Hey everyone. My husband and I just adopted two new budgies as first time bird owners. We did lots of research (I actually read quite a few posts from this website during my research) and felt like we had prepared ourselves the best that we could. We bought both budgies from PetSmart two days ago and I believe they're no more than 3/4 months old as they still have stripes all the way up to their ceres. As to be expected, both budgies were very startled and nervous when we first brought them home. We left them alone other than peeking in the room on occasion to check on them and tried to give them space to get used to their new cage before we tried to interact with them. I feel like our blue budgie is settling in pretty well, he's used a variety of different perches in their cage and he even ate in front of us this morning which made me think he's starting to feel safe.
As for our green/yellow budgie, we're a little worried about him. He was panting when we saw him at PetSmart and I've read that budgies pant when they're either hot or scared and I'd imagine he's pretty terrified. It's been a couple days and he still pants/breathes quickly if we get too close to the cage, but if we just peek in from the opposite side of the room, he doesn't appear to be panting/breathing heavy. We've also noticed that aside from one perch in the corner that he seems to have taken a liking too and the perch on their food dish, he's been clinging himself to the top of the cage by his beak. Is he still just very nervous and frightened and we just need to give him time to adjust or do you think there may be something wrong with him? Thank you in advance!
(disclaimer: I keep saying "he/him" because we tried our best to get two boys, but it's so hard to tell by their ceres this young, so they may not actually be boys lol)
As for our green/yellow budgie, we're a little worried about him. He was panting when we saw him at PetSmart and I've read that budgies pant when they're either hot or scared and I'd imagine he's pretty terrified. It's been a couple days and he still pants/breathes quickly if we get too close to the cage, but if we just peek in from the opposite side of the room, he doesn't appear to be panting/breathing heavy. We've also noticed that aside from one perch in the corner that he seems to have taken a liking too and the perch on their food dish, he's been clinging himself to the top of the cage by his beak. Is he still just very nervous and frightened and we just need to give him time to adjust or do you think there may be something wrong with him? Thank you in advance!
(disclaimer: I keep saying "he/him" because we tried our best to get two boys, but it's so hard to tell by their ceres this young, so they may not actually be boys lol)