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[DwarfDreams]

Hello there, I was wondering the pros and cons of having a budgie and the pros and cons of having a hamster.

Edited by DwarfDreams, 02 July 2020 - 04:17 AM.

[SS710]

umm you cannot really compare them as care and everything is very different for those animals. 

 

I suggest you do some research on each animal and see what suits your needs better. For a hamster you will need a spend a lot of money on a good cage unless you end up using a plastic bin cage then its like $20.

but I spend over $200 per hamster and I bought 2 hamsters to make sure they are happy and not in a small cage and mad/bored all the time.

 

There is no cons to having a pet in my eyes. I mean guess people can see the money and time you need to spend on them and all the cleaning and care as a con. but I have no issue spending money on my pets and I love making sure they are clean and happy and live in a clean tank. Its all on the person.

 

You will have to look at teh care / cost of the animals and ask your self if you see them as pros or cons and make your own list. We cannot make a list for you as every human is different and like / enjoy different things. 

 

and remember having any pet even a bird or hamster you need a good chunk of money saved up. just a vet visit for my hamster is $100 just to see them even if nothing is wrong, if they need meds its easily $120+ 

so that can be seen as a con for people too if you dont have the income to have a big emergency fund.

[~musical912]

Hello there, I was wondering the pros and cons of having a budgie and the pros and cons of having a hamster.

I’m sorry, but I don’t know anything about owning birds. However, I could give you some pros and cons of owning hamsters.

HAMSTERS

PROS
They are very cute
You can hold them
They are very fun to watch
They are fun to play with
No vaccines
Don’t need to be spayed/neutered

CONS
They can be expensive
NOT low maintenance
They can be noisy
They don’t want to be held all the time
They are nocturnal

[~musical912]

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Edited by ~musical912, 05 June 2021 - 11:33 PM.

[dancinghammy447]

Birds are way more high maintenance than hamsters. Birds require out of the cage time 6-8 hours a day. They crave attention, and you'll need to be able to have the time to give them proper care.

They also require annual checkups.

I would check out Live Laugh Birds; she has some great bird care videos.

For hamsters, check out our forum's master list. You can find it in my signature under this post. If you are on mobile, you'll have to switch to full version to see it.

[daisy~]

They're very different pets so it's hard to compare.

Budgies are active and need attention in the day. They are very social with other birds and with humans. In my opinion they should be kept with other budgies in a large cage. The cage should be long rather than high (so no parrot cages). I think the minimum is something like 50-60cm long, but really the only way that's enough is if the bird is allowed to fly freely for large portions of the day. They sleep all night so they don't necessarily need much space if the cage is literally just for sleeping. If you can't commit to lots of out of cage time you'll need a huge cage and definitely multiple birds. Hamsters of course need plenty of space too. If you have space and money for both, I think it's very possible to fit both a bird and a crepuscular rodent in your life, as they are active at different times. I have a budgie staying and my routine is to have him free roaming in the afternoon, then after dinner he goes back in the cage and my gerbils come out. They go to bed about 10pm and then my hamster wakes up. So it all meshes together quite nicely and all the animals get attention.

Birds have extremely sensitive respiratory systems, in a different way to rodents. You need to be careful with any kind of aerosol or scents, more than you would be with a hamster. They are sensitive to fumes emitted by teflon non-stick cookware and a lot of bird owners don't use non-stick at all in the house. When I have birds boarding we put away all the non-stick and use ordinary steel pans. We're super careful about knocking on doors before entering (in case a bird is loose), leaving windows open etc. Your family would need to be on board with all of that. A hamster has much less impact on a household as a whole.

In my opinion birds should not be kept in bedrooms, for their own and the owner's health. Firstly, deoderants, perfumes etc are a no-no. Birds are also messy and generate a lot of dust and dander which isn't healthy for us to breathe in too much. Hamsters are fine kept in bedrooms.

Budgies are quite fragile creatures and you must have access to an avian vet. Ordinary vets won't usually know much about birds. While exotic vets are preferred for hamsters, most ordinary vets will know more about them than they will about birds.

Budgies can be noisy. The noise isn't unpleasant (except for the screeching), but it's constant. That might be irritating to some people.

I would say hamsters are probably easier pets than budgies.

Edited by daisy03, 02 July 2020 - 01:05 PM.

[daisy~]

Another I would add is that budgies are a longer term commitment. They can live 10 years or more. That's something to consider if you are at an age where you are likely to be going to college or wanting to travel in that timeframe.

[DwarfDreams]

Ah okay thanks! That’s helpful.

[marshmallow12345]

hi. honestly i think you should do way more research. as a budgie and a hamster is not comparable.  

[Tater]

hi. honestly i think you should do way more research. as a budgie and a hamster is not comparable.  

Hi! This topic was from July 2020 and there isn't any reason to respond to it.

 

Also it's best not to respond the same things as others if you are going to respond at all

 

Thanks

[marshmallow12345]

Hi! This topic was from July 2020 and there isn't any reason to respond to it.

 

Also it's best not to respond the same things as others if you are going to respond at all

 

Thanks

usually i check the date but this time i didnt. so i didnt know it was from 2020 lol. 

[♥~kitkat7♥]

Hello there, I was wondering the pros and cons of having a budgie and the pros and cons of having a hamster.

Well, I think hamsters are great! I have never had a bird, but my Mom had one when she was in middle school. She said the bird all of a sudden turned on her... But idk that was a while ago. I feel like clipping birds wings and keeping them in a cage is mean. When hamsters are big bin accesable. Up to you though!

[~musical912]

Well, I think hamsters are great! I have never had a bird, but my Mom had one when she was in middle school. She said the bird all of a sudden turned on her... But idk that was a while ago. I feel like clipping birds wings and keeping them in a cage is mean. When hamsters are big bin accesable. Up to you though!

 

I saw such a bird and I was amazed by its beauty. In reality, it looks much more beautiful. In general, I am a fan of something like that and I had a bird-watching package in CostaRicaFocus a year ago which remained in my life as something memorable. I went with my children and they were just as excited about how many birds we saw. In addition, we were able to take pictures with which birds we wanted and we were left with dozens of miraculous pictures.

Hi there  

 

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