Hello Parrot forums,
I have 3 Budgies.
A.A Blue Female Budgie(5 years old)
B.A White Female Budgie(Around 1 years old)
C.A Green Male Budgie(Around 1 years old)
My blue budgie had a partner that died in 2018. As a result, a family member of mine bought two new budgies immediately after. I did not have any choice in the decision(nor was I there) , and it's not in my heart to return my pets to to pet stores, etc so I just dealt with it.
For the rest of 2018 and of 2019, they all tolerated/got along with each other. I even bought a much bigger cage in Early 2019 that could fit up to 4-5 budgies at the same time. Everything was okay for awhile
The problem? Around January, my male budgie started getting aggressive towards my blue budgie. To the point where he would try to pick after her or chase her, aggressively. However, he is attached to my white female budgie, to the point where you can pretty much consider them a "pair". Essentiallu, he now bullies the blue female budgie when all 3 of them are in the same cage. To the point where I've had to (temporarily?) separate them
The interesting things i've noticed are that
1. The white and blue female budgies tolerate each other. Although the blue female is aggressive towards the white one if she comes too close, they overall get along/stay out of each others way. Especially with the big cage that they are in.
2. The aggressive green male and blue female budgie ONLY get along if they are in the same cage/area only. Basically they only get along if the white female budgie isn't in the same cage.
Basically, if all three of them are in the same cage, my green budgie gets aggressive towards my blue budgie.
The Question
Is there any method I can partake in, to where they can possibly co exist in the same big cage again? Because it seems that when they aren't in the same cage, they all cry for each other. When they are in the same cage, the male gets aggressive. And overall, the work load of separating them/cleaning their cages/having them all fly has been increased dramatically
NOTES:
-The only other times the Green Budgie doesn't get aggressive is when it's very early morning(eating), or when I put them to bed.
- I've thought about getting another male budgie, but I'm not sure if it's a good idea. As my Blue Female Budgie has suffered from Chronic Egg Laying in the past. To the point where she had a prolapsed cloaca around June/July of 2019 and would have literally died if my Vet didn't help(he put it back up and used lupron on her, and she's been ok ever since)
I have 3 Budgies.
A.A Blue Female Budgie(5 years old)
B.A White Female Budgie(Around 1 years old)
C.A Green Male Budgie(Around 1 years old)
My blue budgie had a partner that died in 2018. As a result, a family member of mine bought two new budgies immediately after. I did not have any choice in the decision(nor was I there) , and it's not in my heart to return my pets to to pet stores, etc so I just dealt with it.
For the rest of 2018 and of 2019, they all tolerated/got along with each other. I even bought a much bigger cage in Early 2019 that could fit up to 4-5 budgies at the same time. Everything was okay for awhile
The problem? Around January, my male budgie started getting aggressive towards my blue budgie. To the point where he would try to pick after her or chase her, aggressively. However, he is attached to my white female budgie, to the point where you can pretty much consider them a "pair". Essentiallu, he now bullies the blue female budgie when all 3 of them are in the same cage. To the point where I've had to (temporarily?) separate them
The interesting things i've noticed are that
1. The white and blue female budgies tolerate each other. Although the blue female is aggressive towards the white one if she comes too close, they overall get along/stay out of each others way. Especially with the big cage that they are in.
2. The aggressive green male and blue female budgie ONLY get along if they are in the same cage/area only. Basically they only get along if the white female budgie isn't in the same cage.
Basically, if all three of them are in the same cage, my green budgie gets aggressive towards my blue budgie.
The Question
Is there any method I can partake in, to where they can possibly co exist in the same big cage again? Because it seems that when they aren't in the same cage, they all cry for each other. When they are in the same cage, the male gets aggressive. And overall, the work load of separating them/cleaning their cages/having them all fly has been increased dramatically
NOTES:
-The only other times the Green Budgie doesn't get aggressive is when it's very early morning(eating), or when I put them to bed.
- I've thought about getting another male budgie, but I'm not sure if it's a good idea. As my Blue Female Budgie has suffered from Chronic Egg Laying in the past. To the point where she had a prolapsed cloaca around June/July of 2019 and would have literally died if my Vet didn't help(he put it back up and used lupron on her, and she's been ok ever since)
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