I have 7 pairs in a community cage along with 3 pair rosies and 4 pair cockatails. The total area is about 9ftX5FtX7Ft. I would love for all of them to breed. The dont eat pulses or fruits/veggies.
2007-02-11 14:45:05 · 7 answers · asked by wealthyboot 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
you need lots of nest boxes for the birds. the boxes can be about 6"square and maybe 8" high. hang a bunch of these around the cage you have .
The cockatiels need a bigger nesting box.
It might be possible for you to split your aviary into sections while the budgies are breeding.
The best way to breed them is in a seperate cage for each pair .
But the cage needs to be cleaned often. This keeps them from figting over nesting spots .
2007-02-12 12:22:16 · answer #1 · answered by mark 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They will not breed in this enviroment. Budgies have favorite nest boxes so they will throw out eggs of other budgies and cockatails do not like the other birds so if you can remove the breeding pairs to a smaller cage. The parents want to have more babies so they quit feeding at around 1 week so pull the babies and hand feed them they will be nicer anyway.
2007-02-11 14:51:36 · answer #2 · answered by ~Chica~ 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The budgie always want the nest-box that the other pair has so I put a pair in a cage with a nest-box in or on the side of the cage so the budgies won't get scared and the other birds won't annoy them. And half cover them with a towel or a cloth.
2007-02-12 07:51:55 · answer #3 · answered by Silly-Junos 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
before everything it might desire to have been a number of components: have you ever been giving it sparkling nutrition on a regular basis and its sparkling nutrition on a regular basis? have you ever been cleansing its cage a minimum of as quickly as a week? additionally that's that the Budgie replace into very youthful to be seperated from its mum and dad and it won't be ingesting appropriate. you will desire to continually see if a Budgie is ingesting if it stands nonetheless in its perch and pays no interest to its surrounding then its probable unwell and you will desire to take it to a vet. next time you purchase a budgie be sure that the place you purchase it the budgie is vibrant and is ingesting via itself. in any different case a similar element would take place returned. besides the undeniable fact that whenever you notice something unusual with your Budgie at cutting-edge take it to a vet dont assume something. wish this has been of help to you. Namek
2016-11-03 05:07:34 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your cage is over-crowded! Your birds need more space and plenty of nesting boxes... Try and have twice the number of boxes as you have pairs--or else they will fight over nesting space. Do not keep more hens that you have males... Hens are prone to fighting more than males are.
2007-02-11 15:11:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Birds aren't very adept parents... sometimes it takes several tries for them to successfully fledge a brood....
I have even seen parents eat their young.. or abandon them after hatching.....
just be patient.....
and put in a lot of nesting boxes......
as the birds mature.. they eventually will get the knack of being good parents...
I was a Bird in a previous life.....
2007-02-11 15:09:08 · answer #6 · answered by Boomer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you'll have to ring a vet and ask to speak to a free vetinarian.
they'll help
2007-02-11 17:18:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