Budgerigars

Budgeriga

A baseball grip

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Hold the hole body, ith one finger on each side of the neck.

Pitching a fastball?

Sometimes a budgerigar will play up when you put your hand inside its cage. Don’t take your hand out – just wait for an opportunity, holding your hand as though you were going to pitch a baseball. When the bird’s wings are furled, take hold of it gently from behind. Once its neck is securely between your index and middle fingers, it won’t resist.

Data

Length: 18–23cm

Character:

likes people; cha tty. Egg binding (di iculty pa ssing eggs) is common in em a les.

鸚Small birds like budgerigars and Java sparrows are light and have delicate bones, and it’s easy to cause injury when holding them. So it’s vital that they get used to perching on your fingers from a very young age. But when they fly off around the room and don’t come back, or when you want to take them to the vet, you may have to catch them, so it’s best to know this method of holding them.

Ho a et holds them Keep it steady. This finger is the key.

Three-point hold When gi ing treatment the head should be kept still.

Spreading out the

ing When gi ing a check-up, e ha e to carefully check both sides of the ings.

Birds ha e delicate bones, so be careful!