I have three very beautiful budgies. One male and two females all roughly the same age (2ish). I had one of the females first and her mate died (stroke) so I got the other two. I got two thinking they were both female and they were the only birds in the cage at the shop and I didn't want to leave one on her own (big softy me).

 

The male is obviously in his element and they all seem to get on really well, they sit together and there's no fighting or anything but one of the females (the original one) seems a lot closer to the male and is constantly grooming him. The other lady just sits high up on one of their toys and watches them ........ do birds get jealous or do you think they're probably fine?

From what I have read I do believe yes they can get jealous. Also my own experience whenever I talked to Merlin, Pretty would run up and come in between us so he could be talked to .

yep.. like Elly said, they can get jealous, but like humans, not everyone of them do. Chances are if she is jealous, she'd be doing something about it, like try to 'sabotage' the other two's relationship.

I've just been cleaning them out and the two lovebirds are sitting on the trapeze and he's grooming her. The other female is sitting on the other side of the cage and doesn't seem bothered. Like I said there's no fighting or anything so maybe they're okay and I suppose I could always get another male if she kicks off

they sound alright I think if they are all being civil about it!! hehehe..

 

I had a hen (Daffy) who was very jealous of another hen (Kiwi) who had gotten together with her 'ex' (Lime)... Daffy did EVERYTHING she could think of to break Kiwi and Lime apart, and in the end, this included an all out fight that tore my poor little Kiwi's cere. I had to seperate them out of the aviary, and for little Kiwi to recover as well. Now, Daffy has moved on, so Kiwi is safe again.

I would just be careful when the females go into breeding mode. I had two females and they got on famously. I added a male to the equation and all was fine until they went into their breeding cycle. THat is when the jealousy over the only viable man turned a lil ugly and I had to separate them to keep them from fighting over the only available stud.

Yea, there may not be fighting now. But in my own experience when they are in breeding mode, they may have mood swings (Laughing out loud).

If I was you, I would consider adopting a new male?

Budgies have all sorts of emotions and ways just like us.

Mine is an attenion seeker and tries to do little dances to get my attention when im doing my home work.

(Laughing out loud), he gets angry how im doing some thing i have to do!

they can deffinately get jealous. Some do some dont. It depends on the character.

Hi Jemini, it sounds like there are no problems at the moment, but as others have suggested, just keep an eye on them if they go into breeding condition (females cere going dark brown and flaky, males cere getting darker).

 

I don't believe that getting a second male is necessarily a guaranteed solution to the problem. While it may work, there is also a chance that both females will still want the current available male.

 

 

Feathers.

Edited April 26, 200718 yr by feathers