Best Pet Bird for a Child

Series Summary

Having a pet bird is a big responsibility for any animal lover. While on the surface, owning a bird may seem as easy as owning any other pet, birds require stringent, specific care to stay healthy. Also each species has different needs; some birds are domesticated and adapt well to life in a small cage, while some are large, untamed and unruly, and are not appropriate for most people to keep as pets. In this free pet video series, a pet store owner will offer advice on the best pet bird for children. Learn about parakeets and their suitability as a pet for children. Get tips on teaching a child to handle pet birds. In addition, learn how to choose the best bird cage, purchase the necessary supplies and keep a pet bird clean and healthy.

Video Transcript

"Hi. I'm Billy from Bill's Pet Shop. Today we're going to talk about the best bird for a child. My favorites are Parakeet. Parakeets make wonderful birds, for children. They're very hardy, easy to care for, and very docile. Parakeet will make a wonderful pet for any child. Very hardy, bird, don't require a lot of care. You can tame them real easy, they'll, oohh, like to go back to their family sometimes. They'll learn to step right up with very little care, very little training time. Very, very sociable, they'll like all members of the family. You want to try, hold your hand out, press it up, up. "That's kind of easy", yeah, "all you have to do is put it", that's right put it right in front of him. Parakeets are, easy to care for, and make wonderful pets because of their great disposition for children. You can teach them to sit on your hand very easily, even a child can do it."