I need some help pulling votes. I'm looking into getting a new member of the family, and there's two birbs near me who are searching for a new forever home, one being a yellow-sided conure and the other being a grey cockatiel, both male. And I need to make a decision. And I have to take into consideration the fact that I have two budgies as well. This is kind of drawing me more towards the cockatiel, but at the same time, I'm also drawn to the conure, because I have a feeling he will be a great companion when it comes to walking outdoors. Another reason why I am considering this when it comes to a bigger parakeet than budgies is that my budgies are more keen of each other than me (lowkey hurtful I know), and I'm on the hunt for a potential emotional support animal, specifically birb since I have already experience with birds for years. lmk what yall think, and if I should go for it, or look into lovebirds or maybe a hyacinth macaw instead (that was a joke, I sadly do not have enough room for a macaw in an apartment).

I recently read that toys with these kinds of rope endings are bad? If so could I just cut the endings to keep my bird from chewing it and trim any time the rope becomes untangled or should I look for something else?

I’ve heard that Finger Traps make for good toys does anyone have a link to some finger traps that are bird safe? I’ll rather be safe then sorry if I got some that might be toxic to birds

Do you need to take your budgies outside in a flight cage often so they could get sunlight? You know how we get vitamin d from sunlight? I know they're not allowed direct sunlight so I used to keep them in the shade area but how often do they need to be outside for fresh air?

It's complete one month with us and now he is 4months old i think. He was so brave from the beginning now he eats pellet, i think I got a easy going buddy 😅, there's still seed junkie problems show up but overall he is doing well. I think this are perks of having a small budgie he was comfortable with my hand from first.

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my oldest boy (blue) who refuses to eat anything but seeds ate some sprouted seeds today! three other bowls filled with normal seeds and hes only picking the sprouted! im so pleased. I waited until the seeds were just cracked open, not fully sprouted so they were more likely to approach them and it worked!! some of my babies will sample the pellets and dried herbs too.

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Yesterday when giving one of our budgies antibiotics (his friend has a respiratory infection and the vet suggested treating both) he went completely limp. He regained some body control after a moment, but since then he has very poor balance and control, has to use his beak and wings to stay balanced on sticks and have a very hard time flying and grooming. His breathing was very badly affected in the beginning, but has gotten better during the day.

We saw an emergency exo-vet today, and she took an x-ray to see if she could see anything. There was some irritation in the lungs, so maybe he inhaled the antibiotics instead of swallowing? Could he have gotten deprived of oxygen? Could it be some kind of stress response?

The vet concluded that he was breathing okey now, and since she couldn’t find any obvious injuries it was best to go home with some vitamin injection and painkillers. Now he is in the transport cage (less volume for him to fly around and get hurt), and we can do nothing but wait. He will rest easier at home.

Has anyone seen anything similar? What could have happened and is there any hope of him recovering if there is neurological damage? Worth adding that he is less than a year, and apart from being a little overweight (he’s mostly eating pellets so we’re working on it) he’s fully healthy

So I have 4 budgies (2 girls and 2 boys). After I put them to bed, maybe an hour later, I kept hearing them fly around the cage crazy. After the 3rd time, I went in and turned on the light. They were on the sides of the cage and one was on the floor, panting. The one on the floor was so freaked out, he didn’t respond to me or even acknowledge I was there. He eventually came to and jumped on the perch. Surprisingly, none of them were injured considering how loud it was. I talked to them until they calmed down and turned the light back off. They started freaking out again! So I turned the stove and night lights off. They were fine after that. I don’t cover them because they freak out so bad and won’t stop until I remove the cover. They hate complete darkness and I always have to keep a dim light on in the kitchen (they’re in the living room).

Has anyone fed this pellet before?

I've been feeding it to my budgies for a bit and I've noticed that it gives them very loose stool. It says there's probiotic in there and I'm wondering if that's why. Can't even return them anymore because I've used more than 30% of the pellets.

Has anyone else had a similar experience?

My new budgie likes to walk on the bottom of the cage, I think I have seen him picking up the poo but I'm not sure if he eats it or puts it somewhere else. I noticed that my cage is at specific areas clean from poo and he must have been picking it up from there. I didn't figure it out yet, maybe he brings it to another place in the cage. When I get closer he flies away. Is it possible that he ate the poo? Does anyone know why he does that and what he's actually doing? All my other budgies have never done such thing.

