r/budgies Aug 01 '24

Mod post ⚠️ READ BEFORE POSTING!

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👋 Welcome to r/Budgies!

Before you share your first post here, please familiarize yourself with this subreddit’s rules. Rule #1 is especially important: this subreddit DOES NOT serve as an alternative to the kind of medical care and advice your budgie can only get from an avian vet. If you have a budgie medical question or concern, talk to your avian vet instead of posting here! Also, be sure to read this subreddit's wiki--odds are very good that your question has an answer in one of the wiki articles! (We usually remove posts that ask about something that's answered somewhere in the wiki to keep the clutter to minimum here.)

Also remember this is a pet budgie subreddit that encourages rescue and adoption and strongly discourages breeding.

👀 If you see something, say something

This is a place to share cute budgie pictures, videos, and stories, but it’s also a place to learn more about budgies. There are many times when someone will post a picture, video, or description, and you might notice something that isn’t best practice for good budgie ownership. It might be a cage that’s getting dirty, or some overgrown toenails, or something like that. Even if that issue isn’t the main reason for the post, please bring that to the attention of the original poster (OP) in a supportive and constructive manner so OP can be made aware of a better way of doing things.

Likewise, OP might consider proactively addressing things in their post that a typical budgie owner might be concerned with if they don’t know all the facts. It might be something as simple as, “Don’t worry, this was before I cleaned their cage” or “I’m taking them to the vet next week for their nail trim.”

🤖 We have AutoMod Summons now!

This is a great way to share information from the Wiki in a very effortless manner, and you are all invited to do so! We used to have just a few summons, but the list has grown enough that we compiled it in this part of the wiki. You should check it out!

Happy budgie-ing!


r/budgies 12h ago

Lost/Found/Need a New Home [September 01, 2026] - weekly Lost/Found/Need a New Home thread

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Use this post to share any budgies that are lost, found, or need a new home!

Some rules:

  1. Only share information you feel comfortable sharing. Example: rather than giving out your full address, maybe only say something like, "I'm in the Springfield area" instead. If someone is interested in knowing more, they can always DM you and you can choose whether or not you want to share any more information.
  2. If you're meeting someone in real life, follow the "Craigslist rule" of meeting in a well-trafficked, public place.
  3. No fees/charges! This is NOT meant to be an advertising platform to sell your budgies. Content that advertises budgies for sale will be removed.
  4. This subreddit does not, in any way, offer warrantees or guarantees of budgie health. A budgie's health status is something that you and the other party should determine with an avian vet, and payment of that avian vet's services is something that you and the other party should decide beforehand.

We encourage you to share pictures! Just make sure they are accurate to the situation and don't break the rules in the sidebar.

Remember: this subreddit is just one of many possible places to make a budgie connection. Also consider FaceBook, Craigslist, Nextdoor, other online communities, as well as real-life bulletin boards in public places. See all the previous weekly posts (that have content) by clicking here.

Our wiki also has a list of parrot rescues you could check out - whether you're looking to adopt a new feathered friend, or have to surrender one due to life circumstances. If one of these rescues is near you, please consider reaching out to them!


r/budgies 6h ago

NomNom Mob attack on innocent corn cob

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412 Upvotes

r/budgies 8h ago

Preening Preening time with Serrano

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243 Upvotes

Feel so honored this happened on my hand


r/budgies 3h ago

I’m creating a feather collection

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My friend joked that I should make a pillow for my birds out of their own feathers. I’m not likely to do that, but I have started collecting their feathers while I clean their cage. The bag shows what they’ve produced in the last couple months. I don’t know how they aren’t naked.
The plant is wheatgrass I got for them to eat.


r/budgies 47m ago

This is My Life Now Birds of a feather.

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r/budgies 4h ago

Chatterbox Decipher the Speech?

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Pixie has accumulated quite a vast vocabulary. He's always picking up new things. Closed captioning on certain apps deciphers it differently. I know what he's saying most of the time, because he's either learned it from me, or picked it up from media we consume repeatedly. Although I'm pretty sure he's said "sweet bitch" and "pretty bitch" a few times and I rarely use the B word.

