Buying 2 x two year old budgies

[JELLYBEANS]

I am looking at an advert near me for two budgies and a vision cage for £55 ono.The advert says semi tame. What are everyones views? Do you think I could tame them or are they too long in the tooth?

The advert claims they are both cock birds. How much would you offer?

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Apr 18, 2017 15:34:55 GMT JELLYBEANS said:

I am looking at an advert near me for two budgies and a vision cage for £55 ono.The advert says semi tame. What are everyones views? Do you think I could tame them or are they too long in the tooth?

The advert claims they are both cock birds. How much would you offer?

Hi JELLYBEANS
Could you post a link to the advert please, that way we can see the birds and cage, if the birds aren't in good condition and/ or the cage is too small it may not be a good idea. Pete

[JELLYBEANS]

www.preloved.co.uk/adverts/show/116380374/two-male-budgiescage.html?link=%2Fsearch%3Fkeyword%3Dbudgies

[JELLYBEANS]

The advert has gone down to £55 from £65 the last three weeks

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They don't look bad to me JELLYBEANS, yes they are both males, I would say that the green one looks abit overweight but that could be because they haven't had much out of cage playtime and he could maybe do with a nail trim.

The cage looks an acceptable size and in decent condition, the advert says £60.00 no offers which is a shame but with the toys included it looks pretty good to me, in the first picture- that thing hanging from the roof, you'd have to get rid of that straight away.

I'd be asking to visit them with a view to buying, you need to see if there's any discharge from the nares, any sign of a tail bob, do their poops look normal etc etc. As for training, it takes a long time to train 2 birds but with them being 2 years old I'm sure you could do it, there's excellent advice on here if you need it.

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It looks like the vision cage I had and it accommodated 2 budgies with no problems.

My Squawk is semi tame but Chirpy, who I got 3 months ago,isn't used to me yet. Chirpy was tame with his previous owners. I know he'll come round in time, but I'm not in a rush. He won't step up but will stay one side of the cage looking and listening to me when I speak to him so that's progress for me.

Good luck and let us know what you decide.

[JELLYBEANS]

Thanks for your advice Jane and Pete!

[starlingqueen]

I disagree, the green bird looks like a hen to me. The picture is small but the cere is very pale.

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You've got me wondering now, here's a larger photo

[starlingqueen]

It does have a very light cere.

[starlingqueen]

Come to that the blue ones cere has a lot of white in it too.

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Looking at the eyes mainly starlingqueen, do they look 2 years old to you?

[Hezz]

My first impression was that the green was a hen; the larger photo only firms my opinion. I don't see much of an iris ring in either of them. That could just be the photo, but the green bird does seem younger ... it could just be that she is more submissive. Hard to say without actually seeing the birds in person.

[skysmum]

Dear little souls but the green one is a hen and they look younger than 2 to me. They look in good health but a poop check is a must

[starlingqueen]

Apr 18, 2017 19:09:23 GMT @impeckably said:

Looking at the eyes mainly starlingqueen , do they look 2 years old to you?

I did notice the lack of an iris ring but put it down to the photo. I can't understand why anyone would say a baby is older than they are.
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