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Why do our parakeets keep dying2007-11-24 17:27:04

We have bought 3 parakeets in the past 2 months and each have died. What would we be doing wrong? We took great care of them all.

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wat ever the reason ..plz dont cage the birds..they r meant to be free..discourage this practise by not buying those kinda of birds.wouldnt u wish to be dead then be caged for life.

try picking up pets which r in distress.not ones who r forced to slave & entertain us..

every efforts counts.be it just u or many more.starts with each one

take efforts to learn bout the differnt species before u get them

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do you know how to tell how old the bird is before you buy it? you might have gotten old birds.happens all the time. Young keets have black squiggly lines across their 'foreheads' and as they age, it becomes white with no lines.

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If you used nonstick cookware or other things that give off toxic fumes, that might be it.

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Don't place them near the windows - or anywhere else where they may get too hot or too cold.

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Well I have cockatiels and they say when you are cooking that something in the Teflon pans is toxic to them.I don't know if it's the same with parakeets or not. Have you tried talking to your vet ? Also, DON'T feed birds birdseed. That's the equivalent of starving them to death. Feed them pellets. Talk to your vet about this. We found this out when one of my cockatiels was having trouble breathing. We were feeding them a seed diet and we were starving them. I felt horrible ! But you can gradually get them on the pellet diet with little or no problem. Mine are fine now and I haven't had any problems with them in over 2 years. Again, I say, talk to your vet.

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Go to a different pet store the next time thats for sure, like the other person said they could be old birds and your obviously not doing anything wrong if your feeding them watering them and allowing space for them. If you hav ea small cage and kept all of them in there they could have become afixciated, for every bird you should have at least 2 feet wide and 3 feet high but that is only for one bird.

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I would pay especial attention to what you are feeding them. To much salt or other minerals can cause serious problems.

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Wash and sterilize the cage, dishwasher seed and water cups, and buy new perches. If the first Parakeet was sick then it might have spread to the other birds from the wooden perches or contaminated plastic. They may have had liver problems if you bought them from a pet store, this is common in these places sadly. Buy from a breeder this time it will be a little more expensive but they should be hand tamed which would be a lot more at a pet store then what a breeder will give you.