Baby did a bold thing today. She was out and I opened the others' cage so they could come out and join her if they wanted. She was over there hanging out for awhile on the cage and then she climbed down to the door and hopped right INTO it!

 

We were kind of nervous of what might happen, but Cupid and Psyche were more shocked and taken aback than anything I think. They just sat ther eon their perch with a stunned look, like "What are you doing in here?" They didn't know what was going on. It ended up quite nicely, each of them took at turn at the food dish with her and there were no squabbles of any kind. Then Baby climbed up to one of the perches and took a nap while the other two stayed on the opposite side of the cage, looking at her in confusion. *(Laughing out loud)*

 

Is this sort of behavior rather typical if there are multiple cages of birds and they are allowed out of cage time? I kept telling myself that it would be okay because they're not the territorial type and that there was plenty of perches and toys and food in there so they wouldn't have anything to be jealous of. Also, that Baby was going back to her own cage and stuff would help stop any problems from arising from this.

 

Everything ended up just fine, but I was sure to separate them again when I had to leave the room just in case. We've both independantly have wondered about housing them together since they seem to enjoy each others' company and we've wondered if we'd be able to take out the back walls of both cages and connect them somehow. This isn't anythign we're planning on doing anytime soon though, particularly because two hens and a male can have issues.

 

It sure is interesting to watch this little trio of birdies develop and interact!

everything is normal

budgies are curious by nature and love to check out everybody else's stuff and are very comfortable taking over .

i can just imagin the looks on Cupid and Psyche's faces as baby hopped up on the perch and took a nap (Laughing out loud). i love how budgies can just get along so easily sometimes.

I have frequently had two or more cages set up for my budgies before. I have always had good experiences with 'open house', and think it has lessened any cage territoriality issues they might have had. When I had 11 budgies, I pretty much let them pick which cage they would sleep in for the night, or if I had to leave let them pick who they wanted their cagemates to be until I came back to let them out again. Sometimes all 11 would end up in the same cage, LOL, and sometimes 3 would be in one and the rest in the other. In those cases I just randomly picked birds to move so to even out the cages. I knew their personalities, and during extremely hormonal periods there were certain birds that could not be kept together. But none of them were ever always kept in the same cage. If all three of yours keep getting along you could try the same thing to see if it works. I would let them have the run of cages for a few weeks before you decide to permanently move Baby. Sometimes they seem okay with each other as long as it is their choice to visit another cage. If they are forced to move before they are ready, there might be some tension between the girls. Giving it plenty of time will also let you know how frequently squabbles start to break out if they are all in the same cage while you are around to keep an eye on things. You will know whether it is a good idea or not. If more times than not they don't all choose to stay in the same cage with each other, you will know to keep them in seperate cages when you are not there.

 

Don't you just love to watch them interact?

I know one thing at times we can all take a lesson from our birds on how easily they get along and accept others with no pretenses etc... :glare:

Mine are always exploring each other's cages when we have out of cage time. None of them seem to mind which cage they are in, and none act territorially around any cage or toy etc. Probably because I always change things around. They are all friendly babies.

Isn't that the truth lovey!!