Hello everyone! I just joined the community hoping to get some advice for my 9 month old male budgie(A). A is my first budgie and he’s been with me for about 6 months.
He seemed lonely, so 2 weeks ago I brought a new male budgie(B) home with me. A immediately got obsessed with B, and this obsession seems to be getting worse. Considering A’s age I think he’s showing hormonal behavior, but I’m confused since both of my budgies are male.
These are some of A’s behaviors towards B
-He follows(chases) B 24/7
-He makes loud excited noises
-He bobs his head in front of B(his eyes are pinning while he does so)
-After he eats something he regurgitates everything he has in his crop to B until nothing comes out
-He frequently preens B
-He tries to step on B or grab B(usually the tail)
I haven’t seen A try to bite or attack B. I read that driving another budgie from food/water can be a sign of aggression but A doesn’t do that either, he just watches B eat or drink right in front of him. B seems uncomfortable when A follows him around and I saw him try to bite A when A stepped on him(A did not fight back, he just bobbed his head and made excited noises...)
Before I brought B home A was kinda obsessed with me too. When I left his room he would scream his lungs off until I came back. He’s super tamed too.
Does anybody know why A’s behaving like this? What should I do to calm A down?
He seemed lonely, so 2 weeks ago I brought a new male budgie(B) home with me. A immediately got obsessed with B, and this obsession seems to be getting worse. Considering A’s age I think he’s showing hormonal behavior, but I’m confused since both of my budgies are male.
These are some of A’s behaviors towards B
-He follows(chases) B 24/7
-He makes loud excited noises
-He bobs his head in front of B(his eyes are pinning while he does so)
-After he eats something he regurgitates everything he has in his crop to B until nothing comes out
-He frequently preens B
-He tries to step on B or grab B(usually the tail)
I haven’t seen A try to bite or attack B. I read that driving another budgie from food/water can be a sign of aggression but A doesn’t do that either, he just watches B eat or drink right in front of him. B seems uncomfortable when A follows him around and I saw him try to bite A when A stepped on him(A did not fight back, he just bobbed his head and made excited noises...)
Before I brought B home A was kinda obsessed with me too. When I left his room he would scream his lungs off until I came back. He’s super tamed too.
Does anybody know why A’s behaving like this? What should I do to calm A down?