r/petbudgies

This is platinum! I believe he’s a boy but I wanted a second opinion

I dont think Olive is a fan of me copying him tbh😅

And yeah this is my lil guy who ingested some metal about 2 weeks ago, he definitely seems to be improving, since the start of this week at least. I thought I'd share a happier update on this sub to you all. He has been flying again and that video was taken yesterday so yeah more chirpy again too.

He's still on medication, today his friend decided to fly over to us when I grabbed him and she kept biting my hand to "open up" I swear she was trying to free him 🤣 But once she saw the syringe she was like aint no way and left him behind😂

Back story, I have 2 budgies, a male named Pistachio (the green budgie, around 1 year old) and a female named Sesame (the blue one, around 7 months). Their ages are approximated cuz their past owner didn’t know their actual ages. Kinda sus but ok. I adopted them 2 months ago from an owner who was going to college and couldn’t take care of them anymore.
When they first came they were in this VERY tiny blue cage and I upgraded it since then. They’ve been together from the start and they play together and make happy noises sometimes. They’re also getting used to me. A week ago Sesame literally flew to me without me calling her.
I keep the cage open all day and only close it at night. They get 11 hours of sleep everyday at the exact same time. Recently tho I noticed Pistachio trying to step on her?? And one time I saw him stepping on her tail, grabbing the end of it with his tiny toes and biting it. She looked annoyed and then they started fighting and biting each others toes.
Tbf sometimes Sesame starts the fights too. She’s kinda territorial and always gets the toys first and makes sure Pistachio can’t get them. But at the same time when they’re outside the cage she follows him EVERYWHERE so I’m genuinely confused about their relationship.
Their room is huge and empty when they fly. There’s this crease near the top of the wall and they love sitting there and flying from one crease to another, sometimes to the floor too.
Can someone help me understand their behavior and maybe confirm their genders and age? I’m worried Pistachio is trying to mate with her. Do I need to seperate them? Any advice is appreciated tysm is advance.

I included a photo I took of them in a calm loving state

Young Master Shamrock had a blast this afternoon.

I have so many from my little blue and white budgies! This one makes the perfect addition to my collection!

Has anyone ever seen a gorgeous budgie, with a cowlick on his chest feathers?! Lmao the super cool thing, is that he can actually lay them down as well.. and they look all neatly placed lol. Then, excitement comes and poof! Up they go! lol! Has anyone else seen this kinda thing?

When i ordered pellets for my budgies, these treats came with it for free, no idea why tho

I slowed the video down to look at it in slow motion and she totally sounds like a dino. 🤣

Hi, first time budgie owner. Charley (the budgie in the picture) is a roughly 8 month old male with what can only be described as a bit of sass. I have been thinking lately about getting him a friend because I’ve noticed that he’s been a lot more hormonal and aggressive, I’ve got him all the sleep and rearrange his cage etc but there isn’t anything that seems to be working. I was told from the place I got him from that he’d live perfectly fine alone but I’m starting to disagree. He spends a lot of time in his cage with capital radio as company while I’m not home but I try to get him out asap when I get home for as long as possible.

He’s really bonded to me, will preen my hair, kiss my nose, sprint around my shoulders, and accept nose rubs. So I’m slightly worried that by getting him a friend I might loose that. And I don’t know how to go about introducing them properly. There’s so many what if’s and things I am thinking about and I can’t just tell if I’m overthinking this slightly or what.

How do I stop this hormonal stuff? It’s particularly toward my tv remote and PlayStation controller which can be funny but annoying when I’m trying to use it and he bites me.

And should I get him a friend? If so what do I do about introducing them and what type of budgie do I get him? (Age, behaviour type, gender etc)

I recently got my budgie and after a few days he started twitching his left wing and keeping it further from his body. I am not sure whether it is normal or he need medical attention?

Someone saw a photo like this and started causing panic on Facebook, urging owner to go to the vet ASAP for a life threatening emergency. And I was scratching my head thinking, are people not familiar with varying moult patterns? Also, what was a vet going to do about it? Pull the immature feathers and suture the scalp closed and put a bandaid on it? Some bird people are really extra. 😂

Anyway. Clover is going through a moult with lots of new feathers growing on his face. He looks rather dapper with the sensitive immature spikes on his face right now. 😏