Budgie singing to Mirror | Christmas Edition

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  • @radamseymusic
    @radamseymusic Жыл бұрын

    You look so happy for Christmas Parakeet

  • @caramelrhapsodyjesseslife
    @caramelrhapsodyjesseslife7 жыл бұрын

    My budgies (Apollo, Zeus and Prometheus) love Cookie. This video inspired me to decorate their already lavish enclosure with tiny Holiday fair. Cookie is so cute!

  • @blondego56

    @blondego56

    7 жыл бұрын

    Whispering Mist i know, isnt this Christmas one pretty 😊

  • @caramelrhapsodyjesseslife

    @caramelrhapsodyjesseslife

    7 жыл бұрын

    It's one of Cookie's finest videos! Adorable!

  • @yadigarturan3918

    @yadigarturan3918

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@blondego56 yorumumunum yorumumunum 0de de 0de 0bu yorumları hem yakın 0hem 0bu 00çıkıyor ve 0babam mübarek olsun ellerinden öperim 0o bu 0tandırlarda 0sohbet çıkıyor ve 0babam mübarek olsun ellerinden öperim 0mübarek olsun ellerinden öperim 0o 0arasında 0yorumları hem yakın 0hem bu 0tandırlarda 0sohbet çıkıyor 0ve 0ve 0babam mübarek olsun ellerinden öperim o 0kadar 0bu bu 00maç 0sohbet yorumları hem 00de 0bu 0çıkıyor çıkıyor ve 0ve 0babam mübarek 0mübarek 0olsun ellerinden 0öperim o kadar da ⁰0değil bu 0tandırlarda 0sohbet pd7r88⁵

  • @Kissablegirlamm

    @Kissablegirlamm

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@blondego56 you up y it

  • @nicholasmoreno3883
    @nicholasmoreno388311 ай бұрын

    Wonderful

  • @ksakakini
    @ksakakini7 жыл бұрын

    i love,love cookie,he's really cute just like my budgie Tommy!

  • @digede28
    @digede285 жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of our beloved Derek Budgie whom sadly left us December 2018 :) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) Great video :) ;) ;) ;) ;) BUDGIES are GREAT :) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)

  • @ginahochstein3716
    @ginahochstein37166 жыл бұрын

    Oh, he's the best. He actually sings the song!

  • @ainsleydrake8481
    @ainsleydrake84817 жыл бұрын

    Merry Christmas! My budgies love hanging out with cookie via youtube! :D I think this guy deserves the millions of views more than similiar budgie vids!

  • @alenaxp

    @alenaxp

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! :) Merry Christmas!

  • @cece3194
    @cece31946 жыл бұрын

    That's Biscuit!! My parakeet/budgie just loves to listen and chat with Biscuit! :) Thanks for posting .

  • @varshithasworld874
    @varshithasworld8742 жыл бұрын

    I ❤ BUDGIES

  • @simonebayer2081
    @simonebayer20817 жыл бұрын

    My new little Jazz did not react well to other vids with more than one budgie, she had been living for a year with a family where she was completely ignored. The other vids were confusing and overstimulating her to a point she became exhausted and scared. She loves this one, stays calm, listens intently and even answers sometimes. Thanks :)

  • @karinmaier2550

    @karinmaier2550

    4 жыл бұрын

    J am pvph ptptq uptqt tpv so sorryw i wiqt you mery chripuj mapv

  • @minecraftsteve7373
    @minecraftsteve73734 жыл бұрын

    anyone else hear the budgie say "Oooo Ya gimme Chocolateeee"?

  • @nishastri
    @nishastri3 жыл бұрын

    Budgies are the cutest thing ever

  • @SAMS562011
    @SAMS5620116 жыл бұрын

    Your Cookie has helped my Cookie to become hand trained thank you x

  • @katelynmurphy2214
    @katelynmurphy22146 жыл бұрын

    My budgie always is happy to hear cookie :)

  • @rathnamswarna9066
    @rathnamswarna90663 жыл бұрын

    Cute

  • @iulianarosu3266
    @iulianarosu32666 жыл бұрын

    My budgies(Chip & Lizzie) love Cookie. If I play your videos, they will chirp. Budgies are so cute!

