Sun and Blue

[kellyh0622]

Okay so my kids wanted turtles I said no lol so we got 2 budgies instead. We did get them at a petstore but we love them all the same. So they have been here for about a month. I have a few questions. 

We have had them in the shadow box in the Living Room. But i want to move them so they can come out. Concerns with that are 1. The pet store cut to many wings so their flight is pretty non existent. They climb everywhere and can flutter and if the get spooked of their perch the smack the ground. So we are letting the grow out and will clip the right way in time. We have 3 dogs and a cat.  So its not like I can just let them out. But I want to find a safe space for them and I need ideas. I have a basement and a spot I can close off from the pets but there is no natural light really except from the basement escape window. Or I can keep them upstairs in their cage all the time ( pretty much trying to figure out the lesser of two evils).

Next thing we got two budgies cause we wanted them to have a friend. I work 3 12 hour shifts otherwise we are home.  Now everything I have read said they will bond with each other instead of us.  What can I do?  Sun already shows signs of being jealous ( Blue is hand taming faster, so Sun will physically put himself between my hand and Blue.) Blue will get on my hand to eat Millet Sun will not but will eat from the Millet stick i am holding.  Both are moving towards letting me touch their chest without walking away from my hand. I guess I'm asking if I should separate them and put them in 2 different cages? Until the tameing and trust is developed, or is that just cruel.


Any and all words of wisdom welcome

[Hezz]

Please don't separate them, except for short times while you work on their training. The Sun is sounding more and more like a hen; they are naturally more suspicious than the males and not nearly so easily won over. Can't you arrange times when the dogs and cat are removed from the living space so that the birds have time to fly about and get some exercise? And please, don't clip their wings again once the new flight feathers have grown back in. Flying is about the only way our pets birds are able to get any exercise and budgies are most prone to fatty liver disease and obesity if they aren't able to exercise.

Your setup doesn't sound like the ideal situation for budgies, really. They do need to be in the thick of daily life, and I don't think a basement is a very good place for them. To have any chance of having them tame and staying that way they do need to be interacted with constantly.

Maybe the turtles would have been a better idea ...

[kellyh0622]

Jul 27, 2020 21:10:32 GMT Hezz said:

Please don't separate them, except for short times while you work on their training. The Sun is sounding more and more like a hen; they are naturally more suspicious than the males and not nearly so easily won over. Can't you arrange times when the dogs and cat are removed from the living space so that the birds have time to fly about and get some exercise? And please, don't clip their wings again once the new flight feathers have grown back in. Flying is about the only way our pets birds are able to get any exercise and budgies are most prone to fatty liver disease and obesity if they aren't able to exercise.

Your setup doesn't sound like the ideal situation for budgies, really. They do need to be in the thick of daily life, and I don't think a basement is a very good place for them. To have any chance of having them tame and staying that way they do need to be interacted with constantly.

Maybe the turtles would have been a better idea ...

I have been arranging time. They are still to scared to come out, but a work in progress.  When you say separate to train, this is after hand taming and fear of coming out of the cage are no longer an issue correct??  I will keep them in the living room, just gotta be careful its connected to the kitchen. But we only cook 1 meal in it usually.  What this deal with nonstick pans being toxic? Is it specific ones? I just read an article about it. The birds are on the other side of the room. 

Yes turtles would have been easier but I love my budgies and determined to do make it a great place for them

[ffiscool]

Look up PFOA and Teflon. In high heats.

It’s not all non stick. I changed to ceramic which clean very easily