I know this topic is widely discussed with conclusive answers. Here I want to write about my own journey being a single budgie owner and later adding one more to the family. In no means I'm against keeping a single budgie, this is just my journey and what I felt.
Tweete (I initially named him Blue-o, but my wife kept calling him Tweete!) has been with me for about 4 months. He's been very well bonded with all family members. Preens my beard, chews on my wife's earings, flies and sits on my dad shoulder whenever he's around, loves the backcover of my mom's phone...etc.
Since the time I brought him into my family I've been researching on "is it ok to keep single budgie" and almost every forum concluded "if you have time for it, it's ok to keep a single budgie". Time was never a problem since we spend almost 7-8 hours a day with him. But somewhere deep inside me I was guilty. I was guilty of taking something from him which I can never provide. No matter how much love and time I provide him, the slightest glimpse of his own kind (like playing budgie sounds) brought him so much joy and happiness.
But if I bring him a companion I probably risk current level of bonding he has with all of us. If I don't, I felt that'll be too selfish of me. I stayed in this dilemma for a week or two and finally decided to add one more budgie to family. Me and my wife went to a petstore and brought in Snowy. After a month of quarantine, yesterday they met each other for the first time.
I suppose both of them missed their own kind so much that they were in love instantly! I had my eyes filled to see that kind of joy and happiness they brought to each other. Now I have a new found complete happiness in me without any guilt. It's much nicer to see them play than forcing them to play with us by not allowing any glimpse of their own kind.
If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, it's yours forever. If it doesn't, then it was never meant to be.
Fortunately for me Tweete still loves me and does all that he used to do before, but less frequently. Snowy still has some doubts on us humans, but trusts Tweete's instincts and follows him to my hand. I guess in some time they will fight for their spot on my hand.
I'm happier than before.
Tweete (I initially named him Blue-o, but my wife kept calling him Tweete!) has been with me for about 4 months. He's been very well bonded with all family members. Preens my beard, chews on my wife's earings, flies and sits on my dad shoulder whenever he's around, loves the backcover of my mom's phone...etc.
Since the time I brought him into my family I've been researching on "is it ok to keep single budgie" and almost every forum concluded "if you have time for it, it's ok to keep a single budgie". Time was never a problem since we spend almost 7-8 hours a day with him. But somewhere deep inside me I was guilty. I was guilty of taking something from him which I can never provide. No matter how much love and time I provide him, the slightest glimpse of his own kind (like playing budgie sounds) brought him so much joy and happiness.
But if I bring him a companion I probably risk current level of bonding he has with all of us. If I don't, I felt that'll be too selfish of me. I stayed in this dilemma for a week or two and finally decided to add one more budgie to family. Me and my wife went to a petstore and brought in Snowy. After a month of quarantine, yesterday they met each other for the first time.
I suppose both of them missed their own kind so much that they were in love instantly! I had my eyes filled to see that kind of joy and happiness they brought to each other. Now I have a new found complete happiness in me without any guilt. It's much nicer to see them play than forcing them to play with us by not allowing any glimpse of their own kind.
If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, it's yours forever. If it doesn't, then it was never meant to be.
Fortunately for me Tweete still loves me and does all that he used to do before, but less frequently. Snowy still has some doubts on us humans, but trusts Tweete's instincts and follows him to my hand. I guess in some time they will fight for their spot on my hand.
I'm happier than before.
