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Posted by Bev on 4/16/2008, 6:36 am, in reply to "glad she is on the mend"
. . . kind comments about my little flock!
Anne . . . The only reason I'm aware of that budgies & 'tiels shouldn't be caged together is because of the aggression budgies can show toward 'tiels. I know that 'tiels are a pretty passive type bird and budgies are not generally so passive and can pick on a 'tiel.
I've had the two of them caged together for the past three years . . . when they were in separate cages, I couldn't keep them apart. Sadie lost her mate and when he was ill, she must have known it because she started bonding with Pierre. Pierre was always protective of both Sadie and Blaze (Sadie's cagemate) and the three of them had a happy relationship and shared a playgym when they were out of their cages.
After Blaze died, Pierre and Sadie really bonded with one another. When Pierre was in his cage, Sadie kept joining him. When Sadie was in her cage, Pierre kept joining her. We did a month-long trial run of caging them together while we were with them . . . keeping a very close watch on how they behaved when the cage door was closed. They never showed any aggression towards one another and played happily with each other. And they also had the space to go off on their own to eat, play, sleep and do whatever else birdies do!
After the observation period and we decided they were safe together, we bought a very large flight cage. It's six feet long, four feet high about 2 1/2 feet wide so there's lots of space.
I know that 'tiels give off a fair amount of dust at certain times of year. Is that dangerous to a budgie?
If there are other reasons that they shouldn't be together that I'm not aware of, I'd like to know about them. Thanks a lot. I want to keep a happy, healthy flock.
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