Hi all, I was just wondering whether my budgie Monty will lose her bond to me as she has breeded with my other budgie, Carlo and they have raised 5 chicks. She seems okay at the moment and will still hop onto my hand but when I have sold the chicks and start letting them inside (their cage is outside) to fly around will she still be friendly towards me and play like she used to?

 

As long as you continue with normal often interaction with her, as before, she won't lose her "tameness". There may be a period of time, normally while in the nest, where she can be aggressive to protect the eggs and chicks even from you. But when she is in the next no one should be bothering her except the male when he goes to fee her. When everyone is out of the nest box, everything will be as it use to as far as her friendliness to you.

Budgies live in extremely large flocks, all will be well.