What is the best breed of bird for a first time owner, I want one that i could hold on my hand and maybe let it around the room, or something like that and ones that dont bite much
I would recommend either a zebra finch or a parakeet (also known as a Budgerigar, or Budgie for short). Native to Australia, both these types of birds are commonly sold as pets around the world.
The zebra finch can be rather noisy. Their call, a loud "meep", sounds like the tone of a telephone's keys. These birds are seed eaters, and will be satisfied if you simply provide them with an assortment of seed types, primarily millet seed. It's keep a number of zebra finches together in a single cage as they are highly social birds; however, if you have a male and a female together they will most likely breed, resulting in a clutch of approximately 5 eggs. In captivity , these birds will live to be 5-10 years old.
The parakeet, or "budgie", is possibly the most common caged bird world wide. Due to years of breeding, there is a wide variety of different parakeet breeds, each with unique coloration and pattering. Budgies, another highly social animal, benefit if they are housed with other budgies. If they are housed solitary, be sure to supply a wide variety of toys as to enrich their environment. There are a wide variety of toys enjoyed by budgies, the most popular being chew toys made of wood and cuttlebone. Budgies are much more interactive than zebra finches and benefit from daily human interaction. Tame budgies can be taught to whistle tunes, play with people, and even speak! These birds are tremendously intelligent and very fast learners. Budgies are small but very active and thus require a large cage and should also be let out of the cage for a couple hours everyday. These birds are also longer-lived than finches, reaching up to 20 years in age is common.
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If you love to watch birds but don't quite feel ready to bring one into your home there is always another option. You could simply set up some bird feeders in your backyard. All the responsibility that comes with these "pets" is to fill the feeders every now and then, otherwise all you have to do is sit back and enjoy. You will marvel at the large diversity of birds you can observe in your own backyard if it is set up with the proper types of feeding stations. A combination of different feeder types and seed mixes will bring in a wide range of feathered friends right into your backyard, and once birds learn that your yard is a good feeding location, they will return day after day. There are certain wild birds common at bird feeders, such as chickadees and jays, that can even be trained to eat out of your hand! Check out the wide variety of feeders and mixes available at
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Finches are the beautiful and easily breedable birds for the first time owners. The finches will make mild noise eat less and they will breed easily. You can greed them once in 90 days and they will lay 3-4 eggs and all will hatch. If you keep a small container in one corner of the cage, but you should not feed any green vegetables or leaves, otherwise they will not eat them but they will store them in the container to make a bed, when they are about to breed.
Cockateils are the best all round little birds. They are fairly inexpensive and great for children. Trim their wingd so they depend on you more and become friendly. Don't ever scar them or enemies for life. They can bite but won't remove fingers like the larger birds can. They are very clever and will mimic what you do like knock on a perch and say "Come IN", very sweet and funny personalities. The African Greys are popular but really for adults and cost about $ 1500 up. They could run up expensive vet bills. Don't cook on teflon pans around your bird as it could die within the hour-Not too good for people either. Feed seeds and cooked peas and carrots for them as well. Have a healthy bird.
for first time bird owners zebra finches are amazing little birds , they are active, quiet and obviously wont bite. but they cant be let around the room because you wont be able to tame it. you could get a canary, i had 2 very tame canaries that sat on my shoulder and they don't bite either. They are very fun birds and if you get a male it will regularly sing. If you want a larger bird that you can hold and that is tame then your best bet is a cockatiel. they are very attractive birds and very easy to keep as they are adapted to a dry seed diet but will need fresh fruit and veg. make sure you get a hand tame one and don't buy the first one you see as they come in many colours so shop around. hope i helped
well, parrots are the easiest to hand tame, like a cockatiel. but any parrot is going to be a lot of work and huge commitment because they are long lived, messy, and without proper love and care can be nippy and mean. Whatever type you decide on, make sure you purchase it from a good breeder that has hand raised the bird. I had two cockatiels growing up that I got from a wonderful breeder, and they were the sweetest most loving birds I've ever known. They loved to sit on my shoulder, would beg to have their little heads scratched and loved to mimic whistles. they would never bite either. The ones from the petstore just wont compare.
