

If you think adopting or raising a sparrow, best chances are to raise one by hand, if they bond with you, you will have an awesome friend(at least males). They're friendly most of the time they don't really like being pet or handled, they come near you(really close and remembers you) if they trust you, you can hand feed them, they're quite temperamental and will show you what they like or dislike, they have empathy towards you and will give you the attention you need when you're really needing it. They have some kind of sense of rythm, they like music and will sing, they're chirps are not that loud and most of the time they will chirp only if you have interaction with it (something like talking but everyone with their language). They like high places and hate bird cages. They're something like a finch but with a different sound. Even food is similar. If you really bond with your sparrow, it's gonna be an awesome journey I miss you buddy...

I have a rock pebbler parrot which you do not feature but I guess the comments you make about the Barraband would apply. My Pebbles is not too noisy and calls to me with a ring tone or "C'mon birdie" . He knows a few phrases. Fortunately, I have a large apartment with high ceilings so he gets to fly around a lot. As I write he is sitting on top of the kitchen cabinet door sunning himself under the lights. He is affectionate, follows me everywhere but does not like to be touched. I would definitely recommend this parakeet as they have beautiful plumage, are not noisy, dusty or nervous.

Really helpful! You have so many birds! Where did you found all these rare spices?

My peach faced lovebirds scream at the top of their lungs for no reason

Thanks!

Heres an addition to the species list: The gouldian finch. (sorry it's very long) Cons: They get very easily scared and tend to fly in a panic, hands off birds, timid, even when hand raised they don't like cuddling (this finch species doesn't groom each other, they don't cuddle or have much body contact compared to other finches), they have very strong breeding instincts and will use whatever they find as nesting material, they need a very big cage or aviary, the females tend to get egg bound because of their distinct breeding instinct, they can get bullied or scared of other birds (even zebra finches can be too aggressive for them), If you don't want to breed you should separate the sexes, the females don't sing at all and can get feisty during mating season, depending on the colour mutation they can be pretty "cheap" or quite expensive, Never get only one bird, even a pair can get quite lonely and depressed (a group of six or eight gouldian finches is recommended), getting them to eat any greens can be quite hard, they need to be kept in warm places and can't handle the cold, and most importantly: They are extremely sensitive and get very easily sick: They are very prone to air-sac mites and liver disease, vitamin deficiencies can easily lead to their deaths (too much vitamin A -> liver failure, not enough -> eye and breathing sicknesses, growth disorders), A daily intake of vitamin B (mostly found in different type of millets) is vital or they can get cramps and the well known symptom of "head turning". If that occurs it's often too late and they will lose their orientation, turn their heads uncontrollable in unnatural ways, fall to the ground and die there. It cannot be cured, only stopped if diagnosed very quickly. Because of their breeding instincts you have to look for an ethical breeder or you might get one with undesireable genetics (e.g. the blue mutation often dies earlier or has a bad immune system if both parents were "pure" blue mutations) Diet: Even though their diet in itself is simple, you have to be extremely attentive about it, it can't be rich, you can't give them the same amount of veggies as other birds but they still need a lot of vitamins which will have to be given in the form of less but suitable veggies, seeds and herbs (or vitamin supplements), if at all you should only rarely give them very little amounts of fruits, you have to know the nutrients of every seed to get them a good mix (very few oily seeds, a decent amount of canary seeds, e.g. plata millet contains vitamin B1, B2 and B6 and isn't oily; Sesame seed is oily but contains a lot of minerals, magnesium, calcium etc), while molting they need more silver millet, chickweed or cucumber which contains the needed silica, gouldian finches usually will get fed different mixtures depending on their yearly cycle (mating season and beginning of year more rich food, while more sparse mixtures in winter, but that can be taken more lightly if you only have males) -> you really have to do your research. Pros: Very colorful and available in a lot of different colour mutations, they are very friendly and rarely fight at all, the males sing beautiful and pleasant melodies, potential apartment birds if the necessary space is available, they don't bite, the males usually don't fight each other if they have enough space - if you don't want to breed you can keep birds of the same sex without problems, they are very curious and will listen to you talking, watch you etc., their dietary needs are easy to fulfill if you did your research, they don't chew on or destroy things, If they don't sing atm they are very quiet, Contrary to other finches they are very clean and not messy, while parakeets lose a lot of feathers gouldian finches only lose them while molting, they love bathing which is absolutely adorable to watch, they follow a strict day and night cycle which means you will have a quiet night, even though they usually don't like physical contact they will often form a bond of trust with you and eat out of your hand, If other bird species are kept together with them the aggression will most likely never stem from the gouldians, you just have to give them enough space to "escape" the crazy active birds, they don't need to be entertained like budgies or cockatiels, they occupy themselve by singing to each other or showing off their mating dance (Which is very entertaining because they all do it a little bit different and the young males train their skills by showing it to their male friends, the males also like to sing for you especially if you encourage them and give them attention whenever they do so, they really love to be in the spotlight) finally: If you like bird watching you will love them.

