Parakeets enjoy interaction with their humans. They enjoy sitting on your shoulder and being gently scratched, having you to talk to them as they have conversations with you. They are cheerful and entertaining. You can have more then one at a time and they come in a variety of colors.

LIFE EXPECTANCY: With proper care a parakeet’s life expectancy is about 12 years.

The minimum size cage is 20 x 12 18 inches high. Please remember your parakeets need room to play, fly, and stretch their wings. A more ideal cage would be 40 x 20 x 32 inches high.

You will need a least two perches made of wood. These perches should be different thickness. One should be ½ inch thick and the other ¾ inches thick. Your birds toes should not reach all the way around the perch.

You will need three dishes for your parakeet. One will be used for Parakeet birdseed, the second dish for parakeet gravel to help them digest their food, and the third for water. All of these dishes should be made of plastic or ceramic.

You will need to give your parakeet liquid vitamins in their water every other day to help them with their nutritional needs.

You will need a cuttle bone for your bird to chew on to keep their beaks trim.

You will need to place about 1 ½ inches of corncob on the bottom of your parakeets cage.

You will need to clean your bird’s cage once every week, replacing the fresh corncob. Once a month you will need to clean everything in the cage (bars, sides of the cage, the entire cage and its contents). You should clean the water and birdseed dish daily when you are giving them fresh water and fresh birdseed.