budgie advice

Hi there, I have one budgie named Florian that I am trying to care for as best as I can. He had a boyfriend, Sprout, who was a special needs budgie we got in 2020. Unfortunately Sprout passed away in 2022, so Florian has been a widow since. He has always had a rather nervous disposition. We...

Hi, I’m Viv and have a female budgie, (Lucy Lu) that crashed into my window last August and after extensive attempts to find the owner, without success, decided to give her a home even though I’ve never had a budgie in my life. After a crash course in caring for her I’m glad to say she’s...

New here and apologies for asking in advance. I found a budgie flying around my house, for four or five days I tried to get him, and today I finally coaxed him into a cage. On the first or second day I noticed a spot on his lower back(?) above his tail has exposed feathers as in you see the...

hiii so ive had budgies for around 5 years but ive never seen any of them get aggresive like this, so currently ive got xam (male, 5yrs old), nina (female, 2 years old), beep (male, 2 years old) and xam and nina's son bloop (male, 1 year old). Theyve got a cage but theyre always open and...

My Budgie was pretty young. I’d say 2-3 years old. His name is Loki. He had fluid in the crop and the vet gave him antibiotics for a few weeks. She did test and everything but still couldn’t figure out what’s going on with him. He was so skinny and nothing seemed to help. He was at the bottom of...

Hello, I recently decided to get a bird about two months ago. I have been having struggles as my buddy does not want to be my buddy. Things were going great and he was stepping up but that changed for some reason. He now is terrified every time I sit and talk to him and whenever I’m close. I’ve...

I've owned my two budgies for 9 days (first time owner) and i've been slowly trying to gain their trust, I clean their cage daily, change food, put my hand in the cage, clean bowls etc etc so they have grown to not totally despise my hands. Today while I wanted to clean some poop off of one of...

Hi, everyone. I just wanted to know if this vegetable are toxic to birds because they semed to love it but I’m not sure if its toxic for animals. Its called Banana Stem. Its 97% made of water and its good for humans.

Hi everyone. This is my first time here on this forum. I may mumble a bit; apologies in advance. Backstory: I've had my gang of budgies since 2017 and successfully stopped their egg-laying adventures. They're cage-free birds (they've got a room of their own, about 25 m2), and unfortunately...

Hi guys… Whenever I bring my bird yellow colour out he would be a good boy when the fan is off but when the fan is on he would be flying over the fan! I dont know how to control his flight. Please help me! :budgie8:

Father budgie panting, how can I help him? So around 2 and a half weeks ago my female budgies eggs hatched, all has been good and well until recently we noticed that our male budgie is panting a lot. The female isn't and seems fine. He doesn't seem to be hot as he's not extending his wings...

My budgie tends to lean forward when perching, which I assume isn't normal because my other budgie sits up straight. He also been sneezing often these past months, and has some extra weight behind his legs. Any ideas on what it could be about? Money's too tight to see a vet atm so help would be...

Hello! So, I have two little adorable birds, and they are specifically budgies. One of my budgies, we’ll call her S, has been having this issue with her throat (?) I am unsure, but it sounds like she’s trying to keep a lot of mucus down. When I got my other budgie, we’ll call him N, he always...

I've had 2 budgies for about two weeks, and they seem not to trust me at all. They keep turning their backs on me and when I get too close, they sometimes try to fly into the cage. Is this normal or should I do something about it? How do I make 2 budgies trust you? Thanks.

Recently, I have been struggling to find good perches for my budgies since most of the ones I've found are mostly in the same shape. I want to get them better perches to better exercise their feet. I found some driftwood online in good shapes for my budgies, I can easily do some handwork and...

Hi! So i have a baby budgie that the mother rejected and threw it out of the nest. So i’m hand feeding it and i’m new to this. I’ve read online that we have to feed every 2 hours from 6am till midnight. Do i have to feed the baby at night as well after every 2 hours? Because i’ve read on...

I just noticed this on my budgie, her foot appears to be stuck like this after she slipped off her perch after a bath - not sure if this is the cause or I only just noticed from a previous injury She appears to be standing on it fine, and is grooming it okay, but the toes dont change shape as...

Hello, I have my little budgie girl for about 7 years, I got her since very early age, so she would be around 7 years old. She is well bonded with me over the long years, but I let her be free in the house, so she has always open cage. She was growing old and sad recently, so I got her a...

Hi, I am new here so I hope I'm doing this right I have a 2 year old female albino budgie and today she's started making weird sounds I hadn't heard before, so I am a bit worried. They're this kind of high pitched, soft "eeeeee" breathy sounds, I don't know how to describe them other than...

My sweet boy Alf, 8 years old, was absolutely fine yesterday. Today, he's been... Off... I love him so much and have never been this close to a rescue budgie before. He's been regurgitating a lot today, at first he was just eating it again, and he was talking to me, so I didn't worry (he got a...