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How to get my female parakeet ready for breeding and nesting?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Bird | Parakeet | Female | 5 months and 28 days old

How can I breed my female parakeet ? She has a set up already with everything and she is 8 months old .How can I get her in condition for breeding? Or mood?

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Answered By Todd Cecil

Veterinarian

Published on November 7th, 2018

Thanks for reaching out about Elly. Start out with a good nutrition, including a wide variety of vegetables, plant proteins (beans, legumes) and some seeds. A nesting site needs to be provided. For most birds to breed, nutrition must be good, the nest needs to feel safe and a mate needs to be received. Most birds breed in spring, stimulated by lengthening photoperiod. Good luck.

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