Budgie not drinking

[summerbird]

I got my new budgie called Monty yesterday. He is eating well but not showing any interest to drink. I have a drinking bowl next to his food bowl and a bird bath. But doesn't go near either of them.

[ffiscool]

Welcome. Don’t worry about drinking yet, he will drink. Some don’t in front of people and you’ve had him such a short time.

[ariella]

For three years I never saw my budgie Gaia drink! It was a running joke in the family. Obviously she did, but she did it when no one was in the same room. Don’t worry, I’m sure Monty has or will soon drink. He needs to get used to his new surroundings.

[summerbird]

Still not seen Monty drink any water. My two previous budgie's often drink water even from a spoon.

[mona]

You can check his droppings for urine, if you are worried about his water intake. I used to do that for one of my birdies, when he explicitly refused to drink water due to illness.

[Hezz]

Oct 19, 2021 19:43:49 GMT summerbird said:

Still not seen Monty drink any water. My two previous budgie's often drink water even from a spoon.

It can often take some time before a budgie feels comfortable enough with you to drink in front of you - they are at their most vulnerable, unable to keep watch for predators while they are drinking - and some will very rarely do so even after having them for years. One of mine is eight years old, I’ve had her all her life and I’ve only ever seen her drink a handful of times. It is not abnormal for you not to see them drink, so don’t worry.

[Marianne Marlow]

How is Monty now?

[summerbird]

Now been a week since i got Monty. He so quiet very rarely chirps and spends a lot of time at the bottom of cage near his food bowl eating. My first budgie Gregory couldn't stop talking and singing. Next budgie Bella was very quiet, and died 7 months after i got her. I thought buying a male budgie he would be talkative like Gregory was. Maybe he will take time to adjust from being in a large cage with about 15 other budgies to being on his own.
After losing Bella in June and my dad died in August, i was hoping for a budgie to bring some joy into my home.

[tweetiepiesmom]

Do you think he's getting enough sun light? I'm not sure where you live - if you live in the northern hemisphere where its fall/winter, the sun light is less now. When I got Tweetie Pie he didn't chirp much. Then I moved his cage in front of a bright window and he immediately started chirping. Give it a try and see what happens.

[ffiscool]

It could well be from when he was with so many. Can you put his food bigger? Where’s his water?

I’m sorry, you’ve had a bad few months, totally understand how you feel. Hopefully it’s just still settling in time for him

[jellybean]

Can you post a picture of his cage set up.

[summerbird]

I have taken some photo via my camera, hope to post photo's very soon.

[summerbird]

Last night i saw Monty drink water from his bird bath  He also chirping a lot more now. 

[criswell]

I'm glad Monty has settled in to his new home now.

[summerbird]

Monty's cage