Love your birds, they're all so beautiful. Thanks for the video, so interesting.

You're my biggest fan I really like you I like all of your pet birds also I like real he was my favorite I don't like when birds to die but you always remember them

UR THE BEST💘

A con I want to say about budgies is that if you let them hang on your curtains, they'll start to chew the paint off the wall that happened to me

Love the sierra parakeet I've been looking for a pair also just got 3 mountain parakeets a couple of days ago

I would love to get another budgie, the first one I got was from a lady who brought baby budgies into her house, instead of leaving the outside. The budgie I bought was so tame, but we kept him in cage in our front room, spoke to him everyday, and put our hand in each day. After a week we let him out, he flew up our stairs, but landed on top landing and hopped onto my finger. He was such a great sociable budgie named bb, kids loved him, they would always come round and first thing they asked can we have bb out. Sadly he died seven yrs ago, and I still miss him. I did but other budgies but they never fully trained and got very nasty, so I had to re home.

My birds have the option to get in and out of the cage when they feel like. They only poop in the cage (not sure how they learned that)

Beautifull bird

I own a bourke and he acts like a macaw! My bourke will demand attention 100% of the time, wants to be held 24/7, follows me everywhere i go, absolutely loves to play with his toys and has to steal my food. He is also not shy at all, he loves meeting new people and wants to be the center of attention whenever people are over. He also loves my budgie and i'll find them both flying together and sleeping right beside each other

I spent some time in Bourketown FN Queensland, saw thousands of cockatiels in the trees.

I have a mustache parakeet and is waiting for a cockatiel. Every con you said about it is so true. Mine get angry at all her toys so we have to take most out, if she gets angry she can bite pretty darn well, when we give her snacks, she chew them down in a day. She only likes females and likes me most. And she screams a lot and is very loud. The only thing that’s not true is the bluffing stage. When she was young, she likes to sing and dance and count sit on you. Now that she’s old, she doesn’t sing much, likes to dance less, and can’t get her out of the cage and only tried to get out once recently.

I would like to hear about Sun conure pros and cons 🐥

I love your videos and your darling family. I just got my parakeet from a chain pet store I've had him four days now. He's coming along fine as far as taming and eating from your recommendation for diet also playing but.. he smells just awful from the beginning I think it's what a filthy cage might of smell like. Everything for him in his home is new and absolutely no poop I'm ocd about his cleanliness. I've provided several baths in different locations also bought a bath for the side of his cage today while at the pet store asking why my handsome boy smells so bad and if something is wrong and what to. I love him so.

I love your birds I have a canary it loves it's vegetables it's four months old

Hi Kate, do you have information on stool texture? At the moment we're keeping a Myna and I love this bird but I'd have to say that his liquid stool makes keeping him outside the cage very difficult. Are there any species that have hard stool?

Great! Great! Video. So informative. At the 13:44 mark of the video you have a fountain of some sort. May I please ask where you got it? Thanks

i got pigeons love them

thank you for making this video. In your opinion, which bird would be the quietest one?

