Bird Type: Budgie/Parakeet

Baby budgie died

Yesterday the baby budgie was alive and seemed well with the parent budgies in the cage and bird house. Suddenly this morning I found it dead. What could be the reason? Not enough food given by parent budgies or water? Or simply weak? Hatched and born around April2nd. I cleaned bird house after baby’s death.. […]

Why hasn’t my 3 week old budgie’s feathers grown yet?

So basically the 2 eggs hatched and it’s been 3 weeks and only the tail feather and the feathers around their wings. Just,wanted to know why the other parts of their body hasn’t grown feathers properly. And if there’s anything thing I could do.

What do I do

My parakeet laid an egg with yellow yolk what does this mean

Can I leave my birds for 2 weeks?

Hello! We are planning on leaving our two parakeets and two cockatiels for two weeks. My parakeets are always together in the same cage, while my cockatiels are in separate cages since one of them won’t leave the other alone. We’re planning on having a friend come over to change their food and water, would […]

Birds

When I try to touch my 2 Budgerigar they move and climb up their cage I have a boy and girl but do you guys know what this means (we just got them yesterday

Is it safe to go around my budgies after I shower?

Hello! I’ve been really concerned for long long time about showering! Is it safe to take a shower with products that have fragrance, then go near my birds ? I started using all unscented baby soap because I’m to worried about using regular shampoo! Is the smell harmful, are all beauty products harmful ?

Budgie

Hey my budgie go a big sake hanging of her bum and it is like she need to poo but keeps making a small chirp in pain

How should I proceed In bonding?

I recently acquired to two mature female parakeets. It’s been two weeks they’re still nervous and scared when I sit near their cage, they also don’t move from this one perch in their cage, they do not interact with toys at all. They do eat and drink water though.

Parakeet eggs

What do you do when a single parakeet lays an egg?

Eggs on the floor

Hi I have a decent size aviary with 6 budgies in it 3 males 3 females and 3 nesting boxes most have paired up and are mating but I am finding eggs on the floor why are they doing this or is there one of them going in and throwing the eggs out please help

Budgies’ pregnancy

My budgie is pregnant and has not been laying eggs since a month. She laid laid two eggs, two eggs which were in fertile. now she is still pregnant and has not laid any eggs since then I am worried for her health. She and her mate are the only two budgies which I have […]

Rare parakeet tail feather damage!

I’m a first time bird owner. Just brought my rare parakeet home today. She was much smaller than the others at the store. My cat messed with her through the bird cage when I wasn’t home earlier today. She looked intact. Unfortunately, her two beautiful long yellow tail feathers were affected. They are still attached […]

Toys for parakeet

What is safe / unsafe to give a parakeet in terms of toys that it can chew or shred, etc. to keep it from getting bored. My parakeet eats any paper it can get a hold of. Is this safe?

Larva in millet sprouts

Hello, i found larva in millet sprouts,will that be harmful to budgie? Please reply fast. Thanks.

BUDGIE UNABLE TO FLY

suddenly the bird couldn’t fly. she sits on the bottom of her cage. plz don’t tell me she might be sick and go to a avian vet. i know she must be sick and we do not have avian vets here in Egypt. is there any medicine i could give her which might help?

Parakeet food

Can I buy a premium parakeet seed without the ground corn.

Should I provide my budgies with a nesting box?

Hi there! I’m quite new to owning birds but I’ve done a lot of research and made sure they didnt need anything. I have a two year-old female and a about one year-old male. The male is a new addition as I didn’t want to get chicks, but after seeing signs of loneliness with my […]

Very young parakeet

I read your response about purchasing a very young parakeet. I have had parakeets for years and saw this little guy at my local pet store. He was in with a lot of birds and you could just tell he was overwhelmed. How do I monitor his eating? I am home all day so I […]

sitting on one egg

My parakeet has been sitting on one egg for over 21 days. I took the other eggs from the bottom of the cage before, a total of four, one at a time. I have no nest for the pair. Should i go ahead and remove this last egg? I love them together and they love […]

Budgie

My budgies are so lazy how i made them to bite and fight me

Budgie eggs

My budgie laid 3 eggs and has been incubating them. However egg number 4 was on the cage floor cracked so we removed it, and now egg five is also on the cage floor but looks ok. We are not sure if she laid them there on purpose and if we should move it or […]

I have a budgie Question

I am a experienced bird mom I have a African grey and a Yellow headed Amazon so I know a lot about bird care, just recently I decided I wanted to get a few little budgies because I have larger birds and I wanted to get some cute little friends to add to my flock. […]

Budgie

My female budgie making angry sound i don’t know why

male budgie cracking its own eggs

so my male budgie is trying to crack his eggs and then throws them to the ground. he is also constantly trying to get into the nesting box but the female won’t let him. should i separate them

Budgie

My budgie pair doesn’t mating and not regurgitate feed male dont show any interest and not active also female what i do??

Molting – Dr. Lamb Webinar Feb 10

My little 2-1/2 year old budgie Clancy does a complete moult every 3-4 months. Is this normal for him to do it so frequently. He is very healthy and talkative and has a great appetite. I feed him Nutriberries & premium seed, plus broccoli and bell pepper seeds. He does not like fruit. Am I […]

My birds poo is black and sticky

Hi. I have budgie and his poo is black and he is eating a lot of seed. His feathers are very ruffled and he is acting sick I don’t know what’s wrong with him

Sibling budgies in same cage

Can I keep budgie siblings in the same cage? They are more than 1 years old. Would breeding between them have any issues?

