Small Parrots & Parakeets

Most people who get a cockatiel will tell you the same thing a few months in: they underestimated it. Not in a demanding way. In the opposite way. The bird turned out to be more connected, more aware, more genuinely companionable than they expected from something that fits in two hands. Cockatiels are the second … Read more

Ask someone why they got a budgerigar and the answer is usually something practical: small apartment, tight budget, wanted a bird but not the full commitment of a parrot. Then ask them six months later what owning one is actually like, and the answer changes. These birds talk. They recognize you. They have preferences about … Read more