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Budgier
07-30-2008, 06:13 PM
We have Gaya in the HUGE cage setup (which I shall post!) with her five babies, Bijou and Louie. I had to remove her from Dad's cage because she kept laying eggs (which she was ignoring, thankfully!). I left her alone in her own cage for close to a month so that she could recoup and relax before putting her with the others.

In the meantime, I had tried putting Dad in the cage with the other birds (Gaya omitted), and he fought with EVERYONE. I left him there for a few days, thinking he'd mellow out, but he didn't so I figured it was because he was stressed about not having Gaya with him, so I removed him to his own cage again.

After I thought Gaya was ok (no more laying, healthy eating, etc), I put her with the others. She, unlike Dad, is as happy as a clam. She's been with them now for about a month, so I figured she had settled in nicely and it was time to try to introduce Dad to the flock, thinking he would be more relaxed and less aggressive since he has Gaya. WRONG. He is the same, attacking anyone that comes near him, constantly trying to h*mp Gaya... I love him to death, but he's a little nightmare bird hopped up on hormones! I thought maybe it was just birds being birds, trying to establish their boundries and social structures, but no. I removed him after only an hour since he was singling out Oi and chasing him incessently and quite violently and things were clearly not mellowing out.

My question is; WHAT SHOULD I DO?! I'm freaking out! I'm afraid to remove him from the bird room and try to tame him into an only bird because all he cares about is Gaya and I'm afraid of him doing what Poofy did after Duke passed away. Is he going to have to live in frustration for the rest of his poor life?

I know they have hormone shots for hens who won't stop laying eggs, does anyone know of the equivilant for males who won't stop trying to breed and fighting every other bird in the process? Does he need more time to adjust in there?

Sorry for the novel, I'm just at the end of my rope of ideas!

Pippin's mom
07-30-2008, 09:45 PM
Boy Karen that is a tough one! I'm sorry but I have zero experience with this kind of situation. I'm sure someone experienced will be along soon.:)

Kninekate@talkt
07-31-2008, 10:30 AM
Not an easy one.
If it's not a problem to have two cages, I might suggest Gaya and dad in a seperate cage, if you don't want more chicks do not provide a box and remove the eggs and replace with plastic ones.
But you shouldn't get any with out a box.
Then let the whole flock out to fly together for a few hours every day and see what progress they make over time. I would bet with tones more space they would get on much better.
Young birds are often a pest to older birds when stuck in the same cage. And if dad is trying to mate, he may be being protective of Gaya and their space.
Thankfully males tend not to do any harm.
Supplying more perches and toys might help but possible not for long.
I wouldn't recommend going down the hormone path as really the birds are being normal Budgies.
I hope you find a solution to suit your birds.

clifff123
07-31-2008, 10:32 AM
Having 8 females and 6 males, I have an idea what your talking about, the birds room is either a cute romance novel or fight day. Sky, a female goes after everyone and doesn't like anyone. She fights with them all. We had to put sky, Christmas and Dillon in a cage by themselves at night time or they would fight with the other budgie. Our budgies are out everyday from 9am to 9pm. It can be a good day or bad day for them all. We have solved some of the problem by adding toys, changing them around allot and leaving the cages open so they can get some private time away from the flock. We also have veggies, bathing dish and pellets on top of the cages along with all the toys to keep them busy. Then we have Jeffery who will constantly mate with anything, toys, curtain rods, ladders and tries to get all the hens. Things have changed some since we adopted precious as she took a liken to Jeffery and now Jeffery has a mate to feed and play with. Its a real circus in our birds room and we love every minute of it. I wish you luck with your problem and I think in order to correct your situation trial and error is the best way.