So this question is a little different from most of the other questions being asked here, but I figure breeders would be the best people to ask! (Laughing out loud)

 

Visiting home after leaving my budgies with my parents for a month, I discovered that one of my boys is, in fact, a girl. But I do not want my little ones to have babies. I'm not necessarily against breeding per se, but as a student I wouldn't have the time, the space, nor the funds to really be able to take care of that. And I would never want to be an uneducated breeder at that!

 

Is it "safe" then to leave the two of them in a cage together without worrying about them mating? Will she only lay eggs if she has a nesting box?? I'd really be upset if I had to separate them so I'm hoping things willl work out as they are! *crossing fingers* (Laughing out loud)

 

Thanks!

I'm no expert, definately not a breeder, but I've heard they wont normally mate unless they have an appropriate place to nest. Just keep in mind, if you let them out of their cage on a regular daily basis, there are lots of places a budgie might find to use as a makeshift nest.

 

Risha

Some, and I believe it is rare, will lay an egg without a box, but I think it's only the one egg every so often, not a clutch of them.

Thanks for the replies Risha & Lin. I guess only time will officially be able to tell if tey'll be so determined to have babies that they decide to look "elsewhere" for a nest (they are for a majority of the day, but tend to spend it in the area of their cage so should be safe....I hope! :blow: ) but I do feel somewhat better now. It's good to know I hopefully won't need to separate them!

You should be okay. Many years ago (I was in high school) I had two true pairs in one cage, and they never showed any interest in breeding at all.

 

A few years ago I got Rainbow, then added Skittles a year after him. They were in the same cage for over a year with no problems. I gave them a bigger cage, and presto, babies. I did add a nest box, but only when I realized she was going to lay eggs behind the cushions in my sofa instead. But I think that is the exception and not the rule.

Edited July 1, 200519 yr by Rainbow

I did add a nest box, but only when I realized she was going to lay eggs behind the cushions in my sofa instead.  But I think that is the exception and not the rule. 

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hmmm Mitsi & Scooby best not get any ideas!!!

 

Claire

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