He is relatively new, and has been mostly quiet. As he's getting used to his environment, he chirps occasionally. But for the past 2 days or so, I've heard him do this weird chirp....it's deeper than the normal 'happy' chirp and he does it a bunch of times in a row really fast. Kinda like BEEBEEBEEBEEBEEBEE. One time he just randomely did it when he was in his cage, and the other time it was when he was out, and I put loud music on. But until that day, he's always loved that music, so I don't understand why he'd suddenly get scared from it. Does this sound like an angry/scared chirp, or can it be just a chattery/energized one?
2007-03-18 21:35:30 · 3 answers · asked by Tedster 2 in Pets ➔ Birds
I have a couple of budgies. I would have to hear it and see his body language to be sure, but male parakeets sometimes "warble" and make many different sounds in between chirping. Mostly they are trying to imitate the sounds they are hearing. They are good mimicers. My male does a perfect impression of a bell...you can hardley tell the difference. He also likes to make noise during music. Your budgie may like the music, or be upset by it. It just depends on his other body language. Being very new, he might be spooked by too much loud noise around him until he gets a chance to settle in.
You may also have a female, which are not as vocal, and may ***** a little more. They are more tempermental and tend to not be as outgoing and playful.
If you have a baby blue or green budgie, it will have dark irises and black bars across the top of it's head almost down to it's nostrils. When it gets older the bars will recede to behind it's eyes. Babies are harder to differentiate because their color has not fully come in, but in adults ( generally ) a male will have a blueish and smooth cere ( nostril area ), and a female a pinkish or brownish cere which may be rougher.
If your budgie is upset, it may rub it's beak rapidly across it's perch, or squawk and flutter around the cage, or try to bite when approached. Usually an upset budgie will sound like "E-E-E-E-E-E" in very rapid succession. Perhaps this is what you have heard?
If it seems to be dancing, head bobbing, sitting with it's eyes closed, or tilting it's head while also warbling, clicking, and chirping, or it is hopping around from one perch to another while doing this, it is happy.
My male budgie does protest when he is unhappy and I have learned to tell the difference in his sounds. He usually makes the "E-E-E-E-E" vocalization ( usually simultaneously taking off like a bullet for his cage ), or, sometimes he makes a single or double squawking sound which sounds something like "Eehhhn". I guess my rule of thumb would be anything that sounds like it starts with or has a bunch of "E"s is a complaint. It's not really a "chirp".
Google for pages on Budgies. I found a whole lot of good info that way, from people who rescue them or breed them.
2007-03-18 23:47:44 · answer #1 · answered by Fireside3/Phrynosoma-Texas 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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How do I know if my budgie's chirp is an angry one or not?
He is relatively new, and has been mostly quiet. As he's getting used to his environment, he chirps occasionally. But for the past 2 days or so, I've heard him do this weird chirp....it's deeper than the normal 'happy' chirp and he does it a bunch of times in a row really fast....
2015-08-19 06:39:43 · answer #3 · answered by Penney 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doesn't really sound like an angry chirp from your description. When budgies are angry the chirp is fast and really loud, but it sounds like there's more than one bird (of course that could be just because I have more than one and they do it at the same time, lol)...
ummm...it's a high pitched "cheepcheepcheep" with a squawking tone to it and seems to come from the back of their throat.. Do you know what I mean? It is SO hard to explain, lol.
From your description it sounds like he may be trying to imitate a sound he's heard. Is his cage close to the TV?
2007-03-19 00:24:29 · answer #4 · answered by RanaBanana 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since your budgie is still new to living in your house, he will take some time to adjust, and different chirps are just one way that he will use to adapt to the new surroundings, like fluttering around the cage a lot and refusing to eat the food and water you put for him, but after a few weeks, he should calm down a bit, as long as you pay him lots of attention and slowly introduce yourself by putting your hand in his cage at first so he can know your scent and learn to trust you without being afraid.
With everything, he would just need time to adjust, really.
2007-03-19 03:17:32 · answer #5 · answered by Lief Tanner 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know about that but did you know with lots of time and effort you can teach budgies to talk?? teach him to talk and then he can tell you if hes in a mood or not..lol..good luck . ever though it may be a mating call as he may have know reached maturity?? just a though
2007-03-18 22:07:33 · answer #6 · answered by bongalo_07 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