Budgerigars – the family of parrots differing in the small amount, bright flavovirent or blue plumage, garrulity and high speed of flight. In the wild nature these birds live in Australia, however as pets they are widespread in many countries.
Life expectancy of budgerigars
Budgerigars can quite often be met in house conditions. No wonder, it is quite simple to look after them, and they cost not much. Besides, it is rather easy to teach to pronounce them some words and expressions that distinguishes them from other pets.
How many years budgerigars will live in bondage in many respects depends on attention and care of owners. At the correct leaving these birds can live up to 15 years while they seldom live in the wild nature more than 5 years. Stories are also known cases when budgerigars lived in house conditions of nearly 20 years.
For the first time budgerigars were described in 1805 by the English scientist George Shaw.
The correct care for budgerigars in house conditions
That your feathery friend lived as long as possible, it is necessary to look after him correctly. First of all, the balanced forage in the form of the grain mix consisting of seeds of meadow herbs, a flax, oats, small sunflower seeds of sunflower, a millet and others is necessary for budgerigars. Optimum quantity – 1.5-2 h a spoon a day. In addition, from time to time it is necessary to include an additional forage in a budgerigar diet: boiled egg, low-fat cottage cheese and mineral additives with the high content of calcium. The cage of a budgerigar has to be rather spacious that he could satisfy the needs for the movement completely. For its entertainment in a cage it is possible to hang up a mirror, a swing and to deliver couple of poles. The parrot needs also to pay daily attention, to talk to him as from loneliness and boredom the budgerigars can get sick. In a cage there has to be a clear water all the time. In the room where there is a budgerigar, it is impossible to smoke, arrange drafts, to lower strongly or to sharply increase temperature. It is also very important to watch closely a condition of the feathery pet as the ruffled look, the lack of appetite, a vzjeroshennost, strong loss and dryness of feathers can be symptom of serious diseases. In this case it is important to address the veterinarian in due time.
Budgerigars quite often are exposed to various diseases among which are especially widespread ornithosis and knemidokoptoz. If not to treat them, birds will die.
For normal health of birds also duration of light day is important. In the summer it has to be 12-14 hours, and in the winter – 10-12. If there is not enough light, it is necessary to include additional electric lighting, otherwise the parrot will not manage to eat day norm of grain.