My birdies’ weights!

reeb

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Berry (♀ Cockatiel) hatched June 2017
Opal (♂ Budgie) hatched 13 August 2017
Pearl (♀ Budgie) hatched 15 August 2017
+ an aviary of 16 other budgies! all hatched 2014-2017
Hey everyone, today I weighed my birds.
For those who don’t know, I have a cockatiel, and two show/English budgies.

From my research cockatiels usually weigh between 80g and 125g, Berry sits nicely in the middle. When I got her at 4 months, she was 78g, so it’s nice to see how much she has grown since October of 2017.
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Opal weighs less than Pearl. This does not concern me, as I have had show budgies ranging in weight from 40g to 60+g, and research online corroborates this. They are not related, so it may be a genetic predisposition.

I’ve also noticed that show budgies continue to grow until they are about 2 years old. My oldest show budgies, brothers Mango and Kiwi, weigh in the 60g bracket. They’re huge haha, but it took a long time for them to grow. They are both 3 years old now.

So yeah, Opal is 48g, Pearl is 56g.

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Just felt like sharing, because I love to keep track of their weights haha
 

GaleriaGila

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I, too, am a weighing nerd. I have been weighing the Rb for 25 years. Grand Mean = 234, Range = 228-242.
 

Scott

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Goffins: Gabby, Abby, Squeaky, Peanut, Popcorn / Citron: Alice / Eclectus: Angel /Timneh Grey: ET / Blue Fronted Amazon: Gonzo /

RIP Gandalf and Big Bird, you are missed.
Weighing is a great long-term practice to detect possible health issues. So nice to see they willingly stand on the scale!
 

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