Please help us find our beloved budgie Momo!
He flew out through a window a week ago. He is very friendly around people and loves to eat millet.
He is a rainbow English budgie and has an injury in his left leg.
Onix is just a month old and is turning out to be beauty with brains. He gently leans into my fingers and tries to pull them towards himself when he wants face rubs. How can I say no to that?
Did you know that Anthracite budgies are very rare, and a handful of people in the USA breed them? I'm one of those few, and have coveted this variety since 2012, when I was still in high school! Onix is one of my very few Anthracites that I have. And I'm very smitten with him, as I am with his father Nox who he looks like.
They Are new and Moved in, today. So please only nice comments for them to Read 😁
Hey everyone! I have two budgies. Got one 1 year ago, and the other one 6 months ago. The second one (green one) was fine the first 2 weeks. Then he started acting weird. He was lethargic and puffed up very often. Also, he had watery stools. He was still eating, drinking and playing with my other one. Of course, i took him to the vet. They gave him an antibiotic which helped for 2 weeks and then it happened again. Took him to the vet again and they tried a different antibiotic which didn’t help at all. Then they changed it again and that one helped a little bit but he still wasn’t okay. They then analyzed his stool for parasites but it was clean. They still gave him ivermectin which also didn’t help. The doctor then said that we should stop with the antibiotics for a little bit and he gave him probiotics. He was very active other than the stool. That’s until these past few days. He has no balance to stand on the perches, he’s puffed up and is trembling. I took him to his vet asap and he said that he was in a bad condition and that there wasn’t much we can do. He gave him another antibiotic and said we should hope it helps. He’s also lost a lot of weight and has difficulty breathing. Im trying to keep him as comfortable as i can but i just can’t look at him like this. Is there anything else i can do? This is the only avian vet we have in my country that actually knows anything about birds so it’s not like i can take him to someone else. Any advice or suggestion would be appreciated.
P.S. my other budgie is completely fine. He never had any symptoms like this.
Can somebody help I wanna get a friend for my budgie what gender should I get ? I heard two females cant get along
Havent experienced one of these myself before. Spinch got spooked by a pretty rough thunderstorm last night, and lost his two tail feathers. The rest of the night i had a night light on. Just want some reassurance that the feathers will come back normal?
Its like her voice has changed, even when flying her voice sounds different. Is she sick or stressed? She sounds more like a whistle lately.
TIA
(sorry for my panting)
My budgie, about 4 months old, and his cage mate are let out to explore their bird gyms on top of cage, they come out every day for most of the day. I went to put them back in. My girl, Chubby, is easy to get back in, she's hand trained. Lemonhead, the male in question, is more difficult. I picked him up and had to hold him just a bit tighter, to prevent him from flying back to top of cage as I went to put him in. Lo and behold, he did just that, and I had feathers in my hand. He did an "ass blast" as if he had too much cargo and just ditched it. He is not hurt, just dumped his tail feathers. I wasn't pulling on his feathers in any way, just had my hand around him ice cream cone style. So my question is how long before they grow back? He looks like a yellow chick now instead of a budgie! They have a big cage with flat areas, and hammock, so he doesn't always have to balance himself on a perch, but still, I'll be glad to see some tail feathers again.
Ive had these budgies for a week now and have been doing alot of research and read the wiki ofc. The thing is, these birds won't come out of their cage. I really want them to fly a bit around the room cause their cage truly is small, but im working on getting them a new everything basically. It just cots money and time that I dont have.
Well, I dont have traditional treats like millet and very unfortunately haven't gotten to buying pellets yet, so they've been eating seeds and some steamed/hard vegetables for the most part(also fruit).
Ive put their eating bowl outside their cage in the hopes that they'll go outside the cage to eat once they're hungry enough.
Once again, all help and advice IS appreciated, BUT I already know that this setup isnt very right and I need to change some stuff, i just need some sdvice on this specific problem rn. I am actively working towards the other stuff, I would never neglect these guys.
AGAIN IVE READ THE WIKI DONT TAKE MY PIST DOWN PLSSS
It's been almost a month since we've lost our Avon. I saved a few of his feathers and his leg band before he was laid to rest. Took me some time but got around to preserving his remains.
I wish I had saved his throat spots. I got that idea a little too late. So I've got donor throat spots from each of his three kids who mean a lot to me. And I think it turned out beautifully as a sentimental memorial piece.
This was my first time working with resin too. A significant loss led me to learn something I can use moving forward. I'll hang this on Avon's awards board after it's fully cured in a few days.
I've posted once before here about taming, but I've been so busy that I haven't thought up names!
For the blue and white I was think Periwinkle but I'm not too sure...
The green one I want a fruit name, perhaps pear??
Got my boy Perry a new removable top of cage perch in an effort to get him to come out of his cage more. He told me it's mid.
For some context i’m typically home most of the day and I hear all sorts of noises from the happy chitter and chat of a relaxed budgie to squawks of a possibly excited or angry budgie but that’s where the problem lies i am not sure of what to make of some of the noises I hear especially when it’s a loud long session of squawks from the green one yet when I go over to check on her she will often start playing with her favorite toy the bell seen in the video or she will clean herself. While i’m somewhat sure this means she is happy and content and mostly looking for my attention I can’t help but feel slightly concerned every time I hear a squawk or flock call as they sound like distress to me. Was just wondering if anyone could help me decide her body language and as why my other budgie is almost completely quiet the green one known as burger is chatting up storms all day until nap time or bed time while on the contrary taco the blue bird is separate in a different smaller cage until Saturday when her new cage arrives i’m worried for her as-well but more specifically because we got her from my moms friend who didn’t treat her the best, she had grabbed her while she was distressed and kept in a very small cage for a budgie. Taco is known to be aggressive and territorial which is why I had to separate them when taco lunged at burger but taco is so hand shy it’s crazy anytime my hand even touches her door she freaks out very tight feathers slicked back and locked eyes on my hand and if I put it in for example to clean/refill food or water, she will fly to the other side while almost always sitting on the wall in fear i’m wondering what I can do to make her enjoy my hand more to a point where I can maintenance her cage without her freaking out similar to how burger is but I have no idea where to start i’ve had them for less than a month and these are my first birds ever and have never had any animals outside of the typical lizards, dogs, or cats I would like for them to be nothing but happy but don’t know if i’m doing a good job. Both birds consistently love to listen to my voice and like my presence outside their cage but only my voice and nothing else again wondering if I can get tips, help, or some corrections on what I can do, I spend multiple chunks of 15 to 30 minutes with them per day they seem to relax when I sit near them but when I go to do my school work at my desk it’s mostly flock calls and flock call mixed with squawking and was wondering if that’s just normal budgie chatter? appreciate anybody who reads and greatly appreciate if I can get some confirmation whether i’m doing something wrong or should change something from how I do it.🙂