The eggs usually hatch in eighteen to twenty days. A parakeet can grow from seven to twelve inches. A wild parakeet can live two to three years. Usually a house parakeet can live from ten to fifteen years. A parakeet usually eats birdseeds, but they also eat fruits and vegetables in order to get more vitamins.
Parakeets eat vegetables like lettuce, spinach, carrots, or broccoli.
They also eat fruits like apples or oranges. Another amazing thing parakeets can do is say words. Parakeets can learn to repeat words, sentences, and verses. Parakeets can also learn to whistle. Even though parakeets can learn these things they are not highly gifted in doing them.