Aavogaro
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- Jan 3, 2020
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Fish & Blue - the budgie brat pack
Snoopy - lovable M whitefaced cockatiel
(Pending adoption) Paco - 25yo CAG
Hey my feather-knowledge friends. Itās been a little bit. Fish the budgie and Snoopy the tiel are doing great. But hereās my quandary. Ever since I bought Fish I have read how budgies really are happiest in at least a pair. I kind of thought once Snoopy came home and they were in their shared/divided flight cages that Fish would feel happy and like he had a flock-mate. He indeed was somewhat happier when Snoopy arrived and basically just wants to be near Snoopy. Snoopy is tolerant but independent and I can tell itās leaving Fish unfulfilled. The tome he spends in his cage is very uneventful. Itās not playful or exploratory except for perhaps 30 minutes a day. When they are on the tree stand together Fish finally gives up and goes to his own spot and sits after Snoopy beaks at him a few times. I know budgies are loving, playful, energetic little creatures and I think Fish is missing out on the companionship to make him feel whole (lol, so perhaps that might be a little dramatic?!?!)
So long story short, I have never stopped thinking about the possibility of getting a second budgie and every day more and more I feel like itās the right thing to do for Fish. I know itās only been a few weeks but I also know that window of opportunity for the increased likelihood of the 2 budgies getting along well because they are still young and have both recently been housed with other budgies, gets smaller every day.
I do understand that no matter the circumstances or timing that they may not get along enough to live in a cage together (although it is certainly my hope they will) but if not itās ok as I have a very large spare cage that can be use to house them separately if need be. In fact I could move Snoopy into the spare cage and let the budgies be in the connected but separate flight cages to at least be almost together.
So hereās my dilemma......the damn internet. I have read almost nothing but ābudgies need a friendā ābudgies are happiest when with another budgieā āa single budgie is a lonely budgieā and now that I am actually considering getting a second, I am reading nothing but terror stories of them hating each other, killing each other, I should only keep one budgie, etc. so needless to say I am
confused on what the best thing to do for Fish is.
Hereās the facts Iām working with:
1. I would love a second budgie and found one today that seems to have a ton of potential. (see his adorable pics below)
2. I have the time, space, extra cage, and money to care for a second budgie. While I would REALLY hope they would be able to eventually get along and cohabitate, I could live with the 20+ year commitment if they didnāt. Although I would feel like Fish is missing out on a piece of happiness.
3. Everything I have seen in the way Fish approaches and interacts with Snoopy tells me he is currently a good candidate for a BFF.
4. Both budgies are fairly young (Fish is about 5-6 months and the other one is a little older. (Positives-they are young and more malleable, they have both recently been housed with other birds with no issues) (negative-neither has gone through puberty yet.....that I know of......is that a problem?)
Would love your thoughts and opinions based on your knowledge and own experience. And I leave you with pics of the potential new family member as well as Snoopy and Fishās latest attempt at being āfriendsā
So long story short, I have never stopped thinking about the possibility of getting a second budgie and every day more and more I feel like itās the right thing to do for Fish. I know itās only been a few weeks but I also know that window of opportunity for the increased likelihood of the 2 budgies getting along well because they are still young and have both recently been housed with other budgies, gets smaller every day.
I do understand that no matter the circumstances or timing that they may not get along enough to live in a cage together (although it is certainly my hope they will) but if not itās ok as I have a very large spare cage that can be use to house them separately if need be. In fact I could move Snoopy into the spare cage and let the budgies be in the connected but separate flight cages to at least be almost together.
So hereās my dilemma......the damn internet. I have read almost nothing but ābudgies need a friendā ābudgies are happiest when with another budgieā āa single budgie is a lonely budgieā and now that I am actually considering getting a second, I am reading nothing but terror stories of them hating each other, killing each other, I should only keep one budgie, etc. so needless to say I am
confused on what the best thing to do for Fish is.
Hereās the facts Iām working with:
1. I would love a second budgie and found one today that seems to have a ton of potential. (see his adorable pics below)
2. I have the time, space, extra cage, and money to care for a second budgie. While I would REALLY hope they would be able to eventually get along and cohabitate, I could live with the 20+ year commitment if they didnāt. Although I would feel like Fish is missing out on a piece of happiness.
3. Everything I have seen in the way Fish approaches and interacts with Snoopy tells me he is currently a good candidate for a BFF.
4. Both budgies are fairly young (Fish is about 5-6 months and the other one is a little older. (Positives-they are young and more malleable, they have both recently been housed with other birds with no issues) (negative-neither has gone through puberty yet.....that I know of......is that a problem?)
Would love your thoughts and opinions based on your knowledge and own experience. And I leave you with pics of the potential new family member as well as Snoopy and Fishās latest attempt at being āfriendsā
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