How will your son react when bitten? A tiel bite will break the skin and is painful. It doesn't cause permanant damage, but even as an adult it hurts. All birds do bite, even finches when scared, defending themselves, their cage, or even just in play.
Well taken care of, a cockatiel will live 30 years. They are social, need toys and interaction.
Here are some sites for you to research on.
http://budgies.ubergoth.net/contents/ - please read this first
http://www.cockatielcottage.com
http://www.cockatiel.org
http://birds2grow.com/Articles.htmlDo birds make good pets for children?
Kudos to the mother for taking time to get info before making a decision that could be harmful to both the child and any pet she gets. We may not see birds at animal shelters but hundreds of dogs and cats are put to sleep forever when owners no longer want them.
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Do birds make good pets for children?Actually when i was little my family was under the same circumstances and i was around 4 or 5 and my mom had got a cockatiel and i loved it. It did bite a little but the solution was to wear gloves when i held it. I would recommend getting a bird for your child.Report Abuse
Do birds make good pets for children?I just read a report that birds have some kind of thing with them that can cause disease in humans and that people that have birds are far more seseptable to getting sick from having them because all of their poop and stuff lingers in their cages and is not healthy to be handled
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Do birds make good pets for children?NO THEY KILL, HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE MOVIE "THE BIRDS", THAT WAS A TRUE STORY ABOUT PET BIRDS THAT KILLED A WHOLE TOWNReport Abuse
I would never suggest a bird for a child of such a young age. Birds are pretty fragile and can most definitely bite. I think that a gold fish or betta can be great for teaching them responsibility. Birds are long lived and require loads of work and attention to become or remain tame.
In a couple of years possibly a hand weaned baby parakeet or cockatiel, just not as of yet. I think I was about 8 when I got my first budgie (parakeet) and he was a fantastic pet! I worked with him daily and he bonded with me like you wouldn't believe! He got outside once and I just called him and he flew back! Talk about getting lucky!He lived to be almost 15 years old!Do birds make good pets for children?
NO!
Kids might kill them, setting aside the factor of them hurting the child!
If you ALWAYS moniter the bird when its out ir when the child is near the cage, then ok.
But be ready ;-)
Birds are exotic pets, and are actually rather hard to care for, no matter the type of bird, and are generally unsuitable for children. For instance, small birds like budgerigars, finches and canaries are cute, easy to care for, and can mimic and sing quite well. However, a child can easily harm these small birds by trying to grab at them as they're interested by their pretty coloring and noise. These birds can bite, and can easily be killed. Moving up, medium sized parrots such as conures, lories and quakers sometimes have more complex diets and can be even more nippy and troublesome than big birds. Conures for instance are biters. They can also be hurt easily by children, but are louder, and can also hurt a child quite severely. Last but not least is the big birds; macaws, cockatoos, amazons, etc... They have very keen intellect and need consistent care, proper nutrition, lots of attention and toys. They can't be shoved away in a room away from humans, and can become very jealous of children and even friends and spouses.
In short, no - birds are definitely not the best pets you can get for children. They make great companions, but take a lot of work. Personally, a little creature like a rat (amazing pets, very gentle, never bite, very clean, affectionate and personable, highly trainable and intelligent) or MAYBE a guinea pig (if they're dropped, they can be killed easily) would be a good idea. But it's probably best to stick with some fish with a 4 year old.
HOWEVER, though it's a bit unusual, and may take a bit more work than a rodent, a pet duck makes a GREAT pet for children. They don't have sharp beaks so can't bite hard, are very gentle, forgiving, and imprint strongly on family so are very companionable. You can buy a duckling or egg for about a few dollars, and maybe less. It's not uncommon to find a few eggs or a duckling for free, or near to it. If you wanted to do a little project with him for incubating eggs, you'd need to supervise them a lot, but it'd be a great learning experience and ducklings and ducks are great pets.Do birds make good pets for children?
If your going to get your son a cockatiel make sure that it is young and handfeed they tend to be less squeamish around people. Also get a male your son my enjoy trying to teach it to talk.
any pet is fun for a kid. esp at first. you'll probably have to make sure it's cage is in a place that's out of reach of your son and he cant knock it over. this way you can supervise him if he wants to hold it so he doesnt get too hurt.
i'd also look up stuff on whatever bird(s) you want things like how often they bite or how to choose/train one (so) that is more family friendly...that way your son isn't getting hurt.
not for a child that young, well at that age, you'd be looking at doing all the maintenance of cleaning the bottom of the cage, feeding and changing water once or twice a day (birds are really messy! even the small finches.)
Birds also wake up as soon as the sun's up, and they're all loud. That might be undesirable for a young child... children usually have low tolerance levels, and birds aren't great for children until they're old enough to manage most of the care, like around 10 years old. or older. And remember Cockatiels Parakeets, or Lovebirds are usually untamed from petstores, and will bite hard- making undesirable pets that you just look at. Not very fun, considering these birds, from breeders, can be handfed and taught to bond with humans(cuddling, mocking etc).
But even a tame bird has to be handled daily for hours to keep them happy- they're easily stressed.
hope that helps!
Well, i dont know about the apartment mgr. but i do know that some apt. managers require am agreement or a pet deposit on pet birds in apartments. A parakeet would be a good starter bird. And yeah, for a 4 1/2 yr old... you will be the one doing all the cleaning and care for the bird. I bought my 5 yr old hamster cause she thought she just had to have one.. well now, 3 months later she dont even care that its even here now. She pays no attention to it at all. A cockatiel, is kinda loud. When I lived in my apt. my next door neighbor could hear it from her apt. So check what the requirements are by your apartment manager.
Well the kid would like it but unti either the bird is very well trained or the kid is very responsible because if youre rong wit da bird then da bird bites!
im my opinion if i was in your child's position i would kill the bird if it doesnt kill me first
get him a video game and some cash
theres nothing better
just dont get them pregnant
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