Post by thatguy on Feb 22, 2015 18:58:15 GMT
hi guys i recently bought a bonded pair of budgies that are ready to breed, i bought them from a repotable breeder.
they have all the essentials in there cage such a cuttle bone , egg food, minerals, perches etc.
so i had a nest box put in and they did not even look at it for more than a seconds , so a week went by and i decided to put millet in there, and now they are always going in and out sometimes stay in there for upto 5 minutes, my problem is they have been going in and out of the nest for 2-3 days now and they are not breeding, they are constantly preening each other and singing , males bobbing his head , females chewing the entrance, all these sign and still not breeding/mating , is it possible that they now see then nest box as a food place and not actually a nest , please help , is this all normal.
p.s previous owners said they were getting nesting and removing materials , thats why he sold before they mated.
so what might happen from now guys? will they ever breed please help.
they have all the essentials in there cage such a cuttle bone , egg food, minerals, perches etc.
so i had a nest box put in and they did not even look at it for more than a seconds , so a week went by and i decided to put millet in there, and now they are always going in and out sometimes stay in there for upto 5 minutes, my problem is they have been going in and out of the nest for 2-3 days now and they are not breeding, they are constantly preening each other and singing , males bobbing his head , females chewing the entrance, all these sign and still not breeding/mating , is it possible that they now see then nest box as a food place and not actually a nest , please help , is this all normal.
p.s previous owners said they were getting nesting and removing materials , thats why he sold before they mated.
so what might happen from now guys? will they ever breed please help.
