Rescued budgie – does anyone have any advice on how to care for a budgie under 3 months old?
I just got a rescue bird bought to me – he’s a small, white, budgerigar, less than 3 months old. He’s fledged, of course. A neighbour found him perched on the garden fence.
When he was first put in the cage (I had a spare from years ago with my bigger bird) he dived straight into the seed and pigged out for over 2 hours. He then slept in the bowl for about half an hour, ate some more, drank a lot, and finally perched.
He’s still perching now, but I’m not sure if he’s feeling under the weather or not – I don’t know him well enough yet to tell if he’s out of sorts.
He’s also leaning forward quite a bit in his normal sitting position. I’m not sure if this is a sign of exhaustion from so much flying yesterday, or if there is something else wrong. His crop looks very full (no wonder!) He also hasn’t drunk or eaten today that I’ve seen, but he is beak-grinding, which in my bigger bird usually means happiness or sleepiness.
Is there anything else I can do to help him? I’ve already put water and food in his food bowls as well as on the cage floor. Should I be worried about the leaning or is this fairly normal behaviour for a tired, stuffed bird?
His nostrils, eyes and vent are all clear and he can be seen to be watching us and paying attention, he’s just very still and quiet!
Any Homemade Toys For Budgies + Feeding Advice?
My budgie seems really bored atm, he has loads of toys with a range of different things, bells, mirrors, loops, ropes, swings ect but he just dosnt really play with them anymore. I have tried alternating the toys so he never gets bored but he is really clever so he does. Any help with any homemade toys? Also all he eats is TRILL seed, cuttle bone, occasionaly a millet spray and a treat from the shop and a pink vitamin block so its all a bit boring, but he is scared of fruit and veg! I have tried everything .. I have given him most fruits and a few veg but he just leaves them and they go dry so I have to take them out, any advice on feeding too please! Thanks!
- Laydees .. x
Parakeet Budgie advice?
i just got my new parakeet budgie and have had it for 16 days now and i have a feeling im doing my training wrong because what i do if put my hand in there he stays there lets me put my hand right up to his face and i can get him out of the cage but when i put my hand near him and say up he not getting up even if i push on his stomach still not and now im confused and even when i take him out he do not play with toys all he does is run around looking ever where and he keps doing this , any bird advice
- Brittany Weber
Can i take my pet budgie out of its cage?
i have had budgies for years now and they never had there wings clipped and were always afraid of people (because i bought them when they were older).
Now i just bought another younger budgie and his wings are clipped. I decided to buy another one because my other parakeets friend died and i wanted to get him another friend to socialize with because budgies are social birds.
My older budgie i have stays in his cage and doesn’t come out. (don’t worry they have a very large cage).
But my new budgie likes being touched and likes his belly being rubbed when i stick my hand in the cage.
Can i take him out of the cage?
advice?
- Eyes Wide Shut
Hey all you parakeet lovers! Wanna help me?
Alrighty, I need your advice and help.
I am planning to buy a hand raised, hand fed, very very young budgie. I have done all the research I can online, and I am still looking for more! How many parakeets should I buy? I want to tame and train and bond very well with a budgie(s), but I’m afraid he/she will be alone while I am at school. I go to high school, and the new school year’s gonna start soon, so i’ll leave at around 7:30 and be home around 3:00-4:00.
And is it possible to tame and train and bond with 2 budgies equally?
Oh, and can you give me all the details in breeding, caring, taming, training, loving, cage sizes, toys and what games they like, and ANYTHING that you can tell me about them. Please, I’d love for all you to share your parakeet knowledge with me!
Thanks a bunch!
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- grrrr.<3
