How much should a budgie weigh? (Thanks Lisachromis :dbb1: )

 

This has been the discussion on many posts.

Well lets ask some experts. - Weights Incubation and Fledging Periods

 

See if you can find other information on this topic and share it with us.

Edited September 19, 200618 yr by daz

Ummm. No idea on weight, but your question should be: How much should a budgie weigh?

According to that chart, they can weigh 20 grams (incredibly tiny!) to 70 grams (incredibly overweight!)

 

Generally, a standard budgie who is not overweight weighs 25 (usually when young) to 35 grams. An english budgie can weigh up to 50-60 depending on the individual bird.

 

Of course, it's really hard to give a definite range as all birds are different. We have to look at other signs such as the keel bone. That seems to be a good indicator of an overweight budgie. Fat budgies have excess padding over the keel (chest) bone and it often sticks out when they sit. Fat budgies have a harder time flying and become winded faster or just can't keep themselves in the air for very long.

 

Here's a pretty good article that talks about problems with overweight parrots: http://www.birdtalkmagazine.com/bt/detail....=3608&category=

 

When it comes to budgies, specifically, the keel bone is a good thing to go by. And I've seen several pictures of extremely overweight budgies floating around here lately so this was a good topic to bring up!

Thanks Terri good article. I suppose it's a bit like us. My perfect weight is 82kg but when I got to it I was deemed under weight for my size. A bettter weight for me was 85kg. unfortunately i'm back up to 90kg. Got to do more excersize.

 

Same with Budgies. A short fat budgie could be over weight but a tall long bird could be under weight. George flys every day 24/7 unless sleeping and has a 260square meter aviary. Some say he is fat. Can't see that as he is on low fat see with vegitables. He gets millet once a week and some oats occasionally. It's just his build. As put in the article he doesn't pant after flying.

Edited September 19, 200618 yr by daz