What kind of bird is the best beginners bird?
I know that this depends mostly on the persons ifestyle but I am curious to see people’s answers. In my opinion a cockatiel or green cheek makes the best beginner bird. They aren’t too expensive, and are small with a beak that isn’t too intimidating. Both are known to be cuddly and lovable when hand fed and used to people. I already ahve 3 birds, so this isn’t really for me I am just curious to see other people’s opinions.
I am not suprised by answers. I just posted here because on one site someone posted a goffin’s cockatoo as a good beginners bird. I found this odd since most people see budgies, tiels, and small conures best. Thanks for the input!
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I say Budgie. Is what most start off with before they are bitten with the Bird Bug.
Budgie’s are fun birds and can be taught to be good talker’s.
They aren’t loud talker’s like larger birds, but a freind of mine’s Budgie talker’s more then her grey does.
They are inexpensive, both for bird and cage and toys and food.
I went from Budgie’s to Tiels, to wild caught amazons, to M2 and then U2’s, then a CAG grey-:))
Now have 1 grey, 2 amazons and two umbrella TOO’s
call me crazy! LOL
a parakeet
Being a breeder of both Cockatiels and Conures, plus previously owning Parakeets, I beleive that a Cockatiel is the best first bird for most persons….that is only if you want a bird that does make noise and that does want daily attention from you.
Cockatiels, when handfed and properly socialized become accustomed to and expecting of human attention. They may use their beaks sometimes, but very rarely apply much pressure. Typically, they are investigating, tasting or simply helping you out with that annoying hang nail that’s been a nuisance for days. One click of the beak and it’s gone!
Green Cheeks are great birds, much more interactive and entertaining than Cockatiels. Their pleasure can come with a little added pain, however. When they are young, especially within the first few months AFTER weaning, they love to use those lil black beaks and WITH pressure. It takes much patience and persistence to gently teach them that their beaks/bites hurt. Some new bird owners are really intimidated by this, something you should never show your bird. I promise, however, once the lile Green Goblin learns to play nice, the work was well worth all the hard work and the few nips and pinches. Green Cheeks are lovable, clownish birds that will never cease to amaze you with their affections and their outrageous antics.
Honestly, had I not owned Cockatiels before my Green Cheeks and instead my first (okay 2nd) bird was a Green Cheek, I am not sure I’d ever give Cockatiels a glance. Cockatiels did capture my heart first, so will always own a HUGE chunk of it!
Admittedly, being that I did not fall for birds until adulthood and had lots to learn, Green Cheeks may have turned me off from birds with their biting. I am glad I was prepared for some biting when I got my first Green Cheek baby. She is a doll and I cannot imagine a day without her.
I would say cockatiel because beginer usually don’t know anything about birds. they haven’t had hands on experience.
conures can bite real hard. cockatiels don’t bite hard unless you annoy them. conures are smarter but cockatiels aren’t as loud and are a toned down version of a conure. conures are like parrots and parrots can be a lot of work!
parrotkeets don’t offer as much back as conures or cockatiels
(sorry for any spelling errors.)
A sun conure.
Zoe, my female cockatiel, was my very first bird, and we get along just fine!
quakers. We started with a quaker. Now we have three and a sunday conure. They are the perfect size, easy to train, and they have great personalities. They are also relativley inexpensive, if you get the green/grey quaker. In my life we’ve had Macaws, conures and quakers and the quakers have definatley been the most loveable, but also very strong-willed. Our conures, past and present, have been easy to handle and have been the clowns, they are extremely fun to have. The conure we have now, Pita, is very smart, and he makes us laugh everyday with his antics. We’ve had smaller birds in the past too, budgies and parrotlets. The budgies we never really formed strong bonds with like we have the bigger birds. The parrotlets were definatley cute and entertaining to watch play. The parrrotlets were also pretty easily trained. Out of all these different species we have had, I would definatley go with the quakers.
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