atvchick95
09-14-2008, 04:11 PM
Singing
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Singing - Male budgies are the singers. Some love to sing more than others. Sometimes they sing to themselves. Often they sing for their cage-mates. Young budgies can learn singing skills from older, more experienced singers. Singing is a form of entertainment, play, and interaction among budgies. Budgies create their own unique songs full of trills, tweets, screeches, and croaks. Some even incorporate other sounds into their songs. One of my budgies dings his bell as part of some of his songs. Head bobbing and eye dilating are also part of singing. Male budgies will sing to other male budgies as a way of showing off. They will sing to female budgies as a form of courtship.
Mutual Preening
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Mutual Preening - Budgies can't preen their own head and cheek feathers. A lucky budgie has someone who will do this for him. Mutual preening occurs between bonded pairs as well as between good budgie buddies. If you have only one budgie as a pet and you have a good relationship with him, he may enjoy a good head scratch from you. If your budgie wants you to "preen" him, he'll poof up the feathers on his head and cheeks and turn his head as you scratch him. You know a budgie is really enjoying his head scratch when he closes his eyes.
Bonding
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Bonding - If you keep male and female budgies together, you may notice some of them pairing off. In bonding, a male budgie will sing to his mate and bob his head at her, as well as feed her regurgitated food. A male and female budgie will touch beaks often, as well as preen each other's head and cheek feathers. If you have multiple budgies in one cage, especially in a flight, you'll notice the bonded pairs will often stick together.
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http://www.budgieplace.com/b_sing1.jpg
Singing - Male budgies are the singers. Some love to sing more than others. Sometimes they sing to themselves. Often they sing for their cage-mates. Young budgies can learn singing skills from older, more experienced singers. Singing is a form of entertainment, play, and interaction among budgies. Budgies create their own unique songs full of trills, tweets, screeches, and croaks. Some even incorporate other sounds into their songs. One of my budgies dings his bell as part of some of his songs. Head bobbing and eye dilating are also part of singing. Male budgies will sing to other male budgies as a way of showing off. They will sing to female budgies as a form of courtship.
Mutual Preening
http://www.budgieplace.com/b_mpreen1.jpg
Mutual Preening - Budgies can't preen their own head and cheek feathers. A lucky budgie has someone who will do this for him. Mutual preening occurs between bonded pairs as well as between good budgie buddies. If you have only one budgie as a pet and you have a good relationship with him, he may enjoy a good head scratch from you. If your budgie wants you to "preen" him, he'll poof up the feathers on his head and cheeks and turn his head as you scratch him. You know a budgie is really enjoying his head scratch when he closes his eyes.
Bonding
http://www.budgieplace.com/b_bonding1.jpghttp://www.budgieplace.com/b_bonding2.jpg
Bonding - If you keep male and female budgies together, you may notice some of them pairing off. In bonding, a male budgie will sing to his mate and bob his head at her, as well as feed her regurgitated food. A male and female budgie will touch beaks often, as well as preen each other's head and cheek feathers. If you have multiple budgies in one cage, especially in a flight, you'll notice the bonded pairs will often stick together.
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