wierd behavior

[miss_missy]

i finally seperate the female and the male.... they have been seperated for two days, and the male is going crazy,,, the girls cage is on the right of him and he is scratching the right side of the bottem of his cage flipping all over the place.. up seid down trying to get out cherping to her. is he wanting to breed. or what??

[Bea]

He's becoming stressed because of the separation. I may have missed or forgotten something but why are they separated?

[miss_missy]

they are seperated because they fight... the girl is not use to him and fights with them so i had to seperate them... plus i want tot teach them how to talk and ect.

[Bea]

Oh ok, well maybe for a while you should have them in totally different parts of the house so they can't see each other? That should reduce stress.

[miss_missy]

thanks i will try to do that and see how he reacts to it.

[Amy]

Are you sure they are male and female?

[miss_missy]

the pet owner said yes, definatly... the boy wants in the cage with the girl bad. but when i finally put him in there with her she doesnt like it.. so i put him back in his cage....

[Bea]

How large is the cage they were sharing? Are they fighting seriously or just bickering a little?

[miss_missy]

just bickering alittle. but i also read that if they are in seperaste cages that they are easier to tame. I really want to be able to hold my little cute birds..

[Bea]

Go to www.budgietalk.com
It's a website by a member from another forum i go on and it has a great method for taming budgies. :)

[Amy]

Hmm well my budgies bicker a lilttle if its not serious then don't separate them, maybe they just need a little more time to get used to each other.

[miss_missy]

i went 2 the web site and i got most of it.. and im going to try it but i need help... i dont understand what she did in the bathroom. did she just catch him with a rag and put him on the sink and leave him with her arm out i just didnt get it?:S

[Bea]

That's basically what she did, i believe she also played the blinking game with them. This is when you shut your eyes for about 20secs and then open them and keep doing this....this is comforting to the budgies because predators stare so by blinking you are showing that you're not a threat.

[miss_missy]

ok i will give it a try

[h-lovesbudgies]

If they are just bickering and not causing injury then that is not a reason to separate them. Sometimes females look like they are beating up their male companions but that is just how they interact sometimes.

As for the taming it can be done with them in the same cage but it may not be as easy. If keeping them separate continues to stress them then I would just keep them in the same cage and just put extra effort into taming them.

[Saffron]

My budgies bicker and chase each other around sometimes but they have not hurt one another and they are both females. You could try some supervised play time together (even better if they are allowed out for play time) and then separate cages for sleep and when you cannot be around. If the cage is a bit small then the outside time may help them find more space. Good luck