Would an Exhibition-type Budgie make a good pet?

[Sparrow 13]

I was just wondering whether there's any difference in the
temperament or intelligence of Exxhibition-type Budgies and the
petstore sort, which would have an effect on how tame, sociaLIZED and
people-friendly they become? The reason I am asking is because I
think I might like to get a Showbird as a pet parakeet,-- the larger
size would make for a visually striking and unusual pet; unless their
temperament is so markedly different from common keets' as to
interfere with making friends,

[Chet Swanson]

Post by Sparrow 13
I was just wondering whether there's any difference in the
temperament or intelligence of Exxhibition-type Budgies and the
petstore sort, which would have an effect on how tame, sociaLIZED and
people-friendly they become? The reason I am asking is because I
think I might like to get a Showbird as a pet parakeet,-- the larger
size would make for a visually striking and unusual pet; unless their
temperament is so markedly different from common keets' as to
interfere with making friends,

The exhibition budgies make great pets. In general, they are more mellow
than the "pet store" budgies. They have a bad reputation for not living as
long, but if kept in as pets, fed properly, cared for properly, etc., there
is no reason they should not have a fairly long life-span.

[ZQ]

Post by Chet Swanson

Post by Sparrow 13
I was just wondering whether there's any difference in the
temperament or intelligence of Exxhibition-type Budgies and the
petstore sort, which would have an effect on how tame, sociaLIZED and
people-friendly they become? The reason I am asking is because I
think I might like to get a Showbird as a pet parakeet,-- the larger
size would make for a visually striking and unusual pet; unless their
temperament is so markedly different from common keets' as to
interfere with making friends,

The exhibition budgies make great pets. In general, they are more mellow
than the "pet store" budgies. They have a bad reputation for not living as
long, but if kept in as pets, fed properly, cared for properly, etc., there
is no reason they should not have a fairly long life-span.

Except for the fact that they are budgies, which are notorious for
having extremely short lives. The budgie that lives more than 4-5 years
is the rare exception to the rule.

[Chet Swanson]

Just to clarify, the pet store bird (commonly called a parakeet here in the
US) and the exhibition bird are identical genetically. They are both
budgies, or budgerigars; just one has been bred over the years to be larger
and more "regal" for exhibition purposes. There is no reason why the larger
exhibition bird cannot live as long as the pet store variety. Do they,
probably not on average, but if properly feed and treated as a pet rather
than an exhibition bird it has the genetic potential to live just as long as
any other budgie, large or small.



Wikipedia has a fairly good article at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budgerigar

Except for the fact that they are budgies, which are notorious for having
extremely short lives. The budgie that lives more than 4-5 years is the
rare exception to the rule.

[sheila 2]

ZQ wrote:
| | Chet Swanson wrote:
| | | "Sparrow 13" <***@gmail.com> wrote in message
| | | news:***@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
| | |
| | | | I was just wondering whether there's any difference in the
| | | | temperament or intelligence of Exxhibition-type Budgies and the
| | | | petstore sort, which would have an effect on how tame,
| | | | sociaLIZED and people-friendly they become? The reason I am
| | | | asking is because I think I might like to get a Showbird as a
| | | | pet parakeet,-- the larger size would make for a visually
| | | | striking and unusual pet; unless their temperament is so
| | | | markedly different from common keets' as to interfere with
| | | | making friends,
| | | |
| | |
| | |
| | | The exhibition budgies make great pets. In general, they are more
| | | mellow than the "pet store" budgies. They have a bad reputation
| | | for not living as long, but if kept in as pets, fed properly,
| | | cared for properly, etc., there is no reason they should not have
| | | a fairly long life-span.
| | |
| | |
| |
| | Except for the fact that they are budgies, which are notorious for
| | having extremely short lives. The budgie that lives more than 4-5
| | years is the rare exception to the rule.

I dont find that, our present budgie is 6, our longest living one was 12.the
onely one we lost young didnt live more than 3 months old, My personal view
is that the more exercise the bird gets, the healthier they are, ours are
allowed free access to our long lounge, and they take advantage of that
freedom all the time.