I want to mate my paraketts, they are both about 1 now and besides the nesting box and material will I need anything else? Will they just start mating? At what age do they start?
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Are you prepared for hand feeding the babies if the parents don't?
Are you prepared for a bigger cage when the babies are ready to fledge the nest box?
Are you prepared for death of babies?
Are you prepared to find proper homes for the babies for the life of all the babies?
If you are prepared to do all of the above then go right ahead, but if you are NOT, don't breed your birds!!!
There are to many birds in rescues now that are unwanted. There is no reason to breed birds just for the sake of breeding birds. Think of what you are doing first. Unnecessary breeding is what is making all the birds that are in rescues now. Please make better choices with your pets, please!
It's not a matter of just putting two birds together, there is more to it.
mating maturaty ususally isn't until the are 3yrs old.
try i do this with my zebra finches.
Get an chicken egg shell
Wash it (Just use water)
Put it in microwave for 4 mins to kill samonella
than leave it 2 cool down and put it in there cage and they will go crazy for it !!
I would wait another six months to a year, although some budgies will lay eggs on the bottom of the cage and occassionally they will raise them there. Yes, they'll figure out the mating thing on their own.
As a rule birds only breed and rear their young when they feel safe and conditions are right.
I would remove the nestbox until you see them mating.
Every egg the female lays will deplete her body of calicum..so you need to be sure she has a cuttlebone and fresh veggies and grains, and cooked eggs.
Listen to what humor4fm had to say..he's dead on!!!!
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