Oct 13, 2019 18:48:39 GMT
fbe
Brand New Budgie
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Post by fbe on Oct 13, 2019 18:51:43 GMT
Hi 🙂 Can someone help me? I just adopted two female budgies. One is a year old and the other one six months. The woman who gave them to me said that the older one was mean to the younger one but she always fought back. Thats true except the way I see it the little one is constantly defending herself. If I talk to them and she responses she gets the screamed at and bitten. However she is allowed to groom the older one on accation. Will this pass og should I sepporate them? If I sepporate them, will they be able to live together like that, and only get to touch outside the cages? Should I get male partners and seporate cages or what do you think? I allready like them both very much and I see how sweet the little one is but the way it look to me she is being bullied 🙁
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Post by skysmum on Oct 13, 2019 19:35:13 GMT
Hi and welcome. It's not unusual for hen budgies to fight or bully one another. If it continues i would consider separating them, hens can cause some nasty injuries if they a have a mind. You could get a couple of males but if the aggressive hen decides she doesn't like them either you could have more problems on your hands. Some hens are just like this im afraid
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Oct 13, 2019 18:48:39 GMT
fbe
Brand New Budgie
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Post by fbe on Oct 13, 2019 22:08:22 GMT
Hi. Thank you for answering. I put them in seporate cages but side by side. The "bully" is not happy but not to bad. The little one is very unhappy and keeps trying to find á way over to the other side. Will she be ok? I am worried she might hurt herself.
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Post by jellybean on Oct 14, 2019 7:17:42 GMT
I have no experience with Hen's, I'm sure someone will be along to help you out soon.
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Post by BloomCountyLover on Oct 14, 2019 15:45:14 GMT
Yes I would separate them. Do they get out of cage time? They can interact then but I would watch them to see how they interact. Hens can be quite territorial unfortunately. You can try putting them both in a new cage but there are still no guarantees. If they appear to be getting along out of the cage you can try again. No guarantee with males either but a male might be more readily accepted.
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Oct 13, 2019 18:48:39 GMT
fbe
Brand New Budgie
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Post by fbe on Oct 14, 2019 21:12:26 GMT
Thanks. They have been separated and seem to miss each other but I kerp them side by side. The cage they were in was new and they don't get out of cage time yet but they will when they settle down. Do you think it would matter if the cage was huge? Their cages are not small but not the biggest either ...
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Post by helenmat on Oct 14, 2019 21:17:39 GMT
The bigger space the better I would always say. They need to be able to get away from each other if they want to.
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Post by skysmum on Oct 14, 2019 21:24:49 GMT
I agree, the bigger the better cage wise. If the cage isn't big enough tensions will develop if they can't have their own space. Things may well settle once you can let them out for free time
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Post by Hezz on Oct 15, 2019 9:27:10 GMT
Two hens in a space where they can't get away from the other really is asking for trouble, but a larger cage may not fix everything until they get to have out-of-cage time. Supervise them being out of their respective cages together and be prepared to step in if the bully starts to bully. But what you might see as fighting, someone else may see as simple squabbling. It really does depend on the intensity of the aggression. Hens will squabble and sometimes fight. Most often if they have the ability to move out of the other's way they will, and the fighting doesn't escalate.
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Oct 13, 2019 18:48:39 GMT
fbe
Brand New Budgie
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Post by fbe on Oct 15, 2019 21:16:35 GMT
Thank you everyone. One more question... So my older one is always picking on the younger one. Screaming and biting, no blood but still biting. She chases her away from everything. For example if she starts eating she chases her away but lets her eat from the other tray. Doesn't matter wich tray it is, just the one she picks first. Is this normal maybe? The younger one never does anything to upset the other one. Obviously I am very new to this and I wouldn't want to make a big deal of this is something they can sótt okt between themselves.
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Oct 13, 2019 18:48:39 GMT
fbe
Brand New Budgie
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Post by fbe on Oct 15, 2019 21:18:57 GMT
Sorry my phone want's to keep everything in icelandic 🙄 i hope you can understand my autocorrected writing 😉
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Post by helenmat on Oct 15, 2019 21:24:53 GMT
It is normal for some budgies to squabble. So long as they don’t hurt one another they will be fine.
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Post by BloomCountyLover on Oct 15, 2019 21:29:32 GMT
Yes it is very normal for the dominant one to rule like this. Do keep a watch on the biting though just to be sure it doesn't get too nasty.
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Post by Hezz on Oct 16, 2019 19:18:00 GMT
She sounds like a very normal, bossy, dominant hen. As long as she is only chasing and your other budgie isn't suffering physically, give them time to work it out for themselves. There will almost always be one dominant bird, and that will always be a hen, if there is one in the flock.
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Oct 13, 2019 18:48:39 GMT
fbe
Brand New Budgie
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Post by fbe on Oct 18, 2019 10:15:07 GMT
Thank you all very much! Since I had allready bought a second cage I put both cages together with opening between. They are still fighting but not að hard so I think it will be ok. Plus they seem to agree that each ownes her cage but they both visit each other. So cute ❤
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