Hello ! Thank you for that info!
As long as it's not bark with bugs and ml stuff under it from the woods. Do they sell bark on perches? Great idea if they do!
Bugs, fungus, mold and spores and other nasty things under the bark can't be good for them.
As long as he’s not chewing it I think the “cozy corner” thing is fine. JJ sleeps cuddled up next to a stuffed flamingo that I have zip tied to the bars of his cage and really seems to like it. He has another little plush duck ( its name is “Aflac” because JJ likes to say, “ Aflac, quack quack!” When he plays with it). He likes to “preen”both of these toys but never chews them.
Helll. Thanks for response .. he actually wasn’t until he was . Yesterday he actually bit a tiny piece off and chewed it and I freaked out I thought something would happen to him .. he was normal but I was scared so for sure I took out and threw away .. I think it’s too fuzzy ! But I wish there was something similar that he couldn’t chew but was soft and he could sleep next to .
Oh so adorable !! JJ is so cute ! Love the flamingo 🦩!! It’s nice when they have like a little thing that they sleep by .. I felt so bad taking his away but was too scared to leave it since he chewed tiny pieces ..
Oh ok thanks and it’s next to cage ?
A few feet away from the cage, just on low is usually good. It gets a little hot to the touch but not instantly burn yourself kind of hot. I would still supervise Cosmo around it if you think he might land on it when he’s out. I know someone else on this forum made a wire cage to put over the top to keep the bird from landing directly on it ( mine don’t). Other types of heaters are sometimes coated in toxic chemicals which is why this radiator type is considered safest.
I got JJ when he was already 15 plus years old and I don’t know much about his past. I was told that he was probably clipped at some point but he isn’t now. That being said, he doesn’t really fly, I think he maybe never really learned to because he was clipped. I have had budgies who did a little bit of crashing when they were first learning to fly! I would close the drapes so they couldn’t crash into windows when they were first learning and that helped! It sometimes took them a couple weeks to get good at flying.
When Rocky was a naked blind baby budgie she had no nestmates or parent birds to cuddle with so I gave her two small stuffed birds, a bluebird and a goldfinch, both a lot bigger than her, and I believe they gave her comfort while alone in the brooder. She slept cuddled up between them until she was weaned and she still plays with her "stuffies" but only when she's out of her cage. When she moved into her first real cage I put in one of those plush tent shaped "cuddle huts" and she slept inside or perched on top until I took it away from her at about six months old. I worried she would either chew it up and swallow the fuzz, somehow get trapped and injured, or begin compulsively laying eggs in it.
Thank God you discover his handiwork (beakiwoe
Once they figure out the limits of a room and what walls are they generally don't crash into them anymore. My budgies are now amazingly skilled flyers and swoop and turn so fast you almost don't see it.
In a situation like yours, some people, myself included, have their birds' wings trimmed slightly to prevent them from getting up enough speed to hurt themselves flying into walls, etc.
