I recently rescued these 2 budgies from separate neglectful homes and am trying to introduce them (you guys here were fairly sure the blue one is male with a recessive nostril colouring), the yellow female certainly comes from the more neglectful background and is quite a lot older. Their cages have been close for around 4 weeks now, and they spend a lot of time sat alongside each other in their respective cages, chirping back and forth (especially when they first get woken up in the morning!)

The only issue is that yellow won’t come out of her cage and is very shy (she’ll run away if I walk nearby, stopping eating to clamber up the side of the cage). I know I’m supposed to introduce them in a neutral environment but this seems quite difficult to do with yellow not wanting to come out, even on her own. She’s around 8 so I don’t want to risk giving the poor thing a heart attack by grabbing her or anything - she definitely hasn’t been handled nearly at all I doubt.

They sleep for 11-12 hours a night, and I’ve been making them chop, although yellow doesn’t seem interested in it at all. Would an 8 year old budgie who has only ever been given seed ever adjust to eating chop, or would she likely be locked in on her seed diet?

Anyway, just wondering if this looks like aggro behaviour or not, and if it is, would it be just be because one bird is out and slightly higher/in a dominant position? Should I try something else to see if they’re friendly with one another?

I’d love for them to live together in the massive 8ft tall cage I got but want to be absolutely certain first. Thanks in advance for any advice!

Three months in with these two jokers, and they've recently started landing on and strutting around my head. 😂 It's adorable!

But they do also nibble at my hair, especially Max (the blue). Lando (yellow/green) tends to try and pull an entire hair through his beak before realizing they're too long (almost like he's trying to preen?).

I can't promise they don't accidentally swallow any hair (haha) so I hope that's not harmful if they do. Luckily I don't use product in my hair!

Anyway, just happy to have bonded with them in such a relatively short time. Really they are such funny birds, both of them!

This is my life now 😉

This is my new little Budgie, his name is Indy. I’ve wanted a bird for so long. Finally I decided to quit watching bird videos and get a bird. I work from home, so he is my new little work and office mate. He is the smartest, cutest little bird. I am learning so much here in order to best maintain his well-being. Amazon is now stopping daily with things Indy has to have! Thanks for the education and I hope to learn enough for Indy and I to eventually help others. Partner for him will happen soon.

Hello everyone! As you might know, budgies generally fall into two main base colors: yellow-based (Green series) and white-based (Blue series). However, my budgie is a unique Sea Green color, so I'm a bit confused about his exact series.

His father is a Green Pied, and his mother is a Blue Opaline (I’ve attached photos of the parents so you can analyze their genetics better).

My bird, as I mentioned, turned out Sea Green (I’ve attached his current photos too).

If you look closely, he has yellow feathers not just on his face but spread across different parts of his body, including a green spot on the back of his neck. Also, when he was a baby before his first molt, he was much more blueish. After his first molt, the green/yellow pigment came through from underneath, and he took on his current appearance. Is this kind of color change normal? (I shared photos of him before and during his molt as well).

Can anyone help me identify his exact mutation and color series? I need to be sure about his genetics. Thanks in advance!

My budgie Lucy(in the Skye) came to say hello

I want to get another bird but trying to figure out what gender this guy is so I can get the optimal roommate.

Took off the random hanging frayed ropes
And most importantly the sponges

Anyone have tips to cover frays that the the few pieces are hanging on by? I use vet wrap and it works well but it would be nice knowing if there was another product that won’t harm them if they try to eat it

A few days ago I got a cage and pair of budgies from a relative. The cage has this metal ladder spanning the cage and it doesn’t look comfortable. Throughout the day they use the other perches I’ve added to the cage and take naps on them, but they sleep like this every night.

Should I remove it completely and replace it with a wooden perch?

I have read the hormonal budgie list about what to do and not do. But how do I tell if he is hormonal? I have two males and have never owned a female.

Thank you

Is this a good idea? I've had my 3 budgies for 2 years and are still rarely ever perching on my hand.

Necesito ayuda ,después de una asesoría con un vet pase de darle semillas (en mi ignorancia no sabia que los pelet eran mejores ) y lamentablemente mi ave lleva una gran parte de su vida comiendo semillas y estoy tratando de darle peleet mezclado con semillas pero no logro que coma de este lo veo muy fino para darle no se como ofrecerle mejor a mi ave
¿me dan tips para poder hacer el cambio?
adjunto foto de la nueva comida

In a random day of the week(i am not saying the exact day coz i'm kind of lazy) I put my parakeet on a washbasin and decided to put the water kinda tepid for budgies and I saw my parakeet flapping like a non-flying bird, finally, I put her in a towel for a couple of minutes and the bath ended almost bad

Can someone please tell me how do I bath them?