  • @liontail4098
    @liontail40987 жыл бұрын

    I can't believe Cookie is so persistent in courting the other beautiful budgie in the mirror.

  • @carsonnielsen7549
    @carsonnielsen75492 жыл бұрын

    Awwwww

  • @gilliansmith8238
    @gilliansmith82387 жыл бұрын

    My budgie Pidgey loves this!

  • @aya-nn2on
    @aya-nn2on2 жыл бұрын

    بحلك عنا 👍👍👍ماشاء الله

  • @shellyerho5552
    @shellyerho55522 жыл бұрын

    Thank u Cookie 4 keeping my lonely budgie HAPPY 😊!!

  • @arashi8906
    @arashi89064 жыл бұрын

    Ovo je neki nas Budgie :3

  • @EDJUKATOR
    @EDJUKATOR6 жыл бұрын

    Poor Budgie, probably the cutest Bird in the world but at the same time the most lonely and sad bird.

  • @eserunak4690
    @eserunak46902 жыл бұрын

    So cute 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘

  • @user-bb8wt5qp7b
    @user-bb8wt5qp7bАй бұрын

    Angels❤❤

  • @Virgiesamboang
    @Virgiesamboang3 жыл бұрын

    So nice and so cute. I love Budgie. 🍌🍅🍎🌹🌹 🙂

  • @mrfoxy1235
    @mrfoxy12356 жыл бұрын

    my budgie Cookie loves Cookie!

  • @gailebeasley1875
    @gailebeasley18757 жыл бұрын

    Cookie is adorable...loving the Christmas video!! Merry Christmas!

  • @alenaxp

    @alenaxp

    7 жыл бұрын

    Merry Christmas!

  • @jessisarabia8641
    @jessisarabia86415 жыл бұрын

    Cool your bird is look at it.🐦😍

  • @1viva
    @1viva7 жыл бұрын

    SSSSOOOooo cute!! Thank you! :-)♥

  • @trashcan8689
    @trashcan86897 жыл бұрын

    OMG i had my mouse on the sub button and my bird pressed it for me XD :>

  • @blondego56

    @blondego56

    7 жыл бұрын

    Eevee Da Best lolz 😊

  • @katelynmurphy2214

    @katelynmurphy2214

    6 жыл бұрын

    XD your bird likes cookie!

  • @MoonShadow.

    @MoonShadow.

    3 жыл бұрын

    ITT O

  • @BrokerTamara
    @BrokerTamara7 жыл бұрын

    I love the Christmas music and my budgie enjoys this. Thank you for sharing.

  • @anniewade6576
    @anniewade65763 жыл бұрын

    Meet snowy a little budgie who loves to play with snowballs

  • @Bird_Queen_1588
    @Bird_Queen_15887 жыл бұрын

    Alen AxP my parakeet loves cookie particularly the one with the pink mirror Mr.MaGoo goes crazy with that one

  • @awesomevids4451

    @awesomevids4451

    6 жыл бұрын

    Lenora Little Hbgm

  • @awesomevids4451

    @awesomevids4451

    6 жыл бұрын

    Lol my bird roped this

  • @TheDkeeler
    @TheDkeeler7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the lovely video. My three male Budgies enjoyed this while having dinner with me tonight.

  • @Kuutamo73
    @Kuutamo737 жыл бұрын

    So sweet!

  • @anniewade6576
    @anniewade65763 жыл бұрын

    Winterfest decorations are a great idea to make a new snowflake stand

  • @erinfee3378
    @erinfee3378 Жыл бұрын

    I have. Budgie named Cookie. She is white and the sweetest baby girl!! I found that my male Budgies are more talkative than my females.....

  • @berniedarbyshire8482
    @berniedarbyshire84827 жыл бұрын

    A happy wee soul

  • @judyschille8739
    @judyschille87395 жыл бұрын

    My lil bird gets so excited when I tape my IPhone on her cage to watch videos of Cookie. She has actually paused the video while trying to touch him!!

