Bird Type: Budgie/Parakeet

Aggressive behaviour

Hello I have a pair of budgies. Its first time they are breeding. First egg was laid on Friday which I found broken on sunday morning but sunday evening I found another egg in nest and both were spending most time in cage. Tuesday surprisingly I saw two eggs added in nest and same behaviour […]

How do i get my bird to eat veggies

Hello guys. Hope you are well. Ive had my english budgie for nearly two months. When we first got him, he was eating a bit of carrot and lettuce but nothing major, those were the only two veggies he tried. Just eating and ripping it. Now these days he wont eat any fruit and veggies […]

My Male Parakeet Aster

hello i have a question regarding my male parakeet. He has begun plucking the feathers out from around his neak and under his beak. His 2 female friends are ignoring him as well at this point. they were rescues and i know very little of their history other than they are about 2 and have […]

Budgies breaking their eggs

I have 5 budgies and a pair amongst them try to breed and the female one lay eggs too but they usually break it and this time when she laid eggs but the male one from the pair try to break the eggs and at night they dropped the eggs.

Nutrition

How do you as a vet and companies like Lafeber decide what is the proper diet with changing seasons and age of the bird, particularly budgies (I have two about 2 years old)

Should i get my bird a friend?

Greetings. I got a show budgie about 2 months ago. Her name is Angel 🙂 I love her with all my heart but i have basically given up. After spending months sitting next to her, talking to her, offering treats and placing my hand near her she won’t become tame 🙁 She is not scared […]

Will giving my new budgie a friend make him untame

Good afternoon all. I got a parakeet (Blue) about a month or so ago. He is trained and totally comfortable with me. He will fly and sit on my finger, head etc. I recently thought i want to get him a mate. Probably a baby parakeet of about less than 4 months old. If i […]

Breeding

My budgie laid 7 eggs but she broke all the eggs she laid after breaking she laid another egg she broke that too … Can u tell me the reason why she broke the eggs

Nesting ideas.

How do i set up a nesting area for our parakeets and is it normal if the female pecs at the males head making him lose feathers or is my mail sick with ring worm?

Parakeet gender

what’s the best way to differentiate male from female in budgies?

Nail trims

I’m trying to figure out how to hold a linnie to clip her nails, and it’s a nightmare. I need one hand to hold the squirmy bird, one to hold the foot, and one to hold the clippers.

How long will it take for my budgie to like me after scaring her

I recently got a pet budgie. She looks to be hand tame as she was not that frightened when my hand was near her. I haven’t cared for a budgie before so i didn’t know the do’s and don’ts. On the first day i picked her up and started to handle him because the pet […]

Female budgie behaviour

Hello there Laefber, I’m currently in a situation where I’m truly unsure about what to do and I have a few things that I need some help with, Is it okay if you can at least give me tips, advice and directions on what to do? the first thing I’d like to mention about is […]

My budgie is not sitting on the egg at night

My budgie has just laid an egg. And now it is night time she laid it in afternoon.she is not incubating at the night. But from the afternoon to evening she was with the egg all the time Why she is not incubating at night? What will happen if she doesn’t incubate at night? Pls […]

Not sure what to do in this situation

One of my male parakeets bred with two females? His mate Birdie has been trying to lay eggs but while she was trying to do that he got a little naughty with one of my other females Bluie but she was trying to take over the other girl’s nesting box and made her break one […]

Will i be able to tame two budgies in one cage?

Hello. I recently got one budgie, not sure if he was hand tamed but whenever i placed my hand near him he would only budge a little. Ive had him for a few days and decided its best to get him a friend since they are social creatures. Ive noticed that ever since the new […]

My budgies arn’t getting along

Hello. About a week ago I got my first budgie (Kiwi), an English budgie. Everyday we would hang his cage outside so he can hear the birds and have some sun. About 4 days after we got him an escaped budgie landed on his cage. We contacted the locals and he doesn’t seem to have […]

My budgies just won’t breed

Hi! I have two budgies male and female I give them both chopped up fruits and veggies however instead of a breeding box they have a little fluffy house and strangely my male budgie is SMALLER than my female and so I just thought that was it plus he bites a bit but he feeds […]

Parakeets

My one parakeet is making a clicking noise I don’t know if it’s something I should worry about or what the bird doing that means please help

Bird doesn’t like me

Hi, I got my parakeet almost two years ago, and I played with him a lot, but stopped playing with him after that. He still doesn’t really like me. He will get on my finger, but he always tenses up whenever I get near to him. When I open his cage he always flies around […]

Budgie behavior

I bought my budgie at a pet store as a baby. His wings were clipped, and took a long time to grow back. He was anxious, and wouldn’t go on my finger or leave the cage, and became a biter which hasn’t stopped. His wings have finally come in, and the cage is always open, […]

My budgie can’t fly

My 1 year old budgie is struggling to fly , he is constantly stretching and shivering his wings and whenever he wants to fly he flies to the floor which he never does I’m worried and I don’t know what to do , I did some research and it says that ” your budgie might […]

Unknown Budgie Egg????

