I have had a male parakeet for 8 years now, and I recently got a new one last winter. I put them in their own cages because I thought after so long the male wouldn’t like having a new bird in his space. But I didn’t know that it was a girl! I thought it was taking a long time for the cere to change to blue, and when they finally got to interacting together yesterday, they started to ‘kiss’ each other and she put her tail up in the air and his pupils got really tiny! I tried to take him away but he hopped off of my finger back to her! Eventually he let me put him back in the cage. I can’t deal with any babies but I feel bad to separate them. I think they are bonded already now! I have never had more than one bird at a time. I would like to let them be together but I want to be pretty sure they won’t have babies. I read to not give or let them make a nest box….Had anyone had personal experience with this and what did you do? Also, I noticed that the female eats everything- the cuddle bone is almost gone in a few weeks, the grainy perch covers are eaten up, and she even eats the wood perch…I gave her the mineral block and she just pooped on it. Is there anything special I need to do for female parakeets? Thanks.
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i’ve had a male and female budgie for over a year. Who i feel are clearly bonded because they always feed each other, preen, and the male is always singing to the female. Lately they have been flying around the cage more and when i play budgie sounds ( don’t want to get more budgies to encourage them) the male sings and gets excited. The male has been rubbing his head and beak to his favorite perch and the female as been knawing on it. I’ve been feeding them enriched bird seed with vegies mixed in. As well as fresh fruits, vegies, and crushed egg and of course a cuttle bone. I have a nesting box lightly dusted with aspen shaving as well as some aspen shavings in a container by a perch to encourage the female to put it in the box. I also have some baby bird hand feeding formula just in case. They are in my bathroom where they get a lot of light and the lest amount of interaction from us, my cat, and dogs as they will ever be able to get. I did have to move them there so i don’t know it that will of caused them stress and made them not breed is so how long until they do? I’ve done EVERYTHING to get them to breed and i’ve been trying for a week now. I’m not sure if they are “in season” I tried to get some pics but i couldn’t figure out how to get them up. So the male’s cere is a deep deep blue, while the females cere is crusty and darkish brown with white around the nostrils. I know that when the females cere is deep brown they are ready to breed but my female is also albino so that might change how it looks.
So i need to know if they are ready to breed and if what i’m doing is correct to help them breed. If there is anything else i can do to encourage them to breed it would help SO much!
PLEASE NO nonsense answers i’ve gone all over the interent and i really need some info. I know that they will breed in their own time but i want it to be as soon as possible. Thanks to those who answer!
They get plenty of noise in the bathroom because they are right by a window and can hear the birds outside.
Her cere has had white by the nostrils for about a week what does this mean? It doesn’t seem to be getting whiter but her entire cere is darker than it was a few weeks ago. PLEASE HELP i need info!
Yes i’m positve they are male and female and i’ve had them for over a year the males stipes on his head are gone.
Yes i’m positve they are male and female and i’ve had them for over a year the males stipes on his head are gone. Sorry this is so long but there is a lot to it!
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Ok my Parakeets are 13 months old (1 year and a month.) My moms friend used to breed and sell them. she would also do shows and stuff. so i want to carry on her tradition so i got a male and a female parakeet from a local breeder.the female does have a whit/brown cere. the male has a blue/purple cere. i would like to breed them but i dont know what to do i have read alot about breeding them. i keep them by my window to see outside. the light is left on for about 12 hours. i talk to them. i feed them veggies. fruit. and seed. i have a nest box and a huge cage. and every one tells my bird are spoiled. what should i do to let them breed?
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i have a bird that is about 5 years old(the male) and the female that is likely about a year and a half-2 years old. her cere is a crusty brown and his is a purple-ish blue, but she is aggressive toward him in the sense that if he gets too close she will try to peck at him. he tries to preen her and feed her and has in the past but i’m not sure if their bonded. i took the mirror and toys out of their cage, put millet spray, and a nesting box with pine shavings in it in the cage, but she hasn’t gone in it yet and its been a few days so i don’t know if that’s a bad sign or not.. the male sings to her a lot and chirps constantly, the temperature is right, but i can’t get them to eat anything but the millet spray and mixed seeds.. i’m not sure what to do or how long it takes for them to be interested in mating???? what do i doo??
he looks to be still into breeding its just the female im worried about. ive read a lot on the subject and it says its their own personal choice to breed and i dont know if she wants to.. so should i put the toys back in? and the mirror he was in love with..
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Hi. I have 2 budgies I don’t really know how old hey are but I have read something about some gray lines behinds the eyes or something like that. (fuzz) has a purple pinkish cere and has grayish fearthers on the top of the head and behind the eyes. (snow) has a white cere with a purpleish color on the edges it has gray feathers around it’s eyes. One of the birds keeps coming in and out of the nest box what might it mean?
The female budgies cere is brown and crusty. I just wanna know should i be expecting eggs?
It’s less than four months old? It’s also got an all black eye rather than my brother’s lighter rim of his birds eye. I really want to breed my parakeets but when should I get a 2nd parakeet and where do I find a nest box and how do I tell whether it’s a boy or girl because it’s to young to look at it’s cere and it doesn’t have a tag on it’s leg?????
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