Comments for Budgie Aggressive Behaviour

Prajanya, 3 February 2019

My budgie Chintu is usually joyful and often flies and flutters around me. I decided to bath her. But.. she was very angry since her bath. Maybe she didn't like it and now she won't even turn to answer my call. When I take my hand closer to her, she bites me hardly. I've tried giving her favorite Coriander leaves and played some Budgie songs, but in vain.

Havyn, 31 January 2019

Hi I have a 5 month old male budgie named Quiz and we recently bought a second male budgie Boo. They seemed to get along fine but my first budgie loved humans and i think he would rather be with humans than the new bird. We have tried to hand tame the younger bird but he wont have it. He is ok sittng on your inger but as soon as he sees the older bird he flyes and screetches trying to get to him. We have tried to bond with the budgie alone but he just calls for the older pone. It seems the younger bird has a need to be right next to the older one all the time. Quiz tries to run away or attempts to climb up my shoulder but Boo always follows and appears to be pushing him off the edge of his perches. We don't know if we will ever be able to hand tame the new one or get him comfortable with humans as well as birds like we have done with Quiz. Can you give us some training advice/ We have tried hand feeding him but he still only wants to be near Quiz he doesn't;t trust us nearly enough as well want him too. We knew this was a risk when we bought one before the other, but he is still young enough to train and bond with. any advice?

Dawn, 30 January 2019

SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS ANY PET DEATH GETS TO ME I HAVE 1 COCK HE IS 14 WEEKS OLD I HAD HIM AT 8 WEEKS OLD HE WONT COME NEAR TO EITHER MYSELF OR MY HUSBAND HE JUST SITS ON THE SAME PERCH SOMETIMES HE SQUAWKS AND CHUNTERS TO HIMSELF BUT I GO IN HIS CAGE HE RUNS OFF OR FLY'S AWAY I REALLY THOUGHT THAT AFTER ALL THE READING I HAVE DONE HE WOULD COME ON FINGER AND BE A LOVELY PET I THINK HE MUST HAVE BEEN THE MOST MISERABLY BIRD IN THE CAGE I AM CONSIDERING GETTING HIM A COCK FRIEND ALSO HE WONT EAT ANY FRESH FOOD I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING I NOW DONT KNOW WHETHER TO GET HIM A FRIEND I WOULD BE DEVASTATED IF HE HAD A FRIEND AND IT DID NOT WORK OUT TAKE CARE

Milton, 12 January 2019

My male budgie keeps attacking my female budgie and they have been living together for over 1 year bottom the same time and there are another male and female that he does not attack

Deanna, 9 December 2018

Thank you for a clear and concise explanation on budgie aggression. Very sadly it came too late to save the life of my beloved three year old budgie Bluebell. B had developed a health issue which was being carefully managed through dietary advice from an Avian vet as she had become a bit weaker and her wings drooped a little. However she seemed happy enough with her sweet mate Joey who often cuddled up to her when they were alone in their own cage and she ate well. However I decided to transfer them both to a bigger cage temporarily with two other young budgies (a hen and cock). I soon discovered that Joey struck up a big friendship with the young cock bird. But the hen bird started to gently peck at Blue Bells head and did this continously. I thought she was grooming her nicely. But when I took Blue Bell out for time out of her cage with me I discovered she was suddenly weaker than ever and could no longer fly at all. I placed her gently back in tbe cage two hours later for feeding. Then 36 hours later I had the awful shock of finding her lying dead on the bottom of the cage. It then dawned on me that the actions of the other hen had not been benign and she had in fact been bullying Blue bell continuously. (Maybe preventing her from eating and drinking). The two birds already knew each other well -their cages side by side for months and they had been together in the big cage before with no problem. However I now fear the smaller hen sensed that Blue Bell was now weaker thru her heath problem and became a real target. After her death I examined her closely and discovered she was terriby dehydrated and even maybe starving despite plenty of fresh food and water receptacles in the cage and had a peck wound at the top of her head. I am just devastated and realised I should never have transferred her out of her cage even though it was broken near the roof and I was having issues cleaning it so used the other cage instead. I am very unhappy with the manner of Bluebells death. It's just galling and so cruel. I was monitoring her closely too. I would never have transferred her had I known she was at risk of attack. The two other birds were not an established pair so I cannot understand what went wrong. She must have been jealous of Blue bell, as she had a mate and she herself had failed to engage with the handusome young male bird. Any comments appreciated. Struggling to cope with her loss. She was my favourite and part of the original pair I got after decades of having no pets. Joey is coping fine however. So very sad as she was finger trained and so friendly. Unbearable almost. Thanks Deanna