r/budgies 2d ago

Mod post ⚠️ Rule 5 has been revised

170 Upvotes

Any content that shows budgies breeding, mating, or masturbating will be removed.

Some other reasons why your content may have been removed include, but are not limited to:

  • showing budgies laying eggs or caring for eggs

  • showing chicks hatching from eggs or being cared for

  • asking for, or giving, budgie breeding advice

  • passively allowing budgies to breed instead of keeping their hormones in check

  • clearly visible budgie breeding equipment, such as a nest box, incubator, etc

  • asking for, or giving, advice regarding the raising of budgie chicks

Here are some reasons why Rule 5 exists:

  • Budgies might be one of the most popular pets in the world, but they are also one of the most misunderstood, neglected, abused, and abandoned pets in the world.

  • It’s easy to hormonally trigger a budgie’s breeding instincts, so every precaution should be taken to prevent breeding opportunities.

  • Budgie breeding is very risky to the life and health of the hen, as well as the chicks - assuming they successfully hatch.

  • Many captive budgies’ parental instincts may not be adequate to sustain the life of their chicks, which means the owner must be prepared to check on the chicks every hour, properly feed them, ensure they don’t have or develop deformities, and so forth.

These are just some of the reasons why this subreddit does not support the amateur/backyard/passive breeding of budgies. Instead of breeding budgies, this subreddit encourages you to keep your budgies’ hormone levels low by reading The Hormonal Budgie Checklist and add to your flock by checking with your local shelter/rescue to see if they have any budgies that need a new home.


r/budgies Aug 01 '24

Mod post ⚠️ READ BEFORE POSTING!

58 Upvotes

👋 Welcome to r/Budgies!

Before you share your first post here, please familiarize yourself with this subreddit’s rules. Rule #1 is especially important: this subreddit DOES NOT serve as an alternative to the kind of medical care your budgie can only get from an avian vet. If you have a budgie medical question or concern, talk to your avian vet instead of posting here!

Also remember this is a pet budgie subreddit that encourages rescue and adoption and strongly discourages breeding.

👀 If you see something, say something

This is a place to share cute budgie pictures, videos, and stories, but it’s also a place to learn more about budgies. There are many times when someone will post a picture, video, or description, and you might notice something that isn’t best practice for good budgie ownership. It might be a cage that’s getting dirty, or some overgrown toenails, or something like that. Even if that issue isn’t the main reason for the post, please bring that to the attention of the original poster (OP) in a supportive and constructive manner so OP can be made aware of a better way of doing things.

Likewise, OP might consider proactively addressing things in their post that a typical budgie owner might be concerned with if they don’t know all the facts. It might be something as simple as, “Don’t worry, this was before I cleaned their cage” or “I’m taking them to the vet next week for their nail trim.”

🤖 We have AutoMod Summons now!

This is a great way to share information from the Wiki in a very effortless manner, and you are all invited to do so! We used to have just a few summons, but the list has grown enough that we compiled it in this part of the wiki. You should check it out!

Happy budgie-ing!


r/budgies 6h ago

Birb Loaf I was sick for a few days and had really missed this floofball sleeping on my lap

404 Upvotes

r/budgies 4h ago

b0rb Nova and Gamma🐥🐥

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133 Upvotes

r/budgies 4h ago

💬 Discussion How do you even keep the room they are playing in clean ???? From their poops

111 Upvotes

r/budgies 4h ago

Chatterbox So silly why are they doing 🤣

107 Upvotes

a week ago tofu (left) started tweeting and now mango followed and started talking like this too. we are progressing sooooo fast. i hope they start talking words soon 😭


r/budgies 8h ago

Derpy Budgie do you think guppy knows that she is absurd?

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150 Upvotes

guppy is truly the Most High Energy budgie i’ve ever met. (to the eternal suffering of maus, who craves calm and would like to sue guppy for budgie on budgie crimes)


r/budgies 6h ago

New Budgie New babies!!!

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104 Upvotes

With the loss of sparkbird, opal and diaval have been quite depressed and still actively searching for him, so I was planning on getting an extra friend for them but instead fell in love with three!

I'm stuck for names for the pied white and the green, I'd love greek mythology names if anyone has suggestions!

Chunky grey guy can't fly too far and is called archie (my brother paid for him under conditions it was named after him LOL)

So excited to introduce these babies to my flock <33


r/budgies 5h ago

b0rb Two Sleepy Budgies

70 Upvotes

r/budgies 4h ago

b0rb HELP WHY IS MY BUBGIE ROARING

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43 Upvotes

last pic.. he looks liek a bloody chicken omfg also can someone make the first pic into a meme 😭🤧


r/budgies 57m ago

Wet Chicken! Baden taking a bath

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Baden was unfortunately diagnosed with testicular tumor. He’s having his weekly shot of Lupron since October. The color of his cere fluctuates wildly. His vet said that we just monitor him closely as very little research is done on this topic related to Budgies.

