Budgie Questions & Answers

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He's only about two years old =/ &He's really fluffed up around the bum , and his poop is sticking to his bum and its really messy. He kind of shivers and it looks really bad , he's leaning forwards alot and he's all fluffed up , I can't take him to a vet because my parents are on vacation and I'm staying at my house , with a friend. So DON'T SUGGEST ANYTHING TO DO WITH A VET. NO options with a vet are possible . What can I do for him at home ? I really don't want him to ... Die . help me , pleaseee = ( I just completely cleaned&washed his cage to make it better . And I'm going to cover him up with a couple blankets for a bit , but other than that I don't know what to doo... I just noticed this yesterday.

hi, i got my budgie five days ago but he's not chirping he's chirped a couple of times but not many. whats wrong with him. how long will it take for him not be so scared and start chirping and moving around? Thanx im not gettimg another bird as i want my budgie to be friendly. and getting a not hand tamed one was not a bad idea my last budgie was from the same place and was the best and friendliest bird ever so there your answer is really no help at all!!!!!!!!!! those details were amed at skiwi and valiene

Hi, my budgie bird it about 7 or something like that. I dont know what happened, nothing looks wrong, if anything his foot is a little more purple or swolen, but its not bleeding or anything, but you can tell it hurts him to put pressure on it , so he tries to hold it up. Its not like when budgies hold up their foot when there sick, but he is just holding it up a little. Can someone help me?

Concerned about whether he'll eat, vibration in car, stress and bird-friendly hotel stops. Planning to drive, only stopping for sleep, without detours.

She was a blue budgie and she's very dear to me. I feel guilty as I think I could have done more for her in her short life. I think she died in her sleep. Thanks for your suggestions.

Hello , Recently I acquired a parakeet (budgie?) from a relative, it was actually a friend of their's, but they moved away and gave it away. I had a few questions. I am getting the parakeet used to me, by sitting next to her and putting my hand in the cage. I even fed her a piece of apple a few times. I was wondering if, eventually, I took her out, (another thing I am not sure of is if her wings are clipped), would she just fly around in my house endlessly, or eventually come back down to her cage. Also, does parakeet feces stain? :P One more thing, she is very quiet at certain times, at others she won't stop talking and whistling away. But she is quiet a lot more. Will she become more open once she becomes more used to me and her new environment?

in leaving on a month long vacation tomorrow and im leaving my 4 budgies with my grandmother, who is not the brightest bulb. i told her to let them fly atleast every other day, change food and water everyday and clean the cage atleast 2 times a week. i feel extremely sad leaving them and feel guilty and as if im going to cry. lol they're like my babies. have you ever felt this way? i feel very worried and my heart aches.

I'm going to get some birds. I'll most likely get a pair of males. I've done research on both Budgies and Lovebirds, and I'm torn. I want an affectionate, funny bird. I know that Lovebirds can be very affectionate, but so can Parakeets. I also know that Lovies can be a bit destructive and clingy, but Parakeets can be less friendly at times. Don't Parakeets require less work? My Mom has had Lovebirds, and she adored them. Please tell me which one you prefer, and why. If you can avoid it, please don't tell me they're both great. I want a clear answer. I will ask the people I'm buying from their opinions, as well. Thanks!

i now have my budgie and my cockatiel in the same cage. there fine but tiko my tiel keeps on eating quins (budgie) food. quin has seed and tiko has pellets but tiko prefers seed, wich is not what i feetd him. how can i stop him from eating my poor budgies food?

first of all ive had a male lutino budgie for about a week now she is starting to gain my trust pretty good still a little flippy in the edges but she seems bored so i wanna give it a mate...and plus ive always wanted to breed birds and here's my chance!i have some questions...do you have to have a breeding box?how soon can you pick up the chicks and feed them your own because i wanna raise one from real young so it can love me and trust me faithfully,and do you have to seperate the male from the chicks and female when the hatchlings are born?please help me with these questions please?

i have had my budgie for about a week or more i gave it time to adapt to its cage and me i talk to it softly every day but it just has no interest in me at all!!!!i bought a book read it...looked online at about every webite for parakeet training nuthing....i just want to give it back but im not that kind of person i want to give her a partner a boy to entertain her and i want a boy budgie because they are more active and enterest in humans but im afraid either of them will loose interest in me if i get the boy budgie please help me give me some tips on how to gain my girl budgies trust?should i get a boy budgie to go along with my girl bugie?will the boy budgie adapt to me better even though it has a partner? i have a nice big roomy cage for my budgie with 4 toys in it and a budgie tree house with 3 on that also so no cage problems and it does not play with its toys all it does is eat drink and sit on its perch all day long!

i have a sweet tame budgie, and a normal smi-tame cockatiel and i was wondering if i could keep them in the same cage for the days that im home. not at night and not when i go away, but just so my budgie can come downstaird and have a nice huge cage down where its cool, sunny and where everyone is. they get along together ok and my tiel dosent mind the budgie on top of his cage, but i need to know if this is safe and if my budgie might get sick or hurt.

