Hello there you guys!
I hope you are all doing well today! Very unfortunately, my little buddy has just lost his mate 2 days ago
Ever since her passing, my budgie has been very unlike himself and unusual! He is usually such a big foodie, but now he doesn't even go to eat or drink water by himself. I have to put spray millet (his favorite treat) right to his face for him to nibble on it a bit, otherwise, he will probably starve to death. He is also not returning to his cage at night (which is something he always used to do along with his companion). I do understand that he is in grief after this incident.
The first day we had lost his mate, my budgie was flying around and chirping around the room like crazy! It was as if he was calling for her and looking for her. The second day, he was still flying around a lot and chirping tons, but a little less than the first day. On the third day, he was flying and chirping a little less than the second day. Today, he is not flying around much and he isn't chirping much either. All 4 days, he has not once gone into his cage to eat, even his favorite seeds! I also want to mention that he has not been preening himself as much recently as he usually does.
Because of this behaviour of his, we've decided to get him another budgie friend! We really didn't want to get a budgie from a breeder or the pet store, so we have looked at Kijiji to find a budgie who needs rehoming. My budgie's previous companion was a female budgie, but we are looking for a male companion for him now since we don't want to risk a female budgie's life when she becomes mature and starts laying eggs! Yesterday, my mom and I had gone to check a few birds out, and we met this great family who has 2 male budgies. Upon discussing, we decided that we could maybe get those 2 male budgies to accompany our own male budgie (totalling to 3 male budgies). They were a bonded male pair so we felt terrible separating them, hence we've decided to pick them both up.
We have not taken them yet, but I wanted to ask you guys if this was a good idea or not?! Do any of you guys have experience with housing 3 budgies together? Does this odd number of budgies create fights? Do you guys think my budgie will start taking care of himself if I slowly introduce these 2 new budgies to him? ANY advice or suggestions at all will be so helpful to me!
For reference, I also want to mention the ages of all 3 birds. My own male budgie is around 2-3 years old. The two new budgies we are thinking of welcoming are 6 months and 2 years old each.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP IN ADVANCE! I APPRECIATE IT!!! My budgie is currently sitting and chirping![Frown :( :(](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I hope you are all doing well today! Very unfortunately, my little buddy has just lost his mate 2 days ago
The first day we had lost his mate, my budgie was flying around and chirping around the room like crazy! It was as if he was calling for her and looking for her. The second day, he was still flying around a lot and chirping tons, but a little less than the first day. On the third day, he was flying and chirping a little less than the second day. Today, he is not flying around much and he isn't chirping much either. All 4 days, he has not once gone into his cage to eat, even his favorite seeds! I also want to mention that he has not been preening himself as much recently as he usually does.
Because of this behaviour of his, we've decided to get him another budgie friend! We really didn't want to get a budgie from a breeder or the pet store, so we have looked at Kijiji to find a budgie who needs rehoming. My budgie's previous companion was a female budgie, but we are looking for a male companion for him now since we don't want to risk a female budgie's life when she becomes mature and starts laying eggs! Yesterday, my mom and I had gone to check a few birds out, and we met this great family who has 2 male budgies. Upon discussing, we decided that we could maybe get those 2 male budgies to accompany our own male budgie (totalling to 3 male budgies). They were a bonded male pair so we felt terrible separating them, hence we've decided to pick them both up.
We have not taken them yet, but I wanted to ask you guys if this was a good idea or not?! Do any of you guys have experience with housing 3 budgies together? Does this odd number of budgies create fights? Do you guys think my budgie will start taking care of himself if I slowly introduce these 2 new budgies to him? ANY advice or suggestions at all will be so helpful to me!
For reference, I also want to mention the ages of all 3 birds. My own male budgie is around 2-3 years old. The two new budgies we are thinking of welcoming are 6 months and 2 years old each.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP IN ADVANCE! I APPRECIATE IT!!! My budgie is currently sitting and chirping
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