What Should i do to help my budgie

So i have had birds before and none of them acts like the one i have now i got him from a pet supplys shop cause i saw him getting pushed around in the cage so i took him my mom named him budgie cause she likes the name we have had him for months […]

Budgie

How to increase size of budgie

Nutriberry ball

My budgies are bonded but for some reason they just throw nutri berries out of the bowl and eat the seeds. Are they playing a food or do they hate nutriberries? One of my birds tasted nutriberries once.

Budgie gender

I had to know my budgie gender i am confused can i send you pictures and how

How to grief

I had three conures and 5 parakeets . Two of the conures and 4 parakeets house together in one room two cages but goes in and out of cages freely. @0 minutes after being let out and fed new food. All except one parakeet died. The other conure who roamed with us everywhere in the […]

Parakeet doesn’t care much about me, but isn’t scared either

My parakeet stays inside his cage constantly. I’ve tried getting him out a bit just outside the cage or on the top of it but he stays inside. He isn’t scared of my hand at all and perches on my finger if presented to him. He’s active in playing inside of his cage so J […]

Pellets for my birds

I have 2 young tame Java finches. Which pellets should I feed them and for always, even as they mature? I also have 2 Catherine Parakeets. Which pellets should they eat?

My male budgie died when female was hatching

Hey, My male budgie died when female was hatching, 4 eggs were being hatched and 2 were remaining. The male died due to Rat attack. now the female budgie have raised up all the baby chicks and all are doing well. so what should i do with the female? will she be able to pear […]

Father budgie agressive to the 2 oldest babies.

I need avise please. I have 5 baby budgies 5 weeks and younger. The father is attacking the 2 oldest babies and trying to mate with the Mother. What shall I do? I think the babies are too young to move into a new cage and I am afraid to move the father out if […]

Male Parakeet flew away

My female parakeet had 7 eggs, 2 hatched before the male, unfortunately, got out and flew away. I am concern about mommy alone feeding her babies, what can I do to help? I am already offering soft food, but she is rejecting and I am not so sure she’ll be able to handle all 7 […]

Surprise parakeets

Hi, I have a parakeets that that lay eggs and have no for baby chicks. They’ve never done this before but I got them a coconut shell play hot thinking they can keep warm for the winter. I don’t know what to do now the mother has been feeding them well they are growing the […]

No long wing feathers

Aviary bred siblings normal but no3 has no long tail feathers still being fed by other adult budgies. What to do .

2 Question: baby bird and separation

P.S: sorry for asking again but i got no responze 1. if i will buy a baby budgie with no feathers, and i have 2 adult budgies(male and female), i can let the baby to stay there sometimes? 2. i have a male and female budgie in the same cage and they are mates. if […]

Parakeet not warming egg

My parakeet was sitting on her egg up until the end she randomly stopped about 2 weeks in the babies where almost developed, I took them out and opened them and saw two successful babies. Why did she stop?

Budgie and eggs

hi good afternoon! So my female recently just turned 1 years old. And we found this male budgie that we found with an unknown age. They have been mating we tried to stop them multiple of times and we couldn’t and she’s recently layed one single egg. Over the past week we have been debating […]

My budgie has swollen belly around vent

My budgie suddenly has swelling around vent area and red inflammation on the left side of her belly behind her leg with loose stool and yellowish urine the vet said it’s bacterial infection and gave her antibiotics and vitamins but l don’t think it’s only infection because her stomach has been big for a while […]

Can i separate my budgies?

Sorry for asking another question, but i can separate 2 parrots that are mates? i have only 2 budgies (female and male) and i tink they are mates. Beacuse of that, i can gain only their trust. Is a good option to separate them? If i do that, i need to buy 2 mirrors for […]

Scared but no running

If i move my hand slow, i can get next to my 2 budgie(female and male) when they stay on the stick, but i tink they are scared… if i touch the foot a little bit, they move the foot closer to them, and if i try or touch the body, they get realy scared […]

My budgie laid an egg on her cage floor

My buggie just laid an egg yesterday and is already sitting on it. We don’t want to keep the eggs because we don’t know how to raise the babies and don’t want a heartbreak. Do we just remove the egg once it’s laid ? Or what should we do?

Budgies

Can I transfer the small budgies to a different nest as 5 new born are not able to accommodate in the small box where the mother buggies laid eggs. The new box will vept in the same cage.

Parakeet breeding

I have two parakeets and I found an egg at the bottom of their cage yesterday. My husband went to the pet store and they told him all he needed was a small nest and a straw like material. He was told to fill the nest 3/4 full with the straw . I put egg […]

Is there any way to help my bird fly again?

I have a budgie named Sunny due to her yellow feathers. She was sick in November; we do not know what made her sick. She was not singing anymore; she was having a tough time moving around her perches and vomiting. Sunny is ok now, but I noticed that she is not able to fly. […]

Budgie not sitting on her eggs

My parakeets I’ve had for 2 years and they finally started breeding. I was excited. I saw 1 egg and then another one 2 days later but since then she has not laid another egg which should have been today. She has 1 in her I can tell. I have checked on them a couple […]

Budgie’s egg

I have three budgies in my cage and one among them have lay an egg( 20.Dec.22) but she is not sitting on the egg. Her nesting box is in my room ( a showpiece with holes it like a tree) , she loves to be in there .. should I place this egg in that […]

Budgie Eggs

My questions is that I have 2 pair of budgies in a large box with 2 nesting boxes will they breed and eventually lay eggs

Laying eggs

After I removed the other pair from the one laying eggs now what ?. Will she lay on her egg till it hatches? Will she be ok ?

How do I stop my cockatiel from fighting

I brought a 1-month-old cockatiel (Coco) which I handfed and kept in a separate cage from my 2 budgies for the first 15 days, in case he had any infections. After 15 days I tried to introduce coco to the budgies by putting him in their cage but the male budgie (Nile) was a bit […]

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