Budgerigars – the most widespread among the cultivated species of parrots. These are dexterous, active birdies the size slightly more sparrow. They are unpretentious, can live up to 15 – 20 years and easily breed in bondage. Budgerigars are perfectly tamed, including speeches of the person, and in it a secret of their popularity masterly imitate sounds. That future pet got used to you quicker and easier studied, it is necessary to buy a young bird. It is possible to determine the age of a parrot on several signs.
Instruction
1. Pay attention to skills of a bird and a condition of her plumage. Baby birds of a budgerigar have to go on sale at the age of 40 – 45 days. By this time they are already able to fly and eat independently and also have completely created smooth plumage. If the parrot is not able to fly yet, his age is less than a month. A bird with careless and underdeveloped plumage, most likely, old or sick. You should not buy such parrots.
2. Examine a beak of a bird and a voskovitsa – the blown-up skin at nadklyuvya. At a young budgerigar aged up to 1.5 – 2 months a beak tip usually dark, at more adult a beak yellow or greenish. Voskovitsa at young males light pink or pale violet, becomes bright blue with age. At the self-check in youth it most often blue with obligatory white circles around nostrils, and in process of growing gains brown color.
3. Pay attention to color of plumage. At baby birds the wavy drawing begins directly from a voskovitsa. Color and the drawing of plumage on a trunk soft and indistinct. Aged from 4 months about half a year after the next molt of a bird get more contrast and saturated adult plumage. On the head the yellow or white mask is accurately designated.
4. Look what eyes at a bird. Chickabiddies have them completely black. The white ring around a pupil appears only at adult budgerigars. In process of aging, skin around eyes loses plumage.