Hi everyone,

 

Well I'm in the second week of having my 2 budgies in the same cage, after about 2 months of quarantine. The newcomer, Charlie Murphie continues to be very bossy, in particular with the food ! I have put 2 of everything in the cage, however Charlie Murphie continues to chase Buddy away from it. I'm completely surprised as I thought if anything, Buddy would be doing this to Charlie Murphie. I'm still to determine whether Charlie Murphie is a female, he/she has blue cere but is a bit white around the nostrills. I will try and post a picture shortly.

 

I'm wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience? I'm wondering whether I should separate them again, and put cages next to each other (with food dishes at same height), which I had done previously.

 

Any help would be must appreciated :hap:

i had a similar problem when i put my 2 birds together and i got great advice from people on this forum telling me it was due to the size of my cage. when i bought a bigger cage the fighting stop and there was a bigger distance betwen their food bowls so they shared better.

okay thanks for that.

 

We rently brought this cage for the 2 of them, and it is very big. There are 4 food bowls built into the cage, so I might swap the seed bowls to the other side. I'm also wondering whether food bowls should be high or low in the cage? Still so much to learn! This site is fantastic for advice.

I don't think it matters too much about the height of your seed bowls, I just try to keep them lower than the water bowls to decrease the chances of the water becoming ful of seed :hap:

This depends if you have them located outside or in --- If they are outside then having feed dishes on the bottom help attract all kinds of crawlies esp mice and cockaroaches ( ekk) .... I have my water dish 1/2 way up on one side and me seed and veggie dishes on the other side 1/2 way up as well ... Make sure that they are not under and perches as the birds Always poop in them lol .....

 

A bigger cage is better make sure that is is Wider rather then taller ( most bird cages are designed for canary type birds they fly up where as budies fly sidewards .....)

Help this helps

Yeah okay thanks for that - I read somewhere (not sure where), that budgies tend to go for the highest point for food, which made me think I have been doing it wrong for 2 years! The cage is wide also, I'll have to post some pics shortly. Well hopefully Charlie Murphie will start behaving, otherwise I'll separate them and have their seed at same level, and cage close together so he can learn to share.

 

It will be a while before we know whether Charlie Murphie is girl/boy. I have heard that sometimes baby budgies can show the same behaviour as a female budgie? (ie bossy etc).

 

We shall see.

 

Thanks again. :hap:

The hightest point for food is in the wild where they try for the tallest trees .....

Highest point ( hightes perches )