So... What do you guys hear?


r/budgies 5h ago

Pretty little baby

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48 Upvotes

r/budgies 11h ago

In Loving Memory RIP Freddy

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168 Upvotes

I had to face the worst thing I have been dreading for ages. My best mate and loyal companion for 12 years had to be put to sleep this morning he became so unwell from no where. I’m gonna miss him so much, only a small bird but took up such a big place in my heart. I’m in bits. Even his cage friend is confused. Love you Freddy forever missed.


r/budgies 13h ago

Question My disabled budgie likes to go under my hair. Any particular reason besides it just being safe?

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150 Upvotes

r/budgies 7h ago

New Budgie Cash got a clean bill of health.

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48 Upvotes

I took Cash today to see the avian vet and considering she came from a hoarding house and was on all seed diet. The vet said she is in very good health. Now just gotta work on eating vegetables and pellets.


r/budgies 12h ago

Progress update My second budgie, Bowser, finally trusts me enough to eat from me and stand on my palm

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92 Upvotes

Hello, I’ve had SpongeBob (the full yellow budgie) for near a year now; I got him a partner, Bowser, after the quarantine period he was still scared of me but today he stepped up on my palm multiple times to eat millet from me :)


r/budgies 22h ago

Art First attempt at a Budgie stained glass

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588 Upvotes

Finished him this morning, the beak looks goofy because I cut the cere and beak as one.

Got loads of ideas for colours, I will end up with a whole flock lol


r/budgies 20h ago

Wish I could've a massage like that

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213 Upvotes

r/budgies 10h ago

Which sex? Cere question

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35 Upvotes

Is this male or female?


r/budgies 9h ago

Question How do manage poops

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25 Upvotes

How do you handle the poops when you want to let your bird free? Can they learn to poop in one place?


r/budgies 1d ago

b0rb 🔵

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747 Upvotes

r/budgies 10h ago

i'm so upset about misplacing a feather container

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this is a pretty unusual post for this sub but idk what to do. i recently put my baby's feathers in a small corked glass container because i've seen people make a keepsake out of it. it was so cute! the small yellow body and face feathers!

unfortunately during this time i was in the process of shifting to another place. i do remember taking it there but right after that i was busy prepping for a week long trip.

now that ive come back i cannot find that bottle anywhere. ive searched high and low in the places i think i kept it, in my bags, in my boxes anywhere i can possibly think of and it is hitting me quite hard for some reason.

i feel like ive been so careless? so lax and negligent. that if i couldn't even take care of something like that how can i even take care of my baby.

ugh its pretty frustrating and idk what to do. people keep telling me that itll turn up but bruh it was so small and so easy to have been misplaced/thrown. :((


r/budgies 1h ago

💬 Discussion Planning a trip

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If I go on a 2 week vacation and leave my birds with my mother would they be upset that I left or would it be like nothing happened?


r/budgies 1d ago

Question What is he doing?

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This is my rescue budgie, Vito. I've had him for about a year or so now and we are really making progress together. 90% of the time he's out with me he is doing this on my hand. He never bites he just chatters and bops his beak or licks my finger, usually my thumb. Does anyone know what he's doing?


r/budgies 1d ago

In Loving Memory My simon passed away

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354 Upvotes

I came from work today…he seemed sick…My mother said that nothing was wrong with the bird; that he flyed today normally, I held it in my palm and pet his cheek, then put it back in its cage, but he spread its wings and fell from its perch to the floor. I was shocked we vent to vet and she said there is nothing can be done, all of this happened last hour, I’m in shock I guess, I didn’t cried yet, we burried him at back of the house…ı don’t know what to say I was with my brother he were acting like we were burrying a dam pinata, he disgusted me I wanted to punch him, I came home now my mol cried deeply, I don’t know what to say to or what to write, I kept him almost 6 years little buddy just…gone


r/budgies 15h ago

Question What are they doing

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they are rubbing their heads on the cage wall.


r/budgies 1d ago

Kesh

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162 Upvotes

I just returned from vacation, and I think my little guy really missed me. He looks so happy to have me back! 💙🐦


r/budgies 3h ago

Question cage location part 2

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hiya everyone! so it looks like im changing my budgies cage to my room which is easier to bird proof and much more comfortable to stay in for me to supervise their cute hyper butts. but now i got a question, so my room has a split ac which means i can control the temperature of the room more comfortably, what temperature should it be at and can i turn it off when im not around? their cage has been in a warm environment for a while (no ac) or will it make them catch a cold?


r/budgies 12h ago

Question Are non-green budgies less healthy?

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Heard someone say that budgies that are not green (like, for example, blue budgies) are less healthy. Is that true?