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[quote=Anonymous]I have 2 budgies. They were cheap to buy (about $40/each).
We got them a big cage, approx $300. Their food is cheap and lasts long. We have them on a mix of pellets and seeds. They fresh food like apples, grapes and any type of greens. They like to sleep about 12 hours a night.

We tamed ours. It took about 3 weeks of slowly getting them used to us. You can google on youtube, their are lots of videos of how to do it. Now they are hand tamed and we can open the top of their cage whenever we are home. The fly around to their favorite spots in the house (poop protected).

There is upkeep on their cages, changing their cage paper about 3 times a week. I give the cage a  good cleaning every saturday, takes about an hour. There is also daily sweeping, or vacuuming around the cage.

They are sweet little guys. We enjoy their singing, make sure you pick birds that you enjoy their sounds, some are annoying (cockatiels). They are smart and  have funny little personalities. Also, I wouldn't get one, they need a friend.

We have taught them tricks, and they love taking baths once a week.

I do agree that ideally they would be free and not cooped up in cages, but that's not reality. Mine are free to fly for hours a day, unfortunately it's in a house, but they'd die if i let them free. I try to give them good lives of freedom, barring anything that would hurt them.

Also, agreed it will be all on you.[/quote]

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