mattdog2 0 Posted May 7, 2009 Member ID: 5,243 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 28 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 649 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,690 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 18, 2010 Birthday: 13/08/1992 Share Posted May 7, 2009 well, i have 10 pair's of budgie's in the large aviary i have, and i also have 4 grassparrot's who are very quiet, and i was wondering if it's okay for grassparrot's to be in the same aviary as budgie's?? i havent seen budgie's fight yet so i was hoping it would be the same result with the grassparrot's to Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted May 7, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I wouldnt mix anything with budgies. Link to comment
Pearce 0 Posted May 7, 2009 Member ID: 4,449 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 123 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,475 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 14,280 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 18/06/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 7, 2011 Birthday: 21/04/1991 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I would not mix any big parrot with budgies. Ive never seen a grass parrot before do you have a picture? Cockatiels quails and doves are the only birds I would house with budgies. Link to comment
Elly 0 Posted May 7, 2009 Member ID: 1,641 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 414 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 15,350 Content Per Day: 2.22 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 99,335 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/10/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 1, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I agree with the statements above it is not recommended to mix. Link to comment
Munchie's Mum 0 Posted May 7, 2009 Member ID: 4,928 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 160 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 970 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 28/12/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 6, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I've never done it, but I have friends who house Bourkes and other types with budgies without a problem. Link to comment
mattdog2 0 Posted May 8, 2009 Member ID: 5,243 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 28 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 649 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,690 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 18, 2010 Birthday: 13/08/1992 Author Share Posted May 8, 2009 I would not mix any big parrot with budgies. Ive never seen a grass parrot before do you have a picture?Cockatiels quails and doves are the only birds I would house with budgies. indeed i do, heres the picture, they are very quiet and friendly....i just dont know how the budgie's will react, cause i cant keep them in this cage much longer, no one wants them, they arent much bigger then a budgie, except their tail is a tad bit longer Link to comment
RIPbudgies 0 Posted May 9, 2009 Member ID: 4,902 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 38 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 872 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 5,070 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 16/12/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 16, 2013 Birthday: 27/10/1957 Share Posted May 9, 2009 You can but it depends on individual circumstances such as how many budgies vs how many parrakeets. Breeding or not. Size of avairy. Perch quanity and spacing I have kept the following with budgies (400). Bourke's, Red Capped Parrot, Cockatiels, Cut-throat Finches, Zebra Finches, Barbary Doves and Quail. But having said all that they were in a big flight 20 ft x 10 ft heaps of perch space. The Red Capped lived in there with them for around 7 years and the cockatiels for about 5 years. All the others came and went as needed in various numbers. It helps to know the species your dealing with and you really need to be on the ball as far as picking up early signs of distress. Link to comment
NOWBUDGIE 0 Posted May 9, 2009 Member ID: 4,894 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 44 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 129 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1,110 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/12/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2009 It will be 100% fine to mix grassparrots with budgies... I also had them mixed in a large aviary for years with no issue at all, they will be okay. Grassparrots and the budgies just do their own thing together... LEAVE THEM TOGETHER>>> Link to comment
mattdog2 0 Posted May 9, 2009 Member ID: 5,243 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 28 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 649 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,690 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 18, 2010 Birthday: 13/08/1992 Author Share Posted May 9, 2009 I'm not exactly certain just yet, i need more convincing. Link to comment
Pearce 0 Posted May 9, 2009 Member ID: 4,449 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 123 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,475 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 14,280 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 18/06/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 7, 2011 Birthday: 21/04/1991 Share Posted May 9, 2009 How big is your aviary? Link to comment
maesie 0 Posted May 9, 2009 Member ID: 3,838 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 120 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,386 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 27,580 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 18/11/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 27, 2013 Birthday: 20/04/1979 Share Posted May 9, 2009 (edited) What size is the aviary Matt? It's really irresponsible to advice someone to keep a mixed species avairy when we have NO idea how big his aviary is. Edited May 9, 2009 by maesie Link to comment
mattdog2 0 Posted May 9, 2009 Member ID: 5,243 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 28 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 649 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,690 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 18, 2010 Birthday: 13/08/1992 Author Share Posted May 9, 2009 What size is the aviary Matt? 10ft long, 6 ft wide, plenty of perch space in the breeding/shelter room and 6ft perches going from the front of the aviary to the back wall, one higher and about 10 cm behind the other one....plenty of perch space.... and their's 1 pair of button quail down the bottom Link to comment
Pearce 0 Posted May 9, 2009 Member ID: 4,449 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 123 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,475 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 14,280 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 18/06/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 7, 2011 Birthday: 21/04/1991 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Is their nest boxes in their? Personally I still would not do it. I have no knowledge in grass parrots and I would not risk it. You have not mixed the species before so they could be friendly now, but what happens when they are mixed together? They could fight for dominance or anything. You could come home one day with all the birds dead. It may not happen, Im just saying what I would do. Link to comment
