Diffrent birds in the same cage?

Question

I have one female cockatiel in her own cage and then 5 budgies in another (they are large cages/homes). I wanted to get a parrotlet but was wondering if it can go in the same cage as the budgies or not?

Answer 1

Usually not on rare occasion some can, but it depends on the type of bird. They might look ok, but if one gets mad out of the blue and the other one cant defend him self then You can end up going to a funeral.

Don't do it please

Answer 2

I have put different birds in the same cage with success as has my sister. We have larger birds with more aggressive natures. It is more a problem if one bird is more aggressive than another and size is not the deciding factor. I have a small white cape pionus that will do great damage to my bigger birds and so lives alone. I usually put the bird's cages next to each other and let them get used to each other. Aggressive nature will show. Also the new bird you are putting in will be coming into the other's territory and they definitely have a pecking order. They can do severe damage to each other so be very careful and you need to be there and be very vigilent when you first put them together and for a time there after. If they start fighting, use a magazine to separate them-with larger birds it saves your skin also. Be prepared with some stop bleed stuff from the pet store before you start. It's good to have around in an emergency anyway. LOL

Answer 3

It is possible to put different species in with each other if they're the same size but I agree with Baba Yaga, you're asking for trouble putting any larger parrot species in with the Budgies. Also, he mentioned grouping birds by their native continent and some months back I read an article on exactly that topic.

In 2005, Bird Talk magazine carried an article about beak injuries caused by aggressive birds to smaller birds and it is sickening to see a bird with its beak ripped off. Recently, my friend put a little Green Cheek Conure in a flight cage with a larger Conure and now that beautiful little bird is without her beak. It is truly heartbreaking.

Injury is only one possibility if the pairing goes bad. You may be sentencing a Budgie to death by putting a bigger bird in their cage. That's a high price for the Budgie to pay.

Answer 4

No. Parrotlets are very aggressive little birds; they are in fact tiny amazons. You should never put different species in the same cage, ESPECIALLY species from different continents. Some people are able to safely keep different species of avairy birds together in LARGE flight cages but the birds must be similar in size, general species characteristics including temperament and from the same geographic area (such as bourke's parrakeets together with scarlet-chested parrakeets, for example). Both of these species are very small and gentle keet species (belonging to the genus neophema) inhabiting fairly arid regions of Australia. They are very similar in many respects and so are more likely to peacefully co-exist in the same LARGE AND ROOMY flight cage.

Answer 5

species should be kept to their own cage. If you think about it, aren't we trying to recreate nature for our pets? You useually don't see birds of different species in closed spaces together. Birds of a feather flock toghether.

Extreme damage could be done out of sheer stress from one little paroptlet being kept with a flock of budgies. Not to mention physical damage if they gang up on the intruder.

Answer 6

Absolutely not! I have seen some VERY serious damage done to parakeets from this exact sort of situation! It would need it's own cage.