My budgie is around 5-6 months old and I have had him since 8 weeks. When I bought him I bought him with a nibbled very short tail and never though anything of it until each day past and it never grew so around a month ago I decided to ask a specialist and was advised to pluck his nibbled bits off and not anything else . Which I think contributes to his confidence flying.Since he can’t really fly well.Also after I plucked his tail out each time I go and make him step but he nibbles on my finger first for a second or two and then hops on and when I take him out he also tries to fly back . That hasn’t changed since I bought him. Any tips. *to note when I took his tail out he wasn’t held in my hand but he was perched on it while I was examining the feathers I should pluck out *

Throwback to Kiwi’s baby era (he’s always my baby)

Hi all. My 2 budgies are in a very large cage in front of a large open glass door (screen door closed) I just had to spray a fairly decent amount of insect killer on the walls in the same room as them to get rid of some ants. Are they going to be ok? It doesn’t smell too bad in there and they have fresh air still coming in through the door. I didn’t spray a huge amount but I’m still worried they may inhale a small amount of it? Thank you for any help!

My adorable birb, Mr. Chips, is learning about the giant seeb vault in Norway, so he can break in and eat all of the seeb! What do I do? If that vault is empty, there will be no food for us to survive a global catastrophe!

hey guys! im wondering what the best brand of pellets is. im planning to do a big budgie shop soon, and want to see whats the best before i order.

I've only had budgies for a little over a year, and while I've learned a lot I haven't really figured out how to encourage play -- especially the kind that will help keep beak and nail length in check. I didn't really need to before losing my older budgie (Lilly) in October. Now, while my remaining bird (Pond) hasn't stopped eating or drinking or exploring (which has been a relief, I was very worried he would), his play time has noticeably declined. He's always been wary of new toys and waited for Lilly to interact with them before he would trust they were safe. Without Lilly to do that, he barely trusts anything he doesn't already know. He's been strictly sticking to the same few items lately, and those aren't enough for his beak or nails. I'll clip them or take him to get them clipped if needed, but I'd like him to maintain those himself as much as possible and avoid stressing him out.

I'm working on getting him a new flockmate, but finding one to adopt/rescue in my area -- let alone getting to choose one who's specifically brave about new toys -- is, frustratingly, impossible. While I'm figuring out what to do on that front, how should I encourage my Pond to play and maintain his health in the meantime? He rarely hops on my finger like in the attached picture, but he likes to hang out on a short perch I call his "taxi." He likes walking around on my bedroom floor, sitting as near to me as he dares, sitting on his swing, and lightly shredding the same shredder toy to the exclusion of anything else I've put in or around his cage for him. How do I help him broaden what he does and the toys he plays with? How do I encourage my budgie to play?

Does anyone have any tips?

Tl;DR: I have a (temporarily) solo budgie who doesn't trust his toys and I want to help him play more, for his health.

I've always wanted a bird as a pet specifically a budgie but my dad doesnt think they are a good choice of pet because he believes they are too loud and all they do is chirp all day early in the morning. What can i do to persuade him otherwise?

is this really a male and the female is currently in hormonal.

I would also need to get a much bigger cage. His cage is probably too small as is. He is very skittish when new things are attempted to be introduced even toys. We have tried putting toys in his cage because he should have some but he gets too scared and won’t go near them!

Hello everyone! I'm currently taking care of 3 budgies but I've had a major issue with them ever since I've gotten them They're scared to death of me! I've tried to get them used to my hand being in the cage but it seems like they're laughing at me more than getting used to me 😓 In all seriousness I want my budgies to feel safe around me Any advice would be appreciated

I have a sweet, 7 year old female parakeet who really struggles with growing new feathers lately. She lives with five other budgies in a large flight cage. I feed them Roudybush pellets (my avian vet recommended it) and fresh vegetables (various leafy greens, carrots, celery, etc) and there are cuttle bones in the cage too. She has been paired to my oldest male budgie since I introduced them. She lays eggs frequently at the bottom of the cage. I don’t provide a nest box. The last year I’ve noticed she doesn’t seem to replenishing her feathers at the usual rate. She seems to have less and less feathers. I haven’t noticed any other birds picking on her. My vet checked her for parasites but didn’t find anything. The vet said it’s probably dietary. But I’m not sure how to improve her diet any more or what aspect of her diet might help especially with feathers growth. Any tips?

Blue & storm

I noticed her cere looks a bit weird in the middle, it used to be flat. Is she okay?

Cringe has recently taken a liking to chewing in my album I have hanging without me knowing 💀 so now I had to put a yellow blocker from his chewing