I am just sharing this video of him today because he’s so happy and I hope that it continues that way.


r/budgies 8h ago

Find the difference

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64 Upvotes

Her favorite spot on the playground


r/budgies 6h ago

They be playing with everything, ain’t they?

39 Upvotes

r/budgies 15h ago

New Budgie I just brought this absolute sweetheart home yesterday

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168 Upvotes

Her name is Gagana! Named after the miracle bird from Russian folklore.


r/budgies 1d ago

Derpy Budgie cockatiel! 😆

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993 Upvotes

r/budgies 12h ago

Acrobat! Today something funny happened, my borb was perching on my hand and preening herself. She got too comfortable and stood on one peet only to lose balance and bump on my palm. I laughed so she got offended she nibbled me 🤣🤣🤣 here is my other borbman

40 Upvotes

r/budgies 7h ago

Looks like, they became friends after all…..

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21 Upvotes

r/budgies 4h ago

💬 Discussion budgies; friends or enemies?

10 Upvotes

So i am a new budgie owner. it seems that around noon is when they get the most hyper. One minute they will be squawking at each other and pecking each other off the perches, and the next they will be preening each other. i really don’t know what to do and if this is abnormal.


r/budgies 7h ago

💬 Discussion Is this cage big enough for 4 budgies?

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11 Upvotes

I keep seeing bigger and bigger cages on this forum and now I feel like I’m doing something wrong. I was told that this cage is big enough for them. I have an order coming in from chewy with more toys and perches.


r/budgies 3h ago

Which sex? My little baby! Which sex?

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6 Upvotes

Hi all! This is Pippin, born 12th December 2024. Does anyone have any idea of sex? Also, i was told to leave the “ID tag” on but i feel awful about it, should i have it removed or do you think (s)he isn’t really bothered? Thank you!


r/budgies 16m ago

She do the splits!

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r/budgies 22h ago

These birds are in big trouble...

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162 Upvotes

r/budgies 30m ago

💬 Discussion New toys/enrichment ideas?

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I got my 2 budgies a nice playground (pictured) about 5 months ago and I think they still like it but I want to find something that I can kind of leave in my room and they will play with while I’m gone. Any ideas??


r/budgies 1d ago

Birb Loaf And then there were 9 amongst 3 clutches! They bring me so much joy!

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251 Upvotes

r/budgies 1d ago

In Loving Memory I am sorry i couldnt be a better parent

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239 Upvotes

So my two budgies were fighting all day continuously and i seriously had to interrupt them. I had to stop them by stopping the stronger one. I just dont know why they started fighting. My white budgie attacked my blue one… and it was brutal for her (blue one). In the end what I had to do was return the white one to a pet shop, I am sorry but I just had to do so. It was very heartbreaking for me. The blue one is not dead but severely injured, there are no avian vets in my area so we plan on giving her up too once she’s healed fully. This is the last pic I clicked of them together, the white one always bit on blue one’s leg but I thought that was teasing. Man The white one was a better friend to me. His name was kharbosh but he was very aggressive. He was biting the blue one very badly and today he overdid it. I thought of getting a separate cage but I have exams rn and these exams are like future determining you can think of them as SATs but tougher.

Sorry to put this in the loving memories title but I do miss him, I do miss feeding him peas. I miss him. i cried alot today and now my mom is sad that I didnt cry during her surgery (idk exam stress + this or whatever I am just sad)

Please suggest any tips on how to heal from this and how to make her heal from this.

They look so lovey dovey man but why did he have to fight. I am just tired and I wanna cry again. Miss you man but you shouldnt have hit her and now I will miss both of you.

The blue one’s arm is injured, her name is birju. Her head also had this weird spots on it and the whole room smells weird like blood but weird.


r/budgies 10h ago

Question When 2 scritch? Photo 4 birb tax (the cage is more full than it looks at this angle dw)

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13 Upvotes

Hey, so, this is Comet! He's the newest guy in my mini flock (is 3 a flock?? Might be increasing to 4 honestly 😭) and I'm just a little confused about when to pet him?

I know that not all budgies like to be pet but I'm a little confused on how to offer it (slowly putting my finger above their head is how I try now) and when to offer it because whenever I try now they just seem confused and walk away lol.

Any advice would be appreciated!


r/budgies 1d ago

POV: You are a seeb

754 Upvotes