  • @blondego56
    @blondego567 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much for this!!! I feel like a horrible parakeet mom, my heart was broken because my two parakeets Ginger and Wasabi, died because I cleaned my oven (on self clean) but I forgot a pan in there that was an old teflon sheetpan)... I had all the windows open because the smoke alarm went off and after the smoke cleared the oven cycle was almost complete, and I left to the grocery store I came back to feed the dog and the cats, and my little sweet parakeets Ginger and Wasabi had died 💔 😢 my husband got me two new parakeets Ginger and Wasabi Jr, this is a lesson hard learned 💔 I'm playing this for the new ones just like I did my other budgie babies

  • @carolwade3094

    @carolwade3094

    6 жыл бұрын

    BLONDAGO: So your husband is as selfish and cruel as you are? There is no such animal as a “cage bird.” All caged birds were either captured or bred in captivity. In the wild, these beautiful beings are never alone. If they become separated from their flockmates for even a moment, they call wildly to them. They preen each other, fly together, play, and share egg-incubation duties. Many bird species mate for life and share parenting tasks. The evidence of their close companionship and concern for one another is plain to see. Unfortunately for birds, the very qualities that we find admirable and fascinating about them-their brilliant colors, speech capabilities, intelligence, playfulness, and loyalty-have made them the third most popular type of animal companion in the U.S. It’s estimated that 40 million birds in the U.S. are kept caged and often improperly cared for-bored, lonely, and a long way from their natural homes. Many people buy birds on impulse and don’t have a clue how much time, money, and energy is needed to care for them on a daily basis. Birds are as messy and destructive as puppies-something irresponsible breeders and retailers often won’t explain to customers. And unlike puppies, birds continue this behavior for 15 to 75 years. Additionally, birds can be extremely loud and demanding and sometimes severely bite their caretakers. Because most customers aren’t prepared for an animal companion who is as curious, needy, and demanding as a 2-year-old child, countless birds spend their entire lives trapped inside a cage that’s too small in the corner of a living room, basement, or garage, unable to use or stretch their wings and deprived of the vital companionship of other birds. Like dogs on chains, caged birds crave freedom and companionship, not the cruel reality of forced solitary confinement for the rest of their very long lives. Driven mad from boredom and loneliness, caged birds often become aggressive, neurotic, and self-destructive. They pull out their own feathers, mutilate their skin, incessantly bob their heads and regurgitate, pace back and forth, peck over and over again at cage bars, and shake or even collapse from anxiety. Even if a previously caged bird comes into a home in which he or she is allowed a rich, active life, this behavior persists and is extremely difficult to extinguish. The Truth About Bird Suppliers Just as there are puppy mills, there are now enormous bird factories where breeders warehouse thousands of parrots and other exotic birds and remove their offspring in order to sell them to pet stores. These birds are frequently confined to dirty, dimly lit cages, where they are unable to fully stretch their wings. There is no federal legislation to protect birds in the pet trade, and successful prosecution of cruel or negligent bird breeders is unlikely under most state anti-cruelty laws. A parrot-breeding operation in Washington state-which a veterinarian described as a “concentration camp” and where, according to news sources, birds “lived in cold, wet, filthy conditions for years”-remains open and continues to raise birds for the pet trade. The same lack of caring has been reported at breeding facilities across the country. Disease Is Widespread Bird-breeding factories often breed communicable diseases, too, from proventricular dilatation disease (PDD)-the symptoms of which include depression, weight loss, and constant or intermittent regurgitation-to papillomavirus infection, salmonellosis, giardiasis, and psittacine beak and feather disease. Sick birds can give humans or other pet birds chlamydiosis (psittacosis), salmonellosis, E. coli infections, tuberculosis, giardiasis, and other illnesses associated with bacteria and fungi. Smuggling Is Common Wild-caught parrots are also prime commodities in the multibillion-dollar illegal wildlife trade. Hardly a week goes by without another story of a bird smuggler who was caught with parrots in the air vents of his or her car, of small parrots being smuggled in jacket pockets, or of any of hundreds of other usually deadly schemes to import these valuable birds illegally. While many smugglers are caught, most are not, so thousands of uninspected-and frequently sick and terrified-birds enter the companion bird trade each year. When the Novelty Wears Off When the birds who seemed so cute and lovable in pet stores turn out to be noisy, messy, and demanding of people’s attention, many are later abandoned, and few live out their natural life spans. About 85 percent of parrots are resold, given away, or abandoned within two years of being purchased. If they are ignored, they suffer in isolation and may become even noisier, more aggressive, or more despondent. Caged companion birds are typically not native to the areas where they reside. They cannot be released simply by opening a window and letting them fly away (which would be considered a crime of abandonment in most states). Without the proper climate, food sources, and habitat, escaped or released captive birds become prey for free-roaming cats and wildlife or are doomed to suffer lingering deaths because of exposure, starvation, or injuries. Responsible rescue groups, animal shelters, and sanctuaries can only place or care for a small percentage of these unwanted birds. To complicate matters further, some alleged “sanctuaries” are actually thinly disguised breeding colonies or hoarding situations in which birds are housed in extremely crowded conditions, receive minimal care and attention, and may even be sold back into the pet trade. If you or a friend have a lot of time and resources and remain determined to have a bird companion, please adopt a homeless one from a shelter or rescue group, but only after fully researching their dietary, behavioral, and other needs. You are in for a great deal of work! Buying birds from pet shops contributes to a horrible cycle of disease and abuse, so to appreciate birds without buying and caging them, consider creating your own backyard sanctuary.

