Ask Lafeber

Mating

Hello,

I did separate my Budgies to avoid any further mating, would you please advice when and if possible to put them back together.

Thank you and kind regards,

Hi Nassera,

They don’t necessarily need to be separated to prevent breeding. The most important thing is to not give them a nest box. If you make the changes I suggested – reducing their light daily, no nest box or anything they can use as a nest, rearrange toys & perches in the cage, relocate the cage to a busy place in the house – this is usually enough to keep the birds from wanting to nest. I still wouldn’t recommend having the 3 birds together, since the green one was already being ignored by the other two. That one would be better off with anther budgie as a companion.

Thank you for asking Lafeber,

Brenda