DaisyPeach
Meeting neighbors
- Joined
- 11/30/20
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Hi there! My parents gifted me a male budgie for my birthday, just the one because they were told that way he would be sure to bond with me. I have had him for 3 months and he is about 6 months old now. He lives with my partner and I, and is very bonded to both of us. His cage is very large with many toys, but he also always has the option to come out when we are there. Most of the time I work short 4 hour shifts, so that is usually the maximum amount of time he ever spends alone, but sometimes I have to work longer shifts when my partner is also gone, and I feel very bad about that. I leave music playing while I am gone, and he seems very happy and generally does enjoy spending time playing on his own. There has been times where he spends a couple days just in his cage playing even though his door is open and we are there. He seems happy all the time, and the only anxiety I have seen is this one occurrence when we were about to go to bed, he freaked out and had to come out to unwind for a while. I think something may have spooked him, as he had never done that before. I was interested in one day getting a budgie friend for him, but I had been afraid that he would not bond to me at all because he was very skittish and shy at first, and I did not realize how incredibly social they are(I usually would research way more before getting a pet but he was a surprise) I still would love to get him a friend one day, but I am nervous they would not get along. I simply do not have room for if we had to keep them separate. Is there certain requirements for if they should be the same age/size/ or anything else? Is he okay with the amount of time he does spend alone? Again I try to keep it to a minimum and my partner and I both spend every extra second with him. I am also open to any tips about anything in general! I want to make sure he is as happy and healthy as possible. Thank you so much!