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Hello,I have 3 birds,a pair of budgies and a quaker parrot.

I am thinking of getting a bourkes.But have a few questions.

Do bourkes use their feet to hold food with?What kind of toys would a pet bourke play with?What size cage does a bourkes need.

Thank you.

Try this link for starters:

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art5389.asp

Bourkes are more like Budgies & do not use their feet to hold food.

I don't see mine playing with any of the toys in the cage, but since mine is in a flight and has lots of other birds to interact with, maybe he just doesn't have time for toys - LOL.

A good sized budgie cage would be fine for a Bourkes - about twice the size as what they sell as "starter kits" for budgies.

Thanks for the responses.I will let you know if I get one.

My mom breeds Bourkes and gave me one to add to my mini-aviary (24"x36"x48"). The bourke is a little larger than the parakeets you see for sale in the petshop. While you could keep it in a small cage, I wouldn't advise that unless you can give it attention, play with it, and give it flight time on a daily basis. We discovered that the behavior of the bourke is quite different when it is in a small (18"x18"x24") cage compared to a larger cage (24"x36"x36"). In the smaller cage the bourke just sits. But in the larger cage, the bourke plays with bells, hops and flies around, and chatters. It made us feel a little guilty once we saw the peppiness of the bourke in the larger cage.