I'm thinking of getting a 2 parakeets and a cocketiel. BUT.... i want to take the birds to the vet per year. How much will the vet bill be for all of the pets? I'm thinking the bill won't be much if the trip is just a look over and a cut off the wings, am i right? What will be the bill for a emergency? How much are the food for a month? I don't want to feed my birds those food from the bags from the pet store i want to feed them the nuts, seeds, oats and fruit from my human supermarket to have a safer diet for them. What other expenses will i need to pay. How much will the expenses all add up to? Please help I know how much responsibilty and time i need to offer but I really want to adopt these birds!
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It seems like you are a very responsible pet owner :) pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com
The vet trips can be expensive, even just for a clipping of their wings. My guess may be 50$? (Hard to tell without knowing how much your local vet charges) If you feel confident enough you can ask your vet to show you how to cut a birds wings, its very easy and takes a few seconds. Emergency costs cannot be calculated since depending if its during clinic hours or afterhours you may be charged a emergency callout fee. Then depending on what is wrong the cost can scale again.

It's great that you want to feed your birds a wide variety of food, but to be honest the packet stuff is actually really good. Brands like Trill are usually the best in my opinion. My cockatiel wouldn't want anything else. A way to test if a packet birdseed is good is to have some wet cotton balls and try to grow the seed on it. A good birdseed should contain LIVE seeds.That is seeds that are able to germinate (grow).

What I would suggest is to have a good quality birdseed available at all times as it is a balanced diet and is quite safe, and then to supplement that with fresh fruit. My boy doesn't really like fruit unless your eating it first, but loooves porridge and porridge oats. pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com

Other expenses you will come across is cages, You will need at least two as cockatiels and parakeets (I'm assuaging budgerigars) can be in the same cage but then you face problems such as toe-biting and aggression.

The actual purchase of the birds can almost be more expensive then the cage. You want to buy birds that have bright clear eyes, no dribbly noses, clean feet without missing any toenails. If you want hand raised birds (which I highly recommend, as they are much cuddlier and happy to be with you)

Apart from that I can't think of any other needed expenses except for the little things like cuttlefish, grit and toys.

But in my personal opinion, if you want a bird that is really going to love you and just want to spend time with you, only get one hand-raised bird. When you start having more then one bird they rely on each other for company and friendlyness and they will still be friendly to you, but it can cause aggression and unfriendlyness in some cases. I know that if you were to get two hand-raised cockatiels and keep them in the same cage, same part of the house/unit/whatever, you can quite effectively "erase" all the good points that come with hand-raised birds. They become dependent on each other and not you.

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If you want a bird that loves you and wants to spend time with you, and dosn't f ly away with you even if his wings arn't cut- go for one hand-raised bird. (I would suggest a cockatiel as they are beautiful birds, a little bigger and have strong personalities.

But whatever you choose, good luck :)

Owned several budgies over the years as well at cockatiels later on.