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Considering Getting A Budgie
nessyfencer
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I've wanted a budgie for quite some time now, but would only get one if I was absolutely sure that my circumstances were suitable for getting a budgie. See what you think?
I live in a rented flat which states no pets. I'd have to either persuade the landlord to allow me or to get one anyway and take the risk of them finding out.
I live by myself. I am frequently out of the flat for periods of up to 36 hours, occasionally for up to 48-60 hours.
I have never kept birds before, but would make sure that I understood how to care for one beforehand.
There would be no financial issues with getting the bird everything it needs.
I am recently in a relationship that is going places. At some point in the next few years, there's obviously the potential that we would want to get a place together. She has a cat. This is nothing that has been spoken about, but I'd need to think about the lifespan of the bird.
And of course the most important budgie question - blue or green? Please don't say yellow
I live in a rented flat which states no pets. I'd have to either persuade the landlord to allow me or to get one anyway and take the risk of them finding out.
I live by myself. I am frequently out of the flat for periods of up to 36 hours, occasionally for up to 48-60 hours.
I have never kept birds before, but would make sure that I understood how to care for one beforehand.
There would be no financial issues with getting the bird everything it needs.
I am recently in a relationship that is going places. At some point in the next few years, there's obviously the potential that we would want to get a place together. She has a cat. This is nothing that has been spoken about, but I'd need to think about the lifespan of the bird.
And of course the most important budgie question - blue or green? Please don't say yellow
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Not at all not what I want to hear. Basically I need to decide what changes I would have to make in my routine if I were to get one, or to leave it until a different time in my life.
OP please don't take this wrong but please think carefully about getting a caged animal of any description - but particularly a bird and particularly a single bird. Some people think it's OK because 'they were bred in captivity and know no better' but many don't hold with that view. A bird kept in a small cage is going against what nature intended.
Even worse - your circumstances - being out of the flat for so long - are in no way suitable. It's not fair imo to keep a bird in a small cage but it is even less fair if they have no company - bird or human. Then there's the maintenance - fresh water and little things like removing seed husks from the top of feeders.
Plus if there are in a small cage they should at least be let out frequently. Birds cr*p everywhere btw....
Yeah, I would definitely let the bird out frequently. I remember my dad and my granda had budgies when I was a kid. The cage door was seldom closed and the birds just came and went as they pleased.
But you live in a rented flat where pets are not allowed, I doubt the landlord would be happy to have bird crap everywhere. Sensibly you need to wait until your circumstances change and you are in suitable accommodation, preferably with an aviary and more than one bird.
Dont agree with birds as pets if they are being kept in a cage, sorry. I definetly dont agree when they are going to be left alone for huge periods of time and maybe chucked aside when the landlord finds out.
We had a budgie when I was a child and he was the best fun ever. He of course had a cage but was rarely in it. He had freedom all day. We had cats and dogs and he would cadge a lift round the house on their backs.
It would be mad to get any pet under your rental agreement. Wait till your circumstances are better.
That's good I am sure you will have a pet at some point in your life it just isn't now, enjoy being pet free while you can I say, just back from wettest dog walk ever and wondering why I have dogs because they were both naughty ! Yes enjoy being pet free for a while.
I think it's the best decision all round
1 budgie alone would be quite sad unless it has constant attention and is hand trained, I had a hand trained one years ago, who was with me constantly when I was indoors, he talked too and was my best pal, when the time is right, a singe budgie is great if you get it young and hand train it
LOL our house smells of wet dog too at the moment!
Any pet is a big decision and the time has to be right, I would say its almost like deciding to have a family, the commitment may not be as big, but the time spent with them is comparable.
I visited a relation of my ohs a few years back and she had a parakeet (i think) that had a cage but she let it have the run of the house and it was disgusting. When we visited we all had to perch on the edge of the sofa, approximately room for one bum cheek because everything was covered in bird poo. The lady herself seemed oblivious to it.
We went out for dinner one day to a nice restaurant and wondered why people were giving us dirty looks. It was only when we left that we noticed the homeowner had bird poo all down the back of her jumper and in her hair! Unfortunitely it was also all over the car seat she had been sat in.
Its preferable to keeping a bird caged 24/7 but seriously, it was horrible!
they surely can't object to a smuggled in hamster. they would never find a smuggled in hamster.
hamsters are fun to watch in their tube systems.
hamsters are happy on their own for a day or two. They are warm and friendly too. Better than a bird.
We had 2 of the wettest dog walks ever this week. Literally I was soaked down to bra and pants