I have had a budgie for 3 smonths (it was rehomed to me) Its very fearful and doesnt really want human interaction. I got her a friend, when they were in seprate ages, the feamle was constantly talking to the new budgie. They are now in the same cage, everything was okay for a day […]
Hello Brenda, I moved Kiwi and Rainbow to another cage away from their friends Sky, Blu, Sunny, Violet, Nigel, & Snow, (All males) Angel, Dusty (females). The nesting box is moved into the cage with Rainbow & Kiwi. I did this at night before their 8 pm bedtime. I thought this would help with stress. […]
My parakeet Rainbow is super active in a new nesting box I set up. Her mate Kiwi is by her side often and my Sky & Sunny seem to be chaperones. As if they are keeping an eye on things when kiiwi is away from rainbow. There’s no fighting going on while the birds are […]
My budgies laid eggs two time November-december and February-march and it’s 5 April I saw a new egg in the cage when I didn’t even put the nesting box there.Is my female budgie going to die?
Hello. I have had him for a few years now but I just noticed he is struggling to fly. He was at the bottom of his cage and could get close to a foot off of the ground but he couldn’t make it to his perch. I have also noticed his chest is a little […]
I have a 5 month old budgie who I have had since he hatched, handled him and everything but now he is getting nippy when I try to do anything in his cage . He is a male I think he is going through puberty but how do stop this behavior.
My parakeet has been regurgitating. Something bothers his throat, he might be vomiting but seconds later it goes away. On March 02 I gave him Baytril 0.06ml..he got well now he is getting it again. Should I give him that medicine again? It still is not expired. What can I do?? Any foods I can […]
Hello, I have two Parakeets a male and a female. We’ve had the male for six years now, before the current mate he has he had two but they died. However, none of them laid eggs before. The current female (aged 2 years) laid 3 eggs in her nesting box and I really have no […]
Can I keep the 5 baby budgies in the same cage with their parents and the other pair also living in the same cage. They are 4 weeks and one is 3 weeks mom is feeding them in their nesting box.
My female is about ten and half months and the male is 1 year last night i walked upon them breeding will it be okay for the female cause these two are the only birds i have
Hi I’m getting a budgie from my friend who can’t take care of him anymore. She had to but the other male budgie passed away. I’m a bit worried that when I get him he’ll die what should I do?
Hi! I’ve had a budgie pair for over a year now – they were both less than a year old when I got them. The female has exhibited several signs of “readiness” for breeding. Her cere has turned crusty dark brown over several months, gone back to white and then brown again. The male has […]
Should I buy another parakeet to keep tweetie company he looks sad and hasn’t eaten just a snack bell
Two of my parakeets mated now there is an egg they are not paying attention to how do I hatch it thank you
I would like to take my budgies cages outside to clean them it only take a few minutes my deck faces south so it gets full sun in the afternoon but where I live is only gets to about 45 – 50 degrees outside would it be safe to bring them outside to just clean […]
Hiya, I recently rescued two budgies from a neglectful homem and they have currently been with me for two days. However, the femal budgie keeps making irrated sounds and shoos the male away – especially when he’s eating. She will specifically fly over just to try and shoo him away. Do I need to separate […]
Hallo! Bei uns ist neulich ein Wellensittich gestorben ungefähr 2 Monate bei uns war. Sind wir schlechte Vogelhalter?
Hi my budgie laid an egg and its been 21 days and hen is not even going into cage since 1 egg broke out of the breeding box. So this egg will not hatch right? Can I remove the egg from the box?? Please let me know thanks
1 of my budgies beak grows longer than the others he has natural wood perches, cuttlebone and mineral block but it seems he never uses them his beak has had to be trimmed a couple times already how to I get him to use his beak trimming equipment . I have trimmed it twice and […]
My cage fell and the male budgie got frantic snd flew off and the female with the 4 baby budgies and 2 budgies that are about 8 days old are in the nest box…will the mother budgie be able to survive and rear the young
I was given a 5-year-old budgie that had never been out of its cage approximately 8 months ago. I want to be able to check its ears and head as it’s doing a lot of scratching and I’m wondering if eventually I would be able to hand tame her or is she too old
Everytime after a feeding my budgie sneezed any idea why this is it has done this for a week now is a hand fed budgie has no symptoms of being sick it just sneezes everytime I feed it 🤔
Budgie mom attack their 2 month chick how to stop??
My male budgie escaped from the cage( no one in the household was present to control the situation) and left his female after she laid four eggs for the first time after about two weeks. He cared for her all the time even after she laid the eggs. He fed her by the nest box […]
Hi there my name is Paula I’m trying to help a lady interstate who has lost her very tame chatty bird One exactly like him had been found in the area and doesn’t talk Is it possible it’s due to his trauma as he’s been lost for 6 weeks in the bush
My bajriga bird laid four eggs. But only one egg hatched. The remaining three eggs were infertile. The baby Budgie died at the age of two days. So yesterday my mom took out the rest of the eggs too. My female budgie has been fighting with the male budgie since yesterday She does not allow […]
How do I stop my female budgie from laying eggs I know for a fact that they are not fertile how long do I leave them in the cage so far there are 2 ?
