Help please me with budgie

[Brianne]

hi, ive hade my budgie for about 4 years now and after i had him for a year i got another one to keep him company i had her for a year and tehn she just died and it was really random, she seemed fine before and about half a year ago i got another one and he died after only 2 months!! my budgie seems to be perfectly healthy and the cage is big enough for maybe 3 budgies to live happily and there 3 food dishes that are always full. i cant figure whats wrong and i wanted to try and get him another friend but im too worried that it will die! i dont know much about birds(i only did a bit of research before i got my first) if anyone can help please do..thanks. :worried:

[AK416]

it could b that ur original budgie is keepin the new ones from eating so they end up starving...but it could b a number of things...u could try bringin him to a vet to ask wats goin on

[PirateParakeet]

I don't mean to get on your case about it, but you should really buy another cage before trying with a new bird. The one that died after a year was probably some kind of genetic thing, or old age (you don't know how old it was when you got it, unless it was from a breeder). However, if the second died that quickly, it either got something from your house or brought something in with it. If the first is the case, it's possible that your bird is just acting healthy but really isn't, or there is some kind of allergin in your house that your bird is used to. If it's the second, whatever store you got it at had the birds in not so great conditions, and your other bird is very lucky to have avoided it.

So yeah, you should have another cage and sort of quarantine your new bird from the old one. Also try making sure you get one of the opposite sex that seems lively and talkative.. not one sitting by himself on the bottom. Then have the cages in the same room, but not next to each other. One or the other bird will hear the other and start chittering, and they'll chirp to each other. By the time the quarantine is over, they'll want to be together.

Lastly, they get very possessive. When you're ready to move the new bird in, re-do the entire cage. If you can, buy new perches and everything.. go all out.. move toys, food bowls, etc. That way, it's almost like a new enviornment to the older bird also, and he'll adapt at the same time as the new bird, instead of just fighting for his house.

[luvmybirds]

Couldn't of said it better, PirateParakeet!!