So for some background my budgie is 6 weeks old, shes a female. I was outside and my little cousins who rarely come to my house came. They took the budgie out of the cage (my house is not “bird-proofed”) and she was kind of scared so went on the tv. My budgie then proceeded to go on the tv and my cousins pulled it by its tail to get it cause id be coming home soon. They got the budgie and put it back but 2 feathers fell out. i think they are pin feathers because they had keratin and i pressed on the keratin and some fluid leaked out. My budgies not limping or anything, shes the same as she was, although im still worried. Anyone have any advice ?

There was a really bad storm about 2 weeks ago where I live. While I was fetching a parcel from the door, I noticed this poor little soaking wet budgie sitting on my fence. I felt so sorry for the little guy and knew I couldn't leave him, so went over to him to see if he'd allow me to pick him up. He didn't. Instead he flew over to the neighbours fence and sat there looking at me.

So, I went inside and opened the hallway window. As soon as I shouted 'c'mere birdie!' the little guy flew over to me and hopped inside! He still didn't want me near him but I managed to catch him in a box.

That night I went out to the pet store and bought a cage to transfer him into. I asked around the neighbourhood the next day (it's a small village community) but no-one here is missing a budgie. We reckon he was blown over here from the town next door.

So that's the story of how I became an accidental owner of Pedro. I've never owned a bird as I don't like the thought of keeping them in cages but I couldn't just leave him outside.

He seems happy enough and sings a lot but I would love some advice on how to care for him properly and how to tame him so I can let him out of the cage. I think he must have come from a colony or breeder of more budgies because he doesn't seem used to human interaction at all.

At the moment, he eats budgie trill - I've tried giving him fresh fruit dipped in seeds but he doesn't touch it. I give him filtered water and I removed the mirror that was in the cage after reading advice here. I made sure to get a big enough cage but I'd really love to get him a partner.

So, as a complete noob at owning budgies, please throw me all your need to know advice. Especially stuff about taming, food and introducing anither bird. I'd really appreciate it!

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It happened around 16:00pm while I was at school in past few days he showed symptoms of dying or well being ill, which he wasn't, I asked my family in our whatsapp group to get home and check on him and take him to vet asap. They came home and found him in awful looking state, puffed, breathing difficult whit producing sounds, tail going up and down with 45 deegre difference, leaning fowards.

My father gave him some awfully strong antibiotics and some oil around his face, as always, he bit him super awfully hard, for the very last time unfortunately, he took him in his hands while he just stood there (still alive) and placed him in cage. Normally he would just start climbing like always, but he just stood there, he took him again and he swore to God he could have felt how he is getting weaker and weaker each breath, my mother and brother kept petting him a bit (he suprisingly didn't resist) and was calm... weirdly calm... and he passed away around 16:10, my father gave him CPR, gave mouth to mouth for whole 15 minutes, didn't work, and died, just like that, And I knew I knew something wasn't good with him, luckily a day before I gave him everything he loved, his favourite stick with seeds, which he took small bites, petted him here and there (normally he would bite me so hard I would think he would rip my finger off) but he didn't (a lot). I called several vets and tought of arranging meeting around 7pm but it was too late.

I am so bloddy grateful he wasn't alone when it happened, I went home from school and saw him there, and the feeling was awful as you can imagine. I had him for 8 years, he was beautiful healthy birb and never was ill or had any problems. He served as alarm in the morning as he would get crazy around 5am and would wake me up for school lol. My mother loved him and when he was annoying she would treathen to him that she will make soup out of him, and then try to pet him.

I just hope that I gave absolutely best life he could have got, when we bought him he was sick, really sick, the same liquid my father used on him yesterday was the same he used when we got him, and he got healed overnight, literally, so he kinda saved his life there.

A fullfilled circle. Rest in peace Ćale. (latest picture I could find)

Heya all, just looking for some toy recommendations for outside the cage, I've got 3 budgies.

I currently have some kind of playground for them, but eventually they get bored and just sit there, so I wanna get them some more stuff and not sure what.

Thanks!

Yesterday I posted about my boy's condition. This morning I woke up to find him slightly better and his feathers were starting to grow. We took him to the vet and the vet said he was at the beginning of salmonella. I gave him his medicine and also some fresh greens and a little piece of a boiled egg. The vet told me to use the medicine for a week and then he should get better.

I'm starting to get worried, three feathers??? Is my budgie OK?

I went to Petco, wanting some budgies asking for two meals but when I got to the car and open the box, I seen a female an male. decided to keep her because she was in a better home with us anywho. What is best to work with them? Is it better for them to Sherry cage or should I separate them?