Budgies

Alternate names: Budgie, Budgerigar, Parakeet

Care

Behaviors

Single budgies will be more talkative and playful, but you must interact with them frequently.

Groups of budgies will sing more frequently, but may never learn to speak any words.

Sometimes, budgies will throw food onto the ground. Some online resources say this is a common behavior in nature when food is plentiful, which leads to some of their food going on to grow to produce more food later. Instead of discouraging this behavior, try to feed your budgies less food in one sitting but more frequently.

Female budgies are reportedly less talkative than male budgies.

Do not provide a mirror to a single budgie for an extended period of time, as this can lead to bad behavior and your budgie becoming lonely and plucking its feathers.

If your bird is bored, they may begin plucking out their feathers. Look into getting them toys!

Cages

A wide cage is better than a long one; budgie flights are primarily

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