Hello! New bird owner here!

[EnglishBudgMom]

Greetings, my small family and I (husband and 10 yr old son) just added a new feathered friend to our family! Our little Bubbles is a Violet Pied (from what I was told by breeder) English Budgie. She was hatched at the end of August, so she is still a chick. We've got her all settled in her nice cage, she was hand-fed so she bonded with her people-flock very quickly. I only work 3 days a week so she has plenty of out of cage time with us (my son or husband when I'm at work), as I am beginning to learn the "budgie debates" can get quite heated regarding a single bird. We are new to having a bird pet, and will only consider a second bird if Bubbles has difficulties. I tried posting on a US English Budgie Facebook group and got eaten alive by "what I was doing wrong" when I asked for feedback and suggestions. I'm here for newbie bird mom help and suggestions from other English Budgie owners!

 

[Mizzely]

Welcome! Sorry you had a bad time with the Facebook Mob!

 

[EnglishBudgMom]

Shawna! I just bought some of your wood remnants as foraging toys for Bubbles! She's still kind of scared of them, but I stuffed the holes full of groats, so she'll come around soon I hope.

 

[Mizzely]

Oh hi! I was wondering how they went over!

 

[Shezbug]

Welcome I am sorry you copped grief from the FB group. The members here are lovely and very very helpful so I hope you enjoy your time here as much as I do.

 

[WallyLoopey]

Welcome! I’m happy to say that this board is very open and polite. You are certainly welcome and so is Bubbles!

 

[geff]

I'm sure that you'll find all about budgies on this site, without having your " head bitten off by the trolls" on fb
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Enjoy the site, and fill your head with some of the most important subjects written by knowledgeable people .

 

[Lady Jane]

Hi there and welcome. I too an EB mom of two. They are great little birds as you have discovered. At first I got only the male, Murphy. He was obviously not happy because all he did was sit on a perch, ate very little and did not play with toys. That went on for about 3 to 4 weeks. I decided to get a second one from the same breeder. It was instant love and all has been good since that day. I even took a video of the first time they met.

 

[expressmailtome]

Welcome, and enjoy the site!

 

[EnglishBudgMom]

Hi there and welcome. I too an EB mom of two. They are great little birds as you have discovered. At first I got only the male, Murphy. He was obviously not happy because all he did was sit on a perch, ate very little and did not play with toys. That went on for about 3 to 4 weeks. I decided to get a second one from the same breeder. It was instant love and all has been good since that day. I even took a video of the first time they met.

So far she (breeder was pretty sure she’s female, but ??) she eats with gusto, plays with some toys-not all, won’t go near a bath or touch any fresh fruit or veg. She loves her swing, but does tend to spend most of her time on this one manzanita perch I got her. I’ve tried homemade birdy bread, chopped up super fine fresh fruit and veg, no go! The issue with a 2nd bird is we wanted a bird bonded to us first of all, secondly, the breeder doesn’t have any new babies (she’s a hobby breeder), and I’m not sure our cage is big enough for 2-it’s a vision medium. I’d have to do major upgrades, etc...

 

[sunnysmom]

Welcome!

 

[Lady Jane]

I am not suggestion another budgie so please don't get me wrong. I found that two budgies eat much better than a single one. It becomes sort of a competition to see who gets the most. What one does, the other does in all things. Good luck with her and I wish you well.

 

[EnglishBudgMom]

Gotcha!! I had no idea how ferverent opinions were on that subject

 

[Cynthia & Percy]

welcome