KeriKeri
Meeting neighbors
Sorry if this is long but opinions needed.
I have two budgies
Nugget: ~1.5yrs male pet store American budgie. I can “touch” him and he will step up in the cage but not voluntarily come out. Nice bird but timid. Prefers to play with his toys than me. I think part of his problem is that while his current cage is a decent size the doors are small and that’s where he ducks away.
Bobby: 6m male handfed English budgie. Not afraid of anything. Talks and always wants to be out of the cage and be with you. LOVES toys. Will fly to you. Bites a lot but I’ve just gotten used to it, most of it doesn’t hurt. He’s just really pushy. Nobody ever told him he’s a bird.
These boys are in two separate cages (about 15 feet apart) but I am looking to buy them new cages that will look nicer or match better. When I have bobby outside of the cage he will sometimes fly to Nuggets cage. I have watched their interactions through the bars and while Nugget immediately comes over and wants to be sweet I see Bobby being aggressive towards him. He’s never grabbed ahold of him but without the bars in between I’m not sure what he would do. I don’t want Nugget to get hurt but he does seem to enjoy the interaction.
I’m looking at a divided flight cage (pictured). Each birds spacewoulde about 18x18 and I could build a huge play area on top. I could also probably put a solid divider in between the two but would this be a bad idea?
My main concerns are:
1. Nuggets safety
2. Will Bobby lose his tameness with me and rely on Nugget for companionship instead? I don’t want two birds that don’t want to be with me. I’m continuing to work with Nugget but I don’t want to stress him out so it’s slow going.
Thank you for your time
I have two budgies
Nugget: ~1.5yrs male pet store American budgie. I can “touch” him and he will step up in the cage but not voluntarily come out. Nice bird but timid. Prefers to play with his toys than me. I think part of his problem is that while his current cage is a decent size the doors are small and that’s where he ducks away.
Bobby: 6m male handfed English budgie. Not afraid of anything. Talks and always wants to be out of the cage and be with you. LOVES toys. Will fly to you. Bites a lot but I’ve just gotten used to it, most of it doesn’t hurt. He’s just really pushy. Nobody ever told him he’s a bird.
These boys are in two separate cages (about 15 feet apart) but I am looking to buy them new cages that will look nicer or match better. When I have bobby outside of the cage he will sometimes fly to Nuggets cage. I have watched their interactions through the bars and while Nugget immediately comes over and wants to be sweet I see Bobby being aggressive towards him. He’s never grabbed ahold of him but without the bars in between I’m not sure what he would do. I don’t want Nugget to get hurt but he does seem to enjoy the interaction.
I’m looking at a divided flight cage (pictured). Each birds spacewoulde about 18x18 and I could build a huge play area on top. I could also probably put a solid divider in between the two but would this be a bad idea?
My main concerns are:
1. Nuggets safety
2. Will Bobby lose his tameness with me and rely on Nugget for companionship instead? I don’t want two birds that don’t want to be with me. I’m continuing to work with Nugget but I don’t want to stress him out so it’s slow going.
Thank you for your time
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