Hi, I’m Viv and have a female budgie, (Lucy Lu) that crashed into my window last August and after extensive attempts to find the owner, without success, decided to give her a home even though I’ve never had a budgie in my life.
After a crash course in caring for her I’m glad to say she’s thriving.
In January this year I decided to get her a companion, a young male (Jojo).
I didn’t want them to mate and have been told that as long as there’s no nesting material this shouldn’t happen.
Jojo never stops chirping and head bobbing around her (I think he lurvs her! ) but Lucy doesn’t tolerate him and there’s always been a bit of tension there. She scolds him quite regularly, especially if he goes to feed, where she’ll hop over and try to knock him off the bowl even though there’s more than one bowl. Now Jojo is almost double her size so I’ve not been too bothered by these spats but I’m just wondering if they’ll eventually get on together or are they always just going to put up with each other?
When I went to pick Jojo up he was in a cage with another male and they were what I’d describe as kissing each other (so cute) and I was so looking forward to him and Lucy bonding but after 4 months together it’s looking unlikely. They do sleep together on the same perch so maybe there’s hope there. What does everyone think??
After a crash course in caring for her I’m glad to say she’s thriving.
In January this year I decided to get her a companion, a young male (Jojo).
I didn’t want them to mate and have been told that as long as there’s no nesting material this shouldn’t happen.
Jojo never stops chirping and head bobbing around her (I think he lurvs her! ) but Lucy doesn’t tolerate him and there’s always been a bit of tension there. She scolds him quite regularly, especially if he goes to feed, where she’ll hop over and try to knock him off the bowl even though there’s more than one bowl. Now Jojo is almost double her size so I’ve not been too bothered by these spats but I’m just wondering if they’ll eventually get on together or are they always just going to put up with each other?
When I went to pick Jojo up he was in a cage with another male and they were what I’d describe as kissing each other (so cute) and I was so looking forward to him and Lucy bonding but after 4 months together it’s looking unlikely. They do sleep together on the same perch so maybe there’s hope there. What does everyone think??
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