I have 2 budgies, they LOVE anything made of wicker or something similar to wicker. They shred it all day long. I bought a hanging wicker nest because its big and i knew theyre just gonna chew it. They damaged the hanging device and i used a small glob of hot glue to repair it so it can be hung back up. Do i risk poisoning them?

We've had this budgie for over a year. He's always hated people. He randomly today had been following my toddler around from inside the cage, let me pick him up to move him out of the way, let's me pet him. What could cause such a dramatic change in behavior ? He's not lethargic and is still very active.

Edit: He does not have cage mates anymore....he's a murderer. As harsh as that sounds.

I have a female budgie, about 5 years old. We have gotten her a friend twice before, and both of them passed away in less than a year with her. We did not force them to be in the same cage, in fact they both wanted to be. I’d notice she’d often hit them, not share food and just be very mean to them, in or outside the cages. Nowadays I’m not home as often, I’ve moved to a new town for uni (my parents look after the budgie), and the idea of getting her a new friend comes up often since my parents work too, and my budgie is alone most of the time. I’m not sure anymore if it’s a good idea, I think she might kill off the other bird as well. Has anyone ever had this experience before? Is my budgie just a super territorial loner?

(Was told blue was a girl and green was a boy) But now I’m not to sure It’s gonna be pretty awkward if it’s wrong because their names are link and Zelda (tho I’m not very attached to their names yet)

I’m doing lots of research in order to get a budgie in the coming years. I know there’s certain metals and chemicals in cookware and cages that can cause death and illness in birds. Can anyone recommend some good cookware? I’m in the UK, thank you so much 😊

We recently had a tragedy when a guest accidentally allowed one of our three budgies to escape out of a door. It’s been weeks now and we’re adjusting to the new reality, but we still feel like we’re missing a third. My question is, is there any hope of training a new bird when it’s going to live with two untrained yahoos? We adopted them without knowing their ages, and they’ve never responded well to trying to finger train them. They spend 10+ hours a day outside the cage and put themselves to bed at night. We really want a bird who will learn tricks and want to hang out with us.

Does anyone know if this is normal for a bird to do? At first I thought he was just trying to get to the bottom of the bowl or trying to pick out certain seeds but he has done this with his bath. Is there any way to discourage him since he’s the only one doing this in his flock

Pic of Milo I took this morning! Bigger cage, better perches, and toys are on their way. Hoping to get him a friend at some point

I have relatively long hair and shed like a husky. Can I give my parakeets the loose strands or is that not a good idea?

Can someone find the foot in the floof

She’s the cutest 🫶🏼

Me and Milo were making progress with our trust, but now every time I approach his cage he shakes like crazy. Google said that means he’s nervous, or he doesn’t trust me, but he didn’t do that before, but I don’t know what I did to loose it again… I’m heart broken and don’t really know what to do

Hi, I'm pretty gutted right now as my birds were diagnosed with Avian Gastric Yeast. Neither are in an acute phase, and I now have anti-fungal medicine, but it sounds like they have it until they succumb to it. Anyone have experience with this over a longer period of time? I have to ask the vet more questions when I go back in two weeks. I know to trust the vet and not neccessarily the internets, but am curious about anyone currently managing symptoms in their budgie friends. Thanks

Not mine. I couldn’t get a picture in natural light so this is the best I can come up with. I think the blue one is female and the yellow one is male. Thanks in advance.

I live in an older apartment building near a fairly busy road and want to get my chickies an air purifier.

Is there anything you need to look out for safety wise when getting air purifiers for birds?? Or are they more or less all safe??

Thank you!!!

( ft The girls in their castle)