May 5, 2024 18:23:35 GMT
matt82
Brand New Budgie
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Post by matt82 on Jun 10, 2024 18:10:20 GMT
So tonight we have been playing cardtricksβ¦.
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Post by Azalea on Jun 11, 2024 14:03:37 GMT
I am glad you two are having such a great time with her!
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Jun 11, 2024 14:18:48 GMT
You must teach Hedwig Gin Rummy next.
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May 5, 2024 18:23:35 GMT
matt82
Brand New Budgie
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Post by matt82 on Jun 11, 2024 21:51:06 GMT
I am glad you two are having such a great time with her! Having such a blast! Hedwig is such alittle character always wants to be around us, coming up 6 weeks i think it is since we brought him home. Cannot believe the progress we have made in that time
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May 5, 2024 18:23:35 GMT
matt82
Brand New Budgie
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Post by matt82 on Jun 11, 2024 21:51:57 GMT
You must teach Hedwig Gin Rummy next. Haha i think Hedwig will be teaching me it at this rate
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Post by Azalea on Jun 12, 2024 0:12:10 GMT
I am glad you two are having such a great time with her! Having such a blast! Hedwig is such alittle character always wants to be around us, coming up 6 weeks i think it is since we brought him home. Cannot believe the progress we have made in that time Wonderful! Our eight Budgies (and three other birds, and three dogs) bring us so much joy. If you don't mind me asking, do you think you will get a second Budgie?
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May 5, 2024 18:23:35 GMT
matt82
Brand New Budgie
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Post by matt82 on Jun 12, 2024 17:35:40 GMT
Having such a blast! Hedwig is such alittle character always wants to be around us, coming up 6 weeks i think it is since we brought him home. Cannot believe the progress we have made in that time Wonderful! Our eight Budgies (and three other birds, and three dogs) bring us so much joy. If you don't mind me asking, do you think you will get a second Budgie? I am Seriously considering it, would they have to be in separate cages at first? Just wondering if not, how would training go with a new budgie
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Post by Hezz on Jun 13, 2024 0:55:10 GMT
You must teach Hedwig Gin Rummy next. Haha i think Hedwig will be teaching me it at this rate Gin Rummy budgie-style; that would be interesting! ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Post by Hezz on Jun 13, 2024 1:02:32 GMT
Regarding your question about a second budgie, for the safety and well-being of Hedwig, you should quarantine the new bird for four weeks before allowing the two to meet. This allows you to monitor your new bird for any health issues that you may not have noticed - changing environments can be very stressful for a bird and stress can allow underlying diseases to come to the fore while the bird is compromised. These four weeks are also a great time to start acquainting yourselves with each other and start the training/taming process. So, yes, two cages would be needed for a short time. Once quarantine is over you can then introduce them to each other outside the cages so they are in neutral territory, but it also allows one to move freely away from the other if one does become aggressive. It doesnβt happen a lot, but it can, and if it does there is usually a hen involved.
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Post by Azalea on Jun 13, 2024 2:15:20 GMT
I think it's good for birds to "act like a bird" with another bird sometimes. Or they can at least have a neighbor in the next cage (owners might separate Budgies that bicker excessively and wound each other). And they will have a cage mate/neighbor for company while the humans are not home.
Maybe it's not true that every bird needs another one around, but it always makes me feel better.
However, there are members of this forum who currently have one Budgie, and I respect that they have their reasons for not getting more.
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May 5, 2024 18:23:35 GMT
matt82
Brand New Budgie
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Post by matt82 on Jun 13, 2024 15:28:33 GMT
I think it's good for birds to "act like a bird" with another bird sometimes. Or they can at least have a neighbor in the next cage (owners might separate Budgies that bicker excessively and wound each other). And they will have a cage mate/neighbor for company while the humans are not home.
Maybe it's not true that every bird needs another one around, but it always makes me feel better.
However, there are members of this forum who currently have one Budgie, and I respect that they have their reasons for not getting more. Thank you for the advice, when quarantining would cages have to be in separate rooms or is the same room okay?
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Post by Loz on Jun 13, 2024 17:00:15 GMT
Thank you for the advice, when quarantining would cages have to be in separate rooms or is the same room okay? Sorry to bust in! Separate rooms would be best as at least one of your birbs would be out of the cage at times and would therefore be likely to land on the other's cage.
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Post by Azalea on Jun 13, 2024 17:20:05 GMT
Loz and Hezz explained quarantine well.
I've been told - not by anyone at this forum - that you should try and get your second bird within two, three months of the first, before the first one is too accustomed to having his/her own private cage. But I don't know if I believe that. Maybe someone else here can confirm or deny.
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Post by Loz on Jun 13, 2024 17:44:20 GMT
I'm with Azalea on this. There's no clock ticking here.
There are times when a particular budgie is territorial over "their" cage but it is uncommon, in my experience. As long as the cage is large enough and the food and other facilities sufficient, it's unlikely you'll have problems. Not impossible, but unlikely, assuming two boys.
Girls can more often be awkward but it's not inevitable. They can get along fine.
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May 5, 2024 18:23:35 GMT
matt82
Brand New Budgie
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Post by matt82 on Jun 13, 2024 18:31:21 GMT
I'm with Azalea on this. There's no clock ticking here. There are times when a particular budgie is territorial over "their" cage but it is uncommon, in my experience. As long as the cage is large enough and the food and other facilities sufficient, it's unlikely you'll have problems. Not impossible, but unlikely, assuming two boys. Girls can more often be awkward but it's not inevitable. They can get along fine. Thank you all for the brilliant advice, we are abit stuck for room here only have the one room downstairs and then living, i am In the process of turning our spare room back into a spare bedroom rather than a play room as my daughter doesnt use it so there is a possibility that could be a quarantine room, something to ponder on
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