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How Much Do Your Budgies Weigh?

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How much do your budiges weigh?

 

Bug= 32g

 

Pip (rip)= 42g

Puff (rip) =38g

Piff (rip)= 48g

Mine average around 35 grams, all are standard/american budgies.

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51 grams

 

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45 grams

 

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71 grams

 

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52 grams

 

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62 Grams

 

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62 grams

 

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74 grams

 

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51 grams

 

My Babies

 

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42 grams

 

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38 grams[/img]

 

I like my birds btween 40 and 80 grams but I feed them a low fat diet. :blink:

Edited by daz

  • 2 weeks later...

Hi guys, you are all talking about English bugies, please can you tell me what the differences are? are they bigger? i obviously have an English budgie being in england but i havent noticed and visual differences between our budgies here and yours. is it the weight and size that is different?

 

:huh:

There generally is a marked size and weight difference. But they also sell the smaller "American" budgies on your side of the pond. :(

 

As a very basic description, American budgies are smaller, around 7" long, and ideally weigh between 28 - 33 grams. Budgies are supposed to be lean birds. Most of these budgies probably weigh more than is ideal because we keep food around them all the time and they do not have to fly or forage to get it.

 

"English" budgies are longer, closer to 8 1/2" long, have a stockier build with big poofy heads, and should weigh around 45-50 grams. Some weigh more or are larger due to breeding to a show standard, and also for the reason stated above about a plentiful food supply.

Mine budgies aren´t English budgies, they regular/standrad/american budgies.

But as in people budgies comes in all sizes and shapes. Some have bigger bonestructure, some tend to eat a lot some eat little and are happy anyway. A regular budgie can weight between 30-45g. The English should weight a lot more.

  • 1 month later...

Can I refer to the terms English and Americian...

 

English is a term refered to the larger show budgies.

Americian is a term in America to discribe the smaller pet budgie.

 

But all budgies are Australian.

Like the Americian Cougar or Grizzley Bear.

The English Squirril or the African Lion.

 

It can get confusing for some :P

My standards are around 30-35 g, but my big old english ones, sugar on her last vet visit was 52 g! fatty fatty (Laughing out loud)

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