Live Life Team
You should avoid breeding your pet birds if at all possible. Although you may be tempted to raise a chick for the experience, breeding birds takes a lot of time, special equipment, patience and veterinary expense. Also, your bird parents may not get along with each other enough to mate. Birds can be very opposed to the idea of matchmaking.
Unwanted Pet Birds
If your birds should breed or if you decide to breed two healthy birds, you need to have a home in mind for the chicks. Don’t just think you can sell them. Many people buy baby birds on impulse without any idea of what they are getting themselves into. They wind up having to abandon their pets.
Even if you plan on checking out the prospective owners before selling, this is still no guarantee that the chicks will sell, especially in a bad economic climate.
Breaking the Bond
Mating and having offspring usually changes the character of pet birds. They become far more attached to their mates and offspring than to you. If you have an exceptionally close and friendly relationship with your birds, this could all change when you have the birds breed.
Equipment
Many pet birds seem clueless on what to do after the egg or eggs have been laid. This is where you need to step in. You will have to have an incubator on hand, as well as a brooder and a phone number for an emergency vet who is familiar with birds.
