Australia Pet Medication

I was looking in a Los Angeles pet store and saw some beautiful small parakeets. They told me they were from Australia and gave me the following information about this bird called a Budgerigar. The budgerigar is one of the few parrots to be domesticated as a pet. Believed to be the most common pet parrot in the world, it has been bred in captivity since the 1850s. Breeders have worked over the decades to produce a wide range of color and feather mutations, such as yellow, blue, white, violet, olive, albino and lutino (yellow), clearwing and spangled. Modern show budgerigars called English budgerigars have puffy head feathers giving them an exaggerated look. These show budgies are reported to be more prone to genetic mutations because of inbreeding. Most budgerigars in the pet trade are not of the show variety and are similar in size and body conformation to wild budgerigars. In captivity, budgerigars live an average of five to eight years, but are reported to occasionally live to 15 if well cared for. The life span depends on the budgerigar's breed and the individual bird's health, which is influenced by exercise and diet but typically show budgerigars typically do not live as long as the common budgerigars. In the wild budgerigars eat grass seeds almost exclusively but avian veterinarians recommend feeding pet budgies seeds as well as foods such as fresh fruits and vegetables and sprouted seeds. Budgerigars can be taught to speak, whistle tunes, and play with humans. They are intelligent and social animals and enjoy the stimulation of toys and interaction with humans as well as with other budgerigars. A common behavior is the chewing of material such as wood this is especially true for female budgerigars and is related to their nesting habits in the wild.