Joey is talking

I have had a male budgie for 9 months and he is very tame and talking. However, I am a little hard of hearing and his vocalization are low most of the time. Do budgies talk louder with age or is there a microphone I could put near him. Thanks

I've not ever heard of putting any type of "microphone" near a bird so that you could hear them better, lol, it's usually the opposite problem where the bird is way too loud and the owner wants to quiet them down...But I suppose if you wanted to you could rig a microphone next to his cage, lol...

As far as them getting louder with age, I've not ever noticed that in 32 years of owning Budgies. My first Budgie was a male and he was absolutely the best talker of any of them that I've ever owned, most-likely because he was an only-Budgie and had only myself and my mom to listen to, instead of other birds. He was a great talker, in-fact, male Budgies are one of the best talking parrots overall, with the World Record for the bird who says the most words being Disco, a male green-pied Budgie. So I'm not surprised that your guy is talking at 9 months old.

Budgies are small birds, and while they can be extremely loud when they are singing/whistling/squawking etc., they probably aren't the loudest when it comes to them actually "talking" in human words. Again, I've not ever noticed them to be too quiet to hear speak, but definitely quieter than say my Green Cheek Conure or my Senegal Parrot, and certainly a lot quieter than my mom's African Grey. I don't think that they get "louder" as they get older, but rather that they learn more and more words, phrases, and sounds as they get older. So I wouldn't think that he's going to get much louder than he is at 9 months-old, as he's not going to get much larger in size than he is now, maybe a bit, but at 9 months-old an American Budgie is just about fully-grown as far as their overall body-size. But he will most-likely keep learning more and more words as he gets older...

Thanks Ellen. I have seen video of Disco-amazing

Mine gave gotten louder lol in order for them to hear each other over the quakers I guess! I find the budgies vocalizations quite pleasing, sorry you can't hear em

as you probably know I have a quaker also-both birds in the same room. However, Vinny the quaker does not like Joey the budgie and bit him on the foot. Drew blood , and sore for a few days but ok now. Now I do not let them out at the same time.

Awesome, my first ever bird was a budgie that we also called joey. Hi vocabulary was very limited to 'joey joey' but he was so adorable and again never left my side, he was quiet when speaking too. I was 8 then and he lived quite some years, at least 10!

bigfellasdad said:

Awesome, my first ever bird was a budgie that we also called joey. Hi vocabulary was very limited to 'joey joey' but he was so adorable and again never left my side, he was quiet when speaking too. I was 8 then and he lived quite some years, at least 10!

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The record for an American Budgie is 29 years; my first Budgie lived just shy of 19 years...Anymore, with a healthy diet and exercise out of the cage every day, their average lifespan should be around 15 years+.

EllenD said:

bigfellasdad said:

Awesome, my first ever bird was a budgie that we also called joey. Hi vocabulary was very limited to 'joey joey' but he was so adorable and again never left my side, he was quiet when speaking too. I was 8 then and he lived quite some years, at least 10!

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The record for an American Budgie is 29 years; my first Budgie lived just shy of 19 years...Anymore, with a healthy diet and exercise out of the cage every day, their average lifespan should be around 15 years+.

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Ill ask my mother how old he was when he passed, im just guessing really, im 51 now so it was a long time ago! We knew nothing in them days and his diet was trill bird seed and millet, nothing else. We knew no better then, and there wasnt an internet in them days

Our first budgie was also Joey and he lived 12 years. The current Joey also sasy "Joey-Joey" Thanks

This makes me want a budgie named Joey. I'm starting to feel like Gail who always wants every bird ever but is ensconced in her one-bird home! LOL

Joey the budgie in his favorite tree