I have an 8 year old female budgie, and want to get another one to keep it company. Is this possible? Would being alone for so long make it hard to introduce?? Thanks.. I have a divider for the cage, so wouldn't need a new one.

does that mean shes dieing or is she pregnant ?

how do i make myself and my budgie not affrade of each other because i want to hold her and everything so plz help me thank-you !

Hae, i got a pet budgie a couple of days ago but i can't think of a name i want one starting with b because for some reason without knowing we've named all our pets starting with the letter b and i dont want to break the cycle. but i dont want the name buddy as my budgie recently died and his name was buddy Thanx

*I have 1 budgie now. (Jasper sadly died of a tumor...the vets did everything they could ): ) *I recently got a new yellow lab puppy from a breeder and was wondering how to introduce Kiwi to her. She is 9 weeks and suprisingly not very active. (i have her checked out and there is nothing wrong with her inactivness---it is just her personality) *She is used to her crate so i was thiking of putting her in it and bringing Kiwi to her. *If anybody has anyother ideas that could help I would really appreciate it!!! :) i am trying to introduce my new PUPPY TO my BUDGIE. sorry about the confusion.

I was wondering if i should get him another parakeet i dont really know how old he is :P. he's in a 19(h) 18 (L) 14(d) cage roughly.

How can I make my budgies interested in breeding? They are 100% sexually mature, and they are very well bonded. Their cere colour is also correct for breeding. I want to lure my female budgie into the nest box. How can this be done? Please Answer!

We have 2 lovely little pet budgies but our 1 year old son is scared stiff of them, so we have to rehome them. I dont know anybody who is willing to take them. They have a lovely cage with plenty of toys and I want them to be looked after well and loved, but how do I go about finding them a new home? We live in Glasgow, Scotland. My son has been scared of them for a few months and is not getting any better. When they make a sudden noise, he gets a fright and starts crying. He has started throwing his dummy at them because he is getting older and just wont take to them. Its not fair on the baby or the poor birds.

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My parakeet has a pink w/ small white spotted big mole type thing at the start of its tail. I noticed this a while back and thought that it was the place where the guy... you know rubs & stuff... But my bird has been playing with it often these days, while she's preening herself. And it has GROWN. Also, there is nothing wrong with her, and she is healthy. I'm just worried because alot of budgies die of tumors. Does anyone know what might be wrong with her? WAIT WHAT? is it spreadable or something? I mean my parents do not let me go to the vet, they say that the bird is fine. But really worried.

he puts on on his chest and one on his perch could he be sick.

My cousin told me that all the people she knows who have budgies ( or any kind of bird ) have gotten very ill from them. Is this true?

It's for budgies, so doesn't need to be one of the heavy, expensive ones for parrots.

my pet budgie is about 7-8 years old and recently I saw that a "gap" or "cavity" started to appear just above the leg...then its wing got very jittery (not broken tho) but it remains like that...and now it cannot stand :( ....im gonna take it to the vet in a couple of days even though i think not much will be done since my lovely bird is very old (live about 4-7 years) but in the mean time what can i do to make my bird more comfortable...remember it cant perch. thank you

his wings are fluffed he has redness and loss of feathers around his eye he's trembling he's letting me pet him he won't eat all his treat he's about 8 years old anything i can do, please. would hand feeding her baby bird food help?

his wings are fluffed he has redness and loss of feathers around his eye he's trembling he's letting me pet him he won't eat all his treat

i have one female yellow and one male blue and i was wondering what coors they would probably be when they are older what colors will they be

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yeah i know weird question but How Long can the following go without food: Dog Cat Budgie Rabbit Chicken If anyone can help me out it would be greatley appresated. Plz note: If you are not willing to help out dont bother posting as you dont know the real situation

Hi, i got my budgie two days ago and he hasnt eaten anything ive put in seed frsh fruit and veges but he hasnt touched it or drank any water, what's wrong with him????? Thanx

how do you prevent splayed legs in budgie babies

i have a female and a male budgie that are old enough to breed. I showed them the nesting box today and put the female in the nesting box. she started moving the nesting material around and she kept scaring away the male is that bad. Also do I have to have a mineral block in the cage. im ready for the babies and i dont want more and more birds. Im giving some babies to my friends

hi there. i am getting a bird soon. and its going to be a budgie, im pretty sure. exactly how much can your budgie speak? andd how long did it take you to teach it to say things?

my budgie is a sweet budgie its finger trained and everything and a cage 4 times bigger than a reguler sized budgie cage i put her on my finger but all she does is fly under my bed or into a wall i dunno what to do with her the only place to put her were she stays is on my should she dont rely welcome me that much i gotta get her out i pictured one flying to me but it looks like she dont want company but all i want is a nice trustowrthy budgie who plays and loves me can you help me any tips,or any info on why it does this please tell me im desperate the birds wings are trimmed also

My grandmother went shopping for a box of budgie seed and came home with White Owl cigars. "oops"!

