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I have a 5 year old male budgie named Indigo. He's not hand tamed (although he will let me put my hand near him, but moves away if I try to touch him) I used to have another budgie who lived with Indigo, but he passed away around a year ago. From then on Indigo has been on his own. I considered getting another budgie but I didn't want to get another younger budgie who'd outlive him and then be all alone, and Indigo has been doing pretty well on his own so far. I spend a lot of time with him, sitting next to his cage, talking to him, and playing him videos of other budgies to keep him company when I'm not home. The problem is I'll be going to college next year. I'm not sure yet if I'll be dorming or commuting to school but either way I'll have much less time to spend with Indigo if any at all. My mom has offered to take care of him when I'm at school but she works a lot and doesn't really know much about caring for budgies. I want Indigo to live out the rest of his life happy, I want him to fly freely and have company, and I don't think that can happen when I'm at college. So far the best solution I've come up with is to give him away to someone (obviously I would make sure whoever it was would provide a good home for him beforehand, and ideally I'd like it to be someone who already has budgies so Indigo can have friends) But I don't even know where to start with finding someone like that, and I'm also worried that moving Indigo somewhere new would be too stressful for him. I'm just sort of lost as to what to do and I need some advice. I do really love my little budgie and I just want him to be happy, and this situation has been giving me a lot of stress lately so I'd really appreciate some guidance.