thanks for the links he does alot of beak grinding, must be content?

thank you all, i was watching him closely for about 30 mins. and i noticed he will onley sneeze when he is grooming himself ? i wonder if he is allergic to himself lol, and i will take him to a vet soon, i will let yall know how it goes of course, but it might be a while b4 i can take him, we kind of live in the middle of nowhere :P the pet store is about an hour and a half away. he seem happy right now, chriping to the radio its adorable. and i dont have any pics of him yet, but he is, from what i can tell, a "cinnimon", bright yellow-ish green he is beautiful. if all goes well, i will be guying him a buddy yay!

Just how often IS he sneezing?
How about the fluffing up? Is he sitting around fluffed?

I would get him in for a vet check Mik. Better safe than sorry.

If you want your new bird (have you named him/her yet?) to bond with you, and you want to hand tame him, do NOT get another one right away. If you get another now the two of them will bond with each other rather than with you and training will be MUCH more difficult.
Take your time and work slowly with the one you've got. Let him be your one and only Start by just talking to him softly every chance you get. Just let him be and don't try to touch him for at least a week. let him get used to his new home, you and your family, your voice. It's alll new to him.
Then just slowly place your hand in his cage and rest it on a perch for 10 mins or so talking to him calmly. You have to take your time and don't rush him in to anything.

Do you have any idea how old s/he is? Does he have stripes on his forehead going down to his cere? Or have they disappeared already?

Has anyone told you to leave a night light on for him in case of night frights?

oh, he is a he :P and he is not named yet, he is about 6-7 months old from what i can tell, he dosent sneeze that much, but he does fluff alot, he dosent STAY fluffed though.and i will take him to a vet and do you know how hard parakeets can bite? sence i am new to keets there is alot of stuff i want to know :P and can they be happy by themselvs? he seems lonley, i guess he was used to the pet store and being around other birds. and what do parakeet ussualy act like when they get taken to a new home? hope im not to annoying. hehe.

lol MIKER your not annoying ..so far...giggle...j/k...well sorta giggle...anyway

when first coming home they have sooo much they have already been thru its quite a adjustment for them...put yourself always in their shoes errrrm feet...they were taken from parents...had to learn to fend somewhat for themselves to stay alive with food...then got taken from even the comfort of those surroundings and suddenly thrown in a new place noisy and a ton of other birds they have no clue who they are and anything going on then again..taken from that when they go home with a owner that has no more a clue whats going on then they do and all in just a few short weeks...you like them need to give it alllll time and not even bother then much save for changing water and giving food and cleaning their cage and no more than that for DAYS n DAYS...letting them adjust and you observe and READ all you can on them because its THEY who will teach YOU unlike what some folks think ...giggle...so take time to read all the threads you can in here from the general parakeet chat and health and medical threads under the forums list tab from up top...and use this time to learn a few things from those...

you will find EVERY question you have has already been asked a gazillion times and answered as many times...and also read other threads not just your own that you post...

but ...dont think people in this forum are gonna tell you what YOU want to hear for the sake YOU want to hear it...they will tell you what is truth (me for one)..so you have to take that with a open mind..and expect that when you ask a question...answers are not usually going to be sugar coated because the poster asking the question wants a certain response and is unwilling to hear anything other than that...altho GOD and PDM knows how hard we try...

THEY ARE NOT LONELY ALONE...dont let your emotions about that cloud your judgement...a few colorful toys..is all they need and when your not around the radio on low for them as they hate silence as its a general sign of danger to them when things get too quite ...or if and when your hand which is like this HUGGGGGGE CLAW comes racing toward them and they think your no better than a hawk ready to grab and eat them...so always move very slowly around them even if your not sticking that CLAW inside the only place they think is safe to them and claim as their home...

remember this too when the time comes to ***hand train them and speaking of that ...this should begin with something more familar to them such as PERCH training...before HAND training...

if you dont stick a finger out...they wont be able to latch onto your skin as easily as if you offer the back of your hand for them to perch on when the time comes for that.

but all things in time with patience MUCH patience and moving SLOWLY...i urge you again to consider all this little bird has gone thru so quickly and its just a baby...

so now...what YOU show it about that BIG claw...is the basis to how much it will in time learn to trust you and want to be with you...and when a single kept bird...it learns this easier and quicker than if kept with another bird or...A MIRROR ...no MIRRORS ...lol..it will want to be with the bird in the MIRROR giggle..which will also make things very difficult for training.

LOL okay :P i havent really been bothering him, and i have been leaving the radio on. he's already learning to talk a little. im going to call the vet and make an appotiment,wish him luck

good that you are going to have a vet appt...hope its a "avian" vet ...not a DVM...as i keep saying DVM's have a very minimal study experience when they go to school on birds and its just basic learning really .. thats why its important to go to a specifically trained vet for "birds" ...

will be waiting for all the reports and good luck.

oh course its an avian vet, im not that stupid lol, its the vet at the pet store. how the contract works is if the pet is sick, i can bring him back and get my money back, they will treat him and then i can buy him back if i want, i i think i will if he makes it, he has been sneezing more now. i can take him the day after tomorrow. i hope he'll be okay i still havent named him, do yall have any ideas?

excuse me but...the vet at the pet store doesnt mean its a AVIAN vet...and as mentioned all your other menagerie of animals in that house are not condusive to the well being of a bird or birds... you might also bring that up to the vet ..a DVM is NOT a avian vet.

Illusive is right Mik, the vet at the pet store is not necessarily an AVIAN vet.
I do strongly agree the bird needs to be seen by an Avian vet tho if he is sneezing more. The sooner the better.

You might want to rethink having a budgie since you do have so many other animals. The dogs and cats especially. Budgies need lots of attention from their human. They also need out of cage/fly time. That would be very hard for you to manage and manage SAFELY with cats and dogs. You might think you can just make sure dogs n cats are not around or in the same room when you let the bird out....but accidents happen, dogs or cats show up..and it only takes a split second for disaster to occur.

Just saying...i think it would be in the bird's best interest to get treated right away and find a safer home. You have to put the bird first and your desire to have one second.
Think about it...be honest, do you really think the bird would stand a flying chance for lots n lots of attention and a chance to fly freely?? If you are truly an animal lover I think you'll know what's right.