mattdog2 0 Posted May 9, 2009 Member ID: 5,243 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 28 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 649 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,690 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 18, 2010 Birthday: 13/08/1992 Author Share Posted May 9, 2009 Is their nest boxes in their?Personally I still would not do it. I have no knowledge in grass parrots and I would not risk it. You have not mixed the species before so they could be friendly now, but what happens when they are mixed together? They could fight for dominance or anything. You could come home one day with all the birds dead. It may not happen, Im just saying what I would do. Then NO it is ill have to find a way to sell them somehow... Link to comment
NOWBUDGIE 0 Posted May 9, 2009 Member ID: 4,894 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 44 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 129 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1,110 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/12/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2009 I never had an issue at all......if anything it was war between the budgies only at times. The grassparrots never interfered with anything at all to do with the budgies (living,eating, breeding etc). Grassparrots are very placid natured birds...I had them for many years together!!! Hope this will help... Just monitor them regulary Link to comment
Munchie's Mum 0 Posted May 9, 2009 Member ID: 4,928 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 160 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 970 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 28/12/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 6, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 cause i cant keep them in this cage much longer, no one wants them No one wants them? Why not? That's a shame. If you were closer, I'd take them. The colours are really pretty . Link to comment
maesie 0 Posted May 9, 2009 Member ID: 3,838 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 120 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,386 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 27,580 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 18/11/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 27, 2013 Birthday: 20/04/1979 Share Posted May 9, 2009 With that info I say no... it's not big enough to house both. The issues is not with the grass parrots either... if they are the docile ones, your budgies could hurt them... That's purely my opinion, I'd just hate for you to have losses based on what you hear from us. Losses are bad enough without being the fault of your own. Link to comment
mattdog2 0 Posted May 9, 2009 Member ID: 5,243 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 28 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 649 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,690 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 18, 2010 Birthday: 13/08/1992 Author Share Posted May 9, 2009 I never had an issue at all......if anything it was war between the budgies only at times.The grassparrots never interfered with anything at all to do with the budgies (living,eating, breeding etc). Grassparrots are very placid natured birds...I had them for many years together!!! Hope this will help... Just monitor them regulary ive decided to leave them out of the aviary, my hen has a nest of fertile egg's....(the other 4 hen's nests were infertile and 2 of the hen's were first timer's so they cracked the egg's being nervous) so anyways ill keep them out and find a way to get rid of them, silly me payed $180 for the 4 of them thinking they would breed, and only 1 is female(dark colored) and the other colored ones are males....so yer Link to comment
Pearce 0 Posted May 9, 2009 Member ID: 4,449 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 123 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,475 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 14,280 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 18/06/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 7, 2011 Birthday: 21/04/1991 Share Posted May 9, 2009 (edited) keep 2 and sell the other 2. keep 1 male 1 female. Edited May 9, 2009 by Pearce Link to comment
mattdog2 0 Posted May 9, 2009 Member ID: 5,243 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 28 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 649 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,690 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 18, 2010 Birthday: 13/08/1992 Author Share Posted May 9, 2009 keep 2 and sell the other 2. keep 1 male 1 female. i would, but like i said, i got no where to put them, my aviary's are full at the moment, they were originally with 3 pairs of tiel's, but they've all got nests (1 nest is inside now being handreared) so i had to take the grassy's out of their and put them in my quarantine cage for the time being, so i have no spare aviary, or nothing....its getting hard lol Link to comment
Pearce 0 Posted May 9, 2009 Member ID: 4,449 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 123 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,475 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 14,280 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 18/06/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 7, 2011 Birthday: 21/04/1991 Share Posted May 9, 2009 oh okay. You can pick up cheap second hand aviaries from pet link or craigslist, or even ebay. Ill take a look. Link to comment
mattdog2 0 Posted May 9, 2009 Member ID: 5,243 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 28 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 649 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,690 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 18, 2010 Birthday: 13/08/1992 Author Share Posted May 9, 2009 i blame the petshop in newcastle, pissed me off how he said they were 2 breeding pair's when theirs 3 males and 1 female...and he said they were semi tame, when their as wild as anything....thats when i learnt never buy from pet shops oh okay.You can pick up cheap second hand aviaries from pet link or craigslist, or even ebay. Ill take a look.thank you. much appreciated...anywhere in the hunter/newcastle region is fine, no further then gosford and no further then newcastle Link to comment
Pearce 0 Posted May 9, 2009 Member ID: 4,449 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 123 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,475 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 14,280 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 18/06/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 7, 2011 Birthday: 21/04/1991 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Yep. I do not trust pet shops at all. I have lost all faith in pet shops. Link to comment
Humphrey 0 Posted June 30, 2009 Member ID: 5,226 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 10 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 46 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 335 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 21/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 5, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2009 How did it work out? Did you mix them. If not send me a message and we may be able to give them a home. Phil Link to comment
Richo 0 Posted June 30, 2009 Member ID: 5,074 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 25 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 392 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,415 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 27, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Are they what we call over here mulga parrots? Link to comment
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