  • @julie033063
    @julie0330633 жыл бұрын

    I have a buddy just like this

  • @adeliabonar5724
    @adeliabonar57247 жыл бұрын

    он разговаривает! he speaking! =))) so lovely! my budgie Kesha likes him very much=))

  • @brokenwindowspchelp
    @brokenwindowspchelp7 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful Alen! I love it! It is very relaxing and Christmasy!!! Merry Christmas! But it is August. Sorry I missed this. :)

  • @budgiebungalow81
    @budgiebungalow814 жыл бұрын

    When my budgie heard this she was like chirp chirp chip chirp chip chirp cheap

  • @finolaomurchu8217
    @finolaomurchu82172 жыл бұрын

    Ah poor Cookie, I was just showing my budgie Bobby this vid.🐦✝️

  • @ardalla535
    @ardalla5357 жыл бұрын

    When you have a budgie, everyday is Christmas. Just thought I would put that out.

  • @carolwade3094

    @carolwade3094

    6 жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately, every day isn't Christmas for your budgie. And Christmas has nothing to do with caging a bird for YOUR entertainment. It's cruel.

  • @justjohn1301

    @justjohn1301

    6 жыл бұрын

    Carol Wade wow, someone thinks they are W0KE.

  • @redgeminiarts3674

    @redgeminiarts3674

    3 жыл бұрын

    Christmas and Halloween! lol

  • @Bird_Queen_1588
    @Bird_Queen_15887 жыл бұрын

    My budgie is blind and he loves cookie and he starts to chirp like crazy

  • @dreasmom2789

    @dreasmom2789

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ooooo. How sweet.

  • @kategomez1051
    @kategomez10516 жыл бұрын

    my budgie loves hearing Cookie and sometimes even answers him.

  • @somavijit
    @somavijit5 жыл бұрын

    My budige loves cookie

  • @parrotwitdacarrot
    @parrotwitdacarrot7 жыл бұрын

    my bird looked at his mirror and now i dont think he knows its there anymore

  • @KindredKeepsake
    @KindredKeepsake7 жыл бұрын

    Cookie is really feeling the holiday spirit! ♥

  • @mimishella4915
    @mimishella49156 жыл бұрын

    This is so cute. Maybe some different songs? I love how he sounds like people whispering sometimes.

