Hi all,

I know im new here,but i read so many posts with *lone* budgies makes me sad.

I too kept 1 Budgie, is a long time ago.Chicco was my girl the most loveable little thing,used to fly over to me or my hubby give kisses and could say a few words.But hey sometimes i used to watch her after she went into her cage at night and i thought she looks so sad,sitting in there all on her own,but she needed her rest just like us.I thought a long time about getting her a mate,a friend who spoke her own language*i taught her my language but stupid me still couldnt understand hers* So 1 day off i went to my petshop and looked around,i had decided not to get a young bird as chicco was very dominant and in this shop i seen my sultan he was about 4 mnths old at the time and looked cheeky enough to deal with my chicco.So off we went back home.

I had already prepared a second cage just incase chicco didnt like him and i didnt want her to think someone else was stealing her house

I let sultan hop into the new cage and brought him into the livingroom where chicco was,she flew straight onto his cage and had a good look at him.Sultan wasnt too sure at first but chicco started nattering away and she soon helped him loose his fear.I kept him in this cage till the next day,then i opened the door chicco hopped into his cage and showed him the way out,and his way around the livingroom,where he could land etc and then into her cage.From that day on they lived together,and it was so sweet at night when they went back into the cage,both would cuddle up together on the swing and talk to each other so quietly.I never regretted getting my girl a friend.She stayed as tame as she always was and showed sultan that there was no cause to be frightened of these big things without feathers.I now have 10 Budgies not as tame as chicco but will come and land on us and take treats out of our hands.Some of them were unwanted budgies the ones i bought are natural breeds from big Averys.

What does this post say? pls get a pal for your Budgie you may think your there for him all the time,but you cant be its impossible.

what a beautifully worded story! I know what you mean, i often worry about teaot, and is he the happiest he could possibly be. He couldnt be more loved or cared for, but im still on the verge of getting him a playmate. its on hold at the moment, but he's a little bit poorly, but once he is fully well again, and when i have found the perfect friend for him, he will be getting a housemate. it may take ages, because until i find the little bird that my heart and soul believes is right for teapot, he will stay single. fortunately i work from home, so he gets loads of attention and fuss. but i do understand what you are saying :bluebudgie:

It's not that easy for some of us. Snowy, my avian friend, had a mate, but he died in March last year.... :bluebudgie:

 

I agonised for over a year whether or not to get a friend for her...but in the end, I couldn't. I didn't know whether she'd get on with the new one, and we have no room for a second cage. So I just spend as much time with her as possible. She's pretty happy.

thanks chirpy,i was worried some ppl wouldnt understand what i was meaning and maybe take things the wrong way.

Hi skullduggery, I was the same with chicco,wasnt sure if she would accept a partner,and then of course the space for another cage,i know its always a problem,but hey this post was just to make everyone think about getting a friend for thier budgie cause theres just no way we can be there for our little friends all the time.

ginny, I think it is wonderful that you opened your home to unwanted budgies. I can't imagine any budgie being unwanted... :bluebudgie: ... but it is very good of you to make sure some of them aren't unwanted anymore.

hi rainbow,i do what i can :bluebudgie: if i had a house with garden i would do more cause just now in the holiday season its terrible the amount of unwanted birds I also have a friend here in hamburg who gave up his bedroom just so he could take in more birds,the whole room is an open avery he has 4 Budgies in the livingroom but the bedroom is full of parrots,cockateils and other bigger birds he is so devoted

Hey,

 

*my first post*

 

I have been thinking for a long time about getting 2 budgies. I never thought about getting a single one (seems sad to me) until I started reading on the Internet that they won't be tame if there are 2. Sorry, but I find this amazingly selfish. I know that pets are esentially for our entertainment but I think that's wrong.

 

I am glad I have seen this story, it has made me more sure that if I do get birds I will stick to my original thoughts.

 

~ Dana ~

 

P.S. :parrot: <~~~ I love that!!

no i find the right thing for me is to start with one, tame it, then get a second. i made the mistake of getting 2 too close together, and the second never really got tame.

Really? How long would you leave it and how would you go about introducing the second and taming that one?

 

~ Dana ~

It all depends on how quickly your first bird takes to you. Some take quite a while to tame, others not so long. Once you have your first bird tame, then get your second and place him in quarantine where he has no contact with your first bird at all (ie - different rooms). Your quarantine should last at least a month, and during that time you tame your second bird, while reinforcing the training with your first bird. Just interact with your second bird after the first one, so if he is sick you will not infect your first bird. It all depends on the bird though, as you might find the first bird bonds so strongly to you that he or she is perfectly happy being the only bird in the flock. There are lots of single birds that are that way. To introduce them, just bring the second cage into the same room and let the birds get used to each other. After a few days you can let your first one out to 'inspect' the newcomer through the bars, and after a few days of that you could let them out at the same time. They may prefer each other's company in the same cage or they may prefer to be housed seperately - it just depends upon how they get on together.