I just bought a pet parakeet from PetSmart and he has a band on his leg. I know this is not unusual for a bird to have this. What is on this band? He is not yet used to me so I cannot get close enough to see what it says. I have bought two other birds from there and neither of them had bands. Can anybody tell me what the band is for?

I think my budgie is egg bound but also i cannot really feel an egg shape on her bottom part. Im afraid to push it in because if there is an egg it may break. How do oyu exactly tell where the egg is? I see the bugle but once again i cant really feel an egg there

My budgie i think has egg binding. She looks like she has an egg inside her, but today all of a sudden shes kinda fluffed up and her wings are down. She is sleeping a bit and isnt eating today it seems. Her mate is feeding her thankfully, but she is NOT at the bottom of the cage. She can still climb the cage and perch normally. Im really scared that she might die, but there is no vet today as it is Canada Day here and everything is closed. shes has a cuttle bone right next to her turns out it is egg peritosis or seomthing. She had an egg is mustve broke inside her now her abdomen is full of liquids Gave her anti biotics unfortualtely i feel she will die : *(

My sweet bird has died, and I wan't to plant his seeds and have a bird seed gaurden for, if we ever get annother bird. I miss him sooo much.

Allthough he eats okay, and comes out of his cage and goes back in himself, he is losing feathers on his head. I thought his moulting was over. I have to leave him alone at the weekends for 3 days.(plenty food and water). could he be lonely. he his only 10 months old.

Me and my family just found a white dove in our chimney, all we want to know is if anyone could tell us what to do. Wehen i picked the bird up it seemed to be used to the human touch. We can't afford a trip to the vet ( No one can) all i need to know is if anyone had gone through this before? Um, It seems to be limping all around the small cage i (from owning a previous budgie) We have no idea what to do with it. Please e-mail me at peace2all@ymail.com Hope to here from someone! :D

any gud vet 4 birdi(budgies) in delhi?

I recently got a cat in the starting of June. Unfortunately, I could only allow myself to keep it for one night, before I had to give it back to my friend. The cause for my irrational decision was because I was feeling so nervous, it was unbelievable. I haven't experienced anything like this before. My friend, however, refuses to give back my kitten, and so I can't get her back. However, my other friend's cat has had kittens, & she's planning to give one to me whenever they're old enough (atleast 2 months). My mother is fine with keeping one, as long as I'm able to keep a cat, myself. I'm never this nervous with anyone else's cat, or even dog. I have 6 birds (budgies/parakeets) in my house, & I have never experienced something like this. As well, the cat I mentioned first was my first cat ever. I need advice and whether I should get it. Yes I was taking the BEST care of my little girl that I could, but I felt sorry for her when I had to go to school, & I worried about her, all the time I've done all the research I need to know with my first kitten, so I know all I need to know, and the symptoms of illness'. I just need to make myself feel more..comfortable wih a cat, and not fret whenever I'm away from her. I would start freaking out in the evening whenever that would happen as well. I had a lot of stress on me, and I just kept worrying, and that basically caused me to have a lot of anxiety. Yes, I considered getting another kitten for her company, however, It wasn't in my budget. My mother refused to pay double vet costs, and she said one would be enough. I felt so bad when I saw her because she seemed lonely & alone, & I kept remembering how she must have been happy with her mother & her siblings. Another reason why I gave her back, however she didn't stay with her mother or siblings. My friend kept her inside her house with her other sibling that they were keeping.

i am gonna breed my budgies and i need cute names for the babies

My two male budgies seem to take turns moulting, mostly the little fluffy feathers but occassionally the big feathers. They never eat the fresh foods/fruits I offer them, they just ignore it, and they both hate the bath. They nibble their cuttlefish and vitamin block but their main diet is seeds with millet and treats. Do you use the water supplements? Do you recommend these? Is there anything I can try? Or is this normal moulting, I've only had them since March and my previous budgie moulted very little. Thank you! The bath sounds like yours - clips to the front entrance, its big enough for them to both get in at the same time if they wanted and the bottom slops so they aren't instantly dunked in, maybe I should just keep trying with it. Ta.