Fighting Budgies

[daley123 0]

i had two budgies one with a blue nose and one with a white/purple nose, they lived along together fine. then about 4 weeks later we bought a new one and placed it straight in they are all now fighting, they can sit next to each other for about 1 minute and then they start pecking each other. what do you think i should do many thanks

[Elly 0]

The first thing you should have done is quarantine your new bird from the existing bird to ensure he was not ill or carrying any illness that could be passed on. 30 days is recommended for quarantine.

 

The next thing when you introduce new budgies is to gradually introduce them over a period of a couple days where they met but are not housed together to ensure there are no territorial issues like you are having now.

 

To ask you a couple questions.

 

1. How big is the cage?

2. What is the sex of all 3 birds?

3. Are they fighting over any particular item or another bird?

4. How old are all 3 birds and how long have you had each one?

[Guest Phoebe]

:ygbudgie: All VERY good questions Elly, quarantine first of all and adequate cage size. Being involved with animal rescue, MANY pets (not just birds) are housed in too small cages. Pet shop employees will tell you ANYTHING to make a sale. :yellowhead:

[PiPsQuEaKs!! 0]

i had two budgies one with a blue nose and one with a white/purple nose, they lived along together fine. then about 4 weeks later we bought a new one and placed it straight in they are all now fighting, they can sit next to each other for about 1 minute and then they start pecking each other. what do you think i should do many thanks

 

 

hi

well the best thing i can think of is to find a cage or something, place the new budgie in it and keep the cage in the avairy, and wait for the new budgie to get used to the other budgies.

[Elly 0]

Daley how are things going?