Mar 19, 2017 6:34:39 GMT
awgydawgy
Brand New Budgie
I just want to learn about these birds so they can flourish
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Post by awgydawgy on Mar 20, 2017 9:03:00 GMT
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Post by OP on Mar 20, 2017 13:09:07 GMT
Hello and a warm welcome awgydawgy. You seem to have posted at a quiet time, have no fear there will be answers when people come on the forum. One suggestion I have is to re-arrange the cage layout a bit. Move the perches that you have going horizontal further down the cage, move what you have going front to back further up the cage. My reasons are to give the buds a flying space nearer the top of the cage. You may need to put some more front to back perches for that arrangement. I think I see that the door of the cage slides upwards. That's why I suggest some more perches up there. You have a lot of empty space further down the cage which you could fill with the horizontal perches. Different foods is nearly always a challenge to introduce. They probably have not seen them before and don't know what they are. Depending on how trusting they are of you you can either eat a little yourself in front of them or pretend to. It's rather the same with playing. If they are quite young, I can't see with my poor eyesight, then they should begin to play when the are settled. Once again if they have not seen these things before they don't know what they are. Some buds are naturally inquisitive and explore, others not so. It may take more time for them to start. I can't help with avian vets in the States. There is a thread which deals with a list of vets, whether they cover your area or not I don't know. Hopefully I have answered some of your questions. As I say there will be members coming and going all the time. As we ar an international forum time zones do come into play. Enjoy your stay with us.
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Post by Shirls on Mar 20, 2017 14:50:57 GMT
Hello from my and my gang of five budgies too awgydawgy. What are their names? In my experience one has to offer fresh food, whatever it is, on several different occasions before they will even entertain looking at them, let alone eating them. My birdie favourites are celery, basil, mashed egg yolk mixed with sweet corn, carrot. There are of course lots of others but these are real faves with my lot. You will find one bird will like something which another bird won't, they are all individuals. Same with toys, some toys I have bought because I like them, my budgies don't!! They seem to like chewy things made of balsa wood. I use wooden clothes pegs a lot of the time to peg foody things up and they even chew the pegs! Be wary of metal bells on things, they rust and rust is poisonous to budgies. Stainless steel is ok, or just keep an eye on bells as they do eventually tarnish and rust. Tassels are also a no - no, they injest them and become ill, or even catch their feet up in them. Another no-no are sandsheets - so bad for budgie feet, including the rough perches or sandpaper covers for perches. Natural wood and java perches are good for their feet. That's emough of the negatives for now! Btw, I can't see your pictures. For some reason my lap-top won't view 'postimage.'
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Post by jellybean on Mar 20, 2017 16:10:32 GMT
Hi, welcome to the forum. Do your two little ones have names?
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Post by Hezz on Mar 20, 2017 20:14:19 GMT
Hi and welcome ..... I'll dive straight in - get some more natural tree branches for the birds; the top perch is too big for their feet, and as it is a dowel, it will be smooth and so will be hard for them to grip. Optimim perch diameter is so that their feet go about two thirds of the way around the perch. Take that as a measure and then source some perches/branches that are both smaller and larger than that. Also mix up the textures of the branches, so that they have rough and smooth; all this will give their feet exercise and keep them, the feet, healthy. There are plenty of sites that give lists of trees that are safe and not safe for budgies. Just make sure that you cross reference two or three, as not all sites will agree. You know what you might have access to so go looking for things that are easily available. You haven't said how long you have had your buds, so it is hard to make suggestions regarding toys. The fact that they have each other may well mean that they have each other and therefore don't really need any other stimulation. Or they could just be still settling in. Do you know how old they are? Age will certainly play a part in how much playing they do. The same goes with fresh veggies; if they are young, they are generally more curious and will take to fresh food more quickly than an older bird who has never seen anything but seed. Also some buds prefer their food in small bits, such as grated and in a bowl; others prefer a chunk that they can bite their own pieces off and then throw it all over the floor. You will just need to experiment to find how best to serve it up, and only persistence will get them eating it in the first place. That's probably enough to start with. Small toys that jingle are generally preferred, and swings; budgies love swings with the odd exception.
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