Question #1:

What is wrong with keeping mirrors in a budgie parakeets cage?

From what I heard, the bird becomes obsessed with it, right? Also, does having a mirror have the same affects as having another real bird in the cage? I ask that question because I want to get a new bird, but should I expose this newbie to my other bird? One last question, My bird has had a mirror all of it's life (like 6 years), so, what will happen if I take it away, will she be more friendly towards me and no longer "obsessed" or will it be angrey and lonley?

Question #2:

Budgie Death? Please Help?

Please please read and answer!

I used to have a really cute greeny yellow budgie for more than 8 months.
i loved it soooooooooooooo much. out of a scale from 0-100, i loved it about 86. More!
it used to fly around the house, climb around my head, sway happily on my shoulder... and when one day my mum was cleaning, she noticed that the budgie (Squish-Budge) was fluffed up, closing its eyes and nodding. i was holding it and talking to my brother.
my mum pointed Squish-budge out to my and i got hell scared.
i took it to the cage, covered it with a thick blanket, but not too much.
and i put it in semi darkness as the pet cares thingy said on the internet.
and after a week, it really got ill. i wanted to go to the vet but it was too much money. so i felt so evil, guilty, sad, angry and devastaed at the prospect of having Squish-Budge die.
on the last day, (im crying as i type this) i took it out, knowing i'll have to part it forever. i snuggled it close to me and i cried over it.
that night, my brother in law came to my house and BOOM my mum came into "OMG GUESTS, FEED THEM,
WHATEVER THEM
DO THIS TO THEM
AND THIS TO THEM
HELP THEM
BLAH BLAH THEM
and she forgot all about our family pet. i said a small goodbye to Squish-Budge like i always did, and went to bed.
next day. it died. yh. my 16 yr old bro saw him first. good thing, he told me in a way that didnt straight away tell me it died. i just knew it in my heart, and i saw it. at the bottom of the cage, feet up, eyes closed, and dead. the stupid thing was, i didnt cry. jst tears welled up. diddnt want anyone to see me cry coz
1. it was a school day, i'd be interrogated there if i come red-eyed
2. i tried to be cool and calm.
3. i diddnt have much energy to cry
i went up to my parents to inform them that Squish-Budge has died. they cuddled me up for two minutes, told me it's gone to heaven, it'll be alright.
tears sort of leaked out then.
anyway, i went ti school and suffered a lot. how can i stop the grief?

Question #3:

budgie playing with a string?

a whole day it was just sitting on the cage door playing with a string and it dosent like to fly around my house why?
i kept his favourite mirror a ball tied to a string and more
he comes some times stands and playes near the cage with his toys and go back inside
why wont he come out,

rarely in the morning he likes to come take a walk on the carpet but not flying
he goes inside the cage and flies
why?

Question #4:

Introducing a new budgie to the flock?

I currently have two little budgies, Bonnie and Clyde ( Click Here ). I've had them since April, and they were not hand raised or tame. However, they are still under a year old. Their cage is big enough for at least 2 more budgies to live comfortably and still have plenty of room to fly and scurry about. I'm not buying a new budgie anytime soon, however, in the future, I would like to know. These birds are only semi-tame, as you see in the video they are playful and are in very good feather. They will sit on my shoulder and with some coaxing the male will let me pet his tummy and his back. The female always starts a singing game with me where she'll get as close to me as possible (while she is in the cage) and she will chirp very loudly. She gives me a little look, then I whistle back at her. We can do this for hours! However, they still aren't completely comfortable with me, and like I said before, they are just semi-tame.

My question is, if I were to bring in a hand raised friendly budgie to the family, will the other budgies learn from his example? Would they only become more timid? Would the hand raised budgie start to become fearful of me? If I ever do get a new budgie, would it be easier just to have him in his own cage?

Thanks :)

Question #5:

How do I get my budgies to like me?

