Guest narelle3647 Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 (edited) Hi All, Until today we had two budgies, one female and one male. The female has passed away and I was wondering if anyone knows how the male will deal with her death. Should I just put mirrors in the cage with him or is there something else that should be done to help him. We would preferably prefer not to replace her but I need to know what way I can help him when he starts to miss her. Edited August 25, 2008 by KAZ Link to comment
*Nerwen* 0 Posted November 21, 2005 Member ID: 5,064 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 121 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 5,817 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 39,375 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 18, 2014 Birthday: 20/02/1982 Share Posted November 21, 2005 if you don't want to try and get him to bond more with you mirrors might be an idea, give him some one to talk to. If you want him to bond with you then give him more attention then before. Link to comment
Daz 0 Posted November 21, 2005 Member ID: 4,838 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 247 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,882 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 36,650 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 19/11/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 2, 2022 Birthday: 02/02/1964 Share Posted November 21, 2005 He will be down for a time but if you befriend him more as nerwen said. He will bond to you. I personelly don't like mirrors. If you can't bond with him, what about a new friend. another budgie. Link to comment
Rainbow 0 Posted November 29, 2005 Member ID: 198 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 31 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,028 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 15,290 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/03/04 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 15, 2009 Birthday: 24/04/1965 Share Posted November 29, 2005 I'm sorry to hear about your loss. Your bird will grieve, so extra attention is very important. His routine is all messed up now, so if you can begin a new one that he will look forward to, that would be a good start. If you would prefer not to get another bird, that is understandable but you will have to be the "bird replacement". I wouldn't recommend a mirror, just spend more time softly talking to him. Is he tame? Do you let him out of his cage regularly? I think those parts of his routine should stay the same. He may act depressed, he may act agitated, he may constantly chirp for his mate for a bit. Unless you continually reward that behavior, it will pass and he should start to act like himself again. How has he been this last week? Link to comment
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