Just something to add to the kakariki, mine was taught to say her name and she kind of figured out "hurry" too! Outside the cage, prepare to chase that bird all over your house tho as once they're out they don't necessarily wanna go back in haha! And they can get into all kinds of mischief. I call them the troublemakers of the small parrots because they like to get into EVERYTHING, or at least mine did

I got a male parakeet in January and and English budgie in April. They are now tame and get along great. A few weeks ago a yellow budgie flew into my neighbor's garage and we tried to find the owner but no luck so I put him in with my 2 birds. They are fine with him but mostly interact with one another and I wonder is this newcomer feeling left out? Should I get another budgie to be a partner for him? Is it best to keep budgies in pairs?

Have a question about canaries, I bought two in sept. A male and female. The female was a gloster and got sick and passed away in February. I think is was pasty butt or wettail. Went downhill , then passed. My male has since ceased singing. He peeps, but has not sung since his companion passed. I believe he was truly grieving. I got a second canary from my sister, (she raised). They get along but my male is still not singing. Any thoughts ? I appreciate and help.

The sierra parakeet looks like a wizard so cute 😂

Wow! You have a lot of birds! How on earth do you have time for all of them and afford their food and care? I have only one cockatiel and he takes most of my day and paycheck!

Kakariki are an awesome bird. Not cuddly at all but will bond with you

I have 3 budgies & wanted to get a cockatiel 1 day, but thanks for the vid now ik it may not be the burb for me as both me & my significant other are allergic to dust, gonna stick to the budgies

Hi Donna, thanks for the info. 👍🏻 Would you recommend to have love birds in pairs instead of single ones?

Wow, you have 16 species of birds; you have wonderful birds. You are right on in explaining that we, as pet owners, no longer do things like buy a pet bird, place it in a little cage, and feed it just seeds I am proud that I brought home 4 budgies from a humane center and have provided them with a great home. Although I am back to working outside again, when I am home, I enjoy the time I get to spend with them. Been following your RU-vid videos, facebook, and instagram posts since 2018, and you've taught me a lot; my birds have been doing great. Hey, we are just a few days away from Jack's anniversary day, July 20, 2018; hope you have something put together then.

I wish you had included the society finch as I am trying to decide between them and a canary.

I have a rescue cockatiel that adopted me cocktail they can be very flighty and frighten really easily or at least mine can be they do like to chew and get in to things

I have a couple of the birds mentioned. My heart bird is the Kakariki. I got one and he is such a dear. He comes and hangs on my head or near me. But of course no touching. He lost his bottom beak in a scary door incident. As he is naturally nosy. So he and his flight crew get normal seed and i coffee blend up a chunk for him. But he has learnt to use his tongue and top beak. But what a scabbers. He will literally reach threw and rummage through all the crud on the bottom of the cage. Lucky he loves to bath. He sounds like R2D2 :). I have two rainbow Lorikeets... On the quiet if i was to realize how loud they are i would not have gotten them. Its still resting in the back of my mind that one day i might need to re home them. But they are both still under 2 and I am working on keeping them Quieter. But they will do the average hearing persons head in. I also have two Turks. The red breasted type. Honestly would recommend them and the Kakariki to anyone. They really are so quiet they look like silent Rainbow lorikeets ;) lol. I have the Kakariki, his two wing men (Budgies), Pineapple Conure, 2 Turks in one cage but they all hang together when let out. I just have to watch the Lorikeets with them as they will bully the Turks. The Turks don't have the flight agility nor the stage presence of the other birds to defend against the Thug Patrol.

Parrotlets are my absolute favorite. Basically an Amazon in a small body. I’ve got two.

Love ur vids because l can't have any birds thx

I don’t think budgies are easy to tame! I had one before but honestly it’s very aggressive I can’t even touch him! He died for unknown reason!😢 so now i have cockatiel a bit tamed! And handfeed Indian ring neck! I’m so excited for his growth!

What is the grass like food they are eating please x

Love the you tube show Question how much are the Sierra Parakeets go for today in the USA I would love to get a pair. Do you sale them TK John

I'm considering getting a love bird but I have a kakariki if I get it you'd and raise it around other birds will it be ok

Was a great video but I missed some more common species, alot of these are hard to get in the Netherlands or perhaps not hard to get just I don't see them in most pet stores. I missed info on green cheek conjures and Indian red necks for example.

I love my budgies. I built a custom flight cage and have 6