what first bird to get ?

[coolhady13]

hi everybody ,
I wanted te get an advice from you about gettin my first bird. I was planning to get budgie but a friend told me to get a love bird as its smarter thats what he said .

I mainly want a bird to train it ,flight and tricks. So what type of bird should i get? A budgie or cocktail or love bird or what ? I want something that is close to the price range of this 3 .
as i have low budget

i might have 1 hours or more daily dadicated to my bird . should i get a female bird ?

michael told me that it will make training more difficult as they will form bond with each other .

so guys tell me ur suggestion for me .

and thanks in advance .

[kaylayuh]

I don't think a lovebird is necessarily any more intelligent than a budgie; and from my personal experience, I've seen more budgies that have been trained to do tricks than I have lovebirds.

I have two budgies and I love them, but they're not really hand trained. They step up with multiple prompts and will occasionally sit on my shoulder, but those times are very few and far between. My budgies are pet shop birds, though, and it seems that pet shop birds are a lot harder to train than birds that are hand raised and people friendly.

All three birds would be lovely to have as pets, I'm sure. Training and bonding with any of them would be difficult if you buy them in pairs, though it's not impossible. I would suggest you find a breeder and hang out with a few of each to see which bird you interact with better and go from there.

And even though cockatiels, budgies and lovebirds are all at the cheaper end of the cost spectrum, you need to make sure you have money for the cage, food, toys, and vet care. My budgies cost me $21USD each, but their cage was $100. I spend $40 every four to six months on a seed/pellet mix. Each vet visit is $62. And toys can easily go for $5 each.

[GlassOnion]

It really depends on what you're looking for in a bird. Lovebirds are very acrobatic and playful, but nippy and have shrill screams. Budgies are quiet and small, rarely nip but aren't as client as lovebirds. Cockatiels are bigger, can nip hard, can scream loud enough to be heard from upstairs- but they whistle tunes very well. Cockatiels can become perch potatoes and are much calmer than many birds.

[coolhady13]

well, As what i understood from you that there is no different between budgie ,cocktail and lovebirds when it comes to training ,then I think i will get a budgie .as i love there look (specialy the blue color) and i saw many of them do tricks .thanks guys for help .i might get it on friday .wish me luck

[Sarah&Rico]

If you want one that's more easily trained I'd consider getting a budgie from a breeder rather than a pet store. I've seen budgies that were hand raised/tamed and they were incredibly sweet and friendly.