He doesnt play with his toys, he doesnt want to come out and play, and everytime I put my finger infront of him he just moves back, hes been on my shoulder and finger before. the most movment he does around the cage is to go to his food and water dishes. How can I make him more active?
P.S. I’ve only had him for a week, so could this be the problem too?
Also when he his up on his perch, he always fluffs up when hes up there, what does that mean?
I’ve found about 3 long (wing) feathers on the bottom of his cage, but i’ve been finding small fluffy ones since i got him (about a month ago). He’s still chirping and pretty active, and enjoys perching on my finger to “get a bigger view”. He’s eating normally and loves trying new food. His droppings were strange (runny) for a couple hours, but they’re fine now. What could be wrong? Molting? this is my first bird. what should i do?
I just got a parakeet yesterday and I was wondering how to teach him to perch on my finger when he’s ready. My brother-in-law stuck his hand in his cage earlier today and pet him on his back. Earlier today, I also tried, but whenever you stick your hand in his cage, he scoots away. How do I get him to not be scared? This is my first bird. Also, how do you tell the sex of the bird?
Well, I started off with 2 budgies (genders still not known). For the past few days I’ve seen the two birds fighting for their food and generally other things. (The fights only happen sometimes.) Soo far, I’ve had my two birds for 4 days, including today and yet they fight. Because of this I have to watch them fight. When I want to start getting along so I can start training, they fight when it comes to bulding the trust which was a pain when it came to the finger perch training that made the two distracted from the training, which I think I will have to do later on and keep building that trust for afew more days…was my choice good for buying 2 budgies at once? Also, should I stop the perch training for another time? If so, when excactly?
Ok, maybe I wasn’t as sure about the little fights my two birds do. I have asked a past budgie owner about the fights the two do, apparently they are just playing! When I start to feed them, they rarely fight, more like looking out for each other by letting the other try it to see if it can be trusted, soo far they’ve been really quiet and also they sit by each other, but I don’t know…what do you think? Thanks again for the answers, hope my extra information will give a better answer!
When I went to feed my bird this morning, he was only standing on one foot (his right),so I was afraid the other one was broken. After I was done feeding him, he was standing on both feet. When I picked him up and examined the foot that he wasn’t standing on he didn’t chirp or show any signs of pain. But when he perched on my finger, he wasn’t putting any wieght on it. Is it just sore, or does he need to go to a vet?
And by the way, his feet look exactly the same. The “bad” one isn’t mangled or anything.
I had my fingernails painted black and my pet budgie wouldn’t perch on my finger like he normally does. My boyfriend said it was because they hate black. So i took my nail polish off and he perched. Why do parakeets hate black so much?
hi, ive had my budgie for about 1.5 months now, and ive noticed that he never seems to play with his toys, i havent seen him play with them once (i rotate them too), he just loves to be in his cage and sit on his perch, sometimes chirping sometimes changing perch or just sleeping, and he doesnt really like to leave his home. although he is really tame with me, he will sit with me on my shoulder or finger happily, he still gets freaked out easily with weird noises or when for example my significant other walks by, then he will just fly away and find a corner and sit there chirping, until i offer him my finger and he jumps right back on. i know its a good sign that he is comfortable being with me, but my questions are:
1. does it take a long time for them to be fully comfortable with their surroundings? or will he never be fully comfortable?
2. is it normal for budgies to not be interested in toys?
thanks in advance