Karyn

That sounds like you could be right there, as it does look to me like he is chewing and I have noticed soft bits of seed falling out of his mouth at times, but he does this for long periods of time, is that normal behaviour?

He is definitely not yawning, its probably just not a good video to really show what he is doing If you click on the picture above does it play a video? Haven't posted one before so I may have done it wrong.

One of my budgies has this unusual behaviour that I was hoping someone could tell me what he is doing or if they have seen it before in other budgies. I don't really know how to describe it other than it looks like he has seed stuck in his mouth. He can do this for long periods of time throughout the day and this has been going on for over 12 months, so it's obviously not making him unwell. I sometimes wonder if he has some sort of obsessive complusive disorder. Anyway, this is a little video I just took so you can get can idea of what I am talking about....

I love your photo's, they are amazing. They look like well cared for and loved budgies.

Thanks everyone for all your help with this. We are so lucky to have this forum!! As Glen said Kiwi is going to a new home with Libby. I am still sad but I know she will be in safe hands and will have lots of new friends soon. Hope we get to see some pictures of your aviary Glen when it is up and running. Good luck with it all.

This is the only photo I have on my work computer of her, it was taken Dec 07 but you will get an idea of what she looks like. She is the blue one (sorry, not good with types). Her name is Kiwi.

Well the 2 cage idea would be a solution, but we have a small open plan home so the dinning room, kitchen and lounge are in one L shape and putting one cage in a bedroom would be mean in my mind, plus my boyfriend thinks the budgies own half the house as it is so this is more a solution to keep everyone happy in the house if you know what I mean. I did promise him that if we had anymore problems with her I would find her a nice new home, I was just hoping it wouldn't come down to that.

Well after some deliberation I am thinking that it will be best for my situation if I find her a new home. She is a beautiful girl and this is a very hard decision for me. She is not overly tame so I would like her to go to someone who has a very big aviary and would be able to keep her happy and well looked after for the rest of her life. She is a little bit gumpy at times and has chewed a few toes but I understand this is quite normal for females. If anyone in Perth is able to give her this type of home in their aviary can you please let me know. Thanks heaps.

They are inside birds, but do have lots and lots of time out the cage, unfortunately because they are inside birds I don't have anymore room to add any more females, we would all end up deaf if I did :rofl:

No, don't have any breeding boxes or anywhere that I think she may want to lay eggs. My oldest male is 3, my female is 2 and then the younger male involved in the fighting is about 1 so I think the problem may be that he has reached breeding age, would that be right? How many times a year do hens go into breeding condition and how long would I have to separate her for?

Hi all, I have 3 male budgies and 1 female. Just recently 2 of my male budgies have started fighting and I think they are fighting over the female. As soon as I removed the female and put her into a separate cage the males stopped fighting and seem quite happy with each other again. There has been bloodshed with the fighting so I am quite concerned about this. Does anyone know if there is a longterm solution to this problem? I would prefer not to have to separate my budgies if there is something else I can do.

This is my budgie Bob, he is my first budgie ive had him for about 2 months