At the correct leaving the budgerigars can live up to 7 – 15 years. However many feathery pets die, without having lived up to the five-year anniversary. The reason is that very often owners of parrots do not know how to care for these birds.
Why budgerigars live a little
The cause is commercial approach to birds which sell under a label of "lungs in leaving" of pets. As a result of birds just cage and from time to time give them seeds. At many people the budgerigars do not live also up to 5 years.Because of the shortage of the movement they become corpulent. It complicates work of internals of pets. And they refuse quicker, than usually. The majority of parrots with an excess weight are ill a so-called lipoma, a kind of a tumor which expands between skin and muscles. But sometimes and parrots whom well look after perish at young age. There are cases when birds have a tumor even at the correct leaving. Careful owners address veterinarians, and those usually advise to lull a bird that she did not suffer from pain. In certain cases sick parrots can live 1.5 more years. One more cause of death of budgerigars – their escapes from window leaves. Even if birds come back home, there is always a probability that they tried something poisonous. Then the bird can die of poisoning, perhaps, not at once, and in few months.
How to prolong life to a budgerigar
Budgerigars it is from Australia. They live in the wild nature from 5 to 10 years. But in house conditions at the correct leaving they can live even up to 17 years. The only way to prolong life of a budgerigar is to support him in shape. A healthy diet, mobility, a stress minimum, intellectual exercises, if necessary medical care – here components of a healthy lifestyle of the feathery pet. The healthy diet includes seeds or the fat-free dietary chips, fruit and vegetables. In some seeds there are not enough minerals and vitamins, it is a lot of fats and calories therefore it is important that parrots fell in love with vegetables. To support parrots in a tone, rather regularly to open a door of a cage and to let out them to do some flying on the house. In order to avoid stresses it is necessary to arrange correctly a cage. Put it far away from loud noise, avoid sharp movements, being nearby. The silence and rest are especially important at night. Parrots are put to bed in the evening, and owners like to watch TV at this time or to listen to radio. Consider a day regimen of the pets. It is necessary to communicate with a parrot. In the nature they live in flocks, and communication by it is vital. Sometimes budgerigars, as well as other pets, need medical care. Considering it, it is possible to accustom itself to save every month a little money for urgent treatment. It is not difficult to prolong life cycle of budgerigars. But it demands certain efforts of you.