Hey Lafeber, Background (all BUDGIES): 1 female, 1 male MATED: Kids: Batch1 – 6 months old(3 females, 3 males), Batch2 – 1 month old(2 unknown gender) The first 6 kids were totally fine, we supported our pair in their mating. All 8 of them lived together in a cage, when we saw the parents mating […]

My bird has seeds coming out of it hi

My budgie has seeds coming out of his fur whenever he eats he just wobbles his body and suddenly seeds start coming out of his whole entire body should I be worried or not is this normal for a buggy ??

Tired budgie

My budgie layed two eggs two days ago she was all fine, now suddenly she is not sitting on them as well as she looks really tired, the male budgy is trying to mate with her again. She has not eaten or drink anything yet. Please help

budgie – Loosing Feathers

please help, my budgie is loosing too many feathers and my vet confirmed she is not malting and simply he is not sure what it could be. l am giving her calcium and probiotics. please if there is anything l can do to help her.

One egg

Will the female budgie sit only on one egg till it’s hatched?

Budgies birds

Hello ? I have a pair of budgie the problem is the male doesn’t breed the female, every time when the female is ready the male just stand next to her ? and sometimes after that the female fights the male. Please ? answer me

Budgies

My budies are breeding and they also lay one egg but she don’t sit on the eggs . Is there is any problem

Why is my male budgie not breeding!?

I have a male budgie who’s about 1 year old and his cere also looks like he’s mature enough to breed. But when the female accepts to mate, he just climbs on her and do nothing. I don’t know why he won’t do anything after flirting for so long

Female Budgie & Health

Good Morning’ I have a female budgie, that is 3 yrs old. She has so far not produced any eggs. I have a male Cockatiel and a male budgie. It appears as though she maybe ill. Her behavior over the last 3 weeks has been very strange. She is constantly going to the bottom of […]

Breeding

Hi I have a pair of budgies that have mated but no eggs yes the male feeds the female then she regurgitates it back up why does she do this

Egg

I have A budgie a laden egg like two days ago and it’s not taking care of it or should I do should I keep it or take care of it or keep it warm I don’t know what to do

Trouble hatching

My female budgie layed several infertile eggs and just one fertile. The baby chirps loud from a crack of the egg. I have heard this going for more than 24 hours. She sits on it but does nothing to help it hatch. Is there anything I can do to help? Is this normal?

Parakeet’s First Clutch

Hi, I have a pair of parakeets and my female has 3 eggs in her nest. She has been sitting on them for a full week, but starting today, she isn’t sitting on them nearly as much and she does not stay in the nest at night. Is this common? I have not touched the […]

new budgie owner

Im just curious about feeding my budgie. I have ordered your pellets’, seeds, and nutriberries. am I supposed to offer them all ? like in three separate little bowls around the cage? or are nutriberries more so like a treat. I’ve never owned a bird and to be honest, I know nothing about them. so […]

parakeet behavior

I have had 2 little parakeets for 1 1/2 years. They do not even try to get out of their cage and when I go and clean the cage, they fly all over the cage and freak out; they are afraid of me. Please advise. Thank you.

Birds

So i have 2 budgies 1 male and the other is female she just laid an egg at the bottom of the cage although i got her a nest box so i put the egg in the nesting box but now she doesn’t want to sit on it what should i do now ?

Parakeet Biting

I’ve had my male parakeet (Pico) for 9 months. He keeps biting me, nearly breaking the skin. He’s aggressive with his toys as well. If I feed him a treat, he takes a bite and then bites me hard. He likes to sit on my shoulder, but then bites my jaw. Does he think he’s […]

Budgie not sitting on egg.

My budgie had been sitting on eggs for last two weeks. But it is not sitting anymore from yesterday. What should I do now?

Parakeet eggs

My parakeet has 8 eggs which she has been laying in for the past two weeks one egg has a black dot on the top if it is that a sign it’s about to hatch and should they all still.looknso white is white a good sign

Different eye type on one bird

I have a beautiful, two factor dominant pied parakeet. Due to the genetic makeup, he should have dark eyes. However, only one eye is dark and the other has a grey iris. Have you ever heard of this? I can find only one reference to a one-eyed pied. Thank you.

Parakeet eggs

My birds are a pair and she has 3 eggs, but she is only sitting on 2. Is there something wrong with the egg or should I move by the other eggs.

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my parakeet

Hi I’m a pet parakeet owner and I would like some advice on what to do with my pet parakeet my mother is in charge of feeding and where to put the cage but unfortunately my parakeet doesn’t get much attention and usually just spends there day in a cage in a room without barely […]

Caging mixed species together

wanting to add my canaries (2) parakeets (2) and cockatiels (2) together into a big cage …anything I should be worried about. Right now they are in separate cages but do see each other.

Budgies

Hi…I have informed you that I have removed the nest box.But today I saw the male budgie mating with the 2 months old budgie that too with his own offspring even without nest box.Now what should I have to do? Shall I put the nest box ?

Weak Budgie

Hello, After my female budgie did lay eggs, she is a bit heavier, her tail and wings got shorter and she is not able to fly properly. is that normal? For the moment l’m giving her daily calcium and probiotics, she loves millets but she doesn’t eat fruits or vegetables. I want her to get […]

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