Evening All :hap:

 

Question: When two budgies establish a relationship ie: preening, courting, mating, is this the only mate they will have or will they take up with another should their 'favourite' not be around any more?

 

no they will pretty much breed with any other budgie allthough colour sometimes comes into it

Even the seemingly most devoted budgies will be in a position that the male goes off and mates with another while his girl is busy in a nest incubating eggs. A breeder can break up a pairing to put another couple together for breeding purposes. Budgies are only too happy to accomodate.

All I can say is, budgies are like humans. They may bond with one budgie, but they will change when they want to and cheat on their current partner. Just think... humans.

I've got a budgie who, while his "love of his life" partner is in hatching eggs...he is out bonking another girl budgie. This other girl budgie has set up a nest and is also bonking another boy budgie.....so babies from any one of two Dads right now.

That is why I have closed breeding...so I know whos baby is whose.

I had one pair that only had eyes for each other. They were so in love.

Hmmm I wonder why they are called the 'Australian Lovebirds' if they are such Cheaters!!! (Laughing out loud)

Ah, but their cheating never seems to cause a divorce, does it???

*****making notes***** budgies must sign marriage certificates before budgie bonking

Mmm, does that mean your rope perch signed a marriage certificate???

Mmm, does that mean your rope perch signed a marriage certificate???

The rope perch is just plain naughty, naughty, naughty

Poor Gherkin and Buzz (R.I.P)

 

This is a question i always think of. Beacuse my Ariel wont go NEAR my other male Kirby in any cage, anywhere in the house She only shows Chico nesting attention, even though they have had 2 or 3 clutches of infertile eggs (Laughing out loud)... But thats just becuase Chico doesnt beleive he has to mount her in order to have real babies (Laughing out loud)...

 

ps-Lin, is that Gherk in you signature? Looks awefully like him!

 

Kirby

Kirby, Adam did my signature, so he could have used Gherkin as the model. I did email him some fuzzy pics of my Scruffy, who looks very similar, but I doubt I took such a good picture as that is

my I just visited this thread today what an interesting conversation :ausb: and peoples views.

 

So who is the daddy is the real question huh