I got my second budgie Thierry (yes after Thierry Henry the footballer...!) about 4 weeks ago, he's happily living in Bobbys cage now.

 

When I first put their cages near each other they were itching to get to one another so I knew that I wouldn't have any problems. But after a while, Bobby was kicking Thierry, not letting him go near any of the mirrors, pushing him off the perch etc. But this isn't a persistant problem. Now Thierry has got a bit more used to things and settled in he's not taking any **** from Bobby, although Bobby does appear to be the more dominent one!

 

But this "bullying" appears to still happen, although there are times when they cuddle up to one another and kiss each other!

 

I want to get a new cage for them (a bigger one), but will this stop the bullying? I'm assuming its because Thierry is in Bobby's cage which was his for 9 whole months before Thierry came along!

 

Here's a picture Thierry.....................

 

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l49/kirs.../Photo-0181.jpg

 

 

 

Here's a picture of Bobby............... (I've posted this picture before but I'll post it again anyway!!)

 

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l49/kirstyw_2006/Bobby.jpg

A bigger cage can help but what I would do in the meantime is rearrange toys to make sure they are not becoming possessive over a certain thing or perch. I see you said you have mirrors I would take them out and give them when they are out of the cage - budgies see themselves and they think it is another bird and therefore they feel they may need to protect.

 

When you rearrange the perches and toys it gives them a different view of things and they don't stick to a certain spot etc...I would do it weekly.

 

Also you may have to keep them separate during the day and night when you are not around to supervise and only have them together during flight time. I did that with mine, I didn't just put Merlin into Pretty's cage. They were restricted and as time went on and the bickering stopped there were better. I found that the bickering first thing when they met was normal but I didn't trust them together unless supervised for at least 2 weeks, then during the day I had them together with me home but if I left and at night still separate until they got along during the day.

 

 

 

In fact I had Pretty for 9 months before I got Merlin so the situation sounds similar. In the beginning Pretty tried to jump on Merlin's back and that was where it issue was coming into play. Pretty was making advance at another boy budgie