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How long do small birds really live?

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#1 ·
So I was wondering how long small parrots actually live compared to their life expectancy. Of all the research i have done Quakers are supposed to live 15+ years:biggrin5: which is great but do they actually live that long? I know it depends on the bird itself, their health, diet etc but I was just curious if they ever live to the actual life expectancy:shrug:
 
#2 ·
I do not have any answers for you for the Quakers.
But I do know that our birds do live a lot longer these days, because we have learnt a lot more about their needs and diets.
I.E. With the Tiels it was said 12 to 15 years with a lot not making it this far.
This is now thought to be 15 to 20 years and have heard of the odd one making 30 or close to it.
 
#7 ·
Another bird? ;) what happened to no more! Hehehe. What do you have now? I can't tell from your siggy :(

I believe quakers will live for about 20 years :) Birds should live out their full life expectancy providing they're healthy. I think my oldest bird I've had was Picasso who was a peach faced lovebird. I never noticed before but her ring on her leg indicated she was over 20 years old :eek:
 
#8 · (Edited)
I read elsewhere some budgies and tiels have actually exceeded their life expectancy. A senegal can live up to 50 years in cativity so at 22 he's not even at mid life. If Duke live to 50 years then he would definitely out live me- these conures of mine have totally worn me out, i'd be lucky if I could live another 20 years:giggle:
 
#13 ·
My oldest bird is a p'let who will be 4 on Sunday ... I have a budgie who will be 4 around New Years.... 4 budgies who will be 2 in Feb and a green cheek who will be 2 around April... No idea how long they will live... I lost a budgie in the spring who was not quite 3 due to kidney cancer, small birds like budgies are living shorter and shorter lives and I think this is because they are mass produced without any regard for good or bad genetics... Any two birds that will pump out chicks are thrown in together and that is all they do... Pump out weaker and weaker chicks. ( I don't mean anyone here either.. I mean the bird mills that supply the pet trade)
 
#14 ·
I agree. Now they are being creative with hybrids and they are having major problems. I am so picky about breeders. We know this one and they have 200+ pairs of breeders that never get out of their cages. I dont like those people at all. People need to care more about the lives they are bringing into the world and less about the money they are getting.
 
#16 ·
I agree. Now they are being creative with hybrids and they are having major problems. I am so picky about breeders. We know this one and they have 200+ pairs of breeders that never get out of their cages. I dont like those people at all. People need to care more about the lives they are bringing into the world and less about the money they are getting.
I am a small breeder that has 4 pairs of breeders at the moment. I just wanted to make it knowen that not all breeders have the ability to let there breeder birds out of the cage to fly around. I live in an appartment right now so I do not have the ability to do this. But I do my best to keep the cages filled with toys and the cages they are in are flight cages so they do have enough room to fly around. I just also want to add that I do love my birds with all of my heart and we do the best we can for them. So not all breeders out there that don't let there breeder birds out to fly are mean it's just that some of us can't.

Now with the babies I get from them since we "clutch" rase our babies and not seprate them from each other we do let out to learn to fly once they are fully feahtered before we clip. just saying from a breeders point of view : )
 
#15 ·
I know someone on a different forum whos like 11 and wants to breed there budgies they keep aging there budgies every few mins they havent even had them a year!! Its the overbreeding of them is whats causing it people want a quick buck off there birds. They are not breeding for quality but for quantity. :/ i keep seeing an ad on cl for baby budgies this ad has been on for a least a year with the same birds so i think its either there lying about them being babies or they are overbreeding them. :(
 
#17 ·
Thanks for everyone's input I feel bad about these birds stuck in bird mills and all the birds purchased by inexperienced people who end up being given away from family to family. Anyways it's nice to know there are good breeders out their that do care, and im grateful for the years I will have with Phoenix and I hope to grow old with him since he's my green lil soulmate :hugs: Let's live each day with gratitude of all the great things life provides us and our loyal feathered friends :biggrin5:
 
#19 ·
Shanna: With Parrotlet breeders you cannot let them out to haing because they will end up attacking and killing one an other. but my pets do get out to haing every night when I get home from work. If I had a place to do so I would let my breeders out saifly but I donot have that ability right now. My dream aviary for each breeder would be that there "cages" would be the size of a small bed room so then it would be like they where out of the "cage" all the time.
 
#21 ·
I would if I could but if a pair landed on the cage of another pair it could cause a lot of problems. Since they are not social with me and pure "wild" it is also hard to catch them. they are in a HQ stack-able flight breeder cage where they can here each other but can not see each other.
 
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