When I first got my first budgie (about 5 years ago) I was beginning to tame him fine and he would let me stroke his tummy and stuff. But I noticed that during the day when I was out he would pull his feathers out, so I brought him a female friend. I they tried to train her the way I did him but she would just bite me and not let me near her and after a while he wouldn't let me touch him either and every time I put my hand in the cage they go mad and run away from me. What should I do? I feel bad because I can't let them out of the cage because I'm scared they won't go back in again.

Question #6:

How to make budgie seed sticks?

I am wanting to know how to make seed sticks for budgies. I am meaning the sticks that you can buy at the shops and just hang in the bird cage but home made. I have tried some recipes but they didn't work, the seeds didn't stay on the stick and was all runny. If some recipes involve an oven can you tell me if it needs to be preheated or not please. Cheers

Question #7:

How much would it cost monthly to care for budgies?

My mom need to get rid of her two budgie birds, so i said id take them. Things are tough financially lately so im wondering roughly how much it would cost to care for budgies monthly with all they need. I will have the cage and birds obviously, so aside from that, what do they need and how much does food etc cost??
10 pts!
Thank you
Oh and i live in canada

Question #8:

I want to adopt some Budgies but....?

My nans neighbour gave me a budgie as a present, last year he escaped from his cage and flew away we'd had him for 7 years :( and although scooter will be greatly missed i think its time the house was filled with chirping again haha.

Sooo my question is, she has 3 baby boys left i think their a couple of months old, should i take all 3? I was hoping to hand tame them and be able to play with them, but alot of people say that if you have more than one at a time its impossible to tame them because they are more interested in each other?

I could get a flight cage but if i cant get them to trust me enough to let them out the cage and be able to put them back in safely then i don't think its fair to the budgies to be locked up all the day.

what do you guys think?

Question #9:

advice on my bird situation please?

ok now ill have around 300 bucks and i found a pet shop selling adult quaker parrets for like 100 bucks and babies for around 300 or sumthing like dat.now dey allso have babie cockatiels for like 80 or sumthing.i just dont know wich one to get and i have a budgie allso so yer maybe i sud get a babey but i cant afford a quaker babey becoz i need to buy a cage aswell so should i get the adult quaker its about 1-2 years old or babey tiel.allso would the adult be very difficult to train and are quakers smarter den tiel or...?

Question #10:

should I try and get my budgie out the cage yet?

We have had our hand tamed budgie 2 days. When we put a hand in he sits on it. When he is in there alone he is running from end to end in the cage so we thought he might want to come out. But then when we try and take him out he just tries to fly away so should we wait longer before taking him out?
wings are clipped, he can't actually fly away.

Question #11:

What do I do with my budgie?

I used to have 2 budgies, but one of them died :'(. So now I have a budgie who is all alone, and kind of afraid of me. I take her out of her cage often, but she only likes to sit by the window. She looks really bored. What things can I do to make her less bored? She has toys in her cage but doesn't play with them. OR should I try and give her up for adoption? I don't want to get another bird, so don't suggest that. Thanks :D

Question #12:

i have 3 pairs of budgie were 2 pairs has lay-ed eggs.........?

i have 3 pairs of budgie were 2 of my pair has layed eggs.one of the remainging pair has pushed one of my pairs eggs i dont know y it has done this.all my birds have their own nest(pot) and the cage is very big that it is so spaceious for them to fly.plz some one tell me y this has happned.the birds each laid 3 eggs.one of them were fighting today evening and suddely it layed egg their and it was broken in their fight

Question #13:

questions about the care and keeping of my lovebird!?

hey guys! im not worried about my bird or anything, i just know a lot of you like to give us here facts and tips on caring for our birds! yah im 13, and i have a lovebird name ollie! she is very attached me and chirps whenever i call her name! its pretty funny! she lives in my room too! ok im going to ask a series of 10 questions! so when you answer these just number them 1-10!

1. i mix in to her food kaytee seeds, kaytee pellets, spray millet crumbs, and nutriberries. (broke up) is this a good diet for her? she eats the same amount of everything!

2. she has many fun toys, perches, a sand perch, a cement perch, and a rope perch. are these good?

