Jul 22, 2019 3:47:26 GMT
albabe
Brand New Budgie
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Post by albabe on Jul 22, 2019 4:03:41 GMT
I have 2 budgies one of each sex, they are both about 1 and half years old. I bought them together from the same shop, they have both got on well over the time they love to groom each other and always sit together. Over the past couple of months we started noticing slight changes in their behaviour, the first thing was that our male budgie started to have watery stools, we saw a vet who did stool tests and this showed no disease or parasites. Then one day I woke up and found my male budgie covered in blood all over his nose and face, obviously this was very concerning so I went to the vet got him checked, the vet said he was just suffering from trauma and this would heel over time. I came to the conclusion myself that he may have been possibly hut in the Face by a swing that hangs in the cage as previously before it has come close to hitting him before. Then after a few days we discovered that the female budgets was being very aggressive towards him, pecking him in the head, chasing him around the cage and stopping him from getting to the good bowel. The next day we discovered he had another injury this time blood on his head and she had blood on her beak so we knew then she was stacking him, after getting advice from the pet shop and vet I decided to separate them but they are both now extremely unhappy. I really am at a loss of what to do next obviously I want them to both be happy but at the same time I don’t want my male budgie to get hurt, is there any experts out there that could help me please?
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Post by helenmat on Jul 22, 2019 5:11:55 GMT
Hi and welcome. We are not experts just avid budgie owners. It does sound like your female is being aggressive, it is rare that a budgie will actually hurt the other one. Is your cage big enough when they are in it together that the male can get away into another corner? I probably would have separated them too to be honest. Couldn't you come to a compromise and put the two cages very close together so they can be near but not touching? If your birds have cage out time you could let them out during the day together when you are around and put them in separate cages at night when you are not able to keep an eye on them.
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Jul 22, 2019 11:17:12 GMT
I'd have them in separate cages if she is being so aggressive that she is drawing blood.
It's likely that his droppings were watery because she wouldn't let him eat.
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Post by Hezz on Jul 22, 2019 19:28:01 GMT
Definitely they needed to be separated. Did you have two separate seed pots for them to both feed at the same time? I'd ask the same question as helenmat - is the cage big enough for two birds, and do they get any out-of-cage time? If they do not come out of the cage, then the cage really needs to be very large to accommodate two birds living together constantly. If they do get out-of-cage flying time, I would be very surprised if the hen's behaviour isn't different out of the cage. Even though separated, you can still give them time together out of the cage, but house them separately when they need to be shut in.
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