help #budgie

Hello all! I have been struggling to keep my parakeets from breeding with each other for quite some time now, and I have resorted to separating them based on sex. I have three males and four females, and one pair in particular has been continuously breeding. The male of the pair is constantly...

Hi, I'm having issues with my two male parakeets and my female cockatiel, any advice is appreciated. Lately it's been a real issue. My two male parakeets are Katkout (if I had to guess his age, I'd say 2-3yrs old?) and Beskout (1yr old). My female cockatiel is Kouki (guessing around 5yrs)...

Hi! I need some ideas for some toys to make for my budgies! The materials I have access to below: -Jute string- (A safe, non-toxic, digestible string for birds) -Shredded paper -Cupcake liners -Egg cartons -Dried Corn husks - A cardboard tray - Large paddle-pop sticks -Large wooden plank-like...

Hi! I recently saw a youtube video and getting budgies used to you hands before getting them to step up and get them to trust you overall. One of the tips the video had was to keep your hand or finger infront of them in the air and to let them bite it so that they understand that it is safe and...

My budgie's friend died a week ago (I currently have no way of getting another bird). At first he seemed fine, but now he's keeping his eyes closed and seems a little fluffed up. He isn't entirely tamed yet, so he usually avoids my hand, but now he's not doing anything about it when I try to...

So I've had my parakeets about a month. My older one will let me touch his chest and sometimes get on my finger/hand but he's still very hesitant on those and doesn't really like it at all unless I have millet. He let me the other day stroke his whole head and back and even preen his head, then...

Hi! I am thinking of cutting an egg carton in half and using it as kind of a ladder toy for my birds (will lean it up against against a perch.) When I got my budgies from the pet store, they where unfortunatly clipped. Thankfully, they are growing back and they can sort of fly (can't really go...

Hi there! We bought 2 parakeets on the 9th and the 10th. We bought them from different places and I believe one is younger and the other is maybe young adult to adult. We have them in separate cages and the older one is definitely more at ease with us and doing much better at hand taming. I know...

i’m moving to england from italy in november… how do i manage to bring my two budgies with me? i already checked if my flight’s airline allows birds and they do, but which travel cage should i get? do soundproof travel cages exist? they get easily scared and i don’t want them to die like this…...

So as you know: One of my Parakeets, Heisinbird has terminal Cancer, a tumor in his back near his kidneys that is too big to operate on. He was initially given only a week to live but thankfully, has miraculously lived longer with the tumor growing more slowly than expected. However, I still...

I’ll start off with a thank you to avian avenue and the people sharing their stories. I thought I was prepared for a bird have experience working with and caring for other peoples birds but opted for the economical option of raising chickens and ducks instead of the exotic bird I have always...

Local pet shop had a budgie abandoned so I took it in as I have kept budgies before (not a breeder) whilst I was on my way to collect, I was told that it looks like the mother bird had thrown out the chick and had left the nest. I told them to put the chick back in the nest and leave until I got...

hello, i have two budgies and they are the first ones i've ever taken care of, so i am a pretty new budgie owner... i have a few questions regarding their behavior, im not really sure if i should be worried or not :shrug: and i also apologize if using "antisocial" in the title is considered...

Hi, I’m new here. I wanted to ask around and see if anyone has dealt with this as well. I have a blue budgie named Star that I got on April 5th of this year. Things have been going really well so far, but today I came home and she was sitting in the dining room on the floor. This has never...

Just wanted to come on here and ask if anyone experienced anything similar, ill try to give as much info as possible. some pictures have blood so dont look if youre squeamish Breed: Budgerigar, Age: 3 years old, Not spayed, Location: UK, No Vaccinations, Lives with another bird, Length of...

Hi, I'm new to this website, but I'm hoping someone can help me. I've had my 4 budgies for a few months, I didn't know what I was doing and did everything wrong, I grabbed and chased them around and made them do things they didn't want to do. I've done my research and am currently trying to...

hiii so ive had budgies for around 5 years but ive never seen any of them get aggresive like this, so currently ive got xam (male, 5yrs old), nina (female, 2 years old), beep (male, 2 years old) and xam and nina's son bloop (male, 1 year old). Theyve got a cage but theyre always open and...

Good evening all, one of my budgies is showing signs of having mites, including lethargic behavior and scratching on objects. I was recommended Ivermectin and I've checked our local stores and vets, none sold Ivermectin, they did have something called Curamectin which is advertised for ear...

I have no clue what to do, my budgie got attacked by my sister's cat and now it's abdomen is an open wound. All the Vets are closed to I can't take him to a vet until tomorrow, my poor baby I don't know how to bandage him either. This has never happened before and I don't know what to do. What...

Hi :) so, I have two budgies. My female (had him 2 or so years) Bailey, and a male, my Benji (who i've had just over a year). Originally the plan was to put Benji and Bailey together (in a decent sized cage -- its a yaheetech 52 in.) but, two things: Bailey was somewhat territorial? But also...