yeah well my first budgie was a male. he sat still in the cage all day. so we just HAD to buy him a girlfriend. (Laughing out loud). he sure was perky after that! eventually we landed with my friend's bird, who was single AND untamed. poor guy! we only had him for a while, and he died of nerve damage in his leg - he wouldnt eat. my first one was heartbroken. he liked my friends bird cos the girlfriend was mean. so he died of intestinal problems. so we got chiisai, and the girlfriend died! that was such a sad 2 months! that was last spring. chiisai was a lone bird all summer, and he had a blast! i only got another one cos im at school again, and i didnt want him to be lonely. he's already met the new bird (flew and landed on her cage as i brought her past his room!) and he liiiiiikes her :(Laughing out loud): he thinks she hot stuff! but yeah, like rainbow said, if the one is happy by itself, then i wouldnt get another one if you can be there all the time. the only reason i bought pastel is becuase im at school all the time now...

it depends on the individual bird, recently all my birds have died apart from one......THE EVIL HEN!!

but now she chirps,plays and just seems more happy.she is by herself and is completley different,so it is good for some!

hi there

i agree that its selfish to keep them alone just so they will talk to us!

i'm just going to the petshop now to get sparky a friend because i work all day so

shes on her own until 5.i leave animal planet on the tv all day because she likes to listen to the birds singing, but its not the same.

so i will post a new msg and photos tomorrow and introduce my new baby!

i think its okay to have a lone bird only if you are like a stay at home mom or work at home or something so you are there all the time. im still in school, thats why i got a nother one (altough he seemed perfectly happy by himself)

WOW! I am staggered at this thread and now I feel really horrible. I have had 4 individual birds from the age of about four.

 

They have all been the happiest little things ever. Each had its own cage and once they knew their way around their new homes their cage doors were left open for them to come and go as they pleased (making sure windows were tightly fastened of course!).

 

My Dad is at home most of the day as he is retired, and he chats to Elmo (current birdie) all the time. I never thought of any of them being lonely as all used to get involved in all the family activities - dinner, playing on the computer, christmas, day - to - day things, coming out into the garden in the summer. They all used to fly upstairs if no one was about downstairs.

 

Do you really think they may not have been happy?

 

I live away from the family home now and was thinking about getting a bird soon. Maybe I really should think about getting 2 as I couldn't bear to think that my budgie was miserable.

Poppet - It sounds as if your 'single' birds were bonded to your family and thought of them as their flock. With so much interaction, I don't think they were unhappy.

like i said, i dont think they are unhappy as long as they are interacted with. if you are gone most of the day (like i am for school) then i would get a second one (which i have )

i feel sparky is happier now i got snowflake

i love watching they play together

and im not as worried going to work now as she's not bored

also on the plus side the wallpaper has stopped being eatan!

I've been mulling this problem over for a while now. Tweety is very tame, he loves sitting on our shoulder and nibbles our ears. However, as I've said before, he is a bit ***** , well actually he is VERY!! His friskiness can be a nuisance at times, especially when we have visitors, so I am considering getting him a friend. also I'm back at uni and work now, and he is on his own for long spells. At least I'm better prepared for it after reding this thread.

Hi all

 

I got a new friend for my Jack. He was always happy with me i was his mum i work from home so he was with me all day.

 

I got Ben about 5 weeks ago and they live in seperate cages but next to each other. When i let Jack out Ben goes crazy to get out to him. When they are both out Jack does not want to know me and plays with Ben. Ben is not as tame as Jack and i can only get him to hop onto my right hand he very rarly sits on it for a long time. I have noticed that Jack does not talk as much as he did but he is still happy with Ben.

 

I think that i did the right thing now cause when i go out i know that they have each other to talk to. I am now working on getting them to live together as at the moment they have to be in seperate cages at night.

 

Jack likes Ben to visit but he seems to get a bit fed up with his attention after a while much like us adults and children.

 

although i sacrificed the attention Jack gave me when i got Ben i get great pleasure seing them play and preen each other.

as i donot have a budgie ~YET~ i would let them sleep in diffrent cages and let 1 bird out first 4 10 mins den da other coz if i were wid da same peep 24/7 id get bord of dem

chocolate - would you PLEASE type regularly? i cant read all that mess.

i must say that when i had my first budgie i kept saying i wanted to get another budgie but people kept saying that it would spoil him and he would not pay me as much attention. I have a new bird now and i think after reading that thread that i shall get him a friend in six or seven months time when he is tame and bonded fully with me. The only thing with that is that i will go on and on buying budgies until my home turns into an aviary!!!

mhm yah i've done that, but my problem was the second one (and after that) never really bonded with me...

Hey you guys, havnt been here for a while , sorry.

How cool so many of you have answered my thread, and some even got partners for thier budgies