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Post by blueelephant on May 23, 2021 18:35:57 GMT
Hi, welcome to the forum!
Budgies do like to squabble so it might well be normal. Can you describe the fighting a bit more? Cross squwarks and beaks bashing each other is their way of deciding who is boss and is fairly normal. Rolling on the floor on top of one another is bad fighting and you definitely need to intervene.
Also are you able to post a photo of your large cage set up? People might be able to suggest whether there is anything that might lead to fighting which you could change. 5 budgies is quite a lot, so you definitely need a big cage for them to be able to have enough space to get along.
I only have 2 birds, 2 seed bowls, in an enormous cage and we still have a lot of cross shouting at one another! There are lots of forum members with 5 or more birds like you so I am sure they will be able to offer advice.
Definitely don't give up on them all getting along just yet!
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Post by blueelephant on May 23, 2021 18:38:45 GMT
Also do you know whether the birds are male or female as this might also help people offer advice? I have no experience of hens but I understand they can be quite bossy.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2021 19:03:16 GMT
Hi, welcome to the forum! Budgies do like to squabble so it might well be normal. Can you describe the fighting a bit more? Cross squwarks and beaks bashing each other is their way of deciding who is boss and is fairly normal. Rolling on the floor on top of one another is bad fighting and you definitely need to intervene. Also are you able to post a photo of your large cage set up? People might be able to suggest whether there is anything that might lead to fighting which you could change. 5 budgies is quite a lot, so you definitely need a big cage for them to be able to have enough space to get along. I only have 2 birds, 2 seed bowls, in an enormous cage and we still have a lot of cross shouting at one another! There are lots of forum members with 5 or more birds like you so I am sure they will be able to offer advice. Definitely don't give up on them all getting along just yet! Hello Thanks for replying. I'm trying to upload pictures of my birds and the cage but it opens a page that says "This website is not accessible. The site you are trying to access contains content that is prohibited for viewership from within Pakistan". Idk what to do, but yeah they're not fighting badly like they're not on top of eo they're just beak bashing especially my female budgies (they're two). They even sleep together sometimes on the same perch but start fighting when it's time to eat π€·π»ββοΈ
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Post by blueelephant on May 23, 2021 19:20:01 GMT
I will let some of the more experienced members who have knowledge of hens and multiple budgies offer their advice as they will know more than me!
My two often sit close to one another, one inside the cage, one on top of it. I am sure that's because they like to be near to each other but want to avoid being bashed by the other one! Seed pots are definitely a point of conflict. I started with two next to each other but had to change to two in opposite corners of the cage or they just got cross with each other.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2021 13:04:41 GMT
I will let some of the more experienced members who have knowledge of hens and multiple budgies offer their advice as they will know more than me! My two often sit close to one another, one inside the cage, one on top of it. I am sure that's because they like to be near to each other but want to avoid being bashed by the other one! Seed pots are definitely a point of conflict. I started with two next to each other but had to change to two in opposite corners of the cage or they just got cross with each other. Ok, thank you so much βΊοΈ
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Post by mona on May 24, 2021 13:11:39 GMT
You could take a video of them for fighting, upload it on youtube and add the link here. Link to image uploaded on any other free image hosting site accessible in your country should work well too..
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Post by mona on May 24, 2021 13:15:36 GMT
My mom has 5 budgies. We had a pair earlier and we got other two pairs later. One of them isn't with us now though. There had been conflict due to cage space, sleeping space, food, mineral block, shredding toys and practically everything. A lot of issues were resolved when upgrading the cage to a larger one.
We have multiple food bowls, multiple corners with similar shredding toys - they all want one though sometimes.. There is a fight among 2 male budgies over a female.. but never too serious.. we had both the cages near each other for sometime before letting them together.
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Post by mona on May 25, 2021 6:16:02 GMT
Female budgies have trouble staying together. They are territorial. One will try to dominate the other. Though 2 females are staying happily in my mom's flock, but one is really docile. I have seen one person keep 12 female budgies together, who are not siblings, but they get along well - however she keeps them out of cage with a lot of engagement and shredding space - practically the entire room full of natural shredding toys and new large tree branches every week. But still there is squabble for food or toys.
They also play with beak with one another. There's screaming and contact calls.. the calls are to just chat with one another, as I understand. Literal screaming is when they are arguing with one another or you. A little argument is okay.. they can settle out well on their own. If they are aggressive with their body language or chasing one another to fight, aren't letting other one eat or sleep, then I might be worried, otherwise I might let them settle it on their own. Keep more than food bowl, on opposite corners of the cage. If kept sideways, mine wants to eat from the bowl where my other one is eating. On opp corner, my other male birdie breezie can fly there to eat and doesn't grab her attention. Current setup was one food bowl on top of cage and one on the base.
If you think, they can hurt each other, You could keep the new and old birdies in separate cages side by side.. and let one flock be out on another's cage for sometime and then try to get them out together outside cage, to see if they get along well.
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