budgie and a conure?

not sure were else to post this really but im wondering if anyone has a budgie (or more than 1) and other parrots (conure in my case) and wondered if i could let them fly around the house together? they would not be in the same cage just when let out of thier cage

I don't allow my little guys out when Fred is out. The little guys get out in the morning, and Fred gets the afternoon. I think the risk is high if one of the little guys landed near Fred.

this would be in my main living room and my conure never out unless someone is there

my conure and hahns fly free with budgies and love bird and rosella and redrump! they seem to play on the various toys and not bother each other. if its just one budgie though i would keep a very close eye, smaller birds are instinctively nervous of larger ones x

Well, I don't necessarily think my situation is normal as my birds are all highly socialized not only to people but to each other, but I offer this picture to show how a couple of conures and a couple of budgies can be fast friends. When on a play top, it is not unusual for Sam (the GCC) and Merry (the 16 year old green Keet) to pair up and play or groom together. Gem (CBC) and Teechka (5 year old yellow budgie) aren't close in the same way, and Gem occasionally chases her off from some place Gem is busy in, but there is no aggression in it and no feathers ever fly. That said, this is done by relationship building... by deliberately spending many hours mixing and matching birds and rewarding friendliness and sharing and verbally discouraging and distracting aggression. The result is this, but we still are alert.

ok thanks for those pictures i will just have to get one and see if they get on and if not deal with it when it happens

QUARANTINE!!!

I don't like how you say you'll just 'go and get one'. Budgies are NOT just disposable. And what happens if it doesn't work out? Budgies can live up to 16 years or more with good care.

Agree with Ratzy in that quarantine is huge as you introduce new birds into the flock and that keets, whiles comparatively inexpensive, are just as worthy of time and attention and especially vulnerable due to lesser size. What you are considering CAN work but it takes serious intent and time to be certain that the birds have truly bonded across species. And even then you have to be alert. When Gem plays rough with Sam they are evenly matched and seem to recognize how much is enough. But if Gem played that rough with little Merry, plucky as. Merry is, the elderly keet could get hurt. And it could happen in the blink of an eye. That is why the general rule of thumb is "like size with like size " Good luck.

thanks for your concern but i didn't mean if they didnt get on i would get rid of it i have enough time for them both even if they dont like each other i know i could have said that though. and i also understand about a querintine had to do it for some of my over animals

Makes sense and hope it works out for you!

You know, it really just all depends on the individual birds and their personalities. For example, my CAG absolutely LOVES my Mother's Sun Conure, KiKi and she LOVES him too, preen each other the whole works, it's super cute, but, on the other hand, my CAG, Maui does NOT care for ANY of the other 5 Sun Conures OR the Budgies OR the Lovebirds OR the cockatiels or finches, LOL.. So, it just really depends on each and every single bird and their personalities. I believe that if they are in the same household with each other and are exposed to one another daily, they will at least tolerate one another, so you shouldn't have any HUGE issues, but you should always supervise them while out of their cages together, flying about, as Barb has said. Alot of times they may not LOVE each other, but, they will be respectful of each others space and not cause a raucous, if one invades the others space and it's upsetting to the bird, the bird will most definitely let the other one know that whatever he/she's doing isn't acceptable, which is why it's a good idea to keep them supervised, it's the "just in case" factor, because accidents can happen and sometimes it only takes a minute or less for an accident to turn fatal.

Good Luck to you!! I hope they get along beautifully, because it is really sweet when they do!!