  • @femicxxxde
    @femicxxxde7 жыл бұрын

    my budgies love to sing

  • @carolwade3094

    @carolwade3094

    6 жыл бұрын

    Budgies don't SING. It's not a song bird. And it' doesn't belong in a cage sitting on a perch. They fly over 3 miles each day with their FLOCK when in the wild, and they share caring for their eggs. What gave you the idea that a wild bird belongs behind bars for YOUR entertainment. It's selfish and cruel of you to buy one and make a trapper weathier than he or she already is. Did you think the pet stores care about that? THEY are making money, too, and that's all they care about, which is why puppies come from puppy mills, and the Amish have a corner on that.

  • @margies5906
    @margies59067 ай бұрын

    So sad...he is an only bird😢my birds love to preen and interact physically. Please get a buddy foy this sweet bird. My parakeets usually chatter back at utube parakeets chit chat...but they were silent for this video. They looked sad. Get a friend for this sweet bird❤

  • @chengli7046
    @chengli70465 ай бұрын

    🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @dominguezlupe
    @dominguezlupe5 жыл бұрын

    Am I bird parakeet is Polly and he likes to hear cookie alot he goes crazy

  • @jacksglz2134
    @jacksglz21346 жыл бұрын

    i have 2 budgies one male one female , i love them so much male is named blues and female is buttercup they are the best

  • @carrielawson7998
    @carrielawson79986 жыл бұрын

    MY PARAKEET LOVES COOKIE I MAKE A LITTLE HOME FOR MY BIRD PUT HER IN AND PUT MY TABLET IN PUT COOKIE SINGING ON AND MY BIRD LOVES IT

  • @ortensia1
    @ortensia13 жыл бұрын

    I have a 10 month budgie. His name is Frankie. This is his most favorite video.

  • @khuramashraf1805
    @khuramashraf18057 жыл бұрын

    I am watching this because I have a budgie.

  • @muammerpehlivan2495
    @muammerpehlivan24956 ай бұрын

    🎉😢😢

  • @determinedailurophile8364
    @determinedailurophile83647 жыл бұрын

    It looks exactly like my bird!

  • @hayhayden9124
    @hayhayden91247 жыл бұрын

    I really want a parakeet maybe for my bday??

  • @karinmaier2550
    @karinmaier25504 жыл бұрын

    So sweet lg karin

  • @heatherjoy479
    @heatherjoy4795 жыл бұрын

    Does cookie still sing in the mirror or not now he has a flock off his own kind with other budgies snowflack and biskit

  • @arturoescamilla3205
    @arturoescamilla32057 жыл бұрын

    my birds are the same

  • @wolperwolper1854
    @wolperwolper18545 жыл бұрын

    ...da könnt ich heulen - sooo traurige E I N S A M E Weihnacht nur mit dem eigenen Spiegelbild. Sollte man mal mit DIR machen......

  • @anniewade6576
    @anniewade65763 жыл бұрын

    Winterfest is coming tomorrow morning and everyone is going to get a new KZread video from my 60 videos sign up for a couple of videos if you can!!

  • @anniet494
    @anniet4944 жыл бұрын

    A week before my wedding i let my mom take my birds so i could keep my room clean... And she lost one of my precious babies, very sad and heartbroken

  • @moldybug818
    @moldybug8183 жыл бұрын

    Not trying to be that person but this could be really bad for the birds physiological health but I’m not anyone to say anything, i don’t even have a bird yet

  • @Alejandra-bp9qe
    @Alejandra-bp9qe7 жыл бұрын

    Its almost summer now..but this is adorable (L) :)

  • @khuramashraf1805
    @khuramashraf18057 жыл бұрын

    My budgie's name is Buttercup she is yellow.

  • @BabyGreen162
    @BabyGreen1624 жыл бұрын

    Is this bird whispering in Serbo-Croatian?

  • @zalhjas65
    @zalhjas656 жыл бұрын

    How old is cookie he still has head stripes

  • @wowpethelp3591
    @wowpethelp35917 жыл бұрын

    why wich my male was like cookie

  • @carolwade3094

    @carolwade3094

    6 жыл бұрын

    Birds are better off dead than caged for your entertainment. Caging a bird is cruel and selfish. Build yourself a cage, and see how it makes you feel. And YOU can THINK and have no wings. You don't need a flock to miss.

