Hi there! I'm a new budgie owner with around 6 weeks of experience. I have a single budgie named Bushy. I suppose I'll post an adequate picture for gender identification later 😅. The pet store owner claimed he was male so please don't mind me when I refer to him with he/him pronouns; now I am...

Hello, My budgies always sleep on their water dish now. And it is disgusting by morning. I guess I want to ask should I try to discourage this behaviour or does it not matter? Do they drink at night? I do have one other smaller water dish they use. Still it is pretty dang gross :eek:

Hi everyone, Not specific to budgies, per se, but with small parrots in general. If their primary cage is easy to move, would you recommend outside time in the primary cage? Supervised, of course. Or is it better to have a dedicated "outside" cage from a routine perspective?

Hello! I’ve just adopted the final member of my flock today and I was wondering what kind of mutation he has. I believe he might be a recessive pied with a dark factor but would like some confirmation. Also, his cage looks small and barren right now because it is. I brought him home late in the...

Hi, I have six parakeets and I've had them for over a year. I am just paranoid about the temperatures they are comfortable with. It's getting chilly where I live ranging from a low 40°f to a high of 70°f. I have bird heaters in all of their cages but I'm not sure when I should start turning them...