Hi there, We may be adopting a tiel that has been found by friends of ours if they cant find his owners. We have 1 budgie who is only a few months old. Could someone pleasae give me any experiences of having a budgie and a tiel together out of their cages. I would not house them in the same cage as my budgies cage would not be big enuff for both of the birds. Would my budgie be safe as far as fighting with the tiel? I have never owned a tiel before so i am not familiar with their behavour. Any thoughts and comments will be welcome. Cheers

I have a budgie and 2 cockatiels that live together happily inside. they get a long great.

I have 6 more tiels out side living with 20+ budgies in an aviary.

 

Provided there is enough space and neither bird is overly aggressive there wont be any issues

 

I find they tend to keep to themselves most of the time.

I rescued a cockatiel and a budgie that were together in an aviary they were in seperate cages for a few weeks and when I tried to put them together the cockatiel became aggressive. In my case it didnt work as I tried a few times.

As you stated you DON'T want to house them together, I think they would be fine. Just introduce them slowly (once you have quarantined the new guy for 30 days). I have both in an aviary and their are no problems. The key is to do it slowly, and keep a close eye on them... it may take time or it may be no worries from the start. Good luck and I look forward to pics if and when you get him!

You havent said if the tiel is a tame one or a wilder aviary type bird ?