  • @somavijit
    @somavijit5 жыл бұрын

    My Boudi class cooking

  • @lifeismagical3123
    @lifeismagical31237 жыл бұрын

    i have the same singing bird! but he wont talk!

  • @carolwade3094

    @carolwade3094

    6 жыл бұрын

    My goodness, I wonder why it won't talk. Could it be bored and depressed?

  • @77derya77
    @77derya776 жыл бұрын

    since budgies are VERY social it`s considered abuse to have just one alone, so desperate that he talks to himself :,( makes me very sad. no green fresh branches nothing green in general. just shitty plastic stuff and this poor, alone budgie. Im glad that in switzerland it`s forbidden to keep them alone.

  • @JansAdd
    @JansAdd4 жыл бұрын

    Does anyobe else hear " ill stab you?" smh i play this for my bird,

  • @ulcbroadcasting
    @ulcbroadcasting3 жыл бұрын

    Pepole who disliked are noobs

  • @siddhesh5350
    @siddhesh53506 жыл бұрын

    why does he whisper

  • @SallyAlexandriaAlexParakeets
    @SallyAlexandriaAlexParakeets7 жыл бұрын

    so cute, checkout our video---Australian parakeets singing,dancing, eating----Enjoy

  • @carolwade3094

    @carolwade3094

    6 жыл бұрын

    Australian birds belong in Australia to fly freely with its FLOCK, find the foods it loves and to have a family. It wasn't born to be living in a cage for YOUR entertainment.

