Species: Cockatiels, parakeets
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: small conures
Sexing and Characteristics: Parakeets-cere color-blue/male, brown or pink/female cockatiels-cheek patches, head color-bright,lots of yellow/male, faded/female
Mostly Active During: Day
Substrate and Water Needs: Newspaper, butcher paper for cage bottom water dish fresh water daily
Lighting and UVB: Uvb lights are helpful if it is a dark room, but not a necessity
Temperatures and Humidity: Can live outside all year up to zone 5 if outside all the time. Would die if was an inside bird and escaped out in the winter. Otherwise room temp is fine.
Heating and Equipment: N/a
Caging Provided: MINIMUM cage should be at least double the height of the bird, 1 1/2 times wider than the wingspan.
Diet: Herbivorous
Description of Diet: Seed is 75% of their diet. The other is people food. If it’s healthy for you, it’s good for them. (NO chocolate, avacoado, light side on the dairy)
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: Cuttle bones for calcium
Maintenance: Keep the cage tidy. Spray with warm water 1 or 2 times a week (in the morning, so they can dry all day) or allow them to bathe in a sink in an inch or so of water.
Some Words on this Species: Parakeets will chatter all day. Conures are usually noisy also. Cockatiels can be, but are usually quieter if they are happy. All will talk to different degrees.
So I hope my caresheet helped you, and I hope you have fun with your cockatiel or parakeet. :)
Posted by Bird_Boy
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