So I have a big cage with lots of toys and perches, and a total of 4 birds, 2 female parakeets and 2 male cocktails, Sam and Dumbo. Dumbo will attack Sam and chase him around the cage, expecily when you give Sam attention. but when I separate them, it seems like Dumbo gets anxious, […]
Hello, My female parakeet has now laid 2 eggs in the corner of the cage and is not laying in her nest box. Last spring she laid her 1st clutch of eggs (about 5) in her nest box and did really well sitting on them, however towards the end she started to kick them out […]
Hello there, I have two budgies, a male and female, that are both from the same nest. I hand reared them because they were thrown out the nest by their parents and their owner didn’t want to keep them. They are now almost 5 years old and the female is not very nice. She’s a […]
My budgie can’t fly since she born, she try to fly many times, she run and jump and flap, but just like a chicken she drop to the floor, Im sure she’s not sick but maybe she has no energy, don’t move too much in day but climb curtains too much and also enjoy being […]
Hi, my budgie laid an egg on the cage floor despite of having nest in her cage few hours ago and is not sitting on it. They are 2-3yrs old, we got them from a pet shop few days ago so they aren’t tamed yet and it’s their first time .What should i do ?Should […]
My budgie sat on the egg for 20 days now and she threw 2 eggs out of the 3 eggs… I checked that one egg was empty it was clearly white while the other hand a little crack but I checked it was red and black in the half of the egg… While the 3rd […]
My female and male are fighting they have 4chicks do I take male out or female out as he is holding her down at times and want let her near chicks
I have a lovebird (Luna) and a budgie (Pinù) in separate cages. Pinù recently lost his bonded mate, with whom he shared the cage for years. The budgies were rescues, and didn’t like being out of their cage, so they rarely went out. But I got Luna when she was young and I regularly let […]
my budgie is shivering and is not able to fly and when i take my hand near him, he starts to bite my hand so hard that is starts bleeding. I want to know why is that so
My female budgie about 6 years old. Alone in cage us Laing eggs for past five days? Naturally they are infertile! She lays and then rejects they lays again rejects … four so far? She is very bright and eating and drinking well when not producing/sitting in eggs? What must I do???
My female parakeet is alone. She killed the male quite some time ago, before she started laying eggs. She has clutches of 4 I’d say every other month. There is no nest in the cage. She lays on the bottom of her cage. I let her sit on them for a little while. I hate […]
I have a Parakeet egg tha has been in a incubator, after it hatches can I but it back in the nesting box with the parents.
My budgie laid the egg out of its nesting box i.e. in the cage.the shape of the egg is slightly distorted I picked up the egg and placed it in another nesting box.The other bird has accepted it as its egg so is it right or not
My two year old female budgie’s dark brown crusty cere is starting to turn light blue on one side. What is wrong?
I have a wooden nest box for my breeding pair of budgies. It has gotten covered in poo but I’m not sure exactly how to clean it without having the wood mold and avoiding toxic fumes for the birds.
my one and only birdbath baby is now 5 weeks old when should I remove it from the cage and how do I prevent the parents from mating again besides separating the pair.
Hi everyone! I have a pair of bonded budgies for 4 years and they are around 4.5 years old. The male is slightly younger and they’ve been in the same large cage (1 meter x 1.3 meter x 1.5 meter professional parrot cage with sufficient amount of toys, food, water, squid bone, and millet treats […]
How long can my parakeets eggs survive, if she left the nest for over an hour and still has not returned?
I had to move the nesting box, the mother parakeet will not go back in nesting box and sit on her eggs now. What do I do?
Two of my female budgies mated together and laid eggs. Will these eggs be infertile or should I keep and try to incubate them ?
So for Christmas I’m planning on spending with my dad which I haven’t done in ten years I have a Amazon parrot and one budgie I’m planning on putting them in the living room so they can chat have the cirtons open a little bit so they can see outside however we don’t have many […]
My two budgies (around 5-6 months yrs old) though regurgitating to each other and following one another sometimes, seem to hate each other. They would make this kind of warbling noise then come at one another. Also, if one of my budgies is eating (for example), and the other comes, the one eating immediately leaves. […]
My budgie about 8 to 9 months, as of recently as been struggling to fly. This started two days ago when I let my two budgie out but as they took their first flight I noticed that my smaller blue one named Baby crash landed. I picked her up and put her where my other […]
Hi..I have a male an a female budgie and they are about 3 years old. She laid an egg in her food dish last night. Is it possible for it yo be viable and if so is it too late to put it in a nesting box. Thanks
I had a male and female the other day one died we have no idea why it was fine all day but after lunch it just went to the bottom on its back and died what happened
I have a pair of budgies who surprised me with their nesting the hen laid her eggs in her food dish after that I supplied her with a nest box which she refused to use she continued to lay her eggs in her food dish so far total is 4 she incubates them not sure […]
If my male budgie comes out and goes missing can i put a new male with mom and babys?
Hi there, I have 2 cockatiels and 2 Parakeets in a cage together, the female cockatiel and the 2 parakeets moved in with my older cockatiel about 4 months ago. I want to move them all to a larger cage, should I do this slowly or are there concerns when doing so?
I am a veterinarian with a client who has two budgies which are bonded – a male and female 6 months of age. It is unclear if they are related. The male is smaller than the female – we are assuming sex based on cere color. Must these birds be separated? What is the current […]
Hi Brenda, I have removed the nest, al 6 babies died,, the mother dies not seem to feed them after she had those 3, I asked about previously,,, even quite a big one of the later 6 did not survive. I will only put breeding box then back after a year, like you said. I […]
Why is Female Budgie attacking 3 fledge lings whilst having 6 nestlings
My female has always been real sweet. I put a nesting box in her cage and now she is biting me really bad. Is this appropriate or should I be Worried
Hello, I brought home a parakeet recently. I had roudybush mini pellets and kaytee seeds in her food dish, and when I was able to confirm she was eating the pellets I took the seeds out completely and fed them to her daily by hand, as well as millet for training purposes. After 5 days […]