  • @carolwade3094
    @carolwade30946 жыл бұрын

    There is no such animal as a “cage bird.” All caged birds were either captured or bred in captivity. In the wild, these beautiful beings are never alone. If they become separated from their flockmates for even a moment, they call wildly to them. They preen each other, fly together, play, and share egg-incubation duties. Many bird species mate for life and share parenting tasks. The evidence of their close companionship and concern for one another is plain to see. Unfortunately for birds, the very qualities that we find admirable and fascinating about them-their brilliant colors, speech capabilities, intelligence, playfulness, and loyalty-have made them the third most popular type of animal companion in the U.S. It’s estimated that 40 million birds in the U.S. are kept caged and often improperly cared for-bored, lonely, and a long way from their natural homes. Many people buy birds on impulse and don’t have a clue how much time, money, and energy is needed to care for them on a daily basis. Birds are as messy and destructive as puppies-something irresponsible breeders and retailers often won’t explain to customers. And unlike puppies, birds continue this behavior for 15 to 75 years. Additionally, birds can be extremely loud and demanding and sometimes severely bite their caretakers. Because most customers aren’t prepared for an animal companion who is as curious, needy, and demanding as a 2-year-old child, countless birds spend their entire lives trapped inside a cage that’s too small in the corner of a living room, basement, or garage, unable to use or stretch their wings and deprived of the vital companionship of other birds. Like dogs on chains, caged birds crave freedom and companionship, not the cruel reality of forced solitary confinement for the rest of their very long lives. Driven mad from boredom and loneliness, caged birds often become aggressive, neurotic, and self-destructive. They pull out their own feathers, mutilate their skin, incessantly bob their heads and regurgitate, pace back and forth, peck over and over again at cage bars, and shake or even collapse from anxiety. Even if a previously caged bird comes into a home in which he or she is allowed a rich, active life, this behavior persists and is extremely difficult to extinguish. The Truth About Bird Suppliers Just as there are puppy mills, there are now enormous bird factories where breeders warehouse thousands of parrots and other exotic birds and remove their offspring in order to sell them to pet stores. These birds are frequently confined to dirty, dimly lit cages, where they are unable to fully stretch their wings. There is no federal legislation to protect birds in the pet trade, and successful prosecution of cruel or negligent bird breeders is unlikely under most state anti-cruelty laws. A parrot-breeding operation in Washington state-which a veterinarian described as a “concentration camp” and where, according to news sources, birds “lived in cold, wet, filthy conditions for years”-remains open and continues to raise birds for the pet trade. The same lack of caring has been reported at breeding facilities across the country. Disease Is Widespread Bird-breeding factories often breed communicable diseases, too, from proventricular dilatation disease (PDD)-the symptoms of which include depression, weight loss, and constant or intermittent regurgitation-to papillomavirus infection, salmonellosis, giardiasis, and psittacine beak and feather disease. Sick birds can give humans or other pet birds chlamydiosis (psittacosis), salmonellosis, E. coli infections, tuberculosis, giardiasis, and other illnesses associated with bacteria and fungi. Smuggling Is Common Wild-caught parrots are also prime commodities in the multibillion-dollar illegal wildlife trade. Hardly a week goes by without another story of a bird smuggler who was caught with parrots in the air vents of his or her car, of small parrots being smuggled in jacket pockets, or of any of hundreds of other usually deadly schemes to import these valuable birds illegally. While many smugglers are caught, most are not, so thousands of uninspected-and frequently sick and terrified-birds enter the companion bird trade each year. When the Novelty Wears Off When the birds who seemed so cute and lovable in pet stores turn out to be noisy, messy, and demanding of people’s attention, many are later abandoned, and few live out their natural life spans. About 85 percent of parrots are resold, given away, or abandoned within two years of being purchased. If they are ignored, they suffer in isolation and may become even noisier, more aggressive, or more despondent. Caged companion birds are typically not native to the areas where they reside. They cannot be released simply by opening a window and letting them fly away (which would be considered a crime of abandonment in most states). Without the proper climate, food sources, and habitat, escaped or released captive birds become prey for free-roaming cats and wildlife or are doomed to suffer lingering deaths because of exposure, starvation, or injuries. Responsible rescue groups, animal shelters, and sanctuaries can only place or care for a small percentage of these unwanted birds. To complicate matters further, some alleged “sanctuaries” are actually thinly disguised breeding colonies or hoarding situations in which birds are housed in extremely crowded conditions, receive minimal care and attention, and may even be sold back into the pet trade. If you or a friend have a lot of time and resources and remain determined to have a bird companion, please adopt a homeless one from a shelter or rescue group, but only after fully researching their dietary, behavioral, and other needs. You are in for a great deal of work! Buying birds from pet shops contributes to a horrible cycle of disease and abuse, so to appreciate birds without buying and caging them, consider creating your own backyard sanctuary.

  • @karinmaier2550

    @karinmaier2550

    4 жыл бұрын

    Droddd

  • @jennyjube
    @jennyjube7 жыл бұрын

    my cat licked the screen

  • @joelweidenfeld471
    @joelweidenfeld4717 жыл бұрын

    kinda cruel, THE bird thinks there is a bird in there, get HIM a friend, parakeets are not 1000.00$......and its not that they are DUMB, birds are in the top 5 smartest ANIMALs with brains so small that if YOURs was as small and even if enlarged to normalize FOR your size, THAT is múltiply it by the weight difference and a encephalization factor you would still be dead with nit ENOUGH neural tissue to operate your organs while in coma......and birds fly like machines not built yet. I must not be THE ONLY one to see this, THIS is a FUCKING bird video and you have 20 dislikes

  • @brokenwindowspchelp

    @brokenwindowspchelp

    7 жыл бұрын

    Don't curse and say bad things about Alen. He takes good care of his parakeet, if not he wouldn't be as tame and healthy and happy as he is. Besides, they can't bond with you that well if there are two of them, but two is good though.

  • @carolwade3094

    @carolwade3094

    6 жыл бұрын

    If people would stop buying wild birds, trappers would have to find another way to make a living other than trapping a bird meant to fly several miles each day (notice it has wings?), find the foods it loves, fly with its own FLOCK, and have a family. But you want to be entertained, so you took all that away from one of God's smallest creatures. CRUEL and SELFISH!

  • @elenalanets9800
    @elenalanets98003 жыл бұрын

    Awwwww

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