Post by cmt5 on Dec 10, 2013 3:02:25 GMT
Hi, I have a question regarding our new budgie. We got our first two budgies in October. The first was a gift and the second a rescue. We decided to put the first two together and they have been really happy. We do interact with them and they are out of the cage many times a day, but they are clearly bonded to each other and don't do too much more than tolerate us. After reading many books about budgie raising because I was enjoying the first two so much, I started to think about getting a third bird that would be just a personal pet that I could work with on talking and would not be kept with the other two. I decided what would be my dream bird and we found a breeder two hours away who happened to have a hand raised chick in exactly the mutation I was looking for. My husband bought him for me as an early Christmas present.
He is a sky blue, violet factor, opaline, spangle English Budgie. He will be 7 weeks old tomorrow and was just weaned. He is completely tame since he was hand raised and fed. We've had him home for a day and he is truly a dream come true! So calm, sweet, and loves to be handled. There really is a big difference between temperament and of course, size, between American and English budgies. We have kept him separate from our other two, obviously because he needs to be quarantined, but also because I want to be able to interact with him more than we can with our other two. He does hear the other two and they are calling to each other. When he's out of his cage, he tries to fly over and explore the area where the other birds are. He came from a very large aviary and is used to lots of noise and lots of other birds.
My question is, is it cruel to let him hear the other birds? Since we want to keep him as a personal pet, should we keep him in a different area of the house? Or is it okay to have him within hearing and sometimes sight distance of the other birds? Could we possibly keep them separate for the next month or so while we are working with him and then keep his cage in the same area as the others?
Thanks in advance for any advice! I'm attaching a couple of pictures because he is so darn cute! The pictures don't show how violet he is because of the lighting, but he is a very deep periwinkle blue.
Carolyn
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He is a sky blue, violet factor, opaline, spangle English Budgie. He will be 7 weeks old tomorrow and was just weaned. He is completely tame since he was hand raised and fed. We've had him home for a day and he is truly a dream come true! So calm, sweet, and loves to be handled. There really is a big difference between temperament and of course, size, between American and English budgies. We have kept him separate from our other two, obviously because he needs to be quarantined, but also because I want to be able to interact with him more than we can with our other two. He does hear the other two and they are calling to each other. When he's out of his cage, he tries to fly over and explore the area where the other birds are. He came from a very large aviary and is used to lots of noise and lots of other birds.
My question is, is it cruel to let him hear the other birds? Since we want to keep him as a personal pet, should we keep him in a different area of the house? Or is it okay to have him within hearing and sometimes sight distance of the other birds? Could we possibly keep them separate for the next month or so while we are working with him and then keep his cage in the same area as the others?
Thanks in advance for any advice! I'm attaching a couple of pictures because he is so darn cute! The pictures don't show how violet he is because of the lighting, but he is a very deep periwinkle blue.
Carolyn
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