How many budgies do you recommend?
Hello (Merry Christmas)! I am going to be getting my beautiful budgerigar cage soon that my family ordered. It is actually a cage that is recommended for people who want multiple birds. The measurements are 1/2" Wire Spacing
31" L X 20.5" W X 52" H. I am now considering how many birds I want to have. Our family says we can have up to four budgies, but I don't think I'm ready for four yet. I think two is a good starting number, and I think they'll be really happy with the cage. Am I correct? Is two a good number? Oh and also, should I get two males? Two females? One male and one female (I'm hesitant on that)? Thanks!
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Merry Christmas!Starting out with two budgies is perfect!Especially if your busy a lot.I've had two budgies before.I believe I had a male and female or both males,they loved to be around each other but yet were still nice.Budgies are very social and it doesn't matter if you have two males or females or one of each.Make sure they have enough room to completely stretch their wings and fly from perch to perch.When your ready you can upgrade to four.They should have fresh food and water available all the time and you can feed them fresh fruits and veggies like cantaloupe,lettuce,kiwi,banana,pears,and carrots.Good Luck!
Unless you have them DNA sexed you wont be able to tell nor will anyone else be able to tell what the sex is of your budgies are.
And it will depend on what you want out of the budgies. Do you want to just look at them or handle them? If you want to handle them unless they are already hand tamed it is going to take a lot of patience and time to get them to come around to you. If you do want them hand tame then you only want to get 1. If you get anymore than 1 they will bond to each other and not you.
So if you have the money or are buying from a breeder that dna sexes (which I doubt they do for a budgie because the cost is far more than what the price of the bird is) I would get all males so that I didnt have to worry about Egg laying.