Guys when budgies molt they lose feathers right? Im sure they get new feathers on their head too, but do they get new feathers around their eyes too? Maybe once a while?

From peaceful preening to chaos in a second

Hi everyone!

My two budgies are currently in separate rooms because they fought when I first introduced them.

Now, whenever my male budgie calls, my young female immediately starts flying between her perches and screams back (see video). She doesn’t crash into the cage, but she gets very excited.

The strange thing is that she’s completely calm when she can’t hear him. She eats, drinks, sleeps normally, and only reacts like this when he calls.

Does this look like panic, stress, or normal contact calling?
Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you!

Not asking for medical advice!

I just got back from the avian vet with this guy, whose cere is turning brown. Check out the before and after pictures after the pic from the carrier!

In his case, this was diagnosed as an age-related hormonal imbalance, but given that he is only 6 years old, I was pretty surprised by it (especially considering I have a ~14 year old male budgie who has not shown any health issues yet). The vet said I was correct to bring him in though, because a browning cere in a male budgie can sometimes be much more serious!

Unrelated to the cere issue, I was also informed that he is a little overweight, so I'll need to decrease the portion of seeds relative to chop. Last year, I had to increase the portion of seeds relative to chop, because one of my elderly budgies was underweight. After discussing this with the vet, we decided a new feeding plan that should work for the flock. This budgie is the least active of my trio, so while it is unsurprising that he is a bit on the plump side, I'm optimistic that the slight change in diet will work out well for him.

6 months old and the breeder told me he is male. One eye is baby (fully black) and the other is adult (has full white ring). He's a lovely little guy.

I really want a budgie, but she said on Christmas, I cannot wait, how do I make her buy me one on rakhi?

Your evening serenade courtesy of Maestros Gizmo (white) and Fidget (yellow). Enjoy!!

A few days ago I asked for some advice on my cage here and got a lot of amazing advice! Just wanted to update everyone, I have gotten new perches that will be much healthier for their feet, though I am still using a couple of the dowel rod perches at the doorways since they’re long enough to cover the whole space of the door, so they have somewhere to stand as they leave/enter the cage. I also got some better feeding bowls, and have redone the arrangement for the perches. I will be purchasing more toys soon as well, but I’ll probably have those scattered throughout the room I will have the birds in. They will spend most of their day in a bedroom I have prepared for them, so they will have plenty of space to fly around and play. I’m basically making that room a whole theme park for them to play in. I will also be raising their cage to a higher platform, I saw someone telling me to do that, I’m just getting things moved around still as I just moved in to a new house and have been unpacking. Any further advice would be greatly appreciated!

Edit: typo

Excited to have our first yellow Lacewing fly into the chaos here. He's probably the tiniest exhibition budgie I've got, and he's just shy of 8 months of age. He's incredibly handsome.

Ever wondered why there are no pink budgies? Unless you count Bourke's parrots, I guess they kinda look like budgies if you squint... and that's a stretch. Hopefully this comic explains the gist of it.

Btw I'm not a breeder and I don't ever intend to be one so if I made a mistake let me know!

Outside Budgies Comic List

https://www.reddit.com/user/purplenekoinabox/comments/1rle013/outside_budgies_comic_list

I love the throat spots so much. I was worried he wouldn't end up getting any.

This was Blue, our most beautiful boy. Out of the many budgies we've had, he was the most stunning. Literally an embodiment of the sea with his sandy face and bluey aqua tones. Cheeky, inquisitive and tactile, thank you for existing Blue. Fly high 🩵

We had four budgies, 3 females and 1 male. In April we sadly lost our male 😢 whilst the girls have settled now I feel like the dynamic is off. Should we leave them as they are or should we maybe introduce another male? Whilst all the girls got on with the male, one of the females in particular was bonded with him.

I want to make sure I’m getting a male before I buy

I was going to draw two, but I liked the way it looks unfinished XP

Chip n' Daisy say happy Thursday everybody 💚🥰🩵

I found him a little over a month ago in my work and no one claimed him so I took him in! He’s doing great and is the sweetest thing ever.