3. she reguritates to her toys and humps her bed......is there a reason why she is in love with objects? lol.

4.i keep some little nic nacs and toys at the bottom of the cage, is that good? or bad?

5. we took out her bed cus all she would do is hump it, was that a smart idea?

6. she tries to pick at my braces! why??

7. she flies away from strangers sometimes..why?

8. she is very cute!

9. she was handfed...this is good right?

10. is a lovebird a better bird than a budgie if your looking for a sociable small parrot?


ok guys! thats all my questions! thanks so much for your time! ollie and i do appreiciate it! :) yah so if you are going to answer some or all, whichever you choose, just number them the way i have here! thanks again so much! :) im looking forward to getting some answers!

Question #14:

need help with my pet bird-to-be?

i have around 300 dollars and im planning on buying a parrot or cockatiel i allready have a budgie who i cannot sell because im to attachted to him and i allready have a cage and all for the budgie and a massive inbuilt cage outside (i do not plan on keeping any birds in there as it gets cold) my questions are as followes:
1:can the to birds stay in 1 cage (the big one outside wen i take then to streatch there wings)
2:how big of a cage would i need for the cockatiel/parrot for indoors (i want a big bird)
3:how much would the cage+bird cost me

Question #15:

Could you keep a quaker parrot and a budgie together?

In the same cage. Or will they fight.

Question #16:

First Time Budgie Owner..?

I wish to get a budgie, a male one as I heard that they are less aggressive. I can stand loud chirping.
Of course I can take care of it, and my cousin used to have a budgie, it bit me alot }} she didnt know ANYTHING about that poor bird!! {{ so I can learn how to handle it too, and tame it. I'm willing to spend even months trying to tame it. Right now I'm looking for cage and only the "best" food brands.
is this a big cage?
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or
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or
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or
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I'm not sure if budgies need alot of space Because I'm not quite done with my research,
So I thought while I'm searching I could atleast get some idea of what I should get.
budgies' bars on the cages should be 1/2 or less right? or is it, NEVER 1/2 and always less?

I can buy a bigger cage surely, but that will have to wait, since these are the ones I found quickly on amazon and petsmart. maybe for these use as a travel cage would be nice :)

Cant wait to hear your reviews, thank ya! :)
UM, UM..
I'd like to know if they are better in pairs?
I heard that they don't bond with you enough if you get a pair? I really want to interact with them, which is why I wish to get them.
Thank you for the wonderful info!!
I couldnt find any GOOD links on how or what to feed the budgies high quality food,
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
Most of the budgie websites are really hard to read, which is bad for me since I have bad eye sight. :)
This information means the world to me - haha, thanks guys :3

Question #17:

How can I persuade my mom to let me get a budgie?!?

I really want a bird, and I found that the perfect bird for a beginner like me is a budgie. I even found a really nice cage that is perfect. My dad says he would be glad to let me buy one, I just can't get my mom to agree....help she's suborn!!!

Question #18:

do you need to have pine shavings in a budgie nest box?

Hello!!
I'm asking this because i have 4 budgies, 2 male, 2 female and i would lke to breed them,
i have-
solected a bonded pair
i have mineral blocks and cuttle bones
fruit and veg
water
seed
shop perches
branch perches
toys
i have a nest box at the bottom of the cage but do i HAVE to put pine shavings at the bottom, or can i have non-toxic leaves, or can i leave it bare?

help me. PLZZ
OHH
and they are all VERY healthy
So can put grass in the nest box
they r older than a year old

Question #19:

stop pecking spray for budgies really work?

hi all, im thinking off buying stop pecking spray for my male budgie because it bites alot, is this a good soloution for it. yes or no
ive tried everything say no and put it in the cage, im getting annoyed of it now
what shall i dooooooo????
thanx in advance
xx

Question #20:

Budgie alone in home?

I left my budgie alone in home. And he will be alone for maybe 3-4 hours and im nervous :-( he have some toys in cage and fresh food and water and also i left TV on. Also i think he will sleep when it gets dark outside in like 1-2